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Eleven people killed in antisemitic attack in Australia
Eleven people have been shot dead in an antisemitic shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach which targeted a Hanukkah celebration. Twenty nine people were t...
Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, after the US...
Thai-Cambodian border clashes continue
After more clashes on the Thai-Cambodian border, we ask a Cambodian official whether the dispute will escalate.
Also in the programme: four mont...
Flood risk for the people of Gaza
According to the UN's humanitarian affairs agency, more than 800,000 displaced Gazans could be affected by flooding, as a winter storm surges along th...
Could Maria Corina Machado's influence wane now she's out of Venezuela?
The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to derail the government of President Nicolas Maduro, which he has accused of turning Venezuela int...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado vows freedom for her country
The Nobel Peace Prize winner arrives in Oslo after a clandestine journey from her hiding place in Venezuela. We hear the inside story of how she slipp...
The US seizes a tanker off the coast of Venezuela
President Trump has said the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela - an operation reported to have been led by the US Coastguard. The...
Sperm with cancer-causing gene used to conceive almost 200 children
A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europ...
President Trump lashes out at European allies
In a wide-ranging interview with the Politico news website, President Trump said "decaying" European countries had failed to control migration or take...
Heavy fighting at the Thailand / Cambodia border
The Thai military said there were clashes in five border provinces, and three of its soldiers had been killed since hostilities resumed. Cambodia says...
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Elizabeth Tsurkov interview
An Israeli-Russian woman held for two and half years by militants in Iraq has told the BBC how she was trussed and hung from the ceiling, whipped, sex...
Syria celebrates a year since the fall of Assad
Syria celebrates a year since the fall of Assad, and an end to a brutal fifty-year dictatorship. But what sort of rule and what sort of future does Sy...
One year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria
Syrians are holding celebrations to mark the first anniversary since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power after a lightning rebel offensive.
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Syrians mark one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad
UN human rights investigators have said that the cycles of vengeance and reprisal must be brought to an end in Syria, as the country commemorates the...
Low voter turnout at today's Hong Kong polls
Will the recent deadly fire at a housing complex in Hong Kong - and the angry response to it - have an impact on today's elections to the Legislative...
Fifa reveals 2026 World Cup match locations
It's the most widely viewed sporting event in the world. The 2026 World Cup will be played across Canada, Mexico and the United States. Today fans and...
What's behind Gianni Infantino's new peace prize?
Fifa's president gave Mr Trump the award at the draw for the 2026 World Cup. It was widely expected that the US president would receive the award, but...
The 2026 World Cup draw takes place in Washington DC
Groups for the next men's world cup are revealed at a glitzy gala - and President Trump gets the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. We hear about the teams a...
US security strategy warns of 'civilisational erasure' in Europe
A new US security strategy warns that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” and calls on Europeans to shoulder more of the burden for defence. It come...
Eurovision in crisis as countries walk out over Israel
Broadcasters in Ireland, The Netherlands, Slovenia and in Spain announced that they would neither show nor take part in next year’s competition, due t...
President Putin arrives in India for talks
As President Putin arrives for talks with Prime Minister Modi, will India's imports of cheap Russian crude oil scupper its relationship with the US, w...
Trump says he does not want Somalis in US
US President Donald Trump has said he does not want Somali immigrants in the US. There are threats of further immigration raids in Minnesota, home to...
EU to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027
The European Union has reached an agreement to phase out its remaining imports of Russian gas by 2027. The decision came after a lengthy meeting in Mo...
US delegation meets Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin has accused European countries of being on the side of war and putting forward proposals to end the conflict in Ukraine that...
A plea from Indonesia: 'Help my country'
The number of dead in the devastating floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to more than 700. In addition, 500 people ar...
South East Asian storm deaths near 800
Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are grappling with severe flooding, landslides and storm damage after torrential rain and...
Will Netanyahu be pardoned?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the country's president, Isaac Herzog, for a pardon over corruption cases he has been battling. We...
Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been facing a long-running corruption trial, has submitted an official request to the country'...
Venezuela slams Trump's airspace warning
Venezuela has condemned President Trump's warning that its airspace should be considered closed. It called it a colonialist threat and an unjustified...
Nigeria's School Kidnapping Crisis
After the kidnapping of hundreds of children, we hear from a Nigerian minister about the difficulties that the government has in providing security to...
Ukraine president's top adviser resigns
The top adviser to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has resigned after anti-corruption investigators raided his home in the capital Kyiv. Andriy...
Trump vows immigration policy changes after shooting
President Trump has said he'll "permanently pause" immigration from what he called Third World countries, following the shooting of two young National...
80 dead after Hong Kong's worst fire in decades
The authorities in Hong Kong say more than 80 deaths have now been confirmed after the city's worst fire in decades. Officials think that number will...
Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks
Emergency teams in Hong Kong are still working to extinguish fires at a giant housing complex a day after the blaze broke out. Sixty- five people have...
Fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks
At least 36 people have been killed in a huge fire that has engulfed multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. Also on the programm...
Taiwan to spend extra $40bn on defence to counter China
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has announced a plan to spend an extra $40 billion dollars on the military over the next eight years to resist Chinese...
Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week
Ukraine's President Zelensky says he's ready to meet President Trump to discuss the most sensitive points of US- drafted peace agreement with Russia....
US officials claim progress in Ukraine peace talks
As American officials brief that they're making progress in peace negotiations over the Russia-Ukraine war, we get a view from Moscow on what kind of...