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Iran charges journalists after BBC report on teen protester's death

3 hours 15 min ago
Iran’s judiciary rejects as “fake” a BBC report that alleges security forces killed Nika Shakarami.
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Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy

10 hours 44 min ago
UN expert says death of 8-year-old appears to violate law after reviewing evidence gathered by BBC.
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Watch: Inside Lebanon's ghost towns after Israeli strikes

16 hours 28 min ago
Israel has pounded southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on 8 October.
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Watch: Inside Lebanon's ghost towns after Israeli strikes

16 hours 28 min ago
Israel has pounded southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on 8 October.
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'Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr - I want him home’

16 hours 45 min ago
The British-Mexican man has HIV and has run out of his usual medication, says his family.
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'Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr - I want him home’

16 hours 45 min ago
The British-Mexican man has HIV and has run out of his usual medication, says his family.
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Blinken says 'time is now' for Israel-Hamas deal in Gaza

Wed, 2024-05-01 19:41
Hamas has not yet responded to the latest proposal, which reportedly includes a 40-day ceasefire.
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'I watch my back': Spike in BBC journalists living in exile

Wed, 2024-05-01 18:00
The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have doubled since 2020.
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'I watch my back': Spike in BBC journalists living in exile

Wed, 2024-05-01 18:00
The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have doubled since 2020.
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Saudi women's rights activist jailed for 11 years

Wed, 2024-05-01 15:28
Manahel al-Otaibi was convicted of "terrorism charges" reportedly related to her social media posts.
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Saudi women's rights activist jailed for 11 years

Wed, 2024-05-01 15:28
Manahel al-Otaibi was convicted of "terrorism charges" reportedly related to her social media posts.
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Gaza hostage's mother pleads for ceasefire deal

Wed, 2024-05-01 10:47
Rachel Goldberg-Polin says "maximum leverage" is needed to free her son Hersh and 132 Hamas captives.
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'I could not protect her': Dad mourns child killed in Channel

Wed, 2024-05-01 07:00
Ahmed Alhashimi's spoke to the BBC after daughter Sara died when the family tried to make it to the UK in a small boat last week.
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Southern Lebanon: BBC sees air strike destruction in deserted towns

Wed, 2024-05-01 01:04
Residents who fled from the border can only watch as their homes are turned into craters.
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Netanyahu vows to follow through with Rafah attack

Tue, 2024-04-30 18:10
The Israeli prime minister says the invasion will proceed "with or without" a truce with Hamas.
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Iran commutes tycoon's death sentence

Tue, 2024-04-30 17:59
Businessman Babak Zanjani was convicted in 2016 of pocketing billions from Iran's oil ministry.
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Iran commutes tycoon's death sentence

Tue, 2024-04-30 17:59
Businessman Babak Zanjani was convicted in 2016 of pocketing billions from Iran's oil ministry.
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