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BBC News Slovak PM in first public appearance since shooting

Robert Fico gave a speech in Bratislava seven weeks after being wounded in an assassination attempt.

BBC News Iran's new president gives hope to some women and younger voters

Voters backed the moderate with hopes he can soften sanctions and improve women's rights.

BBC News West Africa junta chiefs to cement alliance with first meeting

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso hope to form closer ties and move away from the wider regional bloc, Ecowas.

BBC News Fake police scammers convinced me I was on China's 'most wanted' list

Con men threaten to extradite their victims to China if they don’t pay “bail”.

BBC News Meet the UK's new youngest MP - born in 2002

Labour’s Sam Carling, who won by 39 votes, says he does not want people to focus on his age.

BBC News Reformer Massoud Pezeshkian elected Iran's president

The former heart surgeon has beaten his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili.

BBC News Massoud Pezeshkian elected Iran's new president

The former heart surgeon has beaten his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili.

BBC News Sacred buffalo calf offers hope amid efforts to revive species

The prophesized birth of a rare white bison is welcomed among tribes that work to support buffalo.

BBC News Hardliner faces reformist in Iran presidential run-off

The two candidates hold sharply different views about whether to engage more with the West.

BBC News Mexico's coast and tourist hotspots battered by Hurricane Beryl

The storm is expected to re-intensify over the Gulf the Mexico after being downgraded.

BBC News Only the 'Lord Almighty' could convince me to quit - Biden

The president dismisses suggestions he may end his re-election bid, as more Democrats raise questions about his candidacy.

BBC News 'I'm worried' - Democrats at Biden rally open to change

Wisconsin Democrats tell the BBC they support the president but are willing to consider replacing him.

BBC News Celebrating 50 years of marriage in Nigeria’s 'divorce capital'

Hundreds of marriages collapse each month in the northern city of Kano.

BBC News Tennis, flags and fire: Photos of the week

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

BBC News Rescue street dogs, or euthanise them? Turks split over its strays

Four million stray dogs roam Turkey. But getting them off the streets is proving contentious.