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Former interpreters say their families face major bureaucratic hurdles in effort to reach Canada. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/UCVMe8b

A new e-levy of 1.5% on all electronic payments comes into force despite widespread opposition. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/nogqpDF

An underground network armed with Facebook and Telegram accounts is helping those who want to leave. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Dxb5VPw

Paul Rusesabagina's family accuse the Rwandan government of abduction and torture. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/rkn4Mqd

Ros Atkins looks at why the Chinese government remains committed to its policy of eliminating all outbreaks of coronavirus. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/r6nYAy9

While Ukrainians are being welcomed in their thousands, the government is trying to reduce the number of non-European refugees. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/q0GN8uU

Women's boxing was banned in England for 116 years. This weekend, Katie Taylor will headline at Madison Square Garden. This is the story of the sport's rise - and one woman who made all the difference. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/QWf6EMp

Despite an order from Vladimir Putin to completely seal off the area, 20 civilians escape Azovstal. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/OroEHXN

Prices rise 40% as an economic crisis bites, leaving some Sri Lankans cutting short treatments. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/4qhsf3c

One woman told the BBC that her 90-year-old grandmother has been left alone to fend for herself. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Vga7I6l

None of the affected children in the UK had been vaccinated because they were too young to be eligible. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/GVsJrXy

Some Muslims have been struggling to afford food to break their fasts amid the soaring cost of living. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3u6FoV7

A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken in the past seven days. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/08EkXpi

The host is credited with reinventing late night US TV but also courted controversy - so what's next? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/0Khp62U

The grief is universal, but the care women receive during pregnancy loss can depend on where they live. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/KS7TpoN

The city of Mykolaiv is being shelled almost daily. But the attacks themselves aren’t the only threat because the pieces of artillery left behind can be just as fatal. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/FkOXCZv

Dexter Jackson knew he had "a one in a million chance" of being pardoned - but "never lost faith". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/8y6mWV3

Environmental campaigners are taking Norway to court over drilling in the Arctic. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/PbLAJ4x

The court hears evidence of personality disorders, drug abuse and a brief relationship with Elon Musk. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/enJXgyj

More awareness of the region's history and calls for slavery reparations have changed sentiment. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/LDserQ3

Eleven-year-old Angelina is one of many children who were forced to flee hundreds of miles from their homes on Ukraine's front line. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Htkxwfg

Blasts hit Kyiv while the UN chief is in the city, and there's a dispute over who is buying gas from Russia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/WnF7GCv

António Guterres criticises his organisation's Security Council, saying it failed to prevent or end the war. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2RABT0k

Pre-trial detention under China's security law aims to break the will of those accused, critics say. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/GCZnTIB

Singapore is set to lift a ban on egg freezing, but only married couples will be able to access their eggs. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/v7EHWMD

Maher Mezahi reflects on moving between his two "home countries" - Algeria and Canada. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Ex1pWZU

Rivalry between stars of Famo, a popular style of music in Lesotho, has sparked years of gang warfare. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2BSq813

Driven by demand from their staff a growing number of companies are introducing transparency on pay. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3tdc46b

As caste discrimination gains visibility in the US, Indian-Americans grapple with their privilege. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/4EApL8H

Russia's president says any nation meddling in the Ukraine war will face a "lightning-fast" response. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/nhQEj83

People headed to the front line, and their supporters, are having the country's war with Russia memorialise. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/FNRPL0S

Pictures show 62 people allegedly being held captive after an attack on a high-speed rail link. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LprkhI

A look into the murky business of the stolen oil, days after a deadly refining accident. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/P9BaO5Q

A BBC News investigation has exposed serious flaws in the Egyptian beauty industry that are endangering lives and leaving women scarred for life. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/dYA5MRc

Ukrainian players from Dynamo Kyiv and Borussia Dortmund speak about being away from loved ones. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/nK8WBrX

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is in Moscow for mediation talks with the Russian president. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/pGKEer1

Melissa Lucio's execution was postponed amid new evidence after campaigning from celebrities like Kim Kardashian. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/vwo8jDI

Two decades since the conflict began, deadly raids by Arab militia are becoming more frequent. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/R38KClv

Ros Atkins looks why Nato’s border with Russia looks likely to expand significantly, as both Finland and Sweden consider applying to join the alliance. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/oDN4FHP

