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Mass murder in Thailand
37 people - mostly children - killed by ex police officer at nursery school
06 Oct 2022,45 mins
Growing protests against government inside Iran
Anger sparked by death in custody of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini
05 Oct 2022,45 mins
Tory splits emerge at party conference
Liz Truss under pressure over increasing benefits in line with inflation
04 Oct 2022,45 mins
Chancellor's U-turn on 45p tax rate
Kwasi Kwarteng now expected to bring forward release of plan to reduce UK debt
03 Oct 2022,45 mins
Russia annexes 4 Ukrainian regions
Land grab of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
30 Sep 2022,45 mins
OBR forecast for mini budget “was rejected"
Analysts blame lack of independent forecast for market turmoil
29 Sep 2022,45 mins
Budget crisis: Bank of England steps in
Bank temporarily buys government debt to protect UK pensions
28 Sep 2022,45 mins
Starmer speech at Labour conference
Sir Keir says Labour now economically-sound party of the centre ground
27 Sep 2022,45 mins
Pound hits record low against the dollar
Bank of England says it won't hesitate to raise interest rates
26 Sep 2022,45 mins
Kwasi Kwarteng’s Mini Budget
Biggest package of tax cuts in 50 years
23 Sep 2022,45 mins
Chancellor confirms NI rise will be reversed
Mini Budget tomorrow – after interest rates rise by 0.5 %
22 Sep 2022,45 mins
Russian protests over Putin's mobilisation
Russian human rights organisation says more than 1,300 people arrested
21 Sep 2022,45 mins
Anger over “Russia referendums” in Ukraine
Pro-Moscow authorities in 4 occupied regions to hold weekend vote
20 Sep 2022,45 mins
Queen Elizabeth's state funeral
Britain, the Commonwealth and the world bids a final farewell
19 Sep 2022,45 mins
Officials say they believe war crimes committed in Izyum
Investigators examining 400 bodies exhumed from burial site
16 Sep 2022,45 mins
Ukraine: Evidence of mass graves around liberated city of Izyum
More than 400 bodies thought to be buried
15 Sep 2022,45 mins
Queen Elizabeth lying in state in Westminster Hall
Earlier the Queen’s coffin was escorted from Buckingham Palace
14 Sep 2022,45 mins
Ukraine's counter offensive in Kharkiv
Accounts of brutality by Russian troops emerging from liberated areas
13 Sep 2022,45 mins
Queen’s coffin taken to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh
Mourners file past body after service of thanksgiving
12 Sep 2022,45 mins
The King's Speech
King Charles makes televised address to nation, day after Queen's death
09 Sep 2022,45 mins
Canada murders: Families speak about lost loved ones
We have exclusive interview with Canadian government
07 Sep 2022,45 mins
The new PM names her Cabinet
Prominent figures from Liz Truss's leadership campaign are included
06 Sep 2022,45 mins
Liz Truss will be Britain’s next PM
Truss beats Sunak 57-43% to win Tory leadership vote
05 Sep 2022,45 mins
Russia halts gas deliveries to Germany
Nord Stream One pipeline will be out of action for indefinite period
02 Sep 2022,45 mins
Biden’s “soul of the nation” speech
President makes prime-time TV address - warns of threat extremist views pose to democracy
01 Sep 2022,45 mins
Russia halts gas supplies through major pipeline to Europe
Moscow blames western sanctions for technical problems at Nord Stream One
31 Aug 2022,45 mins
Mikhail Gorbachev dies
Reforms by former Soviet leader led to collapse of Communism and end of Cold War
30 Aug 2022,45 mins
Ukraine military attacks Russian defences near city of Kherson
Long-anticipated counter-offensive in the south of the country
29 Aug 2022,45 mins
Energy price cap to rise more than 80 per cent from October.
Campaigners warn that households will be plunged into poverty
26 Aug 2022,45 mins
UK households brace for latest price cap on energy bills
Businesses warn that they also need support
25 Aug 2022,45 mins