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Canada MPs elect first black House of Commons Speaker
Canada has elected Liberal MP Greg Fergus to be the new Speaker of the House of Commons after the previous one resigned amid a Nazi in parliament row. Mr Fergus – the first black man to hold the position – was chosen by the 338-member House after a secret ballot on Tuesday. He called it…
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Trump tells BBC he will testify at appropriate time
The former US President Donald Trump is being tried in a civil fraud case that threatens his vast business empire. On Tuesday, the second day since hearings began, Trump confirmed to the BBC’s Nada Tawfik that he would take the stand if necessary. Read more: Five things to know about Trump’s New York fraud trial
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Deserted Nagorno-Karabakh outposts show Armenian exodus
By Joel Gunter in Nagorno-Karabakh At an Armenian outpost high in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, a half-full cooking pot sat next to a half-eaten plate of food. There was a half-smoked cigarette and half a bread roll. At another, smaller outpost farther along the former frontline, an Armenian log book sat abandoned in the grass.…
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India asks Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff
By Meryl Sebastian BBC News India has asked Canada to withdraw about 40 diplomatic staff from India, reports say, in a sharp escalation of a weeks-long crisis. Those who stayed past 10 October would lose their diplomatic immunity, the Financial Times first reported. Last month, Canada said India may have been behind the killing of…
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Lampedusa shipwreck: Sirens sound to remember Eritrean victims
By Teklemariam Bekit BBC Tigrinya, Lampedusa An emotional memorial has been held in Lampedusa for 368 migrants who perished at sea exactly a decade ago after their ship caught fire. Most of those of those who died were from Eritrea in what is one of the worst disasters to hit migrants trying to reach Europe…
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The McCarthy-Gaetz feud… in 105 seconds
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep Matt Gaetz’s bad blood reached a fever pitch. The animosity between the two Republican lawmakers goes back to the Speaker’s race in January. Gaetz moved to force a vote on ousting McCarthy, after McCarthy passed a resolution to fund the government and avoid a shutdown.
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Bedbug plague hits France ahead of 2024 Olympics
By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris A plague of bedbugs has hit Paris and other French cities, provoking a wave of insectophobia and raising questions about health and safety during next year’s Olympic Games. That’s broadly how the phenomenon has been described in the French – and now international – news media. In part it…
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Three ways the Kevin McCarthy drama could end ahead of speaker vote
By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent Speaker of the US House Kevin McCarthy’s job is on the line – and he may need the help of the Democratic opposition to keep it. That is the conundrum facing the man who was elected, after four days and 15 rounds of balloting, to run the Republican-controlled lower…
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Florida boy, 11, shoots teenagers after row at American football practice
By James FitzGerald BBC News An 11-year-old boy has been arrested after shooting a pair of 13-year-olds after a row at an American football practice in central Florida. After a physical fight, the attacker retrieved a gun from his mother’s car and fired a single shot, police said. Both victims were stable after being hit…
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Khaled Khalifa: ‘Larger than life’ famed Syrian writer mourned
By Lina Sinjab BBC News, Beirut The passing of renowned Syrian author Khaled Khalifa has shocked the community at home and abroad. Khaled died at his home in Damascus after a sudden heart attack, at the age of 59. I met Khaled Khalifa in Damascus in the early 1990s, just as his fame as a…