Brittney Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63905112?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 4:58 PM
Brittney Griner flies home to the US while notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout returns to Russia.
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Viktor Bout: Who is the Merchant of Death?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11036569?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 5:09 PM
The Russian has been freed by the US, in a prisoner swap with basketball star Brittney Griner.
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Mohsen Shekari: Iran carries out first execution over protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63900099?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 3:48 PM
Mohsen Shekari was convicted of "enmity against God" after what an activist called a "show trial".
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Celine Dion postpones tour dates as she reveals incurable health condition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63904242?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 2:46 PM
The star has Stiff Person Syndrome, a neurological disorder with features of an autoimmune disease.
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Putin vows to continue hitting Ukraine's power grid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63907803?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 3:35 PM
The Russian president has vowed to continue attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
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Dina Boluarte: Peru's first female president
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63895507?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 2:48 PM
The 60-year-old ex-lawyer was sworn in as Peru's president after her predecessor was impeached.
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Li Wenliang: Chinese pour hearts out on Covid martyr's page
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63898170?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 8:24 AM
Thousands are leaving emotional comments on the page of a doctor who sounded the Covid alarm.
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Risk of Russia using nuclear weapons has lessened, says Germany's Scholz
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63900195?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 11:22 AM
The German chancellor said Western pressure had contributed to Russia toning down its rhetoric.
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DR Congo conflict: M23 rebels executed over 130 civilians - UN
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63899461?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 10:33 AM
Investigators say the civilians - including 12 children - were "arbitrarily executed" by M23 rebels.
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Wirecard trial of executives opens in German fraud scandal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63893933?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 11:15 AM
Markus Braun, who ran the disgraced payment firm, presided over its meteoric rise and disastrous fall.
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South Korea: Age system to be standardised from 2023
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63903771?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 12:30 PM
South Korea’s parliament has voted to standardise the country's age system to the international method.
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Harry and Meghan Netflix series launches amid controversy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63889636?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 9:04 AM
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series promises the inside story of why they left their royal roles.
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Umar Patek: Anger and fear in Australia as Bali bomber freed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63883431?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 4:02 AM
Survivors of the 2002 attacks tell the BBC they don't believe Umar Patek has been deradicalised.
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Elon Musk turns Twitter into 'hotel' for staff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63897608?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 2:06 AM
One photo shows a double room with wardrobe and slippers, as Elon Musk seeks to instil a "hardcore" work culture.
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Brittney Griner: Who is the freed US basketball star?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63899465?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 3:25 PM
Griner, who was freed in a prisoner swap, is arguably the greatest-ever female basketball player.
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World Cup 2022: Could Morocco win for Africa?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63885646?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 11:09 AM
Morocco stand a good chance of making history at the World Cup by bringing the trophy to Africa.
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‘Doctors fitted a contraceptive coil without my consent’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63863088?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 12:05 AM
A Danish investigation will look at a historic scandal in Greenland, but women tell the BBC of recent involuntary contraception.
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Reichsbürger: German 'crackpot' movement turns radical and dangerous
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63889792?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 7, 2022, 2:48 PM
Members of the Reichsbürger movement are increasingly becoming a headache for the German authorities.
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Prince Harry and Meghan: Where do they get their money?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51047186?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 9:24 AM
The Duke and Duchess are releasing a new documentary as part of a lucrative deal with Netflix
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Indonesia 'sex ban': Criminal code changes threaten other freedoms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63885435?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 2:58 AM
There are concerns the revised criminal code could threaten democracy, human rights and free speech.
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Should countries try to do everything themselves?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63780833?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 12:01 AM
In recent years, some world leaders have been making arguments for countries becoming more self-reliant.
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Sri Lanka's children go hungry as food prices soar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63868497?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 12:06 AM
Food is at the centre of the economic crisis as incomes shrink and the cost of living rises.
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Peru's political whirlwind in three moments
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63894883?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 7, 2022, 11:15 PM
Pedro Castillo is impeached and replaced by Dina Boluarte hours after he attempted to dissolve parliament.
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China zero-Covid: Hope and worry in Beijing as key policies scrapped
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63894878?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 7, 2022, 5:46 PM
People in Beijing see a cautious return to life after China lifts its most severe Covid restrictions.
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Plesiosaur fossil: Rare find in Australian outback excites scientists
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63883964?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 7, 2022, 7:20 AM
The 100-million-year-old fossil is the first such find in Australia to have a complete head and body.
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Fireworks and flares after historic Morocco win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63879596?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 6, 2022, 9:21 PM
The north African team beat Spain on penalties in their World Cup last 16 match.
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Syria camps: Relatives of Islamic State group 'stuck in limbo'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63879028?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 7, 2022, 7:44 AM
Thousands detained in 2019 are stuck in limbo, with their home countries unwilling to take them.
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World Cup: Korean ambassador parties despite his team's defeat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63876675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 6, 2022, 1:49 PM
The South Korean ambassador to Brazil hosted a party as the two countries clashed in the World Cup.
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Women's basketball: ‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63841874?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 12:06 AM
Sarah Chan has overcome racism and violence to become the first woman to manage African scouting for an NBA team.
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Nirbhaya 10 years on: The lives the Delhi gang rape changed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63817388?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 6, 2022, 1:43 AM
A horrific gang rape and murder shocked the world in 2012 - has anything changed for women in India?
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BBC 100 Women marks 10th year with focus on progress
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63863089?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 6, 2022, 1:36 AM
The innovative BBC season reflects on a decade of change in a tumultuous year which has seen women taking centre stage.
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'They allow us to name something we know is wrong': The new words defining sexual abuse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63811380?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 6, 2022, 1:34 AM
From stealthing to downblousing, the coining of specific terms is allowing women around the world to share experiences of abuse that have traditionally gone unrecognised - but what is actually changing?
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Olena Zelenska: We will endure
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63743657?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
November 24, 2022, 11:11 PM
Olena Zelenska tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet cold and blackouts are not the worst things Ukraine has faced.
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