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How Gandhi's last day was photographed

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 0:51
related countries: France

French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson took the last photos of Gandhi before his assassination.
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War of verse

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 0:55
related countries: Russia

A comment by a prominent politician has touched off a fevered debate over Russian influence in a former Soviet republic.
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Brazil's presidential palace rammed by car as Temer under pressure to quit

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 4:04
related countries: Botswana

A car rams the gate of the president's palace as pressure grows on Michel Temer to resign.
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'Mother Mushroom': Prominent Vietnamese blogger on trial

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 5:55
related countries: Vietnam

Rights groups have criticised the trial and demanded the top blogger's immediate release.
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China's Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong for handover anniversary

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 6:43
related countries: China, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

The visit, 20 years since the handover from British rule, is seen as highly symbolic.
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Australian cardinal denies sex charges against him

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 7:09
related countries: Aruba, Australia

The Vatican treasurer and Australia's most senior Catholic figure, Cardinal George Pell, has been charged with sex offences in Australia.
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Barcelona host Chapecoense in friendly at the Nou Camp on 7 August

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 7:39
related countries: Botswana

Barcelona will play Chapecoense in a friendly at the Nou Camp on 7 August to pay tribute to those who died in the Brazilian team's plane crash.
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Czech parliament moves to legalise firearm ownership

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 8:06
related countries: Czech Republic

The move challenges EU gun control rules which restrict civilians from owning certain weapons.
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Ehud Olmert, Israel's jailed ex-PM, 'to be released early'

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 9:09
related countries: Israel

A parole board cuts the former leader's sentence for corruption by a third, his lawyer says.
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Russia says new UK aircraft carrier 'a convenient target'

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 9:42
related countries: Russia, United Kingdom

HMS Queen Elizabeth is new but no match for Russia's aircraft carrier, the Russian military says.
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Death knell

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 9:50
related countries: Iraq

Three years after IS proclaimed a "caliphate", Iraqi forces are ready to pronounce its death.
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Trump travel ban: US sets out visa criteria

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 11:09
related countries: United States

Visa applicants from six mainly Muslim countries must have "close" family or business ties.
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Germany blocks Erdogan rally during G20 summit in Hamburg

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 11:32
related countries: Turkey, Germany
related places: Hamburg, Erdogan

Germany says it will not let the Turkish leader address German Turks during the G20 next week.
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War against IS: Have RAF air strikes killed civilians?

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 11:39
related countries: Iraq, Syria

RAF crews have been talking to the BBC's Jonathan Beale about the challenges they face in avoiding civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria.
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Ronaldo confirms he is father of twins after Portugal defeat

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 12:08
related countries: Portugal

The Portuguese footballer says he is "very happy" to be able to see his babies for the first time.
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Nigeria: Ogoni widows sue Shell over military crackdown

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 12:23
related countries: Nigeria

The women accuse the oil giant of complicity in a crackdown by Nigeria's then military rulers.
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Georgian man tends his own grave in identity mix-up

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 12:42
related countries: Georgia

A case of mistaken identity has led one man to look after the grave people thought he'd been buried in.
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Tour cyclist Jan Bakelants sorry for 'condom' jibe

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 14:45
related countries: France

Jan Bakelants made an "inappropriate" remark about women who present prizes at the Tour de France.
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Merkel: Hamburg G20 to focus on Paris climate deal

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 15:01
related countries: France, Germany, United States
related places: Paris

This year's G20 summit is to focus on furthering the Paris climate deal, which Mr Trump opposes.
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Cardinal Pell: Vatican treasurer denies Australia sex offences

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 15:22
related countries: Aruba, Australia

The Vatican's third-ranking official says he will take a leave of absence to fight the charges.
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Eurovision: Ukraine facing fine over Russia row

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 16:19
related countries: Russia

Eurovision Song Contest bosses penalise the country over its organisation of this year's contest.
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Syria war: US-backed forces 'surround IS in Raqqa'

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 17:22
related countries: Syria, United States

The alliance says it has sealed off the last escape route from IS's self-proclaimed capital in Syria.
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Battle for Mosul: Ruins of Great Mosque of al-Nuri retaken

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 17:32
related countries: Iraq

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says recapturing the site marks "the end of the fake Daesh state".
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Chechen gang guilty of Nemtsov's murder

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 17:58
related countries: Russia

Boris Nemtsov, a vocal critic of Russia's Vladimir Putin, was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015.
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HK democracy campaign cannot be ignored - Chris Patten

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 18:42
related countries: United Kingdom, China

Hong Kong's last UK governor speaks to the BBC ahead of the territory's handover anniversary to China.
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Trump mocks TV host Mika Brzezinski's 'bleeding facelift'

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 18:46
related countries: United States

The US president also tweets that MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski has "low I.Q." and is "Crazy".
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Afghanistan conflict: US says troop withdrawal was too quick

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 20:00
related countries: United States

US and Nato chiefs differ on past decisions, but insist they are committed to their mission.
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At the ruins of al-Nuri mosque

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 20:42
related countries: Iraq
related places: Mosul

The BBC's Feras Kilani joins the Iraqi army as it pushes so-called Islamic State out of central Mosul.
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Born in 1997... in Hong Kong

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 21:13
related countries: China, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Hong Kong was handed over from Britain to China 20 years ago, ending over 100 years of colonial rule.
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Paris mosque: Man held after 'trying to ram crowd with vehicle'

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 21:33
related countries: France

Barriers protected the building in the Créteil suburb and the suspect was arrested.
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The quiet life in Tilt Cove, Canada's smallest town

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 23:02
related countries: Canada
related places: Tilt Cove

Welcome to the smallest town in Canada, Tilt Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador, which has a population of just four people.
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Pink Dot: Singapore's gay rights rally could be muted this year

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 23:13
related countries: Singapore

This year foreigners are not allowed to attend and foreign companies cannot sponsor the event.
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How I survived

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 23:20
related countries: Kenya
related places: Nairobi

On the day a Nairobi pastor was due to get married a gang of men raped her, stabbed her and left her for dead. But Terry Gobanga is a survivor.
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Hard fight

Thursday 29th of June 2017, 23:39
related countries: United States

As US-backed fighters advance on the de facto capital of IS, Americans warn of big challenges ahead.
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