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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c5d1/live/eb046b50-bcf9-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] “I’m very shocked” – College students react to Cornell University rape investigation Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of sexual assault. When Mary was a first-year college student, she woke up after a fraternity party with bruises and bite marks all over her body. She says it took her a…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4c37/live/eac38c60-bce6-11f1-8ce2-417f8f7cb095.jpg”] Watch: “This is a war Europe is waging against us”, Sergei Lavrov tells BBC When Vladimir Putin arrived to address Russia’s parliament on Wednesday, a warm welcome was guaranteed. “The Special Election Operation”, as one Russian newspaper dubbed last month’s legislative vote, has produced a State Duma even more pro-Putin than anything…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8ee5/live/a7dfc5c0-bcec-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal during floods Another wave of landslides and heavy rain has killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan nation reels from August’s catastrophic flooding that left 1,400 dead and thousands more missing. The national disaster management authority says more than…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/c22b/live/4dcb5ef0-bcf1-11f1-8ce2-417f8f7cb095.jpg”] Infantino should have no place in future of football – Pinto Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gianni Infantino was first elected as Fifa president in 2016 BySam Drury BBC Sport journalist Published 20 minutes ago The computer hacker who released documents which led to the Premier League investigation into Manchester City says…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/2056/live/a96a29c0-bd01-11f1-ae73-153b8464afc4.jpg”] Respect and laughs as Fury and Joshua face off Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tyson Fury (left) and Anthony Joshua (right) are two-time heavyweight world champions ByKal Sajad BBC Sport boxing journalist at British Airways ARC, London Published 17 minutes ago After more than a decade of public feuding and false starts,…