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26 Nov
Myanmar's western Rakhine state has been the site of new clashes between the Arakan Army militia group and the junta, which overthrew the civilian government early in 2021. Fighting was also reported in Chin state.
26 Nov
Chauvin was reportedly seriously injured from the stabbing at a federal prison on Arizona. Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, leading to calls for racial justice in the US that year.
26 Nov
Right-wing populist and self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei has won Argentina's presidential election by a landslide. The country now faces an experiment with an uncertain outcome.
26 Nov
The hijacking of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea is a further escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in their support of Hamas. Yet it's unlikely the militia will be a severe threat to Israel.
26 Nov
Migrants who want to settle in Germany have to deal with its bureaucracy. The process can be a frustrating one, especially given backlogs at government offices.
26 Nov
Roquefort is the most famous among French blue cheeses and is named after the small village of Roquefort which lies on a chalky mountain, called the Combalou, between the Auvergne and Languedoc in the Aveyron region of France.
26 Nov
Our guest on this week's music show is jazz multi-instrumentalist Jowee Omicil, who spends much of his time between Paris, Miami and Montreal. He's about to release a new album entitled "Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite". The record is fully connected to his Haitian roots and represents a means to travel back in time to the slave revolution of 1791.
26 Nov
Faced with growing pressures from China, North Korea and Russia, US land, sea and air units are stepping up training as well as improving their equipment and collaboration with allies.
26 Nov
While some have questioned the film's accuracy, those who helped make the biopic have suggested it should just be enjoyed for what it is.
26 Nov
Police in Italy and Germany have arrested dozens of suspects in a crackdown on the Italian mafia group 'Ndrangheta. Similar raids are being carried out in other European countries. Authorities are calling it the largest operation ever against the mafia group.
26 Nov
Russian lawmakers are looking into banning abortions in private clinics, and new laws are already threatening fines for "incitement" to abortion in some parts of the country. Many fear that a total ban might be coming.
26 Nov
In Spain up to 300,000 babies are thought to have been taken away from their parents and sold to adoptive parents. The practice began during the Franco dictatorship and continued into the 1990s. But the cases have only just started to go on trial.
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A world record of 969 million citizens are called to the polls for what some see as a referendum on one man. India is about to embark on the world's biggest election, staggered over seven weeks, with Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP expected to extend its solid lead in parliament. Modi has been pointing to a decade of unprecedented growth and power for a nation courted by the West and beyond.
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India's mammoth elections are now under way, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi widely expected to win a third term. Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has expanded subsidy programmes for the poor and women. These programmes include measures like equipping homes with butane gas by offering free cylinders or distributing free food rations. Some 60 percent of the population benefits from Modi’s food distribution scheme, which he has pledged to renew for another five years. Another success story is the nationwide rollout of digital payment services. Meanwhile, critics say the prime minister is eroding democracy by targeting opposition parties and controlling the media.
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In the early hours of Sunday morning, Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel in an unprecedented strike launched directly from Iranian territory. Almost all of the drones, rockets and cruise missiles launched by Iran were intercepted by Israeli air defenses with the help of the US, UK, and several Arab countries.
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The Croatian city of Vukovar, on the banks of the Danube, has a painful past. Located on the border with Serbia, it was the scene of the first major battle in the 1990s Balkan wars. Four years before the genocide in Srebrenica and eight years before the war in Kosovo, Vukovar was the first city in the former Yugoslavia to suffer ethnic cleansing, in 1991. More than 30 years later, reconciliation between local Serbs and Croats is hindered by impunity for war crimes and the inability to agree on a common version of events.
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The country's ruling junta is stepping up cooperation with Moscow, after expelling French troops last year. Also in the programme, at least three people have been killed in a shootout between militiamen and police in the Ethiopian capital. Among the dead are fighters from a rebel militia known as Fano. Plus, the art of remembering: painters in Rwanda are keeping the memory of genocide victims alive by drawing their inspiration from photographs.