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‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge

In the weeks since Vladimir Putin sacked his longtime defence minister Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s FSB security service has pursued a series of high-level corruption...

‘People have died on the waiting lists’: South Africa’s housing crisis casts a shadow over election

A picture of Nelson Mandela watches over the dimly lit room where Maggie Mothemba has lived for six years. “He’s like my father,” says...

Death toll in Israeli attack on displaced Palestinians in Rafah rises to 45

The Israeli missiles struck tents in an area to the west of Rafah city that was supposed to be safe from attack.Gaza officials say...

Difficult conditions frustrate rescue efforts after landslide buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea

Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads are hampering relief efforts in Papua New Guinea, where more than 670 people were feared killed in...

Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention

Donald Trump was loudly booed and heckled while delivering a speech at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, where he tried to find common cause...

Lithuania President Nausėda wins landslide re-election in vote shaped by Russia fears

Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda has won re-election, official results showed, in a vote marked by defence concerns over neighbouring Russia.The count published by the...

The Kenyan ex-con, illegal guns and the fear of police

5 hours agoElijah Kanyi & Tamasin Ford,BBC Africa Eye, Nairobi & LondonBBCAs Kenya struggles with rising violent crime, BBC Africa Eye follows one former...

Lok Sabha elections: LGBTQ Indians are more accepted than ever – but politics hasn’t caught up

9 hours agoBy Zoya Mateen,BBC News, DelhiGetty ImagesActivists say few in the LGBTQ community are able to come out like Ms Reddy, let alone...

‘I don’t see a good outcome for Trump:’ Attorney’s ominous warning for former president ahead of hush money trial’s conclusion this week

Anti-Trump attorney George Conway says that it's unlikely that the 12 jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial will vote to acquit him. The case,...

Georgian parliament committee rejects president’s ‘Russian law’ veto

The move sets up the possibility of a vote of the full legislature on Tuesday to...

Service charges: I’m now paying £8,000 a year for my flat

1 hour agoPhil Hendry,Senior producer, BBC NewsBBC"The worst decision of my life," reflects Richard Moore, as he sits in the small flat he bought...

Senior Hamas officials among 35 people killed in Rafah strikes

Hours earlier, air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Petah...

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