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From BBC News. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has received a letter from US President Donald Trump formally urging him to "fully pardon" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has been standing trial for the past five years on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases. He has denied any…

From BBC News. Ukraine’s Justice and Energy ministers leave their posts as the country is rocked by a damaging corruption scandal. Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies revealed that some of President Zelensky’s close associates were allegedly involved in a plot to skim around $100 million from the country’s energy sector. The BBC’s Diplomatic correspondent James Landale has…

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From BBC News. A committee of lawmakers in the US have released over 20,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including some that reference US President Donald Trump. One is an email exchange dated April 2011 from Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in 2019, to his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and reads "I…

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From BBC News. A man who escaped the last functioning hospital in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher before a reported massacre by paramilitary troops says he has lost all hope and happiness. Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed, a laboratory technician at the Saudi Maternity Hospital, spoke to a freelancer gathering interviews for the BBC from a displaced persons…

From BBC News. Global girl group KATSEYE catch up with BBC News music correspondent Mark Savage to talk about their K-Pop training and Netflix’s Pop Star Academy. Plus their rise to fame, how they handle online hate and their bid to become the biggest girl group in the world. The six-piece, who were recently nominated…

From BBC News. Protesters carrying signs reading "our forests are not for sale" broke through security lines of the COP30 climate talks on Tuesday night in Belém, Brazil. BBC journalists saw United Nations security staff running behind a line of Brazilian soldiers shouting at delegates to immediately leave the venue. The UN told BBC News…

From BBC News. Authorities in Pakistan are trying to identify an attacker following a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad. At least 12 people were killed and 27 others were injured, the country’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi said. According to Naqvi, a bomber was planning to attack the district courthouse but was unable to…

From BBC News. Will the BBC actually end up in court against President Trump? Where would a potential lawsuit by President Trump against the BBC take place? Is $1 billion dollars a realistic figure? What are the calculations both sides are making? Adam discusses with BBC home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani. And, the rate…

From BBC News. Will the BBC actually end up in court against President Trump? Where would a potential lawsuit by President Trump against the BBC take place? Is $1 billion dollars a realistic figure? What are the calculations both sides are making? Adam discusses with BBC home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani. And, the rate…

From BBC News. US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to ‘immediately’ resume nuclear testing for the first time in over 30 years. It comes as Russia successfully trialled a nuclear-capable cruise missile and underwater drone – and as China increases its nuclear stockpile faster than any other nation. The move by President Trump…

From BBC News. Former ‘Culture Club’ singer Boy George’s latest art collection has gone on sale, and is inspired by punk music. The popstar has always painted from a young age, taking inspiration from pop icons such as David Bowie and Mark Bolan. At school he said art was the only class he liked and…

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From BBC News. Description: Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that the next World Cup will be his last before retirement. The player will be hoping to add a World Cup trophy to his cabinet and reach one thousand goals. BBC World Service Football journalist George Addo and Global Affairs reporter Mimi Swaby have…

From BBC News. Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns – and given it a suitably devilish name. Researchers found the Megachile Lucifer while observing a rare wildflower that only grows in the Bremer Ranges in Western Australia’s Goldfields region, 470km (292 miles) east of Perth. The "highly distinctive, prominent…

From BBC News. A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has killed 12 people and injured at least 27 more, the country’s interior minister said. Mohsin Naqvi said a bomber was planning to attack the district courthouse but was unable to get inside. Naqvi said authorities would prioritise identifying the bomber, and…

From BBC News. Catherine Connolly has been declared as the Republic of Ireland’s 10th president. Connolly was elected in a landslide vote at the end of October – defeating Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys. The 68-year-old will take over the role from Michael D Higgins, whose 14-year term ended at midnight. The inauguration ceremony was…

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From BBC News. The outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie has told staff to "fight for our journalism", a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn. Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, after days of pressure sparked by a leaked memo. The memo – written…

From BBC News. In just under a fortnight, leaders from some of the world’s major economies will gather in South Africa’s economic heartland, Johannesburg, for the G20 summit. But just a few kilometres from the spruced-up, highly secure venue is a city centre which the authorities are struggling to improve and keep safe. They face…

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From BBC News. President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn. In a latter to the corporation Trump’s legal team demands the BBC “immediately retract” a Panorama programme which edited a speech he made calling it “false and defamatory”. It comes as BBC chair Samir Shah apologised for an "error of judgement" over…

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From BBC News. The chairman of the BBC has apologised for what he called an "error of judgement" in how a speech by Donald Trump was edited for an episode of Panorama. The BBC’s director-general and its head of news resigned on Sunday after a leaked memo criticised the documentary. But this crisis didn’t come…

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From BBC News. A cyber-criminal who spent almost 10 years on the FBI’s most wanted list has been speaking to the BBC in an exclusive interview from prison. Vyacheslav Penchukov, known as Tank, was the leader of two separate hacking gangs accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from people around the world. BBC…

