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World News Headlines
- Three things that could make a Gaza hostage deal more likelyon January 13, 2025
There is fresh anticipation about the talks after several shifts, both politically and on the ground.
- Maps and pictures chart how fires have spreadon January 13, 2025
Maps and images showing how the fires currently affecting the Los Angeles area are developing.
- German-Iranian woman Nahid Taghavi released from prison in Tehranon January 13, 2025
Taghavi, 70, spent more than four years in jail after a trial that rights groups said was grossly unfair.
- 'I can't believe my baby is not going to be here' - mother of fire victimon January 13, 2025
Shelley Sykes' son Rory, who had cerebral palsy and struggled with mobility, chose not to follow an evacuation order.
- Oliviero Toscani, Benetton's shock photographer, dies aged 82on January 13, 2025
Toscani was the creative force behind shock ad campaigns of the 1990s including a priest and nun kissing.
- Landslides kill at least 10 in Brazil's Minas Gerais stateon January 13, 2025
The landslides were triggered by torrential rain which fell in the city in the early hours of Sunday.
- AfD embraces mass deportation of migrants as German election nearson January 13, 2025
During a party conference Alice Weidel publicly endorsed the mass "return" or deportation of people with a migrant background.
- Nigeria military kills 16 civilians in air strike 'mistake'on January 13, 2025
The villagers were reportedly returning from a mission to chase away armed groups when they were bombed.
- Woman alleges rape by 64 men over five yearson January 13, 2025
Police say that the woman was alleged sexually abused and gangraped when she was a minor.
- In photos: World's biggest religious festival begins in Indiaon January 13, 2025
The Maha Kumbh is a colourful religious festival where millions gather in Prayagraj city to take a holy dip.
- South Korea's impeached president gets pay riseon January 13, 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol's annual salary will rise to 262.6 million won, as South Korea remains in turmoil.
- Moment kitesurfing Olympian rescues drowning womanon January 13, 2025
Bruno Lobo was practising filming with a new camera off the coast of Brazil, as he heard a woman screaming.
- Norway on track to be first country to hit 100% electric vehicle saleson January 13, 2025
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year.
- Syrians hope for a future without Russia, but it may not be easyon January 13, 2025
With the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russia lost a key ally in the Middle East -but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.
- 'Infighting, frustration and an insular inner circle' - the story of Biden's undoingon January 13, 2025
The 46th president had his accomplishments - but for now these are partly overshadowed by certain missteps
- The truth behind your $12 dress: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling Shein's successon January 12, 2025
Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.
- Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldierson January 12, 2025
One of the soldiers thought he was going to Russia for "training", Kyiv's security service said.
- More than 60 injured after Strasbourg trams collideon January 12, 2025
Two trams collided at the French city's main train station, a prefecture spokesperson says.
- Mayotte hit by floods and mudslides from second stormon January 12, 2025
The latest storm comes one month after Cyclone Chido laid waste to the island and left dozens dead.
- Watch: Huge clouds of water and fire retardant dumped on LA wildfireson January 12, 2025
Fire crews have been dropping water and fire retardant on blazes around Los Angeles since last week.
- Before and after footage reveals scale of damage after LA wildfireson January 12, 2025
From luxury villas to burnt out buildings - contrasting images show the destruction caused by the fires which raged across Los Angeles.
- Trump threats cast ominous shadow over icy fjords of Greenlandon January 12, 2025
In the isolated settlement of Kapisillit, Greenlanders tell the BBC's Fergal Keane Donald Trump is welcome to visit - "but that's it".
- Nostalgia and passion fuel young couple running old-school photo labon January 12, 2025
Fabriccio and Lucía run the only fully equipped film lab in Central America
- A murder that shook British India and toppled a kingon January 12, 2025
A businessman was shot dead in India 100 years ago. Then, a sensational tale unfolded.
- 'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game'on January 12, 2025
Young male gamers in South Korea thought it resembled a gesture used to poke fun at the size of men’s penises.
- LA fires: How four days of devastation unfoldedon January 11, 2025
Multiple fires are still burning in LA, as authorities warn fierce winds threaten more destruction.
- Locals use TikTok to get donations for LA fire victimson January 11, 2025
A group of street vendors using the power of social media have rallied a community to help those affected by destruction of wildfires.
- Pearls, a power saw and a lawnmower toy: What LA fire survivors went back foron January 11, 2025
Residents of LA's Altadena neighbourhood are picking through the rubble after fires destroyed their homes.
- Trump wants to take Greenland: Four ways this saga could goon January 11, 2025
The BBC investigates possible scenarios for the huge Arctic territory's future as the US president-elect talks about taking control of it.
- The woman who built an 'aidbot' for displaced people in Lebanonon January 11, 2025
Meet the woman who has found an innovative way to simply accessing much-needed aid in war-torn Lebanon.