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LIVE - Polls close as voters in Alberta decide whether to have referendum on leaving Canada - Election Alberta says more than a million people cast early ballots, which represents over 43% of eligible voters.

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The father and son on opposite sides of Alberta's separation vote -- Albertans are voting on whether to stay in Canada or pursue independence via a referendum, splitting even some close-knit families.

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Apu returns to The Simpsons with new voice after race row -- The much-loved shopkeeper has been seen but not heard around Springfield for eight years, until now.

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CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour to leave network after 43 years -- The network's chief international anchor has covered wars including Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran.

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US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues -- DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.

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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing -- The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.

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Possible wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane likely to be trees, say researchers -- Researchers travelled to a remote Pacific Island to confirm whether an object first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020 solved the mystery of the pilot's disappearance.

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Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US -- The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from Chicago, where communities are battling a new wave of synthetic drugs.

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Watch: 'A dollar on gas won't change our vote' - Iowans sticking with Trump -- The BBC's Sarah Smith travelled across the state ahead of the midterms, as the president faces political headwinds.

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Candlelit vigil held for Oregon school shooting victims -- The vigil comes after a teacher and children aged five, eight and 11, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon, local police say.

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What's going on between Kelly Clarkson and a Brooklyn store bird? -- The Since U Been Gone singer claims she was "looked at as if I couldn't afford" an item in the store.

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What we know about the Pope's lung cancer diagnosis -- The Pope is recovering in hospital after a successful surgery to remove part of his right lung.

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How did Katie Zacharia do at her first - very brief - White House briefing? -- The BBC's Sarah Smith was in the room and describes Zacharia's performance and the moment she broke news about Kimberly Guilfoyle being asked to resign.

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Why is Alberta voting on whether to separate from Canada, and how likely is it to happen? -- The oil-rich province will decide on Monday whether to stay part of Canada or trigger a binding independence referendum.

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A wave of homemade, synthetic drugs sweeps US and deepens crisis -- BBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as the country battles with a deadly new drug epidemic.

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Three takeaways from Elon Musk's latest political donations -- New filings show the world's richest person spent this summer again trying to help Republicans win office, with most of his focus on one candidate.

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What we learned from heated US midterm Senate debates -- As the 3 November election approaches and both parties fight for control of Congress, some clear themes have emerged.

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The man testified that he snatched Peachy from its enclosure at the Flamingo hotel and casino after drinking 30 to 40 beers, but did not mean any harm.

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At least four people are confirmed to have died after a huge fire swept through the base.

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The blaze that killed four men and injured dozens of others spread with alarming speed, accounts suggest.

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The boy was sitting in his mum's lap in the passenger seat of a car that police say was allegedly being driven at officers.

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Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are more powerful and in plentiful supply, and they have transformed the drugs landscape.

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Obama says federal agents' search of the Democrat's home was an effort to intimidate a Trump critic.

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The game continued after the incident. The American Conference said the decision was made before his death was known.

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Polling suggests most Albertans favour remaining part of the country, although the debate alone has proven divisive.

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The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spoke to the daughter of a former heroin addict about the effect drugs have had on her family.

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