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‘Wrong number’ couple fight India deportation
By Neyaz Farooquee BBC World Service, Delhi In 2011, Gulzar Khan from Pakistan entered India illegally, married his lover and hid his real identity from her for the next eight years, until he was arrested. Now he is waiting to hear if he will be deported back to Pakistan. Successful cross-border love stories between Indians…
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Kim Jong Un to visit Putin in Russia for arms talks
N Korea’s Kim Jong Un plans to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia for talks on supplying weapons to use in Ukraine, US official tells BBC US partner CBS This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News…
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UK weather: Heat-health alert in place as temperatures to hit 32C
By Oliver Slow BBC News A heat-health alert has been issued for most parts of England as temperatures could reach 32C (89.6F) midweek. The UK Health Security Agency’s yellow warning is in place across seven regions until 21:00 BST on Sunday. It means that the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions should take extra…
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Ukraine says Russian drones crashed in Romania
By Paul Adams, international affairs correspondent, & Robert Plummer BBC News Ukraine has alleged that Russian drones landed on Romanian territory during a series of strikes on a neighbouring Ukrainian city. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters after a news conference in Kyiv that Ukraine had photographic evidence supporting its claim. However, Romania has rejected…
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Priscilla review: Sofia Coppola has directed a ‘sympathetic tribute’ to Elvis’s wife
Sofia Coppola’s “understated, non-judgemental portrait” of Elvis’s wife Priscilla Presley is “quietly affecting”, writes Nicholas Barber from the Venice Film Festival. A year on from Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, here’s the same story again from the perspective of Elvis’s wife. Adapted from Priscilla Presley’s memoir, Elvis and Me, it’s written and directed by Sofia…
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Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies at 56
By Tiffany Wertheimer & Mark Savage BBC News Steve Harwell, the lead singer of US band Smash Mouth, has died at the age of 56. The band’s manager had earlier said Harwell was in the final stages of liver failure and was receiving end of life care at his home. In a statement Robert Hayes…
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Chancellor ‘Pirate Olaf’ Scholz injured jogging
By Damien McGuinness BBC News, Berlín German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has published a photo of himself with an eye-patch after he fell while out jogging. The incident occurred on Saturday near his home in Potsdam, near Berlin. He cancelled regional election events on Sunday because of the accident, but will attend engagements as normal, including…
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New iPhone, new charger: Apple bends to EU rules
By Chris Vallance & Zoe Kleinman Technology team Apple’s latest iPhone will almost certainly feature a USB-C charge point when it is unveiled on 12 September. The firm’s phones currently use its proprietary Lightning adaptor, unlike rivals, including Samsung. A European Union law requires phone manufacturers to adopt a common charging connection by December 2024…
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Burning Man festivalgoers on the mood from the mud
By Dearbail Jordan BBC News More than 70,000 people have been waiting to leave the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rain turned the ground into a swamp. Although some people have been able to leave the site as conditions improve, others have found it impossible to drive away – with stranded…
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UK bees in danger as Asian hornet sightings rise
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent Record sightings of Asian hornets are raising fears of catastrophic consequences for the UK’s bee populations for years to come. The invasive hornets are wreaking havoc in mainland Europe and threaten to…