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A new youth agitation grips an Indian state after 'cockroach' protests
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A new youth agitation grips an Indian state after 'cockroach' protests

Weeks after the CJP protests shook Delhi, a new youth-led movement over jobs and recruitment is gathering force in Jharkhand.

Badenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meeting in Greece
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Badenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meeting in Greece

The Murdochs' News Corp company paid for flights and accommodation for the Conservative leader and her husband to travel to Greece.

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Man cautioned over Reform conference assaults
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Man cautioned over Reform conference assaults

West Midlands Police is investigating a number of assaults after protests interrupted the Reform UK conference.

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Farmers' fury as race for £233m funding compared to 'scramble for Oasis tickets'
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Farmers' fury as race for £233m funding compared to 'scramble for Oasis tickets'

Farmers fear they may not be able to carry out environmental work because they lost out on funding.

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UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC
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UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after Donald Trump told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".

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Barrecore and Boom Cycle owner suddenly shuts studios
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Barrecore and Boom Cycle owner suddenly shuts studios

Common Bond has emailed customers announcing its locations were closed "until further notice".

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Man died of cardiac arrest on flight, inquest told
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Man died of cardiac arrest on flight, inquest told

Geoff Kitchen died onboard a Singapore Airlines flight which experienced severe turbulence in 2024.

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Family tribute to 'devoted' mum and 'precious' children who died in fire
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Family tribute to 'devoted' mum and 'precious' children who died in fire

Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, 8, and Prudence, 7, died in Bootle on Tuesday.

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UK military jamming other nations' satellites to defend itself, BBC told
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UK military jamming other nations' satellites to defend itself, BBC told

The head of the RAF says the UK faces "unprecedented threats" from adversaries in space, as a new unit is created to defend Britain's satellites.

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Bentley unveils its first fully electric car
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Bentley unveils its first fully electric car

The SUVs will be built on a new production line in Crewe, which has been Bentley's base since 1946.

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Why is the price of protein powder rising?
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Why is the price of protein powder rising?

Why is the price of protein powder rising?

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Trump reveals millions of dollars' worth of share deals in big tech and AI
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Trump reveals millions of dollars' worth of share deals in big tech and AI

Stock in major firms such as Microsoft, Nvidia and SpaceX was bought and sold on behalf of the US president.

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Concerns county will not benefit from £2 bus cap
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Concerns county will not benefit from £2 bus cap

Councillor Justine Peberdy says Yeomans Travel and Sargeants Brothers have not committed to the cap.

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Itauma 'humiliated' but may never lose again - Hrgovic
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Itauma 'humiliated' but may never lose again - Hrgovic

Moses Itauma may never lose again if he can get over the "humiliation" of his IBF heavyweight title defeat, says Filip Hrgovic, who stunned the Briton in August.

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GB's Reid and Thomas reach finals at Europeans
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GB's Reid and Thomas reach finals at Europeans

Great Britain's Chantelle Reid and Damar Thomas will fight for gold at the European Boxing Championships after semi-final victories on Wednesday.

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The footballer who had a heart transplant - then became a World Cup winner
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The footballer who had a heart transplant - then became a World Cup winner

Martyn Jackson never thought he'd play football again when he had a heart transplant in 2024. Less than two years later, he was a World Cup winner with England.

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Eriksen leaves Wolfsburg by mutual consent
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Eriksen leaves Wolfsburg by mutual consent

Christian Eriksen leaves Wolfsburg by mutual consent, just over three months after collapsing during Denmark's friendly with Ukraine.

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OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine
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OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine

Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

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US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
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US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'

Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.

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Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions
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Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions

The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, an unlikely frontier in Beijing's AI race with Washington.

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Rare look at the remote engine rooms fuelling China's AI boom
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Rare look at the remote engine rooms fuelling China's AI boom

The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.

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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault
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Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault

Assault survivor Miriam Haley said the "devastating effect on my life and sense of security that may never go away".

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Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'
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Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'

Masoud Pezeshkian's defiant speech to the UN comes after the US president threatened to "annihilate" Iran if a peace deal is not agreed soon.

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Watch: How toxic smog from wildfires is making Indonesians sick
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Watch: How toxic smog from wildfires is making Indonesians sick

Around 175,000 people in Indonesia have suffered from respiratory illness since August.

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Poland accuses Russian military helicopter of violating its airspace
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Poland accuses Russian military helicopter of violating its airspace

Poland says the aircraft stayed in its skies for 42 seconds, forcing the Nato member to scramble its fighter jets.

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