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New international student enrollment drops 17% at US universities -- A survey of more than 800 US universities and colleges suggest visa delays and denials were among the top issues behind the decline.

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Polish PM says railway explosion was 'unprecedented act of sabotage' -- Authorities say the blast happened on a line leading to the border with Ukraine.

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Louvre closes gallery due to structural issue -- The Campana Gallery, which host Greek ceramics, will remain closed as beams supporting the floor above are checked.

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Australia revokes visa of South African seen at neo-Nazi rally -- The civil engineer was seen in the front row of a protest organised by the National Socialist Network.

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Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at premiere jailed in Singapore -- "Serial intruder" Johnson Wen was given nine days in jail for being a public nuisance.

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Sheikh Hasina: The pro-democracy icon who became an autocrat -- Sheikh Hasina is credited for the country's economic progress but also accused of authoritarianism.

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Ukraine to import US liquefied natural gas via Greece -- Vital supplies are due to start flowing from the Balkans as energy infrastructure faces sustained Russian attack.

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Jury in high-profile Australian trial visit beach where murder victim found -- Rajwinder Singh denies stabbing the 24-year-old to death in October 2019.

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Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC -- New evidence raises doubts about the longest US war crimes investigation of the Iraq war and how US forces are held to account.

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Teacher killed and 25 girls abducted in gunbattle at Nigerian school -- The army is called in to help the police search nearby forests and rescue the kidnapped girls.

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UN Security Council to vote on Trump peace plan for Gaza -- The US draft authorises decommissioning Hamas weapons - though the group has not said it will disarm.

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Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat -- Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

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Communist and far-right candidates head to Chile presidential run-off -- The Communist Party's Jeanette Jara will face far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in the second round of voting in December.

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Mysterious drones have been spotted at night at airports across Europe. How worried should we be? -- Drones have been found across Western Europe near airports, military bases and power plants, as part of a suspected programme of 'hybrid warfare'

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The oil pipeline feud testing Canada's global ambitions -- The rift between two provinces at odds over a proposed pipeline is straining Canada's unity as it seeks to become an energy superpower.

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How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force -- The UN says hundreds of people were killed in the protests. Verified clips show the violent actions of police as they attempted to crush protests.

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The US will help South Korea build nuclear 'attack' submarines - here's what that means -- The agreement comes amid a period of growing geopolitical tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Epstein files: Who else was mentioned? -- Michael Wolff, Larry Summers, Peter Thiel - who are some of the other names mentioned in the newly released files?

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Watch: Hundreds of sheep cross historic German city during annual tradition -- The event, which saw about 600 sheep cross the Nuremberg's historic centre, took place on Sunday and has become a popular annual tradition.

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Moment Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina's sentence is announced -- Hasina has called the court's decision "biased and politically motivated" in a statement released after the verdict.

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Watch: Three 'Nestflix' peregrine falcons each take flight for the first time -- Three peregrine falcon chicks, stars of the "Nestflix" livestream, have finally taken their first flights above the Melbourne city skyline.

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'Astonishingly lethal': BBC reports from site of Russian strike in Kyiv -- The BBC's James Landale reports from the east of the capital where a drone struck a multi-storey residential building.

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Watch: Mud volcano erupts in southern Taiwan -- The Wandan mud volcano is a particularly unusual example of the geological phenomenon, an expert told the BBC.

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Ukraine to get up to 100 French-made Rafale fighter jets -- President Volodymyr Zelensky hails a "historic" deal aimed at boosting Ukraine's defences against deadly Russian air attacks.

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Federal agents arrest 81 people in Charlotte immigration crackdown -- This is the latest operation in Trump's immigration crackdown, which previously targeted Chicago and Los Angeles

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Who are the players in Australia's Ashes squad? -- BBC Sport profiles the players in Australia's squad for the opening Ashes Test against England.

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Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death -- The former prime minister was tried by a special tribunal after 1,400 died during a crackdown on unrest in 2024.

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Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files -- "We have nothing to hide," the US president writes - a reversal after previously resisting publishing the documents.

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