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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Wealthier areas must play their part in housing asylum seekers, Burnham suggests

The prime minister was asked about protests over plans to use a former military base to house asylum seekers.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Woman assaulted by double murderer says nightmare became 'real life' when police let him attack again

Serial sex offender Simon Levy went on to murder two women and rape a third after a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Criticism as thousands of seats empty at Europeans

Nearly 10,000 seats were empty at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium on Monday.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Amanda Knox comedy show 'sincere' but 'just not very funny'

The Edinburgh Fringe show received a mixed response, with many reviewers saying typical stand-up fare.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Three ways to watch safely without glasses

With some shops running out of stock, it may be too late to buy eclipse glasses - but you can still safely watch the spectacle using some household items.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Russia releases former US Marine reported in poor health

Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022 for kicking a police officer while drunk, had reportedly been in a catatonic-like state.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Watch: Was Trump smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering truck?

US media reports say the president secretly left via a catering truck to avoid a threat to his life from Iran.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Burnham 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be halted

The PM says the justice secretary will present a plan in September to prevent more early releases.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia

The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Australia PM under fire for remarks on Japanese counterpart's melon gifts

An ex-Japanese envoy said the "sexist" comments "betrayed the close bond" between the countries.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

England set to eliminate hepatitis C

England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Call with No 10 gives us hope, PC Harper's mother says

Debbie Adlam says she does not want a "special case" for her son, but for killers of emergency workers to be exempt.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say

The US president was moved from the old Air Force One to a military plane as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, US media say.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

Trump Media reports $238m loss as crypto falls

The firm says it will refocus on social media, which includes a plan to sell faster access to Trump's posts.

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BBC News • Aug 11, 2026

'I felt Tourette's would ruin my life, now I teach at Cambridge'

Amanda Cole previously hid her condition but now wants others to "tic freely" without embarrassment.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

Rockets face nervous wait after defeat by Brave

Trent Rockets face a nervous wait to see if they will qualify automatically for the final of The Hundred after a six-wicket defeat by Southern Brave.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

Americanswers...on 5 Live! Will Trump's new challenge to birthright citizenship work?

And Hunter Biden speaks to the BBC about his pardon and Joe Biden’s health

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

Russian court bars only anti-war party from standing in parliamentary elections

Russia's only liberal, anti-war party will not be able to take part in next month's parliamentary elections, a Moscow court rules.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

We are chasing Ebola virus - it is ahead of us, WHO warns

Infection rates are high, adding to concern that authorities are struggling to get to grips with the disease.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

More than two-thirds of England now in drought

The East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs have moved into drought status.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

Mars Bar from 1991 found - and it's 20g bigger than one from today

The woman who found the chocolate bar during a house clearance compares it with today's Mars Bars.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

Watch: What we know about suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan

Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan, one of the world's most wanted men, has spent his first night in custody in Ireland after being extradited from Dubai.

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

Record 230 people cross Channel in one small boat

The Home Office says it shows the "reckless and dangerous tactics" used by gangs "cramming ever greater numbers on to unseaworthy vessels".

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BBC News • Aug 10, 2026

'Body in suitcase' found in Australia turns out to be lifelike doll

Forensics revealed that the 'realistic' looking body was in fact not human.

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