EU corruption charges 'very serious', says Von der Leyen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63941509?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 3:38 PM
Four people have been arrested over accusations Qatar bribed officials to try to win influence.
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Ukraine war: Odesa port reopens after energy network hit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63943162?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 12:16 PM
The Black Sea port of Odesa has resumed operations after Russian strikes against the city on Saturday.
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Viktor Bout: Russia's released arms dealer joins ultranationalist party
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63947938?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 4:33 PM
Viktor Bout, known as the "merchant of death", was last week exchanged in a high-profile US prisoner swap.
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Palestinian girl shot dead on roof of West Bank home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63942612?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 11:42 AM
The 16-year-old's body was found after Israeli forces and Palestinian gunmen clashed in Jenin.
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Majidreza Rahnavard: Iran carries out second execution over protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63939428?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 2:52 PM
Majidreza Rahnavard was convicted of "enmity against God" and hanged just 23 days after his arrest.
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Peru's new leader proposes early election amid protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63895509?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 11:27 AM
Dina Boluarte says she will ask Congress to bring elections forward by two years from 2026 to 2024.
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China to deactivate national Covid tracking app
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63941512?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 1:30 PM
It's a further sign that Beijing is moving away from its controversial zero-Covid strategy.
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Ukraine war: Body of Zambian student Lemekhani Nyirenda returned by Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63935260?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 2:26 PM
Lemekhani Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence when he went off to fight for Russia.
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Queensland shooting: Two police officers, and member of public, killed at remote property
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63943292?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 1:34 PM
The officers were responding to reports of a missing person in Wieambilla, 270km from Brisbane.
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Serbian leader holds security talks over Kosovo unrest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63936840?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 8:05 AM
Longstanding tensions between Kosovo's authorities and its Serb minority have risen again.
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Italy shooting: Three women shot dead in Rome cafe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63939426?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 8:59 AM
A friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is among three women killed in Sunday's attack.
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One of Central America's most active volcanoes erupts again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63939229?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 3:05 AM
Guatemala's Fuego forces authorities to close the country's largest airport and a major highway.
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The secret diaries of women protesting in Iran
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63920617?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 12:09 AM
Hidden diaries sent to the BBC show the everyday risks and dangers that women face.
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Zimbabwe power outages hit businesses and families
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63934919?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 12:42 AM
Zimbabwe is only generating one third of its energy needs, hitting businesses and families hard.
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Ukraine war: The Russians locked up for refusing to fight
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63916810?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 6:00 AM
Russian troops have reportedly been locked up for refusing to fight in the invasion of Ukraine.
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K-pop: The rise of the virtual girl bands
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63827838?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 12, 2022, 12:02 AM
They may sing and dance like other musicians but they are made with artificial intelligence.
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Kenya Maasai Olympics: Hundreds gather for lion hunt alternative
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63932225?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 10, 2022, 11:23 PM
The event was set up to replace an annual lion hunt due to waning numbers of the animal in Kenya.
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World Cup: Fans in Morocco and around world erupt with joy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63931443?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 10, 2022, 5:57 PM
The North African side stuns Portugal in Qatar to reach its first World Cup semi-final.
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Qatar 2022: The World Cup fans in love with local style
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63920950?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 10, 2022, 2:29 AM
Thousands of visitors to Qatar have backed their teams by putting their own twist on traditional Arab dress.
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Nobel Peace Prize: Russian laureate 'told to turn down award'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63927607?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 10, 2022, 10:44 AM
Yan Rachinsky, from human rights organisation Memorial, says the order was made by Russian authorities.
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FurFest: Inside the world's 'largest' furry convention
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63911432?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 10, 2022, 12:44 AM
Thousands gathered in Chicago at the 2022 Midwest FurFest, the world's 'largest' furry convention.
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King Charles and Camilla meet Ryan Reynolds in Wrexham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63923288?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
December 9, 2022, 7:20 PM
King Charles III and the Queen Consort visited Wrexham to mark its new city status.
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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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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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