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Reuters Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Thai capital Bangkok, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after a phone call she had with the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked. In the call, which was about a recent incident on their border, she addressed Hun Sen as “uncle” and said…

Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Kampala Robert Katende For more than two decades, Robert Katende has been getting children in Katwe to take chess seriously A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda’s capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still producing champions – but faces a daily struggle…

Senate Republicans narrowly advanced a budget bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda ahead of a self-imposed 4 July deadline. In a 51-49 vote largely along party lines, the Senate has moved to open debate on the bill, a key initial hurdle that Republicans scrambled to overcome. Two Republicans joined Democrats in…

Dame Anna Wintour is stepping back as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years. The British-born fashion magnate, 75, is leaving the role she has held longer than any other editor, but will retain senior positions at its publisher. Dame Anna will continue as Vogue’s global editorial director, as well as chief content officer for…

Stuart Lau & James Chater BBC News Watch: Violent clashes break out during protests in Belgrade, Serbia Serbian police have clashed with a huge crowd of anti-government protesters demanding an early election and end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year rule in the capital Belgrade. A sea of around 140,000 protesters rallied in the city, the…

Budapest advertises itself as a party town. On Saturday, the party spilled out onto the streets, and occupied, in the scorching heat of summer, the Elizabeth Bridge and the river banks and downtown areas on both shores of the Danube. Between 100,000 and 200,000 mostly young people danced and sang their way from Pest to…

Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Juggernaut Books Sneh Bhargava was AIIMS Delhi’s first and only woman director Not much about Sneh Bhargava’s life seems ordinary. In 1984, she became the first woman to helm the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the capital Delhi – one of the country’s top medical institutions –…

BBC “I don’t think God intended for people in their late 20s to live with their parents,” Hanya Aljamal says. She’s hanging out on the balcony of the tiny apartment where she lives with her mother, father and five grown-up siblings – because it’s the only place she can get any peace and quiet. Two…

Watch: The BBC speaks to K-pop idol Bain of Just B about coming out Bain was halfway through his band’s Los Angeles concert on a crisp April night when the music stopped. In an oversized fur coat and black sunglasses, the 24-year-old K-pop star told thousands of fans: “Before I start the next song –…

CCTV has captured the moment a South Korean man doused a metro carriage with flammable liquid before setting it on fire. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office has released footage of the arson attack which occurred on 31 May. Six people were injured during the incident, including smoke inhalation and a sprained ankle while trying…