Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63911944?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 2:49 PM
The basketball star returns home 10 months after she left the US to play the game in Russia.
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The moment Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout cross on airport tarmac
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63911895?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 8:40 PM
After being freed from Russian and US prisons, Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout crossed in Abu Dhabi.
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WTO says Trump's US steel tariffs broke global trade rules
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63920063?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 4:41 PM
The US said it disagreed with the ruling and would not remove the border taxes.
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Huge fire engulfs Russian shopping mall Mega Khimki near Moscow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63914682?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 11:12 AM
Video of the blaze shows explosions at the massive Mega Khimki complex outside Moscow.
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Ex-MEP arrested over allegations of bribery by Gulf state
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63921002?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 5:13 PM
Prosecutors suspect the country tried to influence European Parliament decisions through bribery.
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Kremlin critic Yashin jailed for 8 years for 'fake news' on Russia war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63915301?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 1:53 PM
Prominent opposition figure Ilya Yashin gets more than eight years for discussing alleged war crimes.
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Penguin Random House boss resigns after Simon & Schuster deal fails
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63920064?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 3:11 PM
The merger of the publishing giant with rival Simon & Schuster was scuppered by competition concerns.
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France ramps up Channel migrant patrolling
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63912502?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 4:17 AM
It is deploying two more vessels to deal with the growing number of migrants trying to reach the UK.
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UK, Italy and Japan team up for new fighter jet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63908284?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 11:07 AM
The countries enter a joint venture to design and build the next generation of fighter aircraft.
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France makes condoms free for 18 to 25 year olds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63915467?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 4:21 PM
The new health measure follows an increase in sexually transmitted infections in France.
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Fired Twitter cleaning staff 'treated like garbage'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63912116?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 1:28 AM
One of them told the BBC a member of Elon Musk's team said their jobs would be replaced by robots.
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Backstreet Boys Christmas TV show pulled after Nick Carter rape allegation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63913966?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 10:56 AM
ABC drops a Christmas TV special after a woman alleges pop singer Nick Carter raped her in 2001.
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How the Brittney Griner prisoner swap with Russia was done
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63908670?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 9:32 PM
The US and Russia were willing to talk despite worsening relations - but there were limits to the deal.
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How Seychelles ocean plants could help tackle climate change
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63901644?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 12:42 AM
Seychelles is one of the first countries to map its seagrasses nationwide, which are a huge store of carbon.
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Respect for Marriage Act: Why interracial marriage is also in the bill
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63801108?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 4:29 PM
The bill just approved also includes interracial marriage - not protected by federal law until now.
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Emancipation movie: The true story of 'Whipped Peter' in Will Smith's new film
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63880887?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 12:03 AM
Emancipation tells the true story of “Whipped Peter” and his escape during the US Civil War.
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The Indian women calling themselves ‘proudly single’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-63873033?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 10:20 PM
In India, a country obsessed with marriages, millions of women are choosing to remain single.
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Africa's week in pictures: 2 - 8 December 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63902414?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 12:21 AM
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.
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World Cup 2022: Could Morocco win to fulfil Pele's prediction?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63885646?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 11:09 AM
Pele famously said an African team would win the World Cup by 2000 - could Morocco finally achieve his dream?
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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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The brothers running the Great Wall of China
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63757951?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 10:25 PM
Jimmy and Tommy Lindesay are covering the equivalent of a marathon every day for six months.
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Pope breaks down in tears over war in Ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63911202?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 8, 2022, 6:20 PM
Pope Francis stops mid-prayer as he starts crying while talking about the suffering of Ukrainians.
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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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Inside Honduras’s abortion pill black market
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63905544?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 12:53 AM
Honduras's president pledged to relax abortion laws, but an abortion-pill black market still thrives.
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Selma Blair: 'Multiple sclerosis took my career down'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63792626?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 12:54 AM
The US actress says she hasn’t landed a Hollywood role since revealing her MS diagnosis.
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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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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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