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Malaysia flooding forces over 120,000 from homes

There are worries in Malaysia and neighbouring Thailand that disastrous flooding...

Police use water cannon as Georgia EU protests erupt fo...

Thousands gather in Tbilisi for a second night running, after the government sus...

Russian strikes hit Aleppo as rebels take control

Russia launched air raids in parts of the city overnight for the first time sinc...

The Lebanon ceasefire is a respite, not a solution for ...

What the latest developments mean for Iran's position - and for the prospect of ...

Power cut hits Zimbabwe's parliament after budget speech

Zimbabwe's parliament was plunged into darkness after the finance minister's bud...

Crypto entrepreneur eats banana artwork bought for $6.2m

Justin Sun described Maurizio Cattelan's infamous 2019 work as "much better than...

Kremlin critic jailed for three more years over Ukraine...

Former Moscow councillor Alexei Gorinov had already been serving a seven-year se...

France admits colonial 'massacre', says Senegal's leader

Dozens - perhaps hundreds - of West African troops who fought for France in Worl...

Watch: First look inside Notre-Dame ahead of reopening

The gothic cathedral in Paris has been refurbished following a devastating fire ...

Macron praises 'impossible' Notre-Dame restoration

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the rescued, renovated and refurbished c...

Gargoyles, stained glass and the spire: How Notre-Dame ...

Paris's Gothic cathedral has been painstakingly returned to its former glory. He...

Eritrean refugees describe police crackdown in Ethiopia

Hundreds have reportedly detained in recent weeks as relations between the two c...

Israel warns against returning to 60 Lebanon villages

The warning comes as Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of breaking the frag...

Malian singer detained in Belgium in child custody row

The 50-year-old is being held after being extradited from Italy, according to re...

Hitman offered $71,000 for Canadian reporter's assassin...

Daniel Renaud was targeted while covering hitman Frédérick Silva's trial in 2021...

Ros Atkins On... Are North Korean troops fighting in Uk...

The BBC's analysis editor looks at what we know about the claims that North Kore...