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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
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VIDEO: Philadelphia prepares for the Pope September 17, 2015
The final leg of Pope Francis' US tour is Philadelphia. It's being billed as one of the largest events in the City of Brotherly Love in modern times, and could attract up to a million and half people.
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VIDEO: 'Unfit' Italy migrant centre closed September 17, 2015
A migrants centre in Italy, investigated by the BBC, has been closed after Italian MPs said it "it was not fit for a rubbish dump".
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VIDEO: Exhausted Syrian 'to walk all night' September 17, 2015
A Syrian migrant explains why he will keep walking through the night to reach his destination.
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VIDEO: 'Is Jeb related to George Bush?' September 17, 2015
After the latest GOP debate, we look at the strange searches people are putting into Google about Republican candidates.
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VIDEO: Making a perfect pair of boots by hand September 17, 2015
Meticulously sewing kangaroo leather with a pig's bristle and a hand-rolled thread are just some of the traditional methods Duncan McHarg uses to create the perfect boot.
– NIGERIAN LED FORCE TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM TO BE SET UP
The US said, on 06/16/2015, it will give $5m (£3.2m) towards a multi-national task force being set up to fight Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram “was not just a Nigerian problem”, US official Linda Thomas-Greenfield said.
Despite the Nigerian Army success in Sambisa Forest two months ago Boko Haram shows clear signs of recovery .
A bomb blast at a busy meat market in the Northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, on Tuesday 06/02/2015, killed about 50 people, an eyewitness and hospital sources said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Boko Haram is also blamed for a double suicide bombers attack which killed more than 20 people in neighbouring Chad on Monday 06/15/2015, targeting the Police Headquarter in Ndjamena, Chad’s capital as .
Chad will be the headquarters of the Nigerian-led force of around 7,500 troops from five countries.
The formation of the force has gained momentum since Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari took office last month.
Nigeria’s previous administration, led by Goodluck Jonathan, was seen to have dragged its heels over the creation of the force, as it feared it would undermine Nigeria’s sovereignty, correspondents say.
Giving the large open desert areas of about 1 million square k’m the new force need airborn mobility, real-time intelligence and an investment of hundreds of $ millions.
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