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Munich police say the opening of the venue where Oktoberfest is taking place has been delayed because of possible connections to an explosion and fire at a house in the city, in which one person has died.Mayor Dieter Reiter...

Thomas NaadiBBC Africa, AccraPhotothek via Getty ImagesA Nigerian man deported from the US to Ghana has told the BBC that he is now stuck in a hotel in Togo, after he and five others were secretly transferred to the...

A sunscreen scandal in Australia is continuing to grow, with 18 products now pulled from shelves in the skin cancer hotspot over safety concerns.Analysis by a consumer advocacy group in June found several popular and expensive sunscreens did not...

Donald Trump's framework agreement for ending the Gaza war and reconstructing the devastated territory has momentum behind it. Much of it comes from the president himself. Momentum comes too from leading Arab and Islamic countries who have supported the...

Three students were killed on Monday when a school building collapsed in Indonesia, 99 others were taken to hospital but it is thought 38 people are still trapped. The BBC reports from a nearby centre where relatives face an...

Jessica ParkerEurope correspondent in Copenhagen andPaul KirbyEurope digital editor in LondonReutersKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was obvious Germany had long been "indirectly involved" in the war in Ukraine and he rejected "unfounded accusations" of Russian involvement in last...

An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 31 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into...

President Trump has announced a 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza, showing various lines of Israeli troop withdrawal should President Trump's plan go ahead.BBC Verify has analysed this map alongside the latest satellite imagery and the...