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Iran hijab police accused of beating girl into coma By David Gritten BBC News Activists have accused Iran’s morality police of beating a girl for not wearing a hijab and posted a photo purportedly showing her in a coma. Armita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran metro train at Shohada station on Sunday. Officials …

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  Iran: activists say 16-year-old girl hospitalised by police over hijab rules Incident puts country back on edge a year after mass protests erupted over death in custody of Mahsa Amini Patrick Wintour Tue 3 Oct 2023 16.12 BST The hospitalisation of a 16-year-old girl in Tehran has led to accusations by a rights group and …

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Migrants trying to reach the UK cross the Alps on foot By Mark Lowen BBC Rome correspondent, Italy-France border In a corner of the Italian Alps, a queue of Sudanese and Afghans are swapping their sandals for hiking boots and replacing flip-flops with sturdy trainers, preparing, they hope, for their trek to freedom. They are …

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  Attackers detonate bomb near Turkish government buildings in Ankara Two assailants dead and two police injured after blast that president calls ‘last flutters of terrorism’ Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul and agencies Sun 1 Oct 2023 16.04 BST Two attackers have detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in the heart of Ankara, in an …

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  ‘Azerbaijan is hungry for land’: Armenians fear country will seek to grab more territory After Baku’s success in Nagorno-Karabakh, it could attempt to encroach farther, locals believe Andrew Roth in Tegh, Armenia Sat 30 Sep 2023 14.00 BST The beehives were in no man’s land. After the border clash near his village in April, Geram drove …

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At least 59 people killed in twin attacks on mosques in Pakistan Suicide bombing kills at least 54 at parade to mark prophet’s birthday, while further five die in attack at police compound Shah Meer Baloch in Karachi, and Peter Beaumont Fri 29 Sep 2023 14.00 BST At least 59 people have died in bomb attacks on two …

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  Nagorno-Karabakh’s breakaway government says it will dissolve itself President of Armenia’s unrecognised republic signs decree under which it will cease to exist by 1 January 2024 Pjotr Sauer Thu 28 Sep 2023 11.23 BST The breakaway government of Nagorno-Karabakh has announced it will dissolve itself and that the unrecognised republic will cease to exist by 2024, formally …

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Former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh arrested by Azerbaijan Ruben Vardanyan detained as he tried to cross into Armenia in first high-profile arrest since Azerbaijani offensive Andrew Roth in Goris and Pjotr Sauer Wed 27 Sep 2023 15.35 BST Azerbaijan has detained a former leader of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government in its first high profile arrest since launching a lightning offensive …

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  Nagorno-Karabakh: envoys from Azerbaijan, Armenia to meet in Brussels as thousands flee Meeting will be first such encounter since Baku seized disputed enclave last week Andrew Roth in Goris, Sam Jones and agencies Tue 26 Sep 2023 07.29 BST Envoys from Baku and Yerevan were set to meet in Brussels for talks on Tuesday as thousands of refugees …

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  Nagorno-Karabakh: thousands escape to Armenia after Azerbaijani offensive Armenian prime minister says ethnic Armenians in disputed enclave face ‘danger of ethnic cleansing’ Europe live – latest news updates Andrew Roth in Goris, Sam Jones and agencies Mon 25 Sep 2023 16.23 BST More than 6,000 ethnic Armenians have crossed into Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh after last week’s Azerbaijani military offensive in …

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