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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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Palestinians await key court ruling
Yesterday
The families are appealing against an order to leave their homes in East Jerusalem
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Olympic drama at Tokyo airport
Sunday
Belarusian athlete claims officials from her country tried to forcibly repatriate her
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Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities
Saturday
Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar
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IRS ordered to hand over Trump tax returns to Congress
Friday
The decision appears to end a long legal battle over the records
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North Korea suffering 'sharpest economic decline in over 20 years'
Friday
New report warns of hardship caused by Covid-19 and economic sanctions
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President Biden calls for $100 vaccine incentive
Thursday
Just under half of the US population is fully vaccinated
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Britain and Kenya host summit to tackle global education crisis sparked by COVID
Thursday
The coronavirus pandemic risks creating a 'legacy of wasted talent'
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Peru's new president is sworn in
Last Wednesday
Pedro Castillo pledges to help the poor and tackle the pandemic
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Macron says France 'owes debt' to Polynesia over nuclear tests
Last Wednesday
The French president spoke while visiting French island territories in Pacific
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US policeman feared death in Capitol riots
Last Tuesday
Officers on duty when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol give tearful testimony
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Hong Kong man guilty in first national security law trial
Last Tuesday
More than one hundred people have been arrested under the law
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Tunisian president accused of coup after firing PM
Last Monday
Months of tension over Covid and the economy culminate in the sacking of the PM
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Tunisia: PM is sacked after violent Covid protests
Last Monday
President Kais Saied has sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and says he's taken over
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US ready to continue airstrikes against Taliban
Sun 25 Jul 2021
The head of US Central Command, Gen Kenneth McKenzie, said this could happen in weeks
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Afghanistan imposes night curfew
Sat 24 Jul 2021
Covers 31 of the country's 34 provinces to help protect urban areas from Taliban advance
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Tennis star Osaka lights flame to get delayed Olympics underway in Tokyo
Fri 23 Jul 2021
The long delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics are finally underway - in a near deserted stadium.
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Olympics: Tokyo hosts opening ceremony of delayed 2020 Games
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Due to Coronavirus, a subdued ceremony launches the much-postponed Olympics
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US imposes sanctions on Cuban officials after protest crackdown
Thu 22 Jul 2021
President Biden has been under pressure to respond to anti-regime protests
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Olympics ceremony boss sacked over Holocaust joke
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The decision to remove Kentaro Kobayashi comes just a day before the opening show
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US life expectancy suffers steepest drop in decades
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Life expectancy in the US has suffered its sharpest fall since the second world war
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China floods: 16 dead and many thousands evacuated
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Record-breaking rainfall has brought deaths and chaos in China's Henan province
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Severe floods hit China's Henan province
Tue 20 Jul 2021
There has been severe flooding in the central Chinese province of Henan
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India's Covid death rate much higher than official count, says report
Tue 20 Jul 2021
The US-based Centre for Global Development says the figure could be ten times as high
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China accused of Cyber-Attack on Microsoft.
Mon 19 Jul 2021
The US and European countries say a huge cyber attack earlier this year came from China.
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UK government lifts coronavirus restrictions in England despite surge
Mon 19 Jul 2021
It's confident rules on mask wearing and social distancing won't be reintroduced
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In Tokyo, a growing number of Olympic athletes and officials test Covid-positive
Sun 18 Jul 2021
Five days before the games officially begin, more participants are forced to self-isolate
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Afghanistan: Peace talks resume with Taliban
Sun 18 Jul 2021
Officials are optimistic after the first round of negotiations
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Floodwaters begin to recede in north-western Europe
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Rescue workers struggle to reach survivors of the devastating floods
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Europe floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds more missing
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Northern Europe hit by some of the worst flooding in decades after record rainfall
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Floods in western Europe kill more than 60
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Thousands of others in Germany and Belgium are forced to evacuate
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