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New Year celebrations: How the world brought in 2023

Pope Francis and world leaders pay tribute to Benedict XVI

UN seeks top court opinion on Israeli occupation

After Idaho suspect's arrest, police have a question: Why?

North Korea ends year with ballistic missiles launch

Pele in Africa: The man, the myth, the legend

2022 viral videos: Six social media moments that charmed Indians

Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr until 2025

Andrew Tate: Romanian police to hold influencer for 30 days

Pele: The player who united a nation

2022 in pictures: Striking photos from around the world

Venugopal Dhoot: How debt and bad loan led to Videocon owner's downfall

Pele: Brazilians react to football legend's death

Barbershop owner in Buffalo opens his doors and saves lives in deadly blizzard.

Pele: A sporting icon who made football beautiful

Marion Biotech: Uzbekistan links child deaths to India cough syrup

The young Indians saving crumbling ancestral homes

Fatphobia: The Brazil women fighting prejudices

Ukraine fighting is deadlocked, spy chief Kyrylo Budanov tells BBC

Dog rescued on Christmas Day from Utah mountains

Apple and Tesla: Tech stocks tumble amid supply issues

Afghanistan Taliban: 'I wish God had never created women'

India Covid: Experts say people don't need to panic over China coronavirus surge

The Senegal man on a mission to plant five million trees

Ukraine: Civilians flee Kherson as Russian attacks intensify

Title 42: US Supreme Court keeps Trump-era border policy in place

South Korea lifts ban on import of adult sex dolls

The town giving sober teens free beer

Seven die in coach plunge horror in Spain

One careful step at a time through Lebanon’s minefields

Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023

The indie music stars knocking Bollywood off the charts

Iran protests: Family of football legend Ali Daei stopped from leaving

North Korean drone reaches north of Seoul

Ukraine war: Refugee girl played piano to hide the sound of bombs

Rohingya refugees reach Indonesia after month at sea

Army of islanders to protect gecko the size of a paperclip

Iran protests: 'No going back' as unrest hits 100 days

Austria avalanche buries at least 10 people at ski resort

Wind, snow and floods combine for historic US storm

Canada coach crash leaves more than 50 injured

Saving donkeys in the Holy Land

US winter storm: Americans and Canadians face mass outages on Christmas Day

Pope condemns human 'hunger for wealth and power' at Christmas Eve Mass

Bethlehem sees Christmas tourism boost after two-year Covid hiatus

Russia-Ukraine war: Strikes on Kherson kill seven

Iran protests: Activist Narges Mohammadi details 'abuse' of detained women

Reunited: The Ukrainian couple who married near the front line

At least 20 dead in Russia illegal care home fire

US winter storm: Stranded Native Americans burn clothes for warmth

Canada's polar bear population plummets - government report

Megan Thee Stallion: Jury finds Tory Lanez guilty of shooting rapper

Serial killer The Serpent, Charles Sobhraj, freed from Nepal jail

Russia may send empty Soyuz to bring ISS crew home

US House panel releases final Capitol attack report

What exactly is in the $1.7tr US spending bill?

He Huang: How a comedian divided Chinese social media

FTX founder released to parents on $250m bail

Suspected Russian spy held by German intelligence

Christmas beetles: Scientists ask Australians for help finding missing festive bugs

Fleeing China's Covid lockdowns for the US - through a Central American jungle

In pictures: Zelensky's momentous day in Washington

Israel's most right-wing government agreed under Benjamin Netanyahu

World Cup: Chaotic scenes in Buenos Aires after celebrations

Bomb cyclone: Powerful winter storm may disrupt holiday travel

How to stay safe in possible US winter weather bomb cyclone

Nurses' strike: 'If we have to, we'll continue to strike'

Deadly California earthquake leaves thousands without power

World Cup: The crowd goes wild for Argentina... in Bangladesh

Elon Musk at Twitter: Who could replace him as chief executive?

The cargo hauling aircraft with no pilots on board

Venezuelans ignore dangers of Darién jungle

Explaining the criminal charges January 6 committee recommended for Trump

Capitol riot committee asks that Trump faces insurrection charges

EU moves to ensure animal medicine supplies

Lionel Messi named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year

'I quit my job rather than go back to the office'

Netherlands slavery: Saying sorry leaves Dutch divided

German cathedral school allows girl choristers after 1,000 years

World Cup final: Lionel Messi leads Argentina to glory - is he now football's greatest?

