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Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Reporting fromBasel, Switzerland Getty Images JJ took a break from his job at the Vienna State Opera to compete at Eurovision Austrian singer JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, after a nail-biting finish that saw him topple Israel from pole position at the very last minute. The…
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Four days that took India and Pakistan to the brink
Farhat Javed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir & Aamir Peerzada in India-administered Kashmir BBC News BBC Sixteen-year-old Nimra stood outside, rooted to the spot, as the Indian missiles that had woken her a moment ago rained down on the mosque a few metres from her house in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. She watched one tear the minaret off the…
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Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge
A huge Mexican Navy training ship has been damaged after crashing into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge during a festive visit to the US. Footage has emerged showing towering masts of the Cuauhtémoc clipping the bridge as the sailing vessel was passing under the famous structure on Saturday evening. Parts of the masts reportedly fell…
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Pop culture re-invented the Menendez brothers
Regan Morris BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images It was once unthinkable that Lyle and Erik Menendez, the men who murdered their wealthy parents by shooting them 16 times, would get the sympathy and forgiveness of the masses. Their claims of sexual abuse at the hands of their father were mocked by prosecutors and comedians…
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The forgotten Indian actor who lost her legacy to caste oppression
Bimal Thankachan and Divya Uppal BBC India YouTube team Illustration by Puneet Kumar In the absence of a verified photograph of PK Rosy, the BBC commissioned an illustrator to create this image At a time when women’s participation in the film industry was frowned upon, a young woman dared to dream differently. In 1920s pre-independence…
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What Virat Kohli meant to India
Watch: India’s Virat Kohli: A modern-day great in Test cricket Virat Kohli’s retirement from Tests has left Indian cricket beleaguered and the sporting world gasping in surprise. Coming on the heels of captain Rohit Sharma quitting a few days earlier, it adds up to a double whammy for India who embark on a tough tour…
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Police investigate explosion in Palm Springs, California
Officials in Palm Springs, California are investigating a car explosion on Saturday morning that killed one person and damaged a fertility clinic. The explosion happened just before 11:00 local time (19:00 BST) less than a mile from downtown Palm Springs, near several businesses including the American Reproductive Centres. In a statement, the fertility clinic said…
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Five killed after two helicopters collide in Finland
Euan O’Byrne Mulligan BBC News Reuters Two helicopters crashed close to the Eura Airfield in Eura, Finland Five people have died after two civilian helicopters collided mid-air in Finland, local police said. The helicopters crashed near Eura Airport at around 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT), after having taken off together from the Estonian capital of…
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Beginning of the end? Ukraine’s front-line soldiers eye Russia talks with hope
Yogita Limaye BBC News Reporting fromEastern Ukraine BBC Some soldiers like Kozak believe too many people have been killed to hand over land to Russia Big plumes of smoke are visible on a screen that’s providing a live feed from Ukrainian drones hovering over the outskirts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk, one of the…
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Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine war
Donald Trump says he will be speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday about ending the war in Ukraine, saying the call at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) would be about “stopping the ‘bloodbath’”. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he would then speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and leaders…
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