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  • Four days that took India and Pakistan to the brink

    Four days that took India and Pakistan to the brink

    Farhat Javed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir & Aamir Peerzada in India-administered Kashmir

    BBC World Service & BBC News

    BBC Nimra (left) and Sanam (right) pictured in a photomontage in front of Kashmir's mountainous landscape under blue skies. Nimra wears an orange headscarf and a patterned dress, while Sanam on the right wears a red headscarf and cries with her hands covering her face.BBC

    Sixteen-year-old Nimra stood outside, rooted to the spot, as the Indian missiles that had woken her a moment ago rained…

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  • UK and EU haggle over key points before first summit since Brexit

    UK and EU haggle over key points before first summit since Brexit

    EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock An EU flag blowing in the wind with the clock face of Big Ben visible in the background. The weather is sunny and the sky is light blue. EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

    “Don’t expect miracles. But do know – everyone wants this to work.”

    On Monday in London the EU and UK hold their first bilateral summit since Brexit. Symbolically, this is a big moment.

    Officials and analysts I speak to, on…

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  • ‘I was refused service in a cafe because of my face’

    ‘I was refused service in a cafe because of my face’

    Vanessa Pearce

    BBC News, West Midlands

    BBC A man with dark hair is wearing a grey suit jacket and black shirt sits in a garden with fencing and a lawn and plants in the background.BBC

    Amit Ghose was born with Neurofibromatosis type 1

    Subjected to brutal bullying as a child, Amit Ghose says he still has to deal with constant staring, pointing and comments, and has even been refused…

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  • Austrian singer JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Wasted Love’ : NPR

    Austrian singer JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Wasted Love’ : NPR

    JJ, winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, holds up the trophy he won for Austria with the song “Wasted Love” during…

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  • Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza. Netanyahu tells negotiating team to stay at talks – KTLA

    1. Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza. Netanyahu tells negotiating team to stay at talks  KTLA
    2. Israel launches major new offensive in Gaza as UN calls the situation for Palestinians ‘beyond inhumane’  CNN
    3. Israel airstrike kills at…

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  • Australian Matthew Radalj tells of life in China prison

    Australian Matthew Radalj tells of life in China prison

    Stephen McDonell

    China correspondent

    EPA A guard can be seen through bars of a jail door, behind another door. He wears a green uniform with a peaked cap and red on his lapelsEPA

    Australian Matthew Radalj was held for five years in a Beijing detention centre, similar to the one pictured above in 2012

    Sharing a dirty cell with a dozen others, constant sleep deprivation, cells with…

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  • Trump says he will speak to Putin and Zelensky on Monday and push for ceasefire – Axios

    1. Trump says he will speak to Putin and Zelensky on Monday and push for ceasefire  Axios
    2. Trump and Putin Say They Will Discuss Ukraine Peace Proposals on Monday  The New York Times
    3. Trump to speak to Russian, Ukrainian leaders on Monday after talks in…

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  • Blast near California reproductive health clinic kills one – DW – 05/17/2025

    Blast near California reproductive health clinic kills one – DW – 05/17/2025

    An explosion damaged a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs in the US state of California on Saturday. Police and firefigherts responded to an explosion.

    The blast resulted in the death of one person. Citing law enforcement sources and…

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