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Votes counted so far show Balendra Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track to win the general election.

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Teens are infuriating locals by riding over golf courses and doing wheelies on the Harbour Bridge.

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Kyiv has reacted furiously after officials in Budapest accused staff transporting cash to Ukraine of money laundering.

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Some residents in the Beirut suburb of Dahieh have left their homes amid ongoing air strikes by Israel.

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Bodycam footage from officers in the US state of Georgia shows multiple attempts to remove the fowl and clear traffic.

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The Department of Justice said the released files had been "incorrectly coded as duplicative" and inadvertently not published.

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The Irish government has chartered a flight for Irish citizens from Muscat in Oman on Friday.

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Israel has continued strikes across Iran and Lebanon as Donald Trump warns action could continue for weeks

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Suspected Islamist militants reportedly seized control of a village for two days before being forced out by troops and air strikes.

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LIVE - Tehran sees strikes 'every few hours', residents tell BBC as Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender' Israel's military says it has launched a new wave of strikes and destroyed a military command bunker.

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'What is the game plan?': The Iran war is unsettling China and its ambitions -- China is not feeling the shock of war in the Middle East - yet. But it is feeling the ripples.

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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February -- The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

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Indonesia to ban social media and other online platforms for under 16s -- It is the latest country to curb young people's access to digital spaces to try and protect them from abuse.

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Trump cuts his losses on Noem after controversial tenure at homeland security -- Noem was one of the administration's brightest stars when she stepped into the role, but has faced a mounting backlash in recent months.

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US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture -- The US said the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability after the US seized Maduro and his wife.

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US asked Ukraine for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky says -- Ukraine's president says Kyiv will only help if doing so does not deplete its own air defences.

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Israel strikes Beirut after evacuation warning sparks panic -- Huge traffic jams form after the unprecedented warning for people to leave the Hezbollah stronghold, as Israel steps up its strikes across Lebanon.

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Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon over supply chain risk label -- The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.

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Canadian teen died from drowning after dingo attack in Australia -- The body of Piper James was found in January surrounded by dingoes on the island of K'Gari.

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Savannah Guthrie plans return to NBC as search for missing mother continues -- The Today programme host visited her colleagues in the office on Thursday, nearly five weeks since her mother disappeared.

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The young women who fought in Ethiopia's last civil war and don't want to see another one -- Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.

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'We have been preparing': Why the boots on the ground in Iran could be Kurdish -- Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in exile in northern Iraq tell the BBC they have plans to cross the border but deny already doing so.

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Iran's high-risk war strategy seems to centre on endurance and deterrence -- Tehran's approach appears to rest on a belief it can absorb strikes longer than its adversaries sustain pain and costs, writes BBC Persian's Amir Azimi.

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Dirty laundry and chocolate bars: How Venezuelan prisoners smuggled messages out of jail -- Prisoners recently released from detention in Venezuela describe the conditions under which they were held.

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The devastating conflict where both sides have reasons to keep fighting -- A strong supply of weapons and a history of long wars make Sudan's conflict particularly troubling.

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Watch: How war in Iran may affect food and fuel prices -- The BBC's Nick Marsh examines how unrest in the Middle East will impact living costs around the world.

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Timelapse shows change in the flow of ships in the Strait of Hormuz -- A timelapse of marine traffic shows the flow of ships has decreased in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Watch: Moment wolf rescued from canal in northern Italy -- Video released by the Italian fire brigade shows the wolf being rescued from under a bridge.

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