Natalya ZotovaBBC News Russian
BBCLarysa would have been happier staying in prison for the final four months of her sentence, if she could have gone home at the end of it.
Instead she…
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Prisoners in exile tell of brutality behind bars in Belarus
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Why a popular Hindu temple in Kerala is mired in a gold theft row
Geeta Pandey,BBC News, Delhi and
Ashraf Padanna,Thiruvananthapuram
Vivek NairAt the centre of the current controversy are the two gold-clad idols of door guards seen in this photo. They are placed outside the temple’s main chamber A famed Hindu…
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Tesla says Musk should be paid $1tn
Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco
AFP via Getty ImagesAhead of Tesla’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday there’s been one key message the electric car-maker has been hammering home to shareholders: the boss is…
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Ros Atkins on… A year since Trump’s election victory
A year ago today, Donald Trump won the US Presidential election. He was sworn into office in January and a lot has happened in his second term. Our Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks back on the year that’s followed Trump’s defeat of Kamala Harris.
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Reddit added to Australia’s teen social media ban due to start next month
Getty ImagesReddit is one of the latest platforms to be added to Australia’s social media ban Popular forum site Reddit has been added to Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 that starts next month.
Live-streaming platform…
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Six takeaways from Canada’s federal budget
Jessica Murphy,Ottawa and
Nadine Yousif,Ottawa
ReutersThe budget was put forward on Tuesday by Canada’s Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has introduced his first federal budget – a blueprint for how…
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Suspected drone sightings disrupt flights at Belgium airports
Suspected drone sightings have disrupted flights at airports across Belgium on Tuesday, with no flights departing or arriving at Brussels Airport – the country’s busiest.
Air traffic there was suspended around 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) after a…
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Carney’s federal budget plans billions in new spending in response to US tariff shocks
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has put forward his first federal budget, which lays out an ambitious plan to transform Canada’s economy and deal with the challenge of US tariffs.
Billed an “investment budget” by the government, the fiscal…
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What Trump took from Dick Cheney’s political playbook
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent
BBCDick Cheney, the former vice-president who died on Tuesday, dramatically expanded the powers of the US presidency in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. More than two decades later, Donald Trump…
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Iran releases two French nationals from detention
Iran has released two French nationals who were detained there for more than three years, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
Cécile Kohler, 41 and her partner Jacques Paris, 72, have been released from Evin prison, Macron said on Tuesday,…
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