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The five big sticking points in US-Iran talks -- Peace talks between the US and Iran are due to begin in Pakistan on Saturday.

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French man charged with locking son in van for more than a year -- The boy was found malnourished, naked, lying next to human excrement and unable to walk, the prosecutor said.

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Gunmen kill at least four people at Afghanistan picnic spot -- Officials say attackers opened fire near the village of Deh Mehri in Herat.

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Palestinian shot dead during Israeli settler attack on occupied West Bank village -- The killing came as ex-security chiefs warned "government sponsored Jewish terrorism" was out of control.

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Man accused of coercing wife into sex with 120 men goes on trial in Sweden -- The 61-year-old denies threatening physical violence and plying his wife with drugs to force her into having sex with strangers.

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Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say researchers -- The once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees have been at loggerheads for the last eight years.

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South Korea deploys thermal imaging cameras in search for escaped zoo wolf -- The male wolf, named Neukgu, escaped a zoo in the central city of Daejeon on Wednesday, officials said.

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Melania Trump's speech propels Epstein crisis back to forefront -- She has now placed herself squarely into the Epstein story and at odds with the administration, which wants to end the investigation.

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German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic -- German media reports say Marla-Svenja Liebich used to be a member of a neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour.

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Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce -- Vladimir Putin announced the truce, which will last from Saturday afternoon through Easter Sunday.

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Taiwan opposition leader meets Xi Jinping in Beijing -- Cheng Li-wun is the Kuomintang's first sitting leader to visit China in a decade.

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Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East's reshuffling is not yet done -- Both sides have reason to end the war but share no common ground.

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Hot in the city: Energy crisis tests Singapore's air-con addiction -- The rise in energy prices has hit Asia particularly hard as many nations are heavily reliant on Gulf oil.

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Lebanon thought there was a ceasefire - then Israel unleashed deadly blitz -- Israel says Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire the US agreed to halt the war with Iran.

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Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran? -- Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.

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Fears over West Africa's Islamist insurgency dominate Benin's election campaign -- Cross-border raids from militant Islamists are increasingly threatening the West African state's stability.

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Melania Trump: 'I never had a relationship with Epstein' -- Watch the first lady's full statement from the White House as she addresses her links to the late sex offender.

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BBC at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut -- At least 182 people were killed and 890 others wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

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Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space -- The BBC's Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the Artemis II crew ahead of their likely splashdown on Saturday.

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Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters -- US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.

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What is Trump doing with the US Forest Service? -- The Trump administration has announced it will move the service's headquarters to Utah and restructure the agency.

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Irish government finalising fuel package deal -- Travel across parts of the Republic of Ireland has been affected for the fourth day in a row on Friday as vehicles, including tractors, block roads.

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Why is Melania Trump speaking out about Epstein now? -- The first lady denied connections to the late convicted sex offender, telling reporters any claims linking the two "need to end".

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OpenAI boss Sam Altman's home targeted with Molotov cocktail -- San Francisco police have arrested a 20-year-old suspect.

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Lebanon and Israel officials to meet in US on Tuesday -- A senior Lebanese official earlier told the BBC that Lebanon would only take part in talks if a ceasefire was in place.

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Trump's blunt attack on former allies exposes splintered MAGA coalition -- His criticism of four conservative commentators who have spoken out against the Iran war highlights the tension in his base.

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Colorado officials trying to identify woman struck by lightning -- The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found unresponsive by bystanders and with no ID.

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British man, 77, dies after tourist bus crashes in Canary Islands -- The vehicle fell from a height of 10m near the San Sebastián de La Gomera, according to Spanish news outlet El Mundo.

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