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New leader aims to 'heal divide'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
The new Labour leader of Swansea council describes his key priority as "healing the divide" in the city as part of a "moral crusade".
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Armenia ruling party 'wins poll'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Armenia's ruling Republican Party looks set to win parliamentary elections with more than 44% of the vote, according to exit polls.
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Mayweather beats Cotto in Vegas

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Floyd Mayweather holds off Miguel Cotto to take the WBA super welterweight title on Saturday and maintain his undefeated record.
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AUDIO: Criticism 'hurts' says Tim Minchin

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Tim Minchin discusses the song he wrote about a journalist who gave him a bad review early in his career.
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Papers consider coalition's future

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Stern words in the papers for coalition government
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VIDEO: Greeks go to the polls

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
The people of Greece, where the eurozone crisis first erupted, have begun voting in parliamentary elections.
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'Nine dead' in S Korea bar fire

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
A fire in a karaoke bar in the South Korean city of Busan leaves nine people dead, including three Sri Lankans, according to police.
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VIDEO: Zombies take to the streets of Prague

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Hundreds of zombies have taken over the streets of Prague for the annual zombie walk through the Czech capital.
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'Supermoon' graces the night sky

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
A "supermoon", bigger and brighter than usual, is seen in the night sky as it comes closer to the Earth - bringing with it the chance of higher tides.
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Heads attack 'bully boy tactics'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Head teachers accuse England's chief inspector of schools of "bully boy tactics" against their profession.
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VIDEO: Peru rehab centre fire kills 14

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
At least 14 people have been killed after a fire ripped through a drugs rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital, Lima.
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VIDEO: Many dead in Nepal river surge

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Police in western Nepal say a river has burst its banks, killing at least 13 people near Mount Annapurna, an area popular with tourists.
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Touts arrested ahead of Olympics

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Eight suspected ticket touts are arrested before the FA Cup final as part of a clampdown ahead of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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AUDIO: Tory MP attacks PM's 'arrogance'

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says some of her colleagues could push for a confidence vote in Prime Minister David Cameron unless he changes policies.
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Is the Kentucky Derby still decadent and depraved?

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Does the Kentucky Derby still live up to its old reputation?
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Peru beach alert over dead birds

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Scientists in Peru hunt the cause of the mysterious deaths of hundreds of pelicans on the coast in the north of the country.
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Serbia votes in tight elections

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Serbs are voting in presidential, parliamentary and local elections in what is expected to be a tight race.
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VIDEO: 'Supermoon' lights up the sky

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
A so-called 'supermoon' is lighting up the sky in many parts of the world. It appears up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than at other times, because it's at its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit.
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VIDEO: World's first cow fighting championship

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Switzerland stages the inaugural international cow-fighting championship.
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Crisis-hit Greece goes to polls

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 08:29
Greeks are voting in polls in which are expected to see mainstream parties punished to the benefit of anti-austerity candidates.
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