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- After their PM halts Ukraine aid, Slovaks dig deep to helpon April 19, 2024 at 5:18 am
A crowdfunding campaign to buy artillery shells for Ukraine quickly exceeds its target of €1m (£850m).
- Taylor Swift is bereft but vicious on new albumon April 19, 2024 at 4:05 am
The star's 11th album is much more than a break-up record, and may even mark the end of an Era.
- Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials sayon April 19, 2024 at 2:28 am
There are reports of explosions near Isfahan, as two US officials confirm to the BBC's US partner CBS News that Israel struck Iran.
- Netflix profits soar after password crackdownon April 19, 2024 at 1:53 am
The streaming giant said it added 9.3 million subscribers in the first three months of the year.
- World’s biggest election kicks off as India voteson April 19, 2024 at 1:18 am
Millions of Indians are queuing up to cast their ballot in the first of the seven-phase election.
- Extortion and kidnap - a deadly journey across Mexicoon April 19, 2024 at 1:10 am
Under the radar in the US border crisis debate is the role of drug cartels preying on migrants.
- Goggles, bubbles and puddles: Africa's top shotson April 19, 2024 at 12:58 am
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
- US again warns Israel against Rafah offensiveon April 19, 2024 at 12:45 am
Benjamin Netanyahu's representatives have agreed to take US concerns "into account", the White House says.
- US interest rate setter says 'no hurry' to cuton April 19, 2024 at 12:35 am
A key member of the US central bank, Raphael Bostic, tells the BBC rates might only ease "at the end of 2024".
- Can TikTok's owner afford to lose its killer app?on April 18, 2024 at 11:13 pm
Sell or be banned - TikTok's US operations, by some estimates, could fetch up to $100bn.
- Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curbon April 18, 2024 at 10:57 pm
Thousands of Chinese companies are making synthetic opioids and shipping them around the world.
- Powerful Greenland women project wins photo awardon April 18, 2024 at 10:52 pm
The winning images from this year's Sony World Photography Awards.
- Full 12-person jury seated in Trump criminal caseon April 18, 2024 at 10:44 pm
The trial, the first ever in which an ex-US president is the defendant, may see opening arguments on Monday.
- Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnappingon April 18, 2024 at 10:32 pm
The Islamist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls from a school in Chibok in 2014
- Iran morality police arrest dead protester's sister, family sayson April 18, 2024 at 8:51 pm
Aida Shakarami was detained for allegedly violating the compulsory hijab laws, her mother says.
- Arrest over alleged Russia plot to kill Zelenskyon April 18, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Prosecutors say the man was tasked with getting information on an airport used by Ukraine's leader.
- Kenya's military chief dies in helicopter crashon April 18, 2024 at 8:29 pm
A military helicopter carrying senior military officers crashes and caught fire, killing ten people.
- 'Apocalyptic' Dubai floods shake picture-perfect cityon April 18, 2024 at 8:13 pm
If Dubai is the ultimate Instagram city, then this was the week the filter came off.
- Chinese cities sinking under their own weighton April 18, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Extracting ground water for growing urban populations causes half of China's big cities to sink.
- Dubai airport delays persist after UAE stormon April 18, 2024 at 5:57 pm
Some inbound flights to the world's second busiest airport resume, but many passengers remain stranded.