TikTok: US judge blocks Montana's ban citing free speech

Chinese-owned app welcomes the ruling against "unconstitutional law" due to come into effect in January.

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Cynthia Nixon urges Gaza ceasefire outside White House

“We can't bomb our way to peace,” the Sex and the City actress tells BBC News.

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Israel Gaza: Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi freed

The 22-year-old was arrested earlier this month over an Instagram post her family say she did not write.

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Nepal registers first same-sex marriage hailed as win for LGBT rights

Activists have hailed the legal recognition as a victory for LGBT rights.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: The story behind this heart-warming father-son kiss

The son was among 41 workers who were trapped in a tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state for 17 days.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescued India workers tell of yoga and phone games

The 41 men are recuperating in hospital after being trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand state for 17 days.

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Tributes pour in for investment guru Charlie Munger

Business chiefs pay tribute to finance guru who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway.

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Forklift chase: Ann Arbor Police chase 12-year-old boy

Police say preliminary investigations show the vehicle was unlocked with the key inside when it was taken.

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Niger coup leaders repeal law against migrant smuggling

The legislation allowed police to take action against smugglers taking migrants to Europe.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers explore new ways to reach trapped Indians

The workers have been stuck for two weeks after a part of a tunnel they were working in collapsed.

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New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government's shock reversal

Health experts are appalled as the new government plans to repeal the policy to fund tax cuts.

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COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals

Leaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.

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Zhongzhi Enterprise Group: China investigates major shadow bank for 'crimes'

Zhongzhi Enterprise, one of China's biggest shadow banks, has lent billions to real estate firms.

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Sierra Leone under curfew as prisoners on the loose

Gunmen attacked a military barracks then broke into a prison in Freetown, officials say.

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BBC assesses footage of hostages and tunnels released by Israel

BBC Verify assesses footage of a tunnel and hostages released by Israel to prove Hamas used Gaza's al-Shifa hospital as a command centre.

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West Bank crowds celebrate as bus carries freed Palestinian prisoners

Thirty-nine Palestinian prisoners were released from an Israeli prison as part of the hostage deal with Hamas.

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Mount Etna: Volcano sprays lava into Sicily's night sky

Europe's most active volcano spurts lava near Italy's city of Catania.

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Andry Rajoelina: Madagascar president re-elected in contested poll

President Andry Rajoelina's win follows an election boycott by the opposition over credibility concerns.

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Trafalgar Square: Norwegian Christmas tree felled ahead of London journey

A tree is given to London every year as a token of thanks for support in the Second World War.

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Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison - US media reports

The ex-police officer who murdered George Floyd is thought to have survived the attack.

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China trials visa-free travel for six countries

China is expanding its visa-free policy to a handful of countries, with France and Germany among them.

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Ex-Obama aide held over anti-Muslim abuse at NYC halal cart vendor

Stuart Seldowitz was filmed calling a halal cart vendor a terrorist in a clip New York's mayor called "vile".

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Oscar Pistorius makes new parole bid 10 years after killing girlfriend

The former Paralympian is serving over 13 years for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Glitches prolong wait for Indians stuck in tunnel

Forty-one workers have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand state for the past 12 days.

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WHO seeks China data on 'pneumonia clusters' in children

The UN agency wants data on an outbreak reported by the media and disease monitoring systems.

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COP28 ‘moment of truth’ for oil industry, says energy boss

The International Energy Agency says the sector must choose between worsening the climate crisis or helping solve it.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Drilling resumes to save trapped Indian workers

The 41 workers have been stuck for 10 days after an under-construction tunnel collapsed due to a landslide.

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Thanksgiving travel: Storm delays thousands of flights

More than 4,800 flights were behind schedule as rain and strong winds buffeted the US east coast.

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Brazil records its hottest ever temperature

The town of Araçuaí in the country's southeast hit a high of 44.8C (112.6F) on Sunday.

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Watch: Meeting between Israeli politicians and Gaza hostage families descends into shouting

Politicians have been contemplating the death penalty for 7 October attackers, but some hostages' relatives say this could have repercussions.

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Robbie Williams fan dies after fall at Sydney concert

The woman in her 70s slipped and fell down six rows of seats, suffering serious head injuries.

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OpenAI to name new boss after firing co-founder

The tech firm will reportedly appoint Emmett Shear after the chaotic ousting of former chief Sam Altman.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers mull new ways to save trapped India workers

A week after a tunnel collapsed in northern India, officials consider fresh approaches to reach workers.

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Cheryl Grimmer case: New witness in Fairy Meadow disappearance

A man tells the BBC he saw a teenager carrying away a child on the day Cheryl Grimmer vanished in 1970.

