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Category: World
Ukraine’s allies voice concerns over US plan to end war
Leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan say the plan needs “additional work” but includes elements “essential for a just and lasting peace”.
Steve Rosenberg: Putin uncompromising as leaked plan reaches Moscow
Russia and Ukraine may be about to enter a period of intense diplomacy, writes the BBC’s Russia editor.
The Christian converts the US is deporting back to Iran
While Donald Trump admonishes Nigeria for persecuting Christians, Christian converts tell the BBC they live in fear of being deported to Iran from the US.
Seven bodyguards arrested over Mexican mayor’s murder
Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of cartel violence, was gunned down in public on 1 November.
Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school
The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
Our babies were taken after ‘biased’ parenting test – now we’re fighting to get them back
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
What we know about leaked US draft plan to end Russia’s Ukraine war
There are 28 key points and while several on the face of it could be acceptable to Ukraine, others cross Kyiv’s red lines.
South Africa calls gender violence a national disaster after protests
Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.
Tracking build-up of US military planes and warships near Venezuela
The US has justified its air and naval campaign as necessary to fight drug smuggling into the US.