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Kirsty is raising funds for mental health charity Mind by wrapping Christmas gifts for strangers.

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The killing of a Hindu man during recent violent protests in Bangladesh has pushed already strained ties between Dhaka and Delhi into a deeper crisis.

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The email was sent on 7 January 2020 and is part of an email chain which includes the subject heading: “RE: Epstein flight records.”

Vince Zampella, who co-created the popular video game series Call of Duty, has died in a car crash in California, aged 55.

At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas on Monday while transporting a child burn victim.

Donald Trump has said the US will keep or sell the crude oil contained on tankers it has seized off the coast of Venezuela, as well as the vessels themselves.

A top Amazon executive has said the US technology giant has blocked more than 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean agents.

Ukrainian President Zelensky says Russia launched a “massive” overnight attack on Ukraine, using more than 600 drones and 30 missiles.

Donald Trump has sparked a fresh row with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the vast Arctic island he has said he would like to annex.

The gold price has hit another record high, trading above $4,400 (£3,275) an ounce for the first time.

Gov Landry said in a post on X it was an honour to serve in a “volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the US”.

“It almost seems that it doesn’t matter to them who they execute, as long as they send a message to society that there’s a zero-tolerance policy on whatever issue they’re talking about - whether it’s protests, freedom of expression, or drugs,” said Ms Basyouni.

In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to forge bonds with humans.

The suspected gunmen in the Bondi Beach attack threw explosives at the start of the deadly incident and had practised shooting weeks before, according to new court documents.

Ireland’s ‘LeBron James’ of Microsoft Excel has won the 2025 world championship in Las Vegas.

World Cup 2026 ticket holders are owed thousands of pounds by Fifa for tickets they resold on the tournament’s official marketplace, BBC Sport has found.

The programme makes up to 50,000 visas available each year through a random selection process among entries from countries with low rates of immigration to the US.

When Anthony Joshua made his professional debut against Emmanuel Leo in 2013, fresh from Olympic gold in London, the boxing world treated it like the start of a coronation.

Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales.

Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The former tech executive says she was bombarded with abusive and threatening messages after being filmed with her boss on the ‘kiss-cam’.

We’re driven blindfolded to a secret location where Ukraine is making one of its latest weapons.

At least 15 people have been confirmed dead in Sunday’s shooting attack at Bondi beach.

The Prime Minister said Roman Abramovich should make good on his pledge that money from the sale of Chelsea FC would go to benefit Ukrainians

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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.

Investigators searching for the killer who opened fire in a Brown University lecture hall have released new footage of a person they believe may be linked to the attack.

South Africa has accused the US of using Kenyan nationals who did not have work permits at a facility processing applications by white South Africans for refugee status.

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Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said a group of US lawmakers will be shown the full, unedited video of a controversial September boat strike in the Caribbean.

The US military says it has carried out strikes on three boats it has accused of trafficking drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing eight people.

Across the world, desperate parents of sick or dying children are being exploited by online scam campaigns, the BBC World Service has discovered. The public have given money to the campaigns, which claim to be fundraising for life-saving treatment. We have identified 15 families who say they got little to nothing of the funds raised and often had no idea the campaigns had even been published, despite undergoing harrowing filming.

Almost 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein arrived at and departed from UK airports, some with British women on board who say they were abused by the billionaire, a BBC investigation has found.

Almost 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein arrived at and departed from UK airports, some with British women on board who say they were abused by the billionaire, a BBC investigation has found.

Four people are facing conspiracy charges after they were apprehended while planning to test explosives in the desert.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against a Georgia county seeking access to 2020 voting records, as Donald Trump continues to assert the presidential election was stolen from him.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against a Georgia county seeking access to 2020 voting records, as Donald Trump continues to assert the presidential election was stolen from him.

Former staff at the Grand Theft Auto creator are seeking an employment tribunal over alleged “union-busting”.

Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok’s US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app’s sale looms.

More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia.

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Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he “called for a vehicle attack”.

The latest overnight attacks come as US envoy Steve Witkoff prepares to hold more talks with Ukraine’s president.

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Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he “called for a vehicle attack”.

Mahad Mohamud is slowly readjusting to the heat, chaos and tension of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after being deported from the US city of Minneapolis last month just as winter was closing in there.

A raccoon that broke into a Virginia store and joyfully drank its way through the liquor aisle is now suspected of a wider crime spree, officials say.

An interpreter broke down in tears at the European Parliament in Brussels while translating for an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who was injured in a Russian missile strike on a hospital in central Ukraine in 2022.

A raccoon that broke into a Virginia store and joyfully drank its way through the liquor aisle is now suspected of a wider crime spree, officials say.

Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador.

Indiana Republicans have defied intense pressure from President Donald Trump by rejecting his demands that they pass a voting map meant to favour their party in next year’s midterm elections.

The US has imposed fresh sanctions on six more ships said to be carrying Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing a tanker off the country’s coast.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from enforcing their own artificial intelligence (AI) regulations.