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World News Headlines
- Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns
on November 5, 2026The move follows a bank collapse and after the lower house of congress voted in favour of pursuing an impeachment trial against him.
- Russell Brand is being investigated over two new rape complaints, police say
on November 5, 2026Det Supt Andy Furphy said he hoped other potential victims would gain "courage" and "confidence" from the guilty verdicts.
- France holds new strikes and protests as unions demand immediate answers
on November 5, 2026Five of France's unions join a wave of strikes and protests in a national day of action.
- A bitter end for Ronaldo - the icon who transformed Portugal
on November 5, 2026As Cristiano Ronaldo retires from international football, Guillem Balague looks at why and what is next for the Portugal legend.
- Watch: How rapist Brand was never far from controversy
on November 5, 2026BBC correspondent Sima Kotecha explains how the trial unfolded.
- Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years
on November 5, 2026Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.
- The Pitt and ER are similar enough for lawsuit to proceed, judge rules
on November 5, 2026The widow of ER creator Michael Crichton argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the 1990s series.
- Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?
on November 5, 2026The chef had stated that putting pineapple on pizza was "offensive to his culture".
- Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?on November 5, 2026
The chef had stated that putting pineapple on pizza was "offensive to his culture".
- India's costliest film retells a beloved Hindu epic - but divides critics
on November 5, 2026Easily the most anticipated Bollywood film of the year, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is the first of two parts.
- Vance walks Trump tightrope with scathing election critique blaming Iran war
on November 5, 2026The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.
- Pope Leo hosts Bob Dylan at official residence in Rome
on November 5, 2026Pope Leo had previously quoted Dylan's work in the preface of a book warning against nuclear rearmament.
- Would you take a test to see if your life will be cut short? I did - and it changed me
on November 5, 2026Laura Sides faced a dilemma of whether to find out if she would inherit her father's condition.
- Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau
on November 5, 2026The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
- Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever'
on November 4, 2026Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.
- What Democrats can and can't do with their new power after taking Congress
on November 4, 2026Democrats can vote legislation through. But Trump still has veto power.
- ANC under pressure to reverse South Africa decline
on November 4, 2026As South Africans vote in local elections, residents tell the BBC they are tired of the poor quality of services they get.
- 'I'm not a quitter': Kim Kardashian on retaking the bar exam
on November 3, 2026The All's Fair star tells the BBC she has not given up, but will be "more quiet" about her journey to become a lawyer.
- Film star Ranbir Kapoor on AI, movies and fatherhood
on November 3, 2026The film star plays the leading role in a major new adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana.
- 'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack
on November 2, 2026Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.