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The BBC's Geeta Pandey takes a ride on a bus service launched exclusively for women in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Guatemala's former president and vice-president have been formally charged with corruption and money-laundering.
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More than 50 US diplomats sign an internal memo sharply criticising US policy on Syria and urging military strikes against President Assad's government.
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A man is arrested after climbing to the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia.
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A massive population of giant spider crabs amasses in waters off the Australian city of Melbourne.
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A court in India sentences 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is to decide whether Russia has reformed enough for an athletics ban for doping to be lifted.
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Bernie Sanders promises to work with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, but stops short of endorsing her.
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A news conference by a recently released Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee had some intriguing revelations about his eight months in Chinese detention.
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US rock star Meat Loaf has collapsed on stage during a concert in Canada.
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Iraqi government forces retake the main government compound in the city of Falluja from Islamic State (IS) militants, a top commander says.
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Wildlife officials in India order an inquiry after cricketer Ravindra Jadeja posts photos online of him and his wife posing in front of endangered Asiatic lions.
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The flight data recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last month has been retrieved, Egyptian investigators say.
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The medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says it will no longer take funds from the European Union in protest at its migration policy.
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A crater on Mars is named Langtang, in tribute to one of the worst-hit villages during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
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Beijing's Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker.
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The authorities in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, ban a gay pride march planned for 26 June, citing "security and public order" concerns.
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Three Nigerian politicians threaten to sue the US embassy over accusations that they groped a hotel worker and tried to solicit prostitutes.
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US rock star Meat Loaf is "stable and in good condition" after collapsing on stage during a concert in Canada, representatives say.
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Italy are through to the last 16 of the European Championships after Eder's brilliant late strike beats Sweden.
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The Iraqi military has announced that its forces have retaken the main government compound in the city of Falluja from Islamic State (IS) militants.
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A row over a teenager girl's religious conversion has sparked violent clashes in the Chitral region in north-west Pakistan.
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UN health experts recommend cutting the standard dose of yellow fever vaccine by 80% in emergencies, amid an outbreak in Angola and DR Congo.
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A horde of giant spider crabs has amassed in waters near Melbourne. Australian aquatic scientist Sheree Marris filmed this incredible footage.
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An official body in South Africa rules that university bursaries offered to proven female virgins are unlawful and should be scrapped.
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As the French president pays tribute to the police force at a ceremony for the police couple murdered by a jihadist, one policeman does not shake his hand.
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The IAAF's Rune Andersen says Russian athletics "has been tainted by doping from the top level down."
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French President Francois Hollande pays tribute to a police couple murdered this week by a man who pledged allegiance to so-called Islamic State.
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A prominent Chinese civil rights lawyer has been put on trial for fraud, with journalists and supporters barred from entering the courtroom, the BBC's Stephen McDonell reports.
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A gas explosion in an underground construction site in Tehran has killed two workers.
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Meet Fama Ka, the visually impaired woman who runs free braille classes to teach blind people in her neighbourhood how to read.
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Crowd trouble and flares on the pitch mar the Euro 2016 Group D draw between Croatia and the Czech Republic.
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Russian athletes remain banned from international competition, including Rio 2016, but demonstrably clean athletes can compete as neutrals.
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Alvaro Morata finishes a sublime 22-pass move to score his second and Spain's third goal in a 3-0 win over Turkey in Euro 2016 Group D.
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Croatia boss Ante Cacic calls fans who threw flares during the Euro 2016 draw with the Czech Republic "sports terrorists".
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Two-time defending champions Spain progress to the last 16 of the European Championships with a masterful display against Turkey.
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An elephant in Zimbabwe receives treatment up to six weeks after being shot in the head by suspected poachers.
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Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state declares a financial emergency, citing a tax shortfall, less than 50 days before the start of the Olympics.
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Vladimir Putin says it is unjust and unfair that Russian athletes remain banned from international competition, including the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
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