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Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself in
Hadush Kebatu has access to funds and sought help from the public, the Met Police says.
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Lando Norris boosts his world championship hopes with pole position at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Trump's week in Asia: BBC correspondents on the wins and potential losses
Here's what you should know as the US president arrives for a whirlwind week of diplomacy.
Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' as it deploys world's largest warship
The deployment marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign against drug traffickers, which Trump warns will include "land action".
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How the anti-establishment candidate won the Irish presidency
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Connolly declared president of Ireland after landslide win
Catherine Connolly, an independent who was backed by the major left-wing parties, pledges to be "an inclusive president for all".
Louvre moves jewels to ultra-secure Bank of France vault after heist
They will now be stored in the Bank's most secure vault, behind a seven-tonne door 26m underground.
Keating's England debut & Le Tissier position dilemma
Khiara Keating makes her debut and Maya le Tissier plays at right-back as Lionesses lose first match since winning Euro 2025 trophy.
After 11 months of negativity, have Man Utd turned the corner?
Manchester United have recorded three consecutive Premier League wins under Ruben Amorim for the first time.
Man arrested after viral video of alleged rape attempt on Paris train
Alerted by a woman's screams, another passenger pulled out her phone to film the alleged attack.
Error-prone England suffer Ashes 'torture' at Wembley
Shaun Wane says watching his England side lose to Australia was "torture" - and an error-prone display at Wembley left him with much to think about before the second Ashes Test.
Mystery donor gives $130m to US military for paying troops during shutdown
The man is a US citizen and a Trump supporter, the president has said, but no one in the government will identify him.
Met Police reviewing 9,000 grooming cases
A review of 9,000 cases of child sexual exploitation is being undertaken, the Met Police says.
Australia crush England in first Ashes match for 22 years
Twenty-two years later, same story. Australia have picked up where they left off in their domination of the rugby league Ashes.
Will Lucy Powell's win turn things around for Labour?
Chris Mason looks at what Lucy Powell's return to frontline politics might mean for Labour.
King rewrites record books as Australia thrash South Africa
Alana King takes a stunning 7-18 - a record at a Women's World Cup - as Australia bowl South Africa out for 97, before chasing down their target with seven wickets in hand in Indore.