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The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends
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US announces $1bn of military aid for Ukraine
Today
Urgently needed humanitarian supplies will also be financed
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Gaza's only power plant re-starts generating electricity
Yesterday
Much needed aid and fuel begin arriving after a ceasefire ends three days of conflict
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US Senate passes landmark climate and healthcare bill
Yesterday
The bill will fund initiatives such as electric car ownership
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'Russian rockets damaged part of nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia'
Sunday
Russia seized the nuclear power site in March
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Israel strikes Gaza killing top militant
Friday
Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad fire dozens of rockets into Israel in response
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China halts co-operation with US over climate change and defence
Friday
It's in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
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Russia jails Griner for nine years
Friday
President Biden says the sentencing of the US basketball player is "unacceptable".
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Japan says Chinese missiles have landed in its territory
Thursday
Beijing is conducting live fire exercises around Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi's visit
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Guterres accuses energy firms of grotesque greed
Thursday
The UN head urges governments to tax excessive profits made by oil and gas companies
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Nancy Pelosi leaves Taiwan after controversial visit
Last Wednesday
The US Speaker met leaders in the capital Taipei
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Chinese fury at Pelosi's Taiwan visit
Last Wednesday
Washington reassures Beijing the trip is consistent with US policy.
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Al Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Kabul
Last Tuesday
Washington says the Taliban should not have been harbouring Ayman al-Zawahiri
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UN says world is one misstep from nuclear annihilation
Last Tuesday
Antonio Guterres says luck is not a strategy
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First grain ship leaves Ukraine
Last Monday
A deal with Russia allows passage through a safe corridor
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Protestors injured as Iraqi parliament stormed again
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Iraq's caretaker PM has called for dialogue
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Ukraine seeks UN and Red Cross prison deaths probe
Sat 30 Jul 2022
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of the attack
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Hope for Ukraine grain blockade
Fri 29 Jul 2022
The first grain ship from Ukraine since Russia's invasion is ready to leave port
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China warns US not to 'play with fire' over Taiwan
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Xi Jinping and President Biden spoke for more than two hours
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HIV surges globally
Wed 27 Jul 2022
The UN warns that millions of lives are at risk around the world.
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Russia halves Nord Stream pipeline gas flow to Germany
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom cuts gas being delivered
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Trump’s Washington comeback speech
Wed 27 Jul 2022
The former President returned to a familiar theme, the US Mexico border.
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EU agrees to curb gas demand
Tue 26 Jul 2022
A compromise deal was reached to limit cuts as Russian reductions in gas supply loom
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Pope Francis makes ‘pilgrimage of penance’ after child abuse in Canada
Mon 25 Jul 2022
The head of the Catholic church offers apology for harm done by religious schools
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Myanmar military executes four democracy activists including ex-MP
Mon 25 Jul 2022
The executions mark the first cases of capital punishment in the country in decades
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Russia denies causing global food crisis
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Sergei Lavrov is visiting four African nations to rally support
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WHO declares highest alert over monkeypox
Sun 24 Jul 2022
Monkeypox was first discovered in central Africa in the 1950s
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Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of US Congress
Sat 23 Jul 2022
A committee is investigating the events leading up to the Capitol riot in 2021
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Officials say Ukraine-Russia grain deal agreed
Fri 22 Jul 2022
The deal will allow Ukraine to reopen its Black Sea ports for grain exports
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Ukraine and Russia 'poised to sign grain deal'
Fri 22 Jul 2022
There's been a global shortage of Ukrainian grain since Russia invaded the country