Politicians and scientists say they were duped by an organisation making false claims about global warming. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/c0U1kiA

How the pandemic may have jolted an old-fashioned banking industry to make changes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/UsrCB7p

A chilling account of a Russian filtration camp and US hopes for Russia to be "weakened". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/plaFxW4

Mr Depp defends messages sent to fellow actor Paul Bettany saying he would burn his then-girlfriend. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Xin5DcV

Mr Musk, who made the shock bid just over a week ago, said he would "unlock" the social media firm's potential. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/oKOmde3

Ukrainian forces have been holding the line in Donbas since 2014, but what was sporadic fighting has now turned into a full-blown war. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/QSF0eim

Misleading videos have been viewed by millions as it struggles to deal with so much false material. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/XRgTPkx

An experiment to find out has just finished on the International Space Station. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/UBc9oxS

David Nott worked in conflict zones around the world - now he's sharing his expertise in Ukraine. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/c5WaknX

The woman caught in a Chernihiv school blast had her story on Instagram targeted by pro-Kremlin accounts. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/l43rLNy

The love story of a couple is being used to reconcile Rwandans 28 years after the genocide. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/oWgvX2b

Set in one of the coldest and windiest small towns in Australia, Cooma prison holds a dark secret. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/OhUIAwu

After a divisive campaign, Marine Le Pen faces an uphill battle to defeat sitting President Macron. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/VYHX3hq

The social media platform has become a battleground as candidates reach out to young voters. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/7xOFq5Q

A prison in India's Puducherry is using dance therapy to help convicts deal with stress. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/EY7h2tD

In occupied areas of Ukraine, journalists have been assaulted and only pro-Russian news is available. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/cMFCwA7

Footage has emerged of more than 20 civilians lying dead along a main road in the city of Mariupol. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/JGxKkqt

As the Wessexes cancel their trip, there are demands for an apology from the royals for past abuses. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/9OsAYWG

Ukraine showcases its culture at the prestigious arts festival, while protesting against the Russian invasion. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/MKOveUy

Nepal's "icefall doctors" are readying routes - but will conflict in Europe mean fewer climbers? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/TtOqyS0

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen make bitter attacks on each other ahead of Sunday's election. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/e7hIEjW

The former car boss says he wants to clear his name after France issued an international warrant for his arrest. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/bUKw4nN

The attack reportedly happened near a beach in the capital, Mogadishu. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/INDOqmv

Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is on trial for allegedly violating a Civil War era law. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/pctKbMd

The world's most ambitious free school food programme resumes post pandemic, but problems remain. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Y3UbA6T

Has Marine Le Pen's strong views on immigration, the EU and Nato shifted since the last election? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/T3cXGEA

The streaming giant is losing subscribers amid talk of adverts and a password sharing ban so have we seen peak Netflix? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/8vLZ9dR

The nation that has seen economic trauma is open to the possibility of alternative money like Bitcoin. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/vTtjpXg

Former President Juan Orlando Hernández is accused of involvement in a drug trafficking ring. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/tBFLaOU

The satellite images suggest more than 200 bodies could be there, as Ukraine accuses Russian troops of mass killings. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/xiWj9v1

One community faces relocation to quarantine facilities more than 100 miles (160km) away. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/kUIn7Ew

The BBC gained rare access to Myanmar's jungle training camps where protesters are turned into soldiers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/VFnuJyx

The actor testified about his volatile marriage to Amber Heard ahead of cross examination by her lawyers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/QkNhR2U

President Putin says the new Sarmat missile is food for thought for those who try to threaten Russia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/BY6fn5I

The woman reportedly died in a basement more than 80 years after surviving the city's Nazi occupiers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Qe1q7NY

A bout of winter weather in the US north-east has brought outages and over a foot of snow. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/fiQOrMt

Emmanuel Macron was dismissed as an outsider five years ago. Now, he faces a new challenge: his own record. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/6x4rpJB

Marine Le Pen has taken France's National Rally to within touching distance of the presidency. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/nk2Stmj

The business show featured 67 ideas on which investors spent more than 400m rupees. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/SomldBh

The new government has proposed getting rid of the country's age systems, but experts are divided. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/C7gQ8Kw

Coco shares her experience of living with albinism in Nigeria. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/xz1s8vd

