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An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander and the head of the provincial council key in fighting off a Taliban attack in May, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PrG5Mn

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor held talks overnight with Turkish intelligence officials over the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Demiroren news agency said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2qis5Gp

When Uzbek authorities detained several online activists in September, blogger Davronbek Tojialiyev packed some clothes in a bag and waited for the knock on his door. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yIJCfH

Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations pact on migration over concerns that it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration, the right-wing government told media on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OhsLFp

New measures to protect NHS staff are to be introduced to try to reduce the thousands of assaults a year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2DdwC5h

Asia Bibi's blasphemy conviction polarised Pakistan and the Supreme Court has already sparked protests. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ET1qKz

Ex-chancellor says Tories were wrong over immigration - which helped lose the 2016 referendum. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zbmqG0

Police have been interested in an area to the rear of a semi-detached home in north Birmingham. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yJdt7B

In just under a week the US goes to the polls to elect a new Congress. So what are the main issues? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2AwUkac

The couple's 16-day overseas tour ends with a visit to a kiwi hatchery and tree walk in New Zealand. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Rrdrs2

Hundreds of demonstrators in Pittsburgh accuse the US president of fomenting intolerance and hate. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zezDy6

People who are overweight or underweight could live shorter lives than those with a healthy BMI, a study says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2P3j573

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urge all sides to hold talks soon. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2qm7GjS

Trident Juncture is the biggest exercise of its kind since the Cold War. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yHUFFU

Unconditional offers are being halted at one university to preserve its entry standards. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ABUHR5

The human remains could help solve the disappearance of a teenage girl in 1983, Italian media report. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2qk65La

After 10 weeks of biscuits, breads, cakes and pastries, one contestant emerges from the tent triumphant. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2DeecS7

Brexit continues to attract headlines with front page stories focusing on the economy and the rush for Irish passports. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JqpsLi

Your morning briefing for 31 October 2018. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Rw1rWj

Studying with a mobile phone instead of textbooks in Syria, Abdullah Kattineh got into Cambridge. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2P1G3uW

Keith from Lichfield thought he was an only child for his entire life, that is until a few months ago when he discovered that he is in fact, one of 10 siblings. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zf5Y7H

Bitcoin was born ten years ago. What has it brought the world? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Dep9mK

He was attending an event with Auckland's local Pasifika community, hosted by New Zealand's prime minister. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PyzmjI

Penis fillers, designed to increase the organ's girth, have gained in popularity, cosmetic surgery groups say. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Q4mcb7

Young entrepreneurs give advice on how to get started in business. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2qkJ2QI

Our household appliances could have much longer lives if they were designed to be easily repaired. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OXz2vk

As Black History Month draws to a close, BBC News celebrates four lesser-known historical figures. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Jq7VDf

So extensive is the spread of English, a group of lecturers warns of a looming "linguicide". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ABTn0d

Oxford University researchers have created a simulation designed to help prevent religious conflict. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zeK8Bw

Surgeons respond after a professor claimed medical students are losing the dexterity to stitch up patients. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2SwQ41l

Leicester City's Premier League match at Cardiff on Saturday will go ahead following the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2DdNTvl

Following his fifth F1 world win Lewis Hamilton talks about his growth as a person, his spirituality and the stand-out moments in 2018. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2CPSq6c

Burton boss Nigel Clough says it is "special" to have guided League One Burton to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for the first time. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2St8LDm

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness, more than two years after he fled the country after the collapse of a 2016 peace deal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q6jOR5

An Afghan army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 crew and passengers, provincial officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PDX0eN

Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in withdrawing from a United Nations agreement on migration, APA news agency said on Wednesday, citing Austrian concerns about its sovereignty and potential restrictions on its freedom to act. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RnY0AI

Indonesian search and rescue workers believe they have found the fuselage of a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed with 189 people on board, and are also trying to confirm the origin of an underwater "ping" signal, officials said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ju5QpM

Indonesia's transport minister removed on Wednesday the technical director of the Lion Air airline and several of its technicians after the crash of one of its jets with 189 people on board, the Antara news agency reported on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PvGKMv

Indonesian search and rescue workers have detected a 22-metre long object underwater in area where a Lion Air passenger jet with 189 people on board crashed, a navy official said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RrSihm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Tuesday for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and said U.N.-led negotiations to end the civil war should begin next month. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q5Ifhy

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy against Islam, a ruling likely to set off mass street protests by hardline Islamists. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Prx4Tx

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bestowed names on Wednesday to two newly-hatched young of New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi, in the northeastern town of Rotorua, on the final day of their two-week tour of the Pacific. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CUOj99