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Sudan could soon have 10 million internally displaced people - UN agency
7 Jun 2024Millions have been forced to flee their homes, with a quarter of them children under 5.
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Why are African nations turning to Russia?
7 Jun 2024Russia's top diplomat pledged help and military assistance this week, as Moscow seeks to grow its influence in the restive, mineral-rich section of the continent.
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Dog in a flap collars top comedy pet pic prize
7 Jun 2024Gravity-defying cats, gurning donkeys and dogs in a flap all feature in this year's Comedy Pet Photo Awards.
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What we know about the famous TV doctor missing in Greece
7 Jun 2024Michael Mosley was staying with friends on a small Greek island. The 67-year-old decided to walk home after a swim and hasn't been seen since.
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Australia's 'direction 99' replacement and why it matters for NZ
7 Jun 2024It effectively reneges on a commitment Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made to the government of New Zealand in 2022.
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'You'll laugh, you'll cry': Dolly Parton working on Broadway musical
7 Jun 2024Broadway has had great success with Hello, Dolly. Now get ready for Hello, I'm Dolly. Audio
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Search on after British TV doctor goes missing in Greece
7 Jun 2024Michael Mosley, known for popularising the 5:2 diet, has gone missing while on holiday.
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Baby Reindeer's alleged 'real Martha' sues Netflix for at least US$170m
7 Jun 2024The Scottish woman who claims she is the inspiration for the character in the popular show alleges Netflix told "brutal lies".
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Witnesses tell of 'unimaginable' Gaza shelter air strike
At least 35 people were killed and many more wounded after an Israeli military strike at a UN school.
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Questions after hidden pipe spotted at famous China waterfall
7 Jun 2024An account for the Yuntai Mountain Waterfall said it was just getting 'a little help' to look good for visitors.
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New 'Hunger Games' book - and movie - coming
7 Jun 2024Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new "The Hunger Games"…
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They can play, they can dance: Aid agency helping kids after PNG landslide
7 Jun 2024An aid agency is helping the traumatised survivors of a mass landslide which buried hundreds of people under rubble. Audio
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Man behind viral #TheDress photo jailed for attacking wife
7 Jun 2024The man behind a social media post featuring a dress that famously "broke the internet" has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for attacking his wife
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Force not the answer in New Caledonia - PANG
7 Jun 2024Pacific Network on Globalisation "deplores" what they call increasing brutal treatment and repressive force by French police and other armed units against Kanaky youth.
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What's at stake in the European Parliament election this week
6 Jun 2024Nearly 400 million EU citizens can go to the polls over the coming days. Here's what you need to know.
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Putin warns Russia could provide weapons to strike West
6 Jun 2024The Russian president also says the West is wrong to assume that Moscow will never use nuclear weapons.
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Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza kills at least 20, locals say
Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
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'About one in a million': Marine biologist sees shark throw up echidna
6 Jun 2024He's helped tag about 200 tiger sharks, but this was the first and only time he had seen a shark vomit an echidna.
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Person with bird flu dies in Mexico
6 Jun 2024A person with prior health complications who had contracted bird flu died in Mexico in April and the source of exposure to the virus is unknown, the World Health Organisation says.
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7000 people urged to relocate after PNG landslide
6 Jun 2024Geotech experts are warning of the risk of another landslide.
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Four dead, dozens injured in Czech train crash
6 Jun 2024The crash occurred after a passenger train collided with a freight train in the city of Pardubice, the regional governor said.
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Amanda Knox convicted in slander case again
6 Jun 2024The conviction has come years after she was acquitted of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007.
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Actress leaves Coronation Street after 50 years
6 Jun 2024Helen Worth, who plays Gail Rodwell, is a "consummate professional and a thoroughly good egg", a producer says.
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Big Mac battle: McDonald's loses trademark fight with Irish rival
Supermac's has accused McDonald's of "trademark bullying to stifle competition".
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