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Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making "a big mistake" if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia.His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea's new pact to help each other in the event of "aggr...
The people of Amiens do not appear to be especially enamoured of its most famous son.President Macron famously spent his youth in this northern cathedral city. His wife (and former teacher) Brigitte is from a well-known local family, the Trogneux, whose 150-year-old confectionary business still pros...
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to "stop using offensive language" against LGBTQ people.Slurs cause "immense pain", Jack Lorenz Acebedo Rivero said during an online video panel with other Catholic university students and the pope.His comments ...
North Korea is building sections of what appears to be a wall in several places near its border with South Korea, new satellite images reveal.Images analysed by BBC Verify also show that land inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) has been cleared, which experts say could be a violation of the long-sta...
The leaders of Vietnam and Russia have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.Vietnamese President To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his recent re-election.Mr Putin, in return, said strengthening a st...
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second full term in office as president, despite failing to secure a majority in parliament in last month's election for his African National Congress (ANC).Lawmakers re-elected him as president last week following a deal between the ANC...
Residents of a New Mexico village have described their panic as two wildfires sweep through a mountain range - causing evacuations, an emergency declaration, and one death.The two blazes have converged near Ruidoso inside a tribal reservation, prompting its 7,800 residents to flee.They are the South...
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fter the Taliban restricted Afghan women's ability to work, learn and go out in public, some women initially defied these new rules, taking to the streets to protest.But soon, those who gathered in the capital Kabul and other major cities to demand "food, work, freedom" felt the full f...
This weekend, a secluded Swiss resort above Lake Lucerne will be transformed as dozens of world leaders and thousands of soldiers and police descend on Bürgenstock.More than 90 countries and global institutions are attending the event, which aims to discuss basic principles for ending the confl...
One of Switzerland's leading art museums says it will remove five paintings from one of its exhibitions while it investigates whether they were looted by the Nazis.The works - part of a collection at the Kunsthaus Zurich museum - are by some of the world's most acclaimed artists, including C...
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At least 40 Indians are among 50 people killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, India's foreign ministry has said.The fire broke out on Wednesday in a building where dozens of workers stayed.Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of ...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects "important decisions" to be made at the G7 summit of leaders from seven of the world's richest nations."A large part will be devoted to Ukraine, our defence and economic resilience," he said in a post on Telegram.The ...
A second person has died from mpox in South Africa, the health minister has announced, less than 24 hours after the country's first death from the virus was reported.The two men, aged 37 and 38, were tested and shown to have died as a result of the virus, said minister Joe Phaahla.Mr Phaahla sai...
Endangered wild horses have returned to the Golden Steppe of Kazakhstan for the first time in at least 200 years after decades-long efforts.The airlifts of seven Przewalski's Horses from Europe to the Central Asian country took place in early June in an operation run by the Prague Zoo.Researcher...
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Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has taken oath as India's prime minister for a third time.The ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the Indian president.Mr Modi's BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won the general ...
South Korea has said it will resume propaganda broadcasts against North Korea for the first time in six years in response to Pyongyang's campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border.Over 300 North Korean balloons were detected over Saturday and Sunday with around 80 landing in t...
The UN has added the Israeli military to a list of offenders failing to protect children last year, Israel's ambassador to the UN says.Gilad Erdan, who said he had been notified of the decision on Friday, described the decision as "shameful". Foreign Minister Israel Katz said it would ...
Four Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the group’s 7 October attacks have been rescued in a daylight raid deep in central Gaza.Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were freed during a "high-risk, complex mission...
The Brazilian government says it will request the extradition of more than 60 people who fled to Argentina after being charged for their alleged involvement in riots that shook Brazil's capital last year.The riots were led by supporters of the former right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, roughly...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early.World leaders had gathered at the event to honour the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944.Mr Sunak left after attending a British event, leaving Foreign Secretary David Cameron to stand beside US...
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