From BBC News. There are reports of fatalities and multiple casualties in India’s capital Delhi after a car explosion near the city’s landmark Red Fort. Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha told reporters the incident happened at around 18:52 local time (13:52 GMT), when a slow-moving vehicle stopped at a red light before it exploded, damaging…

From BBC News. BBC chairman Samir Shah has apologised for a Panorama documentary which edited a clip of a speech by Donald Trump, calling it an "error of judgement". "We accept that the way the speech was edited did give the impression of a direct call for violent action," Shah said in a letter to…

From BBC News. From the spectacular break-in at the Louvre to the rise of mobile phone snatching on the streets of London, Ben Thompson and Talking Business examine some of the global and economic forces behind the rise in theft. Why are those involved in these thefts finding it so easy to steal and sell…

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From BBC News. Syria’s President Ahmed Sharaa has arrived in Washington for an official visit, just two days after the US formally revoked his status as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The former Islamist militant will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, 11 months after his rebel alliance ousted Bashar…

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From BBC News. US senators have passed a deal that paves the way to ending the longest government shutdown in the country’s history. A group of Democratic lawmakers backed an agreement negotiated with Republicans in the Senate. After 40 days of stalemate, this is the first sign of any progress. But the deal still needs…

From BBC News. The BBC’s director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned, following criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers when editing a speech by US President Donald Trump. The Telegraph newspaper published details of a leaked internal BBC memo which suggested the BBC’s Panorama programme edited two parts of…

From BBC News. The resignation of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness came after The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo suggesting Panorama edited a Donald Trump speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021. In a statement, Davie said: "Overall the BBC is delivering well,…

From BBC News. Today, Laura spoke to the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, who has said she retains confidence in the BBC’s leadership, as the corporation prepares to apologise over the way it edited a Donald Trump speech. Adam and Henry discuss the political ramifications of that interview, as well as other accusations made in the…

From BBC News. The BBC’s director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned over a documentary about US President Donald Trump. It comes after The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo suggesting Panorama edited two parts of Trump’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol…

From BBC News. BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned over a US President Donald Trump documentary edit. It comes after The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo suggesting Panorama edited two parts of Trump’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill…

From BBC News. BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned over a documentary about Donald Trump. The Telegraph had published details of a leaked internal BBC memo suggesting Panorama edited two parts of Trump’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.…

From BBC News. More than 900,000 people in the Philippines have been evacuated as a super typhoon called Fung-wong arrives. Two people have died since it made landfall in the Philippines. It comes just days after an earlier storm, Kalmaegi, left devastation and nearly 200 people dead. The storm has sustained winds of around 185…

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From BBC News. King Charles III led the UK in a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT on Sunday during the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph. He laid a wreath at the monument in central London as part of the service to remember those who died in conflict. Services also took place in communities…

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From BBC News. At least six people have died after Russia launched hundreds of missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential targets in Ukraine. A strike on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro killed two people and wounded 12, while three died in Zaporizhzhia. In total, 25 locations across Ukraine, including…

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From BBC News. Today, the BBC announced that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is to unveil a major shake-up of the immigration and asylum system modelled on the Danish system, which is seen as one of the toughest in Europe. Political correspondent Iain Watson joins Laura and Adam in the studio to tell them about his…

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From BBC News. Sudan’s ambassador to the US has called for concrete steps against countries that back the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), following widespread reports of atrocities carried out by its fighters in the city of el-Fasher. The RSF denies those reports. The RSF has agreed to a proposal from the US for a…

From BBC News. The biggest city in the US has its first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s bold, left-wing platform has energised progressives, shaken up his Democratic Party, and drawn harsh criticism from President Donald Trump. "Today we have spoken in a clear voice: hope is alive," Mamdani told supporters…

From BBC News. Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official has confirmed to BBC News. Earlier, the US president said he would consider an opt-out for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close Trump ally who has maintained good…

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From BBC News. For the first time since Donald Trump’s re-election there is renewed optimism among Democrats, after Zohran Mamdani and other candidates won big. Alongside the win in New York and the governor races in New Jersey and West Virginia, the party also won important – albeit less glamorous – races in Pennsylvania and…

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From BBC News. McDonald’s will bring in new sexual harassment training for managers in strengthened measures agreed with the equality watchdog to protect its staff from abuse. The move was "in response to serious allegations raised", the watchdog said, after it initially intervened in the company. A BBC investigation two years ago was told that…

From BBC News. Sir Stephen Fry, actor, comedian and recent star of ‘Celebrity Traitors’, joins the renowned Canadian computer scientist and ‘Godfather of AI’ Yoshua Bengio. They discuss their shared concern about the development of advanced AI systems. Does the world need a red telephone, as introduced in the nuclear era? What are the dangers…

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From BBC News. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that there are 170,000 Russian troops on the outskirts of Pokrovsk, a logistical hub in the Donetsk region which it has been targeting for more than a year. Meanwhile, on the diplomatic front, some analysts are pointing to Turkey’s apparent pivot away from Russian oil…