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BBC News Harry Potter and Downton Abbey actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

She won two Oscars and starred in the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey.

BBC News 'I swam out of my home' - Floridians reel from Helene

"Everyone was screaming," says Briana Gagnier, who describes rescuing elderly neighbours as flames engulfed their home.

BBC News Harry Potter and Downton Abbey actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

She won two Oscars and starred in the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey.

BBC News Harry Potter and Downton Abbey actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

She won two Oscars and starred in the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey.

BBC News Ethiopia festival fires burn bright despite downpour

Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrate Meskel, the first major festival of the religious year.

BBC News Harry Potter and Downton Abbey actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

She won two Oscars and starred in the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey.

BBC News Using towels to stop a storm surge -Floridians inundated by Hurricane Helene

A resident tells the BBC her family had to swim out of home as floodwaters from Helene rose to their shoulders.

BBC News Dame Maggie Smith obituary: A piercing presence on stage and screen

One of Britain's best loved performers who was as much at home with comedy as with drama.

BBC News Harry Potter and Downton Abbey actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

She won two Oscars and starred in the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey.

BBC News Using towels to stop a storm surge -Floridians inundated by Hurricane Helene

A residents tells the BBC her family had to swim out of home as floodwaters from Helene rose to their shoulders.

BBC News Argentina records sharp rise in poverty

More than half of people in Argentina are now living in poverty, latest figures indicate.

BBC News Japan's scandal-hit ruling party picks next PM

Shigeru Ishiba has been elected leader of the LDP, positioning him to be Japan's next prime minister.

BBC News 'Rape me, not my daughter' - women tell BBC of sexual violence in Sudan's civil war

The BBC hears horrific accounts of rape from women trapped in the conflict between the army and the RSF.

BBC News Myanmar rebels reject embattled junta's peace offer

The offer comes after battlefield losses and defections in the three-year-long civil war.

BBC News Trump says he will meet Zelensky despite campaign criticism

The last-minute meeting comes amid Trump's increasing criticism of US funding for the war in Ukraine.

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