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BBC News Climate change stoked US, Mexico heatwave - report

Scientists say human-induced climate change made extreme heat 35 times more likely.

BBC News China changed village names 'to erase Uyghur culture'

Activists claim removal of place names is the latest attempt to undermine Uyghur culture in China.

BBC News Canada lists Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group

Foreign minister warns Canadians in Iran that the decision could lead to reprisals.

BBC News Putin arrives in Vietnam for visit criticised by US

Putin's Vietnam trip is being interpreted as displaying the support Russia still enjoys in the region.

BBC News French elections: How do they work and why are they so significant?

The far right could win parliamentary elections called by President Macron on 30 June and 7 July.

BBC News Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, minister says

A government minister blames the blackout on a lack of investment in electrical systems.

BBC News New faces of protest - Kenya's Gen Z anti-tax revolutionaries

Young people angered by tax storm Nairobi in a surprise revolt devoid of ethnic or political allegiances.

BBC News Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, minister says

Authorities have blamed the huge power cut on the failure of a transmission line.

BBC News Ugandan designer 'depressed' after dreadlocks cut in jail

Latif Madoi was arrested for possessing military uniforms, which may be linked to opposition leader Bobi Wine.

BBC News Inside India’s first emergency room to fight heat crisis

Doctors are fighting to save people from heat strokes in a first-of-its-kind clinic in India's capital.

BBC News Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, minister says

Authorities have blamed the huge power cut on the failure of a transmission line.

BBC News Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian

Farzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on, displaced by war and relocated to Manchester, he will compete under a new banner in Paris.

BBC News Boeing crash families demand record $25bn fine

The families of victims of two 737 Max crashes also call for prosecutions a day after apology by chief executive.

BBC News Macron condemns antisemitism after Jewish girl is raped

The French president was reacting to the incident which happened in Courbevoie, a suburb of Paris.

BBC News Louisiana orders every classroom to display Ten Commandments

Law requires a poster in all public schools classrooms, up to university level, by 2025.