Indicted Trump Ally Says Prosecutors Stalled Case Until After Election

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Russia-Ukraine, Boris Johnson, Lunar New Year: Your Monday Evening Briefing

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Fed Officials Make It Clear: This Time Is Different

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Report on Downing Street Parties Deepens Crisis for Boris Johnson

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The studio behind ‘Dune’ sells a stake to the private equity giant Apollo.

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Ahmaud Arbery: Hate crime plea deal rejected by US judge in murder case

The deal would have allowed two of Ahmaud Arbery's killers to serve in "preferred" federal prisons

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The White House threatens sanctions against Putin’s ‘inner circle’ if Russia invades Ukraine.

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Lunar New Year 2022: Millions start celebrating

This year marks the change from the year of the Ox to the year of the Tiger.

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Trent Williams’s absence would be big if he cannot play.

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The 49ers defense is less glitzy, but has gotten the job done.

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Canada Beats U.S., Cementing a Soccer Power Shift

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The fans in Kansas City are plentiful.

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Cincinnati’s defense wakes up, and suddenly it’s tied.

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Winter Olympics: How will the Covid bubbles work?

To combat the risk of Covid, a huge army of volunteers and security staff will help implement enormous, strict separation bubbles.

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Spotify: Streaming giant announces plans to clamp down on Covid misinformation

The streaming giant says it will add warnings to all podcasts discussing Covid-19 on its platform.

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Flooding on Nantucket, and High Winds Along the Massachusetts Coast.

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Allison Fluke-Ekren: US woman held for leading female IS group

Allison Fluke-Ekren is suspected of training women and children to use AK-47s and suicide vests.

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Ukraine crisis: What’s at stake for the UK?

From the disruption of gas supplies to the risk of broader war, the Ukraine crisis matters to the UK.

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Joe Jenkins: YouTube star on piano-playing popularity

A 20-year-old piano player has an online following of nearly four million enjoying his musical stunts.

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Beijing Olympics: Five things to know

Covid bubbles, artificial snow and human rights are making 2022's Winter Olympics hit the headlines.

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Using food waste to make clean drinking water

How old bones and vegetable peelings are being recycled to make a water filter

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Two Long Island nurses made more than $1.5 million in a fake vaccine card scheme, prosecutors say.

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Peter Tatchell on his life-long fight for gay rights

Peter Tatchell's high-profile activism has seen him take on archbishops, presidents and boxers.

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New Jersey and New York declare states of emergency as ‘dangerous’ storm looms.

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The Critics Company: Nigerian teenagers who became sci-fi sensations

The group of friends from Kaduna borrowed smartphones from family members and made tripods out of wood.

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White House Warnings Over Russia Strain Ukraine-U.S. Partnership

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Chris Brown accused of drugging and raping woman on yacht

The singer is being sued for $20m over the alleged assault in Miami in 2020.

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New Justice Will Have Little Power to Thwart Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch

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Former Nazi speaks in new BBC documentary

Hans Werk features in a new documentary about the last living generation of Germans in Hitler’s Third Reich.

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John Kerry, U.S. Climate Envoy, Tells Top Polluters ‘We Must All Move Faster’

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Two former Deutsche Bank traders win their appeal in a Libor manipulation case.

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Stephen Breyer, G.D.P., Australian Open: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

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Coronavirus Briefing: The Last Bad Variant?

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‘From Worst to Best’: Gleaming New La Guardia Terminal Opens

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Democrats Renew Push to Pass Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China

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Burkina Faso coup: Return of the military strongmen to West Africa

Burkina Faso is the latest country to experience a coup in a region where democracy had seemed entrenched.

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Israeli study finds the rate of heart problems in vaccinated boys is slightly higher than expected.

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Life under the Taliban: Yalda Hakim's journey back to Afghanistan

With access to the new Taliban government, Yalda Hakim travels back to Afghanistan to find out what the country is like under their rule.

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Amazon pays $2.25 million to settle a price-fixing investigation.

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy: A powerful beacon of protest for 50 years

A protest that began 50 years ago with a beach umbrella remains a potent symbol of Aboriginal activism.

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Russia, Stock Market, Australian Open: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

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Russia Steps Up Propaganda War Amid Tensions With Ukraine

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The Lyric Decision: How Poets Figure Out What Comes Next

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Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Ends Run Early Because of Coronavirus Cases

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Fraud Ring That Staged Car Crashes Cost Insurers $1 Million, U.S. Says

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New Orleans Saints: Sean Payton leaves after 16 years as head coach

Sean Payton is leaving the New Orleans Saints after 16 years as their head coach

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Luxury cruise ship changes course to dodge seizure

Passengers on the Crystal Symphony were treated to an extra night due to a US arrest warrant.