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Japan condemns Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack of cargo ship in Red Sea

The rebels seized the car carrier in the Red Sea, claiming it was Israeli - but Israel says it is UK-owned.

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Napoleon's Ridley Scott on critics and cinema 'bum ache'

The director says his response to criticism from historians about his film would "have a bleep in it".

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Inside West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack

In the fortified H2 area of Hebron, Palestinian residents are being forced off the street at gunpoint.

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Gaza war: Premature babies evacuated from al-Shifa hospital

The 31 babies are taken to southern Gaza, as Israeli troops control the territory's largest hospital.

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Argentines choose between polar opposites in run-off

A left-wing economy minister and a far-right libertarian are vying to become the next president.

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Corruption, bribery, treachery: The history of US House expulsions

George Santos could soon join a very small club when the House votes, again, on expelling him.

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Rahul Dravid: The man behind India’s dream run in 2023 World Cup cricket

From a legendary batter to the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid has done it all.

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Sudan conflict: ‘Our lives have become a piece of hell’

Those living through the war, now in its seventh month, tell the BBC conditions are worse than ever.

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China navy used sonar pulses against divers, Australia says

Canberra says naval divers suffered injuries following a high-seas encounter with a Chinese warship.

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Thousands of Starbucks workers strike on Red Cup Day

Employees staged the walkout on one of the store's busiest days of the year, when it gives away reusable holiday cups.

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When Apec 'family photos' used to be fun

World leaders wore suits this year, but they once donned traditional silk jackets in China and ponchos in Peru.

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David McBride: Australian war crimes whistleblower pleads guilty

David McBride helped expose allegations of extrajudicial killings by Australian troops in Afghanistan.

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Biden says 'vermin' rhetoric by Trump echoes Nazis

The president argues such language evokes 1930s Germany. A Trump aide says the Biden claim is "despicable".

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How the dead are counted in Gaza

The BBC has been looking in detail at how the casualty figures are totalled.

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Xi Jinping arrives in the US as his Chinese Dream sputters

Economic woes put the Chinese leader in a more vulnerable negotiating position on this visit.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Race against time to rescue India workers

Forty labourers have been trapped in the tunnel for over 72 hours after a part of it collapsed on Sunday.

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Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave

More than a hundred million people are thought to have been affected by the extreme weather.

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Queer Eye's Bobby Berk to leave show

The interior designer says leaving the Netflix makeover show was a "necessary" decision.

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Watch: Propeller plane misses runway and crashes into car in Texas

The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries and the people in the plane were not hurt.

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers race to save 40 workers trapped in India tunnel

Officials have established contact with the trapped men and are providing them food, water and oxygen.

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Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings

The holiday has been set aside to allow all Kenyans to participate, the environment minister says.

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Israel's president denies it is striking Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital

Isaac Herzog told the BBC "everything is operating" at Al-Shifa, despite reports of no power.

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Delhi AQI: Toxic haze in India capital after Diwali festival

Many people burst crackers to celebrate the Diwali festival despite a ban on fireworks due to high pollution.

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US Republican Senator Tim Scott pulls out of presidential campaign

The Republicans' only black senator has been trailing far behind Donald Trump in polls.

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Ugandan army officers sacked for cowardice in attack on Somalia's Bulo Marer Atmis base

More than 50 soldiers were killed in the attack by al-Shabab fighters in May.

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In Gaza, fleeing refugees face hunger and disease: 'We are in the Dark Ages’

Hundreds of thousands who fled bombs are now washing in polluted seawater and sleeping in packed tents.

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Skating on a once-in-a-decade "ice window" in Alaska

Footage shows an ice rescue instructor skating on a rare window of ice in Alaska's Alpine lakes.

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Pope Francis fires Texan bishop after criticism of reforms

Joseph Strickland is "relieved" from governance following a Vatican investigation.

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Ukraine war: Kyiv hit by first air attack in 52 days, say authorities

Elsewhere, near the Black Sea port of Odesa, there were reports of at least two missile attacks.

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Macron condemns rising antisemitism and Israeli bombing of civilians

The French leader tells the BBC's Katya Adler a Gaza ceasefire is urgently needed and rising antisemitism must be beaten.

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Fagradalsfjall: Iceland declares emergency over volcano eruption concerns

Thousands are asked to evacuate from a town in the southwest over fears magma has spread underground.

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Jewish fears as German support for Israel is challenged on streets

As fighting continues between Israel and Hamas, social discord is emerging in Germany.

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Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens

Tuvalu - a series of low-lying atolls - is one of the countries most at risk from climate change.

