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North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack bbc.in/4BHpus3
North Korea denies being behind $6.3bn Binance crypto hack

North Korea denies being behind $6.3bn Binance crypto hack

US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.

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'We grew up around this historic Delhi mosque - now we have been forced out' bbc.in/4sBoilI
Race Course, Savda Ghevra: Historic Delhi mosque fights for its future

Race Course, Savda Ghevra: Historic Delhi mosque fights for its future

Authorities have razed hundreds of houses in a neighbourhood in central Delhi, saying they were built on government land.

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Thousands of European troops to rehearse Ukraine deployment in event of peace bbc.in/48t5z2z
Thousands of European troops to rehearse Ukraine deployment in event of peace

Thousands of European troops to rehearse Ukraine deployment in event of peace

Western officials stress that any force sent to Ukraine would not take part in any offensive operations.

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US President Donald Trump finished his midterm campaigning with a speech outside the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. Read more: bbc.in/4zyN8FF
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Who are the victims of the deadly Florida jet crash? bbc.in/4yQ384R
Who are the victims of the deadly Florida jet crash?

Who are the victims of the deadly Florida jet crash?

Sunday's crash killed all nine people aboard, including a tech entrepreneur and his young family, as well as the 20-year-old copilot.

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A private jet crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, according to US authorities. BBC Verify has used air traffic control audio and flight tracking data to reconstruct the final moments before the plane crashed. Read more: bbc.in/4BxqWx0
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Indonesia's toxic haze is giving its neighbours a political headache bbc.in/4BEiyfl
Indonesia's toxic haze is giving its neighbours a political headache

Indonesia's toxic haze is giving its neighbours a political headache

Governments in Singapore and Malaysia are split between anxious citizens and an irascible neighbour.

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Do the Shetland Isles need Cold War-style military protection? bbc.in/4z0Zfua
Do the Shetland Isles need Cold War-style military protection?

Do the Shetland Isles need Cold War-style military protection?

Calls are being made for the defence of the Shetland Isles to be strengthened after increased sightings of Russian trawlers off the coast of Scotland.

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In dozens of supermarkets across several European countries, a huge amount of food has been dumped after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack. Read more: bbc.in/4egpmFP
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US midterms campaign 'shattering' spending records to be most expensive ever bbc.in/4iy9Q9O
US midterms campaign set to be most expensive ever recorded

US midterms campaign set to be most expensive ever recorded

The 2026 campaign is projected to cost nearly $12bn - BBC Verify looks into where all that money has come from.

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Man guilty of stealing cash from farm owned by South African president bbc.in/3UvrKBN
Man guilty of stealing cash from farm owned by South African president

Man guilty of stealing cash from farm owned by South African president

The case has left the South African head of state mired in an impeachment saga.

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Trump to remove Rwanda and South Africa from US trade deal bbc.in/4sCNJn3
Trump to remove Rwanda and South Africa from US trade deal

Trump to remove Rwanda and South Africa from US trade deal

The move comes barely a week after Rwanda's defence ministry was hit with sanctions by the US Treasury.

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Prosecutors hint at retrial for Lindsay Clancy on murder charges bbc.in/4kt9OCq
Prosecutors hint at plans to retry Lindsay Clancy on murder charges

Prosecutors hint at plans to retry Lindsay Clancy on murder charges

Judge William Sullivan said if the case is headed to a retrial, that could happen as soon as March 2027.

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Fake nuclear warning from hacked app sparks unease but not panic in Ukraine bbc.in/4knXvaA
Fake nuclear warning from hacked app sparks unease but not panic in Ukraine

Fake nuclear warning from hacked app sparks unease but not panic in Ukraine

Many Ukrainians, who have faced years of Russian attacks, did not take the messages seriously and doubted their veracity.

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Russian bombing kills 18 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says bbc.in/47TrjEM
Russian bombing kills 18 people at humanitarian aid centre in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Russian bombing kills 18 people at humanitarian aid centre in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Local officials say 27 people are missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a village in southern Ukraine.

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Fighting returns to Kherson region after longest Ukraine war ceasefire bbc.in/4kuSaOI
Fighting returns to Kherson region after longest Ukraine war ceasefire

Fighting returns to Kherson region after longest Ukraine war ceasefire

Though unprecedented, the six-day truce has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that continues to grinds on.

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Dutch police offer record €2m reward in hunt for drug lord bbc.in/48weal2
Dutch police offer record €2m reward in hunt for drug lord Jos Leijdekkers

Dutch police offer record €2m reward in hunt for drug lord Jos Leijdekkers

Jos Leijdekkers has been found guilty in absentia of cocaine smuggling and is believed to be in Sierra Leone.

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No10 defends flight to Manchester to collect Andy Burnham bbc.in/4jTM3Do
No10 defends flight to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham

No10 defends flight to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham

The trip sparked a backlash with some questioning the value for money, but No 10 says security, cost and "operational requirements" were all factored in.

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Home secretary scraps plan for migrant care workers already in UK to wait 15 years for permanent settlement bbc.in/4BE1KVz
Shabana Mahmood setting out changes to settlement rules for legal migrants - watch live

Shabana Mahmood setting out changes to settlement rules for legal migrants - watch live

As long as the workers earn at least £25,000 and arrived in the UK pre-May 2025, they will be eligible for indefinite leave to remain after five years, Shabana Mahmood says.

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Shock and anger in India after eight-year-old beats six-year-old in classroom bbc.in/4A5Deeq
Panchkula, Haryana: Shock and anger in India after eight-year-old beats six-year-old in school

Panchkula, Haryana: Shock and anger in India after eight-year-old beats six-year-old in school

The girl, who was seriously injured, is out of danger, but remains traumatised by her assault, her family said.

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