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Africa Cup of Nations: Deadly crush reported at Cameroon stadium

Six people are reportedly killed and dozens hurt in a crush outside a stadium in Cameroon.

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US woman finds $3m lottery ticket in junk email folder

"I was looking for a missing email from someone, so I checked the spam folder," said winner Laura Spears.

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Beijing takes to the ice as Winter Olympics approach

The BBC's Stephen McDonell spends a day on the ice with some local enthusiasts in Beijing.

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How Covid disinformation has fuelled attacks on Czech doctors

Knowing how to deal with aggressive patients has become even more important during the pandemic.

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Coronavirus Briefing: Past the Peak

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Ros Atkins On... Ukraine tensions

As US troops are placed on high alert, Ros Atkins looks at the causes behind the tension on Ukraine's border.

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The Bucs are down 14 points going into the final quarter.

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Beach Boys star Brian Wilson looks back at his life in new film

The Beach Boys star, who turns 80 this year, tells the BBC why he decided to make a documentary.

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Workers at REI Store in Manhattan Seek to Form Retailer’s Only Union

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Children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK

BBC correspondent Jean Mackenzie finds children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK.

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Kansas City is in the hunt after a rough start to the season.

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Fundraiser, 83, buys then delivers ambulances across Europe

John Shackleton, who has been fundraising for more than 30 years, says his age won't stop him.

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Passenger Exposed Buttocks and Threw a Can During Flight, Prosecutors Say

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Burrow and Tannehill’s sack woes have continued.

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Derrick Henry, out of the wildcat, gets a TD.

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Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine

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Nick Bosa, who missed time last week with a concussion, will play for the 49ers.

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Arizona Democrats Censure Sinema After Filibuster Vote

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Russia-Ukraine tensions: UK warns of plot to install pro-Moscow ally

The Foreign Office takes the unusual step of naming a former Ukrainian MP as a potential Kremlin candidate.

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What to Do This Weekend

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Omicron, Russia, Meat Loaf: Your Friday Evening Briefing

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Brian Laundrie Claimed Responsibility for Gabrielle Petito’s Death, F.B.I. Says

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New Honduran Leader Loses Grip on Congress, Sapping Hope for Change

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Citigroup will bring N.Y.C.-area workers back to the office starting Feb. 7.

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Ros Atkins On... China's zero-Covid dilemma

Ros Atkins examines China's Covid elimination strategy, while others are learning to live with the virus.

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More Than 330,000 Pacifiers Recalled Over Choking Hazard

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Austria takes a big step toward a Covid vaccine mandate for adults.

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Coronavirus: Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination order

If the bill is signed into law, Austrians who refuse to take the shot will face fines of up to €3,600.

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The woman dressing as a household item every day in January

Taryn de Vere has gained global attention for outfits including pot noodle and curry powder.

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The radio station bringing worried Tongans together

A community broadcaster in Brisbane, Australia, is bringing information and support following the tsunami.

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Kazakhstan unrest: How peaceful protests turned violent

Watch three eyewitnesses describe how the clashes unfolded over three days earlier this month.

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Austria takes a big step toward a Covid vaccine mandate for adults.

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Texas synagogue: How synagogues stay safe - and still welcoming

Security training saved the lives of the hostages at Congregation Beth Israel. Is this the new norm?

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The battle for Steaua Bucharest - an Eastern European giant at war with itself

European Cup winners in 1986, Steaua Bucharest's story of decline is unlike any other. A bitter dispute has split the club in two.

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Russia and Iran Put on a Show of Unity — Against the U.S.

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Haridwar hate speech: Who is the arrested Hindu priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati?

Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati is a polarising figure who has often made headlines for anti-Muslim rhetoric.

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France’s Colonial Conflict, Filmed From Both Sides

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Ukraine tension: Biden says he thinks Putin will 'move in'

The US president says he thinks Russia's leader will "move in" but does not want a "full-blown war".

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Should bad science be taken off social media?

A Royal Society report recommends against censoring scientific misinformation online.

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Winter Olympics: Snowboard company Burton defends working in Xinjiang

Watch as Burton China's chief executive is quizzed on operating in the troubled region.

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Emma Raducanu Rediscovers Winning Ways Against Sloane Stephens

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