As fighting rages across Ukraine, Russia's invasion has shattered the lives of millions of children. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/ARFLqDC

A Marine Le Pen victory in France would send shockwaves across the European Union, writes Jessica Parker. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/7aXSrIs

Missile strikes were reported in Luhansk and Donetsk as Russia reorients its attack to the Donbas. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3WPpg4x

India's PM is an alpha male who leads a patriarchal party - so what's the appeal? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/4zlXPBK

Alternatives to gas and oil heating are becoming more popular but are still expensive. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/XGYrzQZ

Australia has hundreds of Indigenous groups - and Wayne Quilliam is hoping to photograph them all. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/CIZ5fA8

The Easter egg roll made its return to the White House's South Lawn on a rainy Monday. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/sO9oVLX

Employees must get signatures from 30% of staff at New York's Grand Central Station for a union election. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/wg7xLq1

Berlin now has some hard decisions to make following years of dialogue and co-operation with Moscow. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/lsH4UVC

Soldiers have a shoot-to-kill policy to stop millions of Captagon pills being smuggled from Syria. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/VGLkqsA

Dmytro Kuleba told CBS’s Face the Nation Russian troops have “decided to raze the city to the ground". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/entYj2X

Jonathan Olakunle is fighting for a cleaner society in Osogbo, Nigeria. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/TpExr94

Doctors warn of catastrophe in Sri Lanka where medical supplies are running out in the financial crisis. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/J3RetE1

Mariupol defenders ignore Russian calls to surrender, as Kharkiv and other cities face more shelling. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/o6utgEa

PM Denys Shmyhal says the city has not fallen to Russian forces because of the determined defence. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/YBZ64wa

Scammers are using emotionally charged tricks in a bid to steal online donations. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/WzbdqlM

After playing in the Australian Open, could Kenyan Angella Okutoyi emulate her hero Serena Williams? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/tuUQLAy

Vineyards are moving further north, but new winemakers say they struggle to be taken seriously. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/0Wz5eLn

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have not been on this side of the Atlantic together since 2020. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/OKmuU4H

Hassana Adamu speaks to the BBC about feeling neglected on the eighth anniversary of the kidnappings. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Z8f9Sxa

A few residents clear up after Russia's occupation, as Boris Johnson becomes persona non grata in Moscow. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/y3EGPH2

There are "serious ethical questions" over sending migrants to east Africa, the Archbishop of Canterbury will say. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/8evpjJN

Russia's defence ministry releases a video purportedly showing the crew of the Moskva in Sevastopol. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/pWG0smD

A dozen sanctioned Russians are linked to an estimated £800m worth of property in the UK, BBC analysis reveals. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/N0tx5ZU

Official figures claim there have been no Covid deaths in the current outbreak. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/8HeWdM7

The Ukrainian city of Chernihiv was under constant attack until suddenly Russian forces withdrew. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/xQjsVvN

Patron, a Jack Russell, has so far helped to remove hundreds of explosive devices. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/pubn3K0

Russia attacks Kyiv factory and warns of consequences if US keeps arming Ukraine. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/HQR7L9S

Police say photos of the frozen dogs, lizards, snakes and other animals are too graphic to release. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/T6JsnCl

The so-called "poison pill" measure is in response to Elon Musk's $43bn cash buyout offer. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/ZRvjzXL

Crypto worth at least $615 million was stolen from players of popular online game Axie Infinity. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/aLDE7Ii

A Ukrainian air defence officer tells the BBC: "Whoever dominates the air wins the war." from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/7HaNMLI

Videos of caimans and other wild animals in streets and houses are frequently surfacing in the city. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/oCk5hsX

Videos appearing to show people suffering in Shanghai's lockdown have gone viral, stretching censors. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/AP60HUb

Russia's flagship Black Sea missile cruiser has sunk, while President Zelensky sits down with the BBC. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/bV08Q4N

A psychotherapist tells the court of a volatile dynamic between the couple during therapy sessions. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/ogG12Aq

The warship sunk under tow, Russian state media says, a day after it was reported damaged by fire or a Ukrainian missile strike. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Qvt32dO

As hate speech cases make headlines, experts say the problem isn't lack of laws but political will. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/v5ODAnd

President Bolsonaro says the invasion of Ukraine presents an opportunity to mine Amazon territories. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/MEsui5q