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Monday, October 27, 2025 4:34 AM ET

BBC News - World

Mali shuts schools and universities as jihadist blockade worsens fuel crisis -- The education minister says the movement of staff and students has been affected by the scarcity of fuel.

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Inside Syria's jail for IS suspects as officials say attacks by group are rising -- Kurdish counter-terrorism officials tell the BBC so-called Islamic State cells in Syria are regrouping and increasing attacks.

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Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms with 'chainsaw' austerity -- Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.

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Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan -- The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

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India and China resume direct flights as ties improve -- The flight landed in Guangzhou on Monday morning, a milestone in the thawing of bilateral ties.

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In Russia's 'blitz' of Ukraine, the question of appeasement is back -- A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.

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'No doubt' Trump wants to topple our government, Venezuelan official tells BBC -- Venezuela's attorney general accuses the US president of hoping to turn his country into a "colony".

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Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris -- Four thieves broke into the world's most-visited museum in broad daylight, stealing eight items worth €88m (£76m; $102m).

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Trump presides over Thai-Cambodia 'peace deal' - but what does it mean? -- Trump calls it historic, Thailand only calls it "a pathway to peace", but all sides hope the agreement will stick.

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US and China agree framework of trade deal ahead of Trump-Xi meeting -- US trade secretary says the two will sign a deal on TikTok, while hinting at agreement on rare earths and tariffs.

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Egypt and Red Cross join search for hostage bodies in Gaza -- Israel said the teams have been permitted to search beyond the so-called "yellow line" in the area controlled by its forces in Gaza.

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'Brothers in the forest' - the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe -- Peru's Mashco Piro face a struggle to survive in the 21st Century, but locals want to help them.

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The 'Heroes of Kharkiv' who saved 48 children from kindergarten hit by Russian drone -- The story of a dramatic and heroic rescue that has captured the public imagination in Ukraine.

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A humming annoyance or jobs boom? Life next to 199 data centres -- Data centres were billed as a boon to Virginia's economy. Now, residents are concerned about their impact on real estate and electricity costs.

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Sudan's fertile region where food is rotting amid famine and war -- The Jebel Marra area is neutral in the war but its produce cannot get out to feed a hungry nation.

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Has Trump's 'peace deal' solved the Thailand-Cambodia dispute? -- Donald Trump has claimed to have ended another war, this time between Thailand and Cambodia. But what does this latest agreement actually amount to?

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Trump in Malaysia: Dancing and a 'peace deal' -- US President Donald Trump in Malaysia: Dancing and a 'peace deal'

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Watch: Moment nuclear plant towers collapse during demolition -- Two nuclear cooling towers in the town of Gundremmingen, Germany, collapse into large swirls of thick, white dust during demolition.

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'I'm not done', Kamala Harris tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg -- The former vice president made her strongest suggestion to date that she will make another presidential bid in 2028 - after losing to Donald Trump last year.

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Satellite images show extent of demolition at the White House -- New satellite images show the White House East Wing has been completely demolished in order to make way for President Trump's ballroom.

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Michael D Higgins spends night in hospital for treatment -- President Higgins travelled to St James's Hospital by arrangement on Sunday and received antibiotics.

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International troops won't want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan -- King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.

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Four killed in Cameroon protests as results due in contested election -- An opposition candidate is challenging the incumbent president's 43-year hold on power.

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Surfboard lost in Tasmania drifts more than 2,400km to New Zealand -- A kitesurfer who found the barnacle-covered board tracked down its owner in Australia.

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A coronation not a contest - Tanzania's first female president faces little opposition -- President Samia Suluhu Hassan faces no real competition at the polls amid a climate of self-censorship and fear.

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A singer's death, 38,000 songs and a question - who owns the music? -- Indian singer Zubeen Garg's music ownership is scattered among a network of producers, distributors and labels.

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