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BBC News Landslide win for new Sri Lankan president's left-leaning coalition
The parliamentary majority will allow Anura Kumara Dissanayake to consolidate power and advance reforms.
BBC News At least 15 rescue workers killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon
It is one of the deadliest attacks of its kind involving emergency responders since the war began.
BBC News South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
This week a government minister said those underground illegally would be "smoked out".
BBC News COP29 hosts accused of detaining climate defenders
Human rights groups have called for a review of how countries are chosen to host the COP climate summits.
BBC News Smuggler caught with hundreds of tarantulas strapped to body
A 28-year-old man was caught trying to smuggle tarantulas, centipedes and ants out of Peru.
BBC News UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a "gift of God".
BBC News Trump meets Argentina's Milei ahead of conservative summit
Argentina's president is the first foreign leader to meet Trump since his election victory on 5 November.
BBC News UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a "gift of God".
BBC News Sri Lanka: Left-leaning leader's coalition claims victory
The parliamentary majority will allow Anura Kumara Dissanayake to consolidate power and advance reforms.
BBC News Ten dead in fire at Spanish retirement home
The fire broke out in the town of Villafranca de Ebro in north-eastern Spain.
BBC News UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a "gift of God".
BBC News Ten dead in fire at Spanish retirement home
The fire broke out in the town of Villafranca de Ebro in north-eastern Spain.
BBC News S Africa's Mia le Roux pulls out of Miss Universe pageant
The 28-year-old made history as the country's first deaf representative at the beauty contest.
BBC News Sri Lanka: Left-leaning leader's coalition on course for landslide victory
A parliamentary majority will allow Anura Kumara Dissanayake to consolidate power and advance reforms.
BBC News US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions
Ilya Lichtenstein laundered the stolen cryptocurrency with his wife Heather Morgan aka Razzlekhan.