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Toxic smog chokes Pakistan and shuts cities

Smog in the country's second-largest city Lahore has risen to dangerous levels.

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Divided communities in the occupied West Bank

Arabs and Jews living in the territory say the 7 October attacks have deepened distrust.

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Third Republican debate: Four takeaways from the Miami event

There were some heated exchanges on Ukraine and China, but strict moderation limited direct clashes.

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‘No anaesthesia, painkillers’: Giving birth in Gaza

New mothers speak of giving birth amid war and the fears they have for their children's futures.

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Laura Enever sets women's record for biggest paddle-in wave ever surfed

Australian Laura Enever says she "knew it was the wave of my life" when she paddled into it in Hawaii.

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‘No one can joke with us’: Azerbaijan parades army in Nagorno-Karabakh

The display comes weeks after Azerbaijan recaptured the territory, causing 120,000 ethnic Armenians to flee.

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Australian farmer Colin Deveraux survives crocodile attack by biting back

Colin Deveraux has spent a month being treated in hospital and admits he is lucky to be alive.

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'I’m calling from Israeli intelligence. We have the order to bomb. You have two hours'

An extraordinary warning call to a Palestinian dentist starts the panicked evacuation of a Gazan neighbourhood.

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US election day 2023: Three takeaways after Americans went to the polls

Voters went to the polls to decide their governor, while others considered changes to abortion rights.

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Legend of Zelda: Nintendo, Sony making live-action movie of classic video game

Nintendo and Sony are teaming up, with Shigeru Miyamoto, Avi Arad and Wes Ball at the helm.

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French letters from Seven Years' War opened 250 years later

The academic who discovered the letters said reading them was "very emotional".

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Chinese alarm after second gym collapse in Heilongjiang province kills three

The second building cave-in in three months in Heilongjiang prompts outcry over safety issues.

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South Korea: Authorities fight bedbugs to calm public jitters

Authorities are moving to contain bedbug outbreaks that have caused public jitters.

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Melbourne Cup: Without A Fight wins Australia's biggest race

The victory gives jockey Mark Zahra back-to-back wins in Australia's biggest horse race.

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Nepal earthquake: Survivors cremate the dead, face uncertain future

Homeless and sleeping in the cold outdoors, Nepal's earthquake survivors appeal for assistance.

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South Korean man attacks shop clerk he thought was a feminist

The man told the shop clerk he was attacking her because she had short hair and must be a feminist.

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Watch: Prince William goes dragon boating in Singapore

The Prince of Wales was said to have “kept up really well” during a dragon boat training session.

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Australian PM Albanese to meet Xi Jinping in long-awaited China visit

Anthony Albanese's trip - the first by an Australian leader since 2016 - follows years of strained ties.

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Bowen: Five new realities after four weeks of Israel-Gaza war

There are few known quantities in the conflict but some things have become clear, says Jeremy Bowen.

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Rock in a hard place: France-Spain border residents angry over road blocks

Members of a French coastal town are campaigning to reopen a road connecting it with Spain.

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What a Donald Trump second term would look like

If he returns to the White House by winning the 2024 election, here is what he has said he wants to do.

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Minister's awkward EU summit kiss raises questions in Croatia

Croatia's foreign minister sparked controversy by greeting his German counterpart with a kiss.

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James Webb telescope: Baby star launches giant jets and shocks

The James Webb observatory records the giant jets and shocks created by a birthing star in Orion.

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Russell Brand: Extra accuses comedian of film set sexual assault

The actor is accused of exposing himself and sexually assaulting a woman on set in a US lawsuit.

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Canadian author accused of faking her own death pleads guilty

Dawn Walker, who is also accused of abducting her son, said she was fleeing domestic violence.

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Blackpink star blocked on Chinese social media after cabaret show

Lisa's account disappears on Weibo after her five-show stint at Crazy Horse nightclub in Paris.

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HBO boss Casey Bloys admits using fake accounts to hit back at critics

Casey Bloys was responding to reports he tasked staff with creating fake accounts to attack critics.

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Delhi air pollution: Schools shut as air quality turns severe

Experts say the air quality will deteriorate further in the next two weeks.

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Li Keqiang: China bids quiet farewell to popular ex-premier

It stands in contrast to the outpouring of sorrow for Li Keqiang among the Chinese public.

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Boss of Indonesia cough syrup maker jailed after child deaths

The pharmaceutical firm, Afi Farma, has been linked to the deaths of more than 200 Indonesian children.

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Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi chief minister to be questioned in corruption case

Arvind Kejriwal calls the allegations "illegal" and accuses PM Narendra Modi's government of "dirty politics".

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