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News Articles: World

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a news conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Oct. 14. Truss has only been in office for six weeks but has already drawn calls for her removal.

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The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread, as party members call for her ouster

After a bruising first six weeks in office, the prime minister replaced her finance chief with former leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. But she still faces a barrage of criticism.

October 18, 2022
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  • Willem Marx
People walk past the BBC Headquarters in London on Tuesday as the BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting.

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  • Media

The BBC is celebrating its 100th birthday

The British Broadcasting Corp. was formed on Oct. 18, 1922. It's now an iconic source for news around the world.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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Meet this all-female thrash metal band from Lebanon in a new documentary

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Lilas Mayassi and Rita Baghdadi about the new documentary, "Sirens." Baghdadi profiles Mayassi's female thrash metal band, Slave to Sirens, known as Lebanon's first.

October 18, 2022
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  • Linah Mohammad ,
  • Sarah Handel,
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A woman in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia watches a video of Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competing without a hijab at an international climbing competition in Seoul, South Korea.

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  • Middle East

Worry grows for a female Iranian athlete who climbed without a hijab

Media reports warned she may have been forced by Iranian officials to leave early from a competition in South Korea and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speaks to reporters in front of a building destroyed by a Russian drone strike Monday.

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  • Europe

In Ukraine, trend lines point to escalation, not an endgame

When the question comes up on how the war in Ukraine ends, the debate tends to be brief. After eight months of fighting, most all the signs are pointing toward prolonged conflict.

October 18, 2022
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  • Greg Myre
A police expert holds a fragment of a drone with a handwritten inscription reading "For Belgorod. For Luch" after a drone attack in Kyiv on Monday.

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  • Europe

What are the suicide drones bombarding Ukraine, and where did Russia get them?

At least four people were killed in Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian cities on Monday. The attacks were carried out by what are called Shahed drones — also known as suicide or kamikaze drones.

October 18, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) waves to senior members of the government as he leaves at the end of the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at The Great Hall of People in Beijing on Sunday.

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  • World

What Xi Jinping's decade in power means for people in China — in their own words

Xi Jinping has become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. NPR has been speaking with a broad range of Chinese people about the impact he has had. Here is what four of them had to say.

October 18, 2022
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  • John Ruwitch
In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia.

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  • World

Australia says it will end its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Australia's government Cabinet agreed to again recognize Tel Aviv as the capital and reaffirmed that Jerusalem's status must be resolved in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Firefighters work at the scene after a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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  • Europe

A Russian warplane crashes near an apartment building and kills at least 13

A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov, leaving at least 13 people dead.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka holds his book <em>The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida</em> at the Shaw Theatre in London on Oct. 14. On Monday, his novel won the 2022 Booker Prize.

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Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

The prestigious award was given to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which the judges hailed as "a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war."

October 17, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
A Russian Iskander-M missile launcher parades through Red Square in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. The Iskander is one of several Russian systems that can launch nuclear weapons.

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  • National Security

Russia's nuclear arsenal is huge, but will Putin use it?

Experts in Russian doctrine worry that as the war in Ukraine gets more desperate, Russia might be tempted to detonate a nuclear weapon.

October 17, 2022
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Firefighters work after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv on Monday.

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  • World

The capital of Ukraine reels from second Russian attack this month

At least four people were killed and at least four others have been hospitalized from the drone strike Monday morning.

October 17, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim and
  • Peter DiCampo
Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday. It was the second Monday in a row of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

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  • World

Ukraine war updates: Russia strikes Kyiv as Russian troops move into Belarus (Oct. 17)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

October 17, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
The band BTS poses during the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in 2020.

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  • Music

BTS announces upcoming Korean military service

In June, the mega-popular K-pop group had already announced a hiatus. On Monday, the band's label and management company announced that all seven BTS members will be enlisting in the military.

October 17, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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  • World

Explosive suicide drones rock Ukraine's capital, hitting residential buildings

Explosions rang out across Kyiv early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June.

October 17, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda,
  • Franco Ordoñez,
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