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Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says (Aug 13, 2022 07:45)
The Satanic Verses author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at an event in New York s...

Climate change: Drought highlights dangers for electricity supplies (Aug 13, 2022 05:16)
Dry conditions in the UK and Europe are stress on facilities including nuclear, say exp...

Son with schizophrenia 'unlawfully deported' - Mum (Aug 13, 2022 04:00)
Eric Hall has 28 convictions but his family says he was not well enough to be put on a ...

What to know about FBI search of Trump's home (Aug 13, 2022 03:36)
Agents took classified documents from the former president's home as part of an unprece...

Trump search warrant: FBI took top secret files from Mar-a-Lago (Aug 13, 2022 03:07)
The former president says the cache, including information about the "President of Fran...

HIV medicines: India patients say hit by drugs shortage (Aug 13, 2022 00:39)
India's health ministry denies supply disruptions, but activists allege a shortage of e...

India independence to tsunami: Meet Indians named after historic events (Aug 13, 2022 00:38)
The BBC met six Indians who were named after landmark events that unfolded during their...

Week in pictures: 6 - 12 August 2022 (Aug 13, 2022 00:36)
A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken in the past seven days.

In pictures: Defying Mozambican jihadists to go to school (Aug 13, 2022 00:32)
Riding motorbike taxis has become a lifeline for young men fleeing Mozambique's Islamis...

Ibiza: The birth of the 'party island' (Aug 13, 2022 00:02)
In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza and it changed the island forever.