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BBC News Josef Fritzl: Court approves move to normal prison

A court in Austria rules the notorious criminal no longer poses a danger given his ill health.

BBC News Almost 450,000 people have fled Rafah, UN says

Many streets in the southern Gaza city now lie empty, the UN says, as an Israeli operation continues.

BBC News Yacht sinks after being rammed by orcas in Strait of Gibraltar

Two people onboard the vessel, Alboran Cognac, were rescued by a passing oil tanker after the incident.

BBC News Rowers give up Olympic dream to help flood victims

The athletes decided to stay in their home state of Rio Grande do Sul to help flood victims.

BBC News US curator denies smuggling scorpions from Istanbul

Lorenzo Prendini tells the BBC he had official permits allowing him to take the samples out of Turkey.

BBC News UN says staff member killed in Gaza

A member of the UN's safety team was killed in Rafah on their way to a hospital, the agency says.

BBC News Fourteen killed and dozens injured after Mumbai billboard collapse

Tens of people are still feared to be trapped with a rescue operation under way, emergency services say.

BBC News Georgia set to approve controversial law after protests

The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding.

BBC News Four dead in protests against flour and energy prices

Violence has marred massive rallies in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

BBC News Israeli protesters block aid trucks destined for Gaza

Unverified video shows protesters throwing food packages onto the ground before stomping on them.

BBC News China due to free vlogger who filmed Wuhan lockdown

Zhang Zhan had been in jail for four years for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".

BBC News Australian who exposed war crimes allegations jailed

David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing military secrets, but said he felt a moral duty to speak up.

BBC News Top doctor cancer-free a year after world-first therapy

Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.

BBC News Blinken arrives in Ukraine as Russian offensive mounts

The US secretary of state is in Kyiv as weapons from a new American aid package arrives at the front line.

BBC News Fourteen killed and dozens injured after Mumbai billboard collapse

Tens of people are still feared to be trapped with a rescue operation under way, emergency services say.