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Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:38:28 GMT
Sicilian Mafia: Anger as 'people slayer' Giovanni Brusca freed
Dubbed the "people slayer", Giovanni Brusca has confessed to his role in more than 100 killings.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:14:47 GMT
Vatican laws changed to toughen sexual abuse punishment
The changes are the biggest overhaul of the Roman Catholic Church code in nearly 40 years.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:29:16 GMT
Belarus activist 'stabs his neck' in court
Stepan Latypov is shown collapsed in a courtroom in Minsk in footage that has emerged.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:21:51 GMT
Eurozone inflation up sharply as economies reopen
Inflation hit 2% in May as Covid restrictions were scaled back and energy prices climbed.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:05:03 GMT
Pissarro: French woman ends fight to reclaim art stolen by Nazis
A Holocaust survivor gives up her struggle to take back a Pissarro painting.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:51:15 GMT
Asparagus recipe appears in Belgian law database
The six-step recipe appears to have been accidentally copied and pasted into a government database.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:29:33 GMT
Watch: Drone crashes into erupting Icelandic volcano
A flight to film the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano didn't go quite to plan.

Mon, 31 May 2021 22:51:15 GMT
NSA spying row: US and Denmark pressed over allegations
Denmark is accused of helping the US spy on European politicians such as Germany's Angela Merkel.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:58:50 GMT
Coronavirus: Ireland reveals post-Covid recovery plan
It includes a phased ending to pandemic unemployment payments and property tax increases for some.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:30:11 GMT
Belarus bans most citizens from going abroad
The travel restriction follows an international outcry over Belarus's diversion of a Ryanair jet.

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:51:05 GMT
UK set for stronger post-Covid recovery, says OECD
The UK economy's post-pandemic performance will outpace other large rich nations, a new forecast says.

Mon, 31 May 2021 23:29:32 GMT
Belarus: A climate of fear for opposition activists
The BBC speaks to some of those whose lives have been changed forever by the protests in Belarus.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:19:47 GMT
Viewpoint: Why Germany's Namibia genocide apology is not enough
Germany is sorry for the massacres but the lack of reparations has angered targeted communities.

Mon, 31 May 2021 23:01:24 GMT
The story of Spain’s ‘terrifying confidence’ – and how it conquered the world
One night of embarrassment in October 2006 convinced Spain that something had to change - sparking a momentum shift in world football.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:24:39 GMT
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.

Sat, 29 May 2021 23:10:46 GMT
Stuck on a world tour serving soup in Lahore
A German couple crossed 11 countries before the pandemic halted them en route to India.

Fri, 28 May 2021 00:12:21 GMT
Mystery plans to redraw Balkan borders alarm leaders
Unofficial plans to change the borders have caused alarm - but no-one knows whose idea they are.

Thu, 27 May 2021 07:46:33 GMT
I'm ready to beg for help, says student's mother
The mother of Sofia Sapega, who was arrested when her flight was grounded in Minsk, speaks to the BBC.

Thu, 27 May 2021 16:30:59 GMT
Belarus jails: Stories of fear and violence
Hundreds of people described as "political prisoners" are held, including journalists and protesters.

Tue, 25 May 2021 23:24:55 GMT
Belarus plane arrest - is it a first?
We take a look back at previous incidents where planes may have been intercepted and forced to land.

Mon, 24 May 2021 15:30:22 GMT
Who is dissident journalist Roman Protasevich?
The young blogger, now held in Belarus, could face a long jail term for his opposition activism.

Thu, 27 May 2021 21:02:09 GMT
Belarus plane: What we know and what we don't
As more details emerge of why flight FR4978 was forced to land in Belarus, some questions remain unanswered.

Mon, 24 May 2021 23:13:36 GMT
Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?
Simon Browning looks at standard aviation protocols after a "major diplomatic incident" on Sunday.

Wed, 26 May 2021 23:18:18 GMT
Nexta: The journalists taking on Belarus’ regime
The BBC visits the colleagues of Roman Protasevich, the journalist arrested off the diverted Ryan Air flight.

Tue, 25 May 2021 13:18:45 GMT
Belarus plane: 'Perfect storm' prompts EU to act fast
The diversion of a plane flying between two EU capitals to arrest a journalist led officials to act.

Wed, 26 May 2021 16:16:47 GMT
Belarus plane: Who is Russian student Sofia Sapega?
The girlfriend of dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was arrested with him in Minsk.

Thu, 27 May 2021 23:00:08 GMT
Canary Islands: 'Taking in migrants changed my life'
A British businessman has turned his Canary Islands hotel into a home for migrants from Africa.

Wed, 26 May 2021 14:50:38 GMT
Belarus: Lithuanian PM says hard to believe Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus will say whatever it needs to shelter its wrongdoings, Ingrida Simonyte says.

Mon, 24 May 2021 16:48:38 GMT
Belarus journalist's father: We're afraid Roman will be tortured
The father of Roman Protasevich fears for his son after he was seized from a plane by Belarus.

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:32:46 GMT
Belarus government accused of hijacking plane to arrest journalist
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said it appears there were KGB security agents on the flight.

Sat, 22 May 2021 23:03:45 GMT
Inside Russia's Trefoil military base in the Arctic
BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gets rare access to the Russian military base, known as Arctic Trefoil.



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