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A scheme to encourage climbers to bring their waste down from Mount Everest is being scrapped - with Nepalese authorities telling the BBC it has been a failure.

As Josh Abbotoy gazes out at lush green woods and pastureland nestled among Tennessee’s Appalachian hills, he describes what he intends to build here: a neighbourhood with dozens of residential lots, centred around a working farm and, crucially, a church.

The Spanish parishioner who made headlines around the world for her botched restoration of a prized Jesus Christ fresco has died aged 94.

Thousands of people will take to the waters around the UK over the festive season at organised swims that have been held for decades.

For almost 200 years, the Galapagos rail had been missing from Floreana. Thought to be extinct on this small, inhabited island in the Galapagos archipelago, the shy, near-flightless bird is still found on some of the other islands. But Charles Darwin was the last person to record a sighting of one on Floreana, when he famously visited the island in 1835.

Nearly nine years earlier, her husband had been snatched by masked men in broad daylight. The abduction was captured on CCTV and gripped the nation for years.

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At least 41 people have been killed and almost one million displaced since the hostilities resumed.

Turkish authorities say they have disrupted planned attacks on Christmas and New Year’s events after detaining more than 100 suspected members of the so-called Islamic State group.

Mystery surrounds the appearance of hundreds of Victorian hobnailed shoes which have washed ashore on a beach.

It says the legislation states that France has “legal responsibility” for the “tragedies it caused”, and “full and fair” compensation was an “inalienable right of the Algerian state and people”

Turkish authorities say firearms were seized and efforts to trace further suspected members are continuing.

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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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.

“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.

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.

Well, no one ever accused the American government of being smart…

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.

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

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.

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Mexican lawmakers have approved a package of new tariffs, impacting hundreds of products, many of which come from China.

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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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.

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.

Fun with live news threads, headline has changed at least 4 times now…

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago.

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.

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The winner of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Nemo, has said they are returning their trophy in protest over Israel’s continued participation in the event.

Under a UN treaty, all ships above a certain tonnage must have an onboard tracker called an Automatic Identification System (AIS). These trackers broadcast information about the ships, including their location, and can be followed on websites like MarineTraffic.