Five to be charged in UK with spying for Russia
Three men and two women are to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage, UK prosecutors say.
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US offers almost 500,000 Venezuelans legal status
US cities have been grappling with large numbers of Venezuelans fleeing economic and political turmoil.
1970-01-01 08:00
King's France visit mixes PR, politics and security
The royal state visit is intended to reinvigorate the relationship between France and Britain.
1970-01-01 08:00
Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed
Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.
1970-01-01 08:00
Kirkstone Pass crash: Motorcyclist from Belgium named by police
Police name Renne Jan Letters, 59, as the man who died after the crash at Kirkstone Pass.
1970-01-01 08:00
Somerset WWII memorial service remembers Canadian aircrew
The memorial remembers five men who were on a Canadian Wellington Bomber that crashed in Broomfield.
1970-01-01 08:00
Australian man fined for taking pet snake surfing
Wildlife officers say the man endangered Shiva the snake and breached his permit to keep her.
1970-01-01 08:00
Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster
Doctors are struggling to identify the remains which have been found as the death toll rises.
1970-01-01 08:00
Libyan official refutes blame for flood disaster
An official in the eastern based government tells the BBC locals in Derna were told to flee their homes.
1970-01-01 08:00
Colombia cocaine: Cultivation reaches record high
A UN report finds the area planted with coca bushes is the biggest ever registered.
1970-01-01 08:00
Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts
British-Nigerian horror writer Nuzo Ono tells the BBC that she sleeps with a "bright light on".
1970-01-01 08:00
Ukraine claims to retake Black Sea drilling rigs from Russian control
The four strategically important oil and gas platforms were seized by Russia in 2015.
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