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Who could be behind hoax bomb threats to European air travel?
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Who could be behind hoax bomb threats to European air travel?

There is no hard evidence so far linking airline bomb threats to Russia, Iran or any proxy groups.

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Melania Trump calls for lasting Ukraine truce as she hosts Russian and Ukrainian officials
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Melania Trump calls for lasting Ukraine truce as she hosts Russian and Ukrainian officials

The US first lady was credited by all for playing a key though unspecified role in the ceasefire.

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Eight killed in series of shootings in western Turkey
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Eight killed in series of shootings in western Turkey

Victims are found in several locations in three separate vehicles, according to local reports.

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Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control
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Bomb hoaxes: Messages reveal how threat was passed on by air traffic control

BBC Verify has been analysing messages after flights across Europe were targeted by fake bomb threats - the second such incident this week.

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Hoax bomb threats target European airlines and airports for second time in a week
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Hoax bomb threats target European airlines and airports for second time in a week

At least 21 flights across Europe are affected in what the UK government calls a "malicious hoax threat".

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Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns after bank collapse
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Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns after bank collapse

The move follows a bank collapse and after the lower house of congress voted in favour of pursuing an impeachment trial against him.

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Six dead and others injured in fire at New York City building
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Six dead and others injured in fire at New York City building

The cause of the blaze is not yet clear, after 230 fire and emergency medical personnel went to the scene.

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The Pitt and ER are similar enough for lawsuit to proceed, judge rules
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The Pitt and ER are similar enough for lawsuit to proceed, judge rules

The widow of ER creator Michael Crichton argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the 1990s series.

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Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?
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Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?

The chef had stated that putting pineapple on pizza was "offensive to his culture".

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French protests see numbers surge as unions join strikes over high cost of living
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French protests see numbers surge as unions join strikes over high cost of living

The interior ministry estimates 600,000 people joined protests across France, while the unions say the number was far higher.

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India's costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic - but divides critics
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India's costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic - but divides critics

Easily the most anticipated Bollywood film of the year, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is the first of two parts.

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Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza
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Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza

He had told his employer, an Australian restaurant, that pineapple on pizza was "offensive" to Italian culture.

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Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years
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Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years

Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.

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Vance walks Trump tightrope with scathing election critique blaming Iran war
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Vance walks Trump tightrope with scathing election critique blaming Iran war

The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.

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Pope Leo hosts Bob Dylan at official residence in Rome
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Pope Leo hosts Bob Dylan at official residence in Rome

Pope Leo had previously quoted Dylan's work in the preface of a book warning against nuclear rearmament.

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Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau
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Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau

The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.

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Mother and daughter die after suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada
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Mother and daughter die after suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada

Authorities in British Columbia say evidence suggests an animal may have been involved in the women's deaths.

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Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever'
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Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever'

Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.

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