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VIDEO: Ashya parents freed from prison

Tue, 2014-09-02 14:42
Ashya King's parents have been freed from a Spanish prison, following their arrest on Saturday.
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VIDEO: Islamic State 'kills US journalist'

Tue, 2014-09-02 14:30
Islamic State has released a video online which purports to show the beheading of Steven Sotloff, a US journalist being held hostage by the militants.
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VIDEO: Moment Ashya's parents released

Tue, 2014-09-02 14:19
Ashya King's parents have been freed from a Spanish jail, following their arrest on Saturday.
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VIDEO: Escaped Ebola patient recaptured

Tue, 2014-09-02 12:23
The recapture of an escaped Ebola patient in Liberia has raised fears that West African countries are struggling to contain the outbreak.
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VIDEO: West looks 'really weak' over Ukraine

Tue, 2014-09-02 09:07
A senior Ukrainian diplomat says the West looks weak against a "power drunk" Russia.
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VIDEO: Beauty queen refuses to return crown

Tue, 2014-09-02 07:13
Myanmar's first ever beauty queen has refused to give back her $100,000 (£60,300) crown after being dethroned.
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VIDEO: Mexico's mysterious mass fish death

Tue, 2014-09-02 05:30
Hundreds of thousands of fish have been washed up on the shores of Lake Cajititlan in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
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VIDEO: The park blamed for Japan's dengue fever

Tue, 2014-09-02 04:44
Japan is battling its first outbreak of dengue fever in almost 70 years, with at least 22 people confirmed as being infected.
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VIDEO: Volcano continues fiery lava eruption

Tue, 2014-09-02 03:25
A dramatic lava eruption that began early on Sunday near Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has continued into Monday.
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VIDEO: Waiting for water in debt-hit Detroit

Tue, 2014-09-02 00:13
Samira Hussain reports on the day-to-day struggles of people living in Detroit, as the city attempts to climb out of its financial problems.
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VIDEO: Uganda's Ghetto Kids: 'Dance changed my life'

Tue, 2014-09-02 00:03
Children in Uganda working in a pioneering dance group, Ghetto Kids, have been describing how it has changed their lives for the better.
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VIDEO: Indonesia wary of growing IS support

Mon, 2014-09-01 16:01
The Indonesian government has banned the jihadist group Islamic State, but support for the organisation is still evident in meetings and demonstrations across the nation.
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VIDEO: Iraq grannies 'take on IS in Amerli’

Mon, 2014-09-01 14:52
Residents and fighters in Amerli are celebrating the end of a two-month siege and the withdrawal of IS militants from around the town.
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VIDEO: Ashya King parents fight extradition

Mon, 2014-09-01 14:33
The parents of Ashya King are expected to appear in a court in Madrid in Spain on Monday morning. The five-year-old was taken from hospital in the UK against medical advice.
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VIDEO: ‘I smuggled jihadists into Syria’

Mon, 2014-09-01 14:31
The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from Turkey's border with Syria where he met a man who helped smuggle foreign fighters cross the border.
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VIDEO: Inside Amerli after lifting of siege

Mon, 2014-09-01 12:12
The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports from the besieged town of Amerli, which was liberated by Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Sunday.
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VIDEO: Pakistan's state TV back on air

Mon, 2014-09-01 08:22
The Pakistani army has stepped in to remove anti-government protesters from state TV headquarters in Islamabad, after they stormed the building, taking it off air.
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VIDEO: PM outlines passport seizure powers

Mon, 2014-09-01 08:21
The police are to be given new powers to seize the passports of terrorist suspects and stop British jihadists from returning to the UK, David Cameron has said.
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VIDEO: BBC's Sweeney catches Putin at talks

Mon, 2014-09-01 08:06
As negotiators meet in Minsk to discuss the Ukraine crisis, Russia's President Vladimir Putin says the process of direct negotiations is "the beginning of a very important process".
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VIDEO: Could Horseball gain Olympic glory?

Mon, 2014-09-01 07:33
Horseball, a mix of rugby and basketball, was invented in France in the 1970s, and now there are attempts to get it into the Olympics, as the BBC's Ollie Williams reports.
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