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Iraq fire: Eyewitnesses tell of wedding hall blaze horror

Iraq wedding fire: How the blaze unfolded By Ethar Shalaby BBC Arabic Nearly 100 people have been killed and many…

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Zoleka Mandela: Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter dies in South Africa at 43

Zoleka Mandela was interviewed as part of the BBC's 100 Women series in 2016 By Wycliffe Muia BBC News  Zoleka…

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Osiris-Rex: Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples

Watch: Why asteroid Bennu samples are so important... in 83 seconds By Jonathan Amos, science correspondent  in Dugway, Utah Dusty…

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AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo

Image caption, MarĂ­a Blanco Rayo's daughter was one of the girls affected By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Almendralejo A sleepy town…

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South Africa: Charges after children fall ill from ‘drug muffins’

Image caption, Police say more than 90 children suffered "serious pains" after consuming the muffins By Gabriela Pomeroy & Nomsa Maseko…

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Holiday illness toddler stuck in Portugal amid insurance delay

Image caption, Doctors say Theo, two, has a virus which is attacking his brain By Jordan see Davies & Catriona Aitken…

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Guinean cycles across six countries for spot at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University

By Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News A student has cycled 4,000km (2,500 miles) across West Africa, enduring arrests and blazing heat,…

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US child dies from fentanyl kept under nursery nap mat

Image caption, Nicholas Dominici was due to turn two in November By Max Matza BBC News The fentanyl that killed a…

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Johnny Kitagawa: Japan firms cut ties with boyband agency over sex abuse

By Mariko Oi Major Japanese brands are cutting ties with the country's biggest talent agency after it was engulfed by…

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Inside South Africa’s Operation Dudula: ‘Why we hate foreigners’

By Ayanda Charlie in Johannesburg & Tamasin Ford in London BBC Africa Eye South African anti-migrant group Operation Dudula has…

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