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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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    Fatalities in Kharkiv following Russian strike on superstore

    Fatalities in Kharkiv following Russian strike on superstore

    President Zelensky denounced the deadly airstrike on the crowded DIY superstore as an act of Russian madness. Also: massive fire at games arcade in India, and the Disney composer Richard Sherman dies aged 95.

    • 32 min
    The Happy Pod: The opera singing rescue dog

    The Happy Pod: The opera singing rescue dog

    How an injured greyhound found her voice, accompanying her adopted human 'big sister' while she plays the piano. Georgia, who now has a huge social media following, has a particular talent for opera.
    Also: The man who nearly became America's first black astronaut finally makes it into space -- the oldest person ever to do so. Meanwhile the spaceships of the future, imagined by children from around the world, have been flying over New York. We meet the man who spent twelve years fighting to save a forest from mining - and won. And, after seagull boy and lion girl, goat woman.
    Our weekly collection of happy news and positive stories from around the world.

    • 27 min
    Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah offensive

    Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah offensive

    In a dramatic move, the International Court of Justice supported a South African request that Israel should halt its operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Also: US missionaries killed in Haiti gang violence, and Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock dies aged 53.

    • 31 min
    Three more Israeli hostages' bodies found in Gaza

    Three more Israeli hostages' bodies found in Gaza

    The IDF said the men's bodies were recovered from the northern town of Jabalia overnight in a joint operation with Israel's domestic intelligence agency. Also: emergency teams in Papua New Guinea search for people trapped after a massive landslide, and a gymnast from Uzbekistan has missed her chance to compete at her ninth consecutive Olympics.

    • 30 min
    US sues to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster 'monopoly'

    US sues to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster 'monopoly'

    Live Nation - which promotes concerts, owns venues and sells tickets through its Ticketmaster platform - currently controls around eighty percent of major entertainment ticket sales in the US. Also: the French president speaks of an "unprecedented insurrection movement" in New Caledonia, and do you get frustrated when your name is auto-corrected online?

    • 34 min
    China holds military drills around Taiwan

    China holds military drills around Taiwan

    Taiwan's new president, William Lai, has promised to defend freedom and democracy after China launched military exercises around the island. Beijing is simulating a full-scale attack and has described the exercises as "strong punishment" for what it calls Taiwan's "separatist acts". Also: A purge of the Russian military is continuing with the arrest of the deputy Chief of General Staff, Vadim Shamarin, after he was accused of taking bribes. At least nine people have been killed after a stage collapsed at an election rally in Mexico. Colombia seals off the site of an 18th century warship that went down loaded with treasure. And as the UK gets into general election campaign mode, we'll get some analysis from our political correspondent, Rob Watson.

    • 26 min

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