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Guy Hedgecoein Adamuz, southern Spain Reuters Spain’s King Felipe (far right) visited the crash site with Queen Letizia on Tuesday Sunday’s high-speed train crash in
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Katya Adler Europe Editor BBC Something in Europe has snapped. Donald Trump doubled down again on Monday night in his insistence that the US “has
High-speed train crash in Spain kills at least 39
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Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, reports say
Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The official said the
Police deny Bobi Wine abduction claims as Yoweri Museveni heads for victory
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Kruger National Park shuts to tourists
Flooding in South Africa’s northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga has forced the famed Kruger National Park to suspend visits and evacuate some guests and
Yoweri Museveni faces Bobi Wine in presidential poll
Sammy Awami,BBC Africa, Kampalaand Wycliffe Muia AFP via Getty Images More than 21 million Ugandans have registered to vote Polls have opened in Uganda’s presidential
Kyiv seeks relief from Russian strikes and cold
BBC Ukraine’s “Invincibility Trains” run their diesel engines to provide relief and boost morale At a suburban Kyiv railway station, two carriages painted in the
‘Miracle baby’ born in a tree above Mozambique floodwaters dies aged 25
She was seen as a “miracle baby” after being born in a tree which her mother had climbed to escape flooding, but nearly 26 years
Ai, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted, dies at 49
Ai, a female chimpanzee famous for her cognitive skills has died at 49, according to the Japanese institute where she lived. The Kyoto University’s Center