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Pressure grows on Saudis over writer

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meeting Saudi King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 16 October 2018

The US secretary of state and Saudi king discuss the disappearance in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi.

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Your mid-terms daily digest

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Kidman: 'Cruise marriage gave protection'

The Hollywood star says "being married to an extremely powerful man kept me from being sexually harassed."

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies

Stormy Daniels' defamation case dismissed

Elizabeth Warren reveals DNA test

Features & Analysis

Would you eat slaughter-free meat?

Hillary Clinton's Lewinsky comments rile critics

Is this Donald Trump's best month yet?

Nick Bryant BBC News, New York

Your mid-terms daily digest

Trump artwork spotted on White House wall

  • 15 October 2018

Why Americans are so fascinated by British royals

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Is this the most successful month of the Trump presidency?

Rising approval ratings, campaign promises kept... this ever-divisive president has had a good two weeks.

16 October 2018
Nick Bryant New York correspondent

Kavanaugh vote: The political fallout from the Supreme Court battle

Brett Kavanaugh is on his way to the Supreme Court bench - what it means for the mid-term elections.

6 October 2018
Anthony Zurcher North America reporter

The truth about false assault accusations by women

We should be sceptical of the notion that women lie about sexual abuse, says BBC's Katty Kay.

18 September 2018
Katty Kay Presenter, BBC World News

From 'alternative facts' to rewriting history in Trump's White House

The Trump administration has crossed a line in truth and transparency, the BBC's Jon Sopel says.

25 July 2018
Jon Sopel North America editor

Business

Longest non-stop flight lands in New York

  • 12 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Estée Lauder seeks to oust Deciem founder

Trump says Fed is 'out of control'

  • 11 October 2018
  • From the section Business

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