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BBC News - World

'We came back from hell', say Ukrainians after years in Russia-occupied front-line city -- One evacuated couple says they crossed minefields in Oleshky in search of food.

11 hours ago

How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán -- Defeat for Serbia's Aleksandar Vučiċ in last weekend's vote was a carbon copy of Viktor Orbán's fall in Hungary.

7 hours ago

Ethiopian PM puts ministers through military training -- The prime minister has previously emphasised military preparedness as central to his government's ambitions.

18 hours ago

Ukrainian evacuees reunite with family after years trapped in Russia-occupied city -- Oleshky residents had been without food, water and electricity, with many resorting to cooking garden weeds to survive.

15 hours ago

Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says North Korea was responsible for the hack.

10 hours ago

India's opposition holds mega rally seeking election chief's resignation -- It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.

1 hour ago

Thousands demonstrate in Paris as protests spread across Europe -- More than 320,000 people demonstrated across France against the rising cost of living and poor public services, with clashes between some protesters and police.

10 hours ago

More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak -- Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.

17 hours ago

Spain train disaster clouds Sánchez chances of re-election -- The Spanish PM is hit by a succession of crises just weeks before a snap general election.

1 day ago

Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue -- Countries have been trying to get a global agreement to halt nature decline back on track.

1 day ago

Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court -- The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.

1 day ago

Watch: Heidi Klum as giant severed hand for Halloween bash -- The supermodel and TV host provided a gory new shock at her New York event.

3 hours ago

Emotional reunions with loved ones for Oleshky evacuees -- The BBC's Dan Johnson travelled to the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus after evacuated Oleshky residents arrived in buses and ambulances following a temporary ceasefire.

15 hours ago

CCTV and zip ties: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted -- BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.

19 hours ago

What's at stake for Trump in the US midterms? -- Anthony Zurcher explains how the results of the midterm elections could reshape the rest of Trump's presidency.

1 day ago

These firms you've never heard of are feeding fears the AI bubble could burst -- The amount of debt held by data centres is measured in the tens of billions of pounds.

5 hours ago

Responsible or panicked? Meet the people around the world already preparing for crisis -- Filter straws to a disposable toilet - people in the US, Japan, Sweden and Netherlands on what's in their emergency stashes.

1 day ago

The Indian chef who brought curry to America - then vanished -- Indian chef Ranji Smile opened America's first Indian restaurant in 1901 - then became a fake prince.

1 day ago

Why North Korea's 'elite' hackers are the prime suspect in major Binance hack -- If the accusations are true, the record-making heist shows how powerful suspected North Korean hackers have become.

1 day ago

I've been stuck on a tiny Pacific island for years and can't get a transit visa to fly home -- Ruchira Ranasingha, 50, has been stranded in the Cook Islands since 2023 and wants to return to Sri Lanka.

9 hours ago

He questioned Thailand's monarchy dressed as Harry Potter. Now he's in jail for 34 years -- Thailand has prosecuted 294 people since 2020 under its lèse majesté law, with sentences going up to 50 years.

1 day ago

Shops looted as German cost of living protests turn violent -- The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.

3 hours ago

Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas - could Talarico turn the tide? -- The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress.

3 hours ago

Alaska Senate candidate denies knowing about alleged plot to put two Dan Sullivans on ballot -- The incumbent Republican running for re-election and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to also stand in the race.

1 day ago

Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book -- Trump had sued the media outlet after it published a letter to Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book.

7 hours ago

Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials -- The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.

9 hours ago

Why did this Korean content creator throw a divorce ceremony? -- Cho Seung-yeon marked the end of her marriage by having a divorce ceremony - however not everyone online was happy about it.

10 hours ago