Twitter to stop users linking to big social media platforms

Salang tunnel: 19 killed, dozens injured in fire

Canada's polar-bear capital Churchill warms too fast for bears

Ukraine wartime Christmas tree made from camouflage nets

Tunisia: President Saied urged to resign after 'fiasco' election

Peru-Bolivia border blocked by protesters

Ethiopia’s PM sees OLA rebellion grow in his own backyard

Eurovision 2023: Ukraine chooses Tvorchi from bomb shelter

P-22, Hollywood's celebrity mountain lion, ends his reign

Tshala Muana: The raunchy DR Congo diva who captivated a continent

ANC conference: SA President Ramaphosa struggles to stop hecklers in own party

From refugee camp to the World Cup: The Syrian players hoping to make it big

Toddler survives being swallowed by hippo

Wildfires rip through Chile as temperatures soar

Power cuts in seven states as deadly winter storm and tornadoes hit US

US sues Arizona over shipping container border wall

Sudanese woman sentenced to stoning death will go to jail instead

Suedi Murekezi: Russia frees US man in Ukraine prisoner swap

Hungary's risky bet on Russia's nuclear power

Sombath Somphone: The activist who disappeared at a police checkpoint

US winter storm barrels east with millions under weather warnings

Peru political crisis: Why is Peru under a state of emergency?

Four in EU-Qatar bribery inquiry to stay in custody

Ukraine war: Explosions in central Kyiv amid air raid warning

Meta sued for $2bn over Ethiopia violence

Twitter Files spark debate about ‘blacklisting’

'I wish I hadn't survived': Why women are burning themselves in Iraqi Kurdistan

India and China troops clash on Arunachal Pradesh mountain border

Tamil Nadu: Indian man's search for father's lost grave ends in Malaysia

Excommunicated: The women fighting to be priests

Why Taiwanese are among Ukraine's foreign fighters

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

Russia's Putin scraps trademark year-end news conference

EU corruption charges 'very very worrisome', says foreign policy chief

Ukraine war: The Russians locked up for refusing to fight

One of Central America's most active volcanoes erupts again

Zimbabwe power outages hit businesses and families

K-pop: The rise of the virtual girl bands

Peru protests: Andahuaylas airport forced to close in deadly unrest

Twenty seven bodies dumped by the roadside in Zambia

Ukraine war: Odesa and Melitopol under attack

Chile volcano: Alert issued after Lascar rumbles to life

Kenya Maasai Olympics: Hundreds gather for lion hunt alternative

Rita Moreno: If I wasn't Hispanic, I'd have had a different career

World Cup 2022: Morocco are 'Rocky' of tournament after beating Portugal

Sam Bankman-Fried: I hope to make money to pay people back

The seven-day-a-week life of a maid for Qatar's royal and rich

World Cup 2022: Brazil 'in pain' after exit on penalties against Croatia

George Floyd: Ex-officer J Alexander Kueng sentenced for manslaughter

King Charles and Camilla meet Ryan Reynolds in Wrexham

France ramps up Channel migrant patrolling

Africa's week in pictures: 2 - 8 December 2022

Rare wave clouds amaze sky-watchers in Wyoming

Pedro Castillo: Mexico considers asylum for Peru's ex-president

The brothers running the Great Wall of China

The moment Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout cross on airport tarmac

Schengen: No EU border-free zone for Romania and Bulgaria

US state sues Chinese-owned TikTok over data

Women's basketball: ‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’

Peru's ousted leader: The dramatic day in three moments

Sunny Balwani: Former Theranos executive gets nearly 13 years in prison

D'banj: Nigeria Afrobeats star arrested for youth fund fraud

Watch Morocco fans celebrate historic World Cup win

Apple sued by women over AirTag stalking

Elon Musk's Neuralink firm facing animal testing investigation - report

China bids farewell to former leader Jiang Zemin

Canada: Hockey star criticises Justin Trudeau over gun law

Cyril Ramaphosa: How Arthur Fraser landed South Africa's president in trouble

Billie Eilish: Growing up in public has been bruising

Neil Diamond surprises with 'Sweet Caroline' singalong

US Supreme Court weighs clash between free speech and gay rights

EasyJet flight safely diverts to Prague after bomb threat

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission

Nigeria's Kaduna train attack: How I survived hijacking and captivity

Taiwan's front-line battle against mobile phone fraud

Trump's call for 'end' of constitution condemned by Democrats

Mount Semeru: Indonesia raises alert to highest level as volcano erupts on Java island

Out on a spacewalk with Nasa astronauts at the ISS

Cutting energy prices will take years - power boss

US midterms: Georgia Senate run-off looms after bitter campaign

El Salvador: The people caught up in the gang crackdown

Senegal's parliament brawls after MP hits woman colleague

Ukraine war: Price cap on Russian oil will hit Putin immediately - US

Police foil group trying to steal Banksy mural from Ukraine wall

Anwar Ibrahim: Honeymoon as Malaysian PM will be brutally short

Police arrest elderly Alabama woman over unpaid $77 trash bill

Takeoff: Police arrest man in fatal shooting of rapper

Canada: Alleged serial killer accused of murdering four indigenous women

Prince William and Kate: Young fan says meeting the two was 'insane'

Coca-Cola Christmas truck in flames in Romania

Juventus: Prosecutors call for club's board to face trial

World's most expensive cities: New York and Singapore top list