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Mark Chavez is second doctor sentenced in Matthew Perry overdose death

Nardine Saad,Los Angelesand Regan Morris Reuters A California doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced

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Belarus frees 123 prisoners as US lifts sanctions

Sarah Rainsford,Vilniusand Dearbail Jordan Watch: BBC captures celebrations as Belarus frees political prisoners Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent

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Italian cooking awarded special Unesco status

Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations’ cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza

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Benin coup attempt to oust President Talon foiled by loyalist troops, minister says

Paul Njie, Thomas Naadi, Chiagozie Nwonwu,BBC Africa reportersand Lucy Fleming BTV The soldiers appeared on state TV early on Sunday

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Police arrest suspect in DC pipe bomb incident, ending years-long manhunt

Authorities arrested a Virginia man in connection to two pipe bombs placed outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic

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Zelensky says Ukraine territory ‘most difficult’ issue, as US envoy prepares to meet Putin

EPA/Shutterstock President Zelensky has said Kyiv’s priorities in peace talks to end the war with Russia are maintaining Ukraine’s sovereignty

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Afghans in US issue plea to Trump after ‘tragic’ Washington DC shooting

James FitzGeraldand Mahfouz Zubaide AFP via Getty Images Tens of thousands of Afghans entered the US under special immigration protections

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Who is Trump’s ‘drone guy’ taking central role in Ukraine peace talks?

PA Media Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Dan Driscoll in Kyiv When talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war

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Christian converts are among the Iranians being sent home from US

EPA A woman lights a candle at a church in Tehran One Monday in mid-October, after a year in US

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Trial opens into North Macedonia nightclub fire that killed 63

Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and Guy Delauney,Balkans correspondent AFP The club’s owner, nearest the camera, is among those on trial