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State-approved samples show Prabowo Subianto winning more than half of the votes cast. Human rights groups have voiced concerns about his past support for the former dictator Suharto. Also today: we hear what it's like to be trapped in Rafah amid the looming threat of an Israeli ground attack. And Ivory Coast's victorious manager looks forward to a well-earned rest after winning the Africa Cup of Nations.
The $95 billion bill has been approved by the Senate and includes aid to Taiwan, Israel and humanitarian relief for Palestinians. Also: scientists say polar bears in the Arctic face an increasing risk of starvation as melting ice affects their ability to hunt seals, and the oldest intact egg in the world is discovered in England.
The meeting of US, Egyptian and Qatari officials comes as aid groups warn of bloodbath if Israel attacks Rafah. Also: US Senate passes huge funding package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and Greece set to become the world’s first Orthodox majority country to legalise same sex marriage.
The US president again urged Israel not to carry out a big assault on the city in southern Gaza. Also: large gatherings are banned in Delhi ahead of a threatened farmers' march, and Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" is 100 years old.
The men - held by Hamas - were rescued from a residential building in the city of Rafah. Also: Kenyans mourns the tragic loss of their world record breaking marathon runner, and how Taylor Swift's boyfriend is looking forward to a special celebration after his Super Bowl win.
The US presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, suggests Washington will not protect Nato allies if they fail to meet defence spending targets. Also: President Biden says Israel must have a safety plan for civilians in Rafah, and a friend helps Squid - the partially sighted penguin
This week, the French model-maker celebrating a world record that he nearly missed out on due to a technicality. Also: a guide to the Lunar New Year celebrations. And can you tell the mood of a chicken by its cluck?
Hind Rajab was last heard from trapped in a car under fire in Gaza. Also: Hungary's president resigns over child abuse pardon, and Qatar beats Jordan in Asian Cup final.
Why are millions of apartments in China sitting empty? How has the country managed to produce as much cement in two years as the US did in the last century? For a special edition celebrating the Lunar New Year, the BBC's Asia Pacific editor Celia Hatton looks at the significance of eight numbers representing different aspects of modern China. Celia teams up with some of the BBC's China correspondents and analysts to look at topics ranging from China's marriage rates to its zodiac calendar....
The Israeli PM's order comes after the US warned against an unplanned invasion of the Gazan city. Also: Imran Khan's candidates are said to be leading the count in Pakistan election, and where is the missing radio tower in Alabama?
An investigation by a US prosecutor found the President struggled to remember key life events, including when his son died. Also: Israel ramps up its attacks in Rafah in southern Gaza, and what did we learn from Tucker Carlson's interview with Russia's President Putin?
The rare public warning comes a day after the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he'd instructed Israeli forces to prepare to operate in that part of Gaza. Also: President Zelensky sacks the head of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, saying a new approach is needed, and why Tracy Chapman's classic track Fast Car is in the driving seat on iTunes.
The globe has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5 degrees above the level before industrialisation. That figure is significant, because it featured heavily in the landmark 2015 Paris climate talks. Also: an anti-war politician hoping to run against Vladimir Putin in Russia's general election has his bid blocked, and could the drug Viagra reduce the chances of getting Alzheimer's?
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said while there were some clear non-starters in the Hamas response, the US did think it created a base for an agreement to be reached. Also: The United Nations again highlights the plight of Sudan, ravaged by ten months of civil war but largely forgotten by the international community, and a Guinness world record failure for a matchstick Eiffel Tower that was eight years in the making.
Two explosions kill more than twenty people ahead of an election that has been marred by violence. Also: a fentanyl crisis grips Mexico's border cities, and the sacked Fox News host who has interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
It means the former US President can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Also: The European Commission abandons proposals to cut pesticide use by half, in a concession to protesting farmers and Prince Harry returns to London, a day after the announcement that his father King Charles has cancer.
Prosecutors say Paul Mackenzie urged his followers to starve to death to enter heaven. Mackenzie and suspected accomplices pleaded not guilty in court. Also: There have been protests in Turkey on the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake, and Spanish farmers join the Europe-wide protests in anger at high costs and other challenges to agriculture.
Buckingham Palace says he remains "wholly positive" about his treatment -- which began on Monday. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has wished the monarch a full and speedy recovery. Also: The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Saudi Arabia for talks on a truce in Gaza, and an independent body says the social media giant, Meta, should label fake posts rather than taking them down.
Anthony Blinken's trip follows days of US airstrikes against Iranian linked targets in Syria and Yemen. Also, riot police in the Senegalese capital Dakar fire tear gas to disperse protesters after the postponement of the election and, Taylor Swift makes history at the Grammy's by winning her fourth Album of the Year award.
A state of emergency has been declared as forest fires rage in the Valparaiso region. Also: why the footballer Lionel Messi was booed by his own fans, and the Russian cosmonaut who's broken a world record.
The Sinn Féin vice-president is the first Irish nationalist to hold the position in the assembly at Stormont. Also: US and UK launch strikes on Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, and raccoon mischief triggers a blackout in Toronto.
This week, the adventures and safe recapture of a runaway monkey in Scotland. Also: how scientists tracked down four previously undiscovered penguin colonies. And, the "Motorbike Grandma" riding the length and breadth of China.
The Pentagon says it struck scores of targets in response to a drone attack which killed three American soldiers. Also: western officials in protest over Israel-Gaza policy, and scientists discover that clownfish count stripes to distinguish friend from foe.
A lorry caught fire close to homes and businesses in Nairobi. A former Malaysian prime minister, jailed for involvement in a financial scandal, has his prison sentence halved and, millions of people in Germany have their travel plans disrupted by industrial action.
US officials tell CBS News that the strikes in Syria and Iraq will take place over a number of days. Also: WHO predicts that global cancer rates will rise by more than 75% by 2050, and the F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari in 2025.
There had been fears Hungary's PM would block the package again. Also, people in Myanmar find a new way to protest the military coup there, Spain's anti-feminist movement grows in strength and how one DJ is changing the face of ballet...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families who say their children have been harmed by social media. Also: The UN says eighteen million people in Sudan are facing an acute hunger crisis, with almost eight million displaced since the war between rival military factions began, and the search for a Japanese macaque that escaped from a wildlife park in the Scottish highlands at the weekend.
The party that won last year’s election in Thailand is told to stop its plans to amend strict laws against royal insults. Also: UN organisations urge donor countries to restore funding for Palestinians in Gaza, the French farmers protest rages on, and tributes are paid to Broadway star Chita Rivera after her death aged 91.
Experts say the pace of the damage in a conflict zone is unprecedented in recent times. Also: The Israeli military confirms that it's been pumping sea water into tunnels in Gaza to flood Hamas's underground hideouts and, we mark the one-hundredth anniversary of Russia's famous motion picture studio - Mosfilm.
His party described the trial as a sham and says it will appeal the verdict. Also: Israel says it's killed three Palestinian militants in an undercover operation at a hospital in the occupied West Bank and what's next for E. Jean Carroll, after her victory over Donald Trump in court
