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In the last of his special series of reports from inside North Korea, BBC correspondent Stephen Evans spent a day relaxing with the residents of Pyongyang.
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Odessa leads Ukraine's struggle for economic and political reform
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Austria's Social Democrats hold onto power in the capital Vienna, fighting off a challenge by the far-right Freedom Party in municipal polls.
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The BBC's Tom Burridge reports on the importance of Ukraine's largest port and how the region's new governor hopes to kick-start the economy.
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Thousands of people queue up at polling stations in India's Bihar state for elections that are seen as a test of PM Narendra Modi's popularity.
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Australia's new front bench taking its seat in parliament for the first time since Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as prime minister.
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Shares on mainland China and in Hong Kong took the lead with gains in Asia on Monday, while other markets struggled.
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The Turkish air force pounds Kurdish militants as the country mourns for nearly 100 people killed in a bomb attack in the capital, Ankara.
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Embattled mining giant Glencore says it has started the sales process for two of its copper mines in Australia and Chile.
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Volkswagen recalls almost 2,000 cars in China as the country's environment ministry launches an investigation into the scandal.
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A woman who said she was pregnant after being raped at the Nauru detention centre arrives in Australia, amid public pressure for her to be allowed an abortion.
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Top former judges and lawyers criticise the UK government's response to the migrant crisis as "too slow and narrow", in a letter signed by 300 people.
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A US reporter detained in Iran for more than a year and charged with espionage is said to have been convicted.
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South Korea announces controversial plans to control the history textbooks used in secondary schools, sparking criticism from some academics and students.
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Russia summoned a UK diplomat to explain reports that RAF pilots had been authorised to shoot down Russian aircraft in the Middle East.
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Why Syrian refugees are going home to a war zone
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John McManus reports on a London church offering HIV tests to the black African community.
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Chinese police have arrested hackers after the US government supplied them with a list of cybercrime suspects, the Washington Post reports.
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Actor Randy Quaid is due to appear in court over a California vandalism case after being arrested on Friday as he tried to enter the US from Canada.
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The former chief of China's biggest oil firm, Jiang Jiemin, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for accepting bribes, state media say.
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The mayor of a town in western Guatemala is lynched by a group of residents who accused him of ordering an attack on his political rival.
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Neverland 3D-fantasy film Pan fails to reach the top of the North American box office chart, despite much promotion and its $150m (£98m) cost.
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A toddler in the Philippines has become an internet star in her own country, thanks to her online cheerleading videos.
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Social network giant Facebook paid just £4,327 in corporation tax in 2014, its latest UK results show.
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A court in Egypt orders the release of the two sons of ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, five months after they are convicted of embezzlement.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko wins his fifth term with a landslide 83.5% of the vote - but international monitors say there were serious shortcomings.
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Funerals are being held in Turkey for victims of the bombings in Ankara which claimed almost 100 lives.
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England fast bowler Steven Finn is ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan with a stress injury to his left foot.
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US computer giant Dell agrees a deal to buy data storage company EMC for $67bn - if approved it would be the biggest ever between tech companies.
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Five people, including two RAF personnel, are killed in a helicopter crash in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Syrian regime retaking ground, thanks to Russian bombing
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More than 23 tonnes of soil and compost fill Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in the latest installation to occupy the famous space in London.
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Texas University students plan to take sex toys on campus to protest against a new state law that allows people to carry concealed weapons on college grounds.
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Three men accused of plotting a beheading as part of a UK terror attack were inspired by a fatwa issued by the Islamic State group, a court hears.
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Ugandan troops will start leaving South Sudan by the end of this week - a key rebel demand - according to the head of the Ugandan force in the country.
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Zimbabwe says it will not prosecute the US dentist who killed Cecil the lion because he had the proper paperwork allowing him to conduct the hunt.
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Police in the Indian capital Delhi are questioning two men in connection with the rape of a four-year-old girl.
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Facing Pakistan in the UAE will be harder for England than taking on Australia or South Africa, says Michael Vaughan.
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President Vladimir Putin defends Russia's military operations in Syria - but the EU warns that Russia's role is a "worrying game-changer".
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Police stop guarding the Ecuadorean embassy where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has sought refuge since 2012.
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Authorities in Zimbabwe have said that the US dentist who shot Cecil the lion will not be prosecuted.
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Far-right Hindus in Mumbai douse the leader of an Indian think-tank with ink in protest at the launch of a book by a former Pakistani foreign minister.
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Guinea's opposition calls for a re-run of Sunday's presidential election even before the votes are counted, alleging widespread fraud.
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British academic Angus Deaton has been awarded the Nobel economics prize for 2015 for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.
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Staying in the EU can be the "patriotic course for Britain", former M&S boss Lord Rose says as he launches the campaign for the UK to remain a member.
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Two RAF airmen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghan capital, Kabul, are named as Flt Lt Geraint Roberts and Flt Lt Alan Scott.
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Saudi Arabia's king rejects Iranian suggestions his country should give up management of the Hajj pilgrimage after last month's deadly stampede.
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The new tenants of the house where South African athlete Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp are filmed giving a video tour of the building.
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The Islamic State group is the principal focus of investigation into the Ankara bombing that killed 97, Turkey's prime minister says.
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About 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, its UK boss said.
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Diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley answers key questions about the twin bombings in Ankara - and their impact on Turkey.
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Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, some held without charge since the 1990s, go on hunger strike to press for their release.
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Ireland flanker Sean O'Brien could miss the World Cup quarter-final with Argentina after being cited for striking.
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Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop outlines the Scottish government's proposals for a new federal BBC at a meeting with the corporation's head.
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Five Israelis have been stabbed in five attacks in Jerusalem - the latest in a string of such incidents in the past fortnight.
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Three people are arrested over the double murder of a Canadian backpacker and a yoga instructor in San Francisco.
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The funerals of the victims of the bomb attacks during a peace rally in Ankara have continues, as the Turkey's Prime Minster says IS is the prime suspect.
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England complete a perfect Euro 2016 qualifying campaign as an experimental side eases past Lithuania in Vilnius.
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The culture secretary plays down fears over the future of BBC music stations, calling them "absolutely essential" to UK music.
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Dutch investigators will publish their report into what caused Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to crash in eastern Ukraine.
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Nearly 5,000 children have been released from rebel groups in the Central African Republic.
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Chilean miners reflect on life five years after rescue
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Kenya’s pioneering ambulance driver – who braves al-Shabab
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Did India's Chandra Bose really die in a plane crash?
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The US military air-drops more than 45 tonnes of ammunition in north-eastern Syria to rebels fighting the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
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What pig controversy says about Cuba
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