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- Five people dead in SunTrust Bank shooting in Florida January 24, 2019The suspect is in custody after barricading himself and killing five people at the branch, police say.
- Nigeria universities: Where students don't know if they will graduate January 24, 2019The futures of more than a million Nigerian university students are on hold as a lecturers' strike drags on.
- Macedonia and Greece: Why this 27-year row may be about to end January 24, 2019Macedonia's name has been a running sore with its neighbour ever since it came into existence in 1991.
- Oscars 2019: Five female-directed films that were missed January 24, 2019Women are absent from the best director category at the Oscars this year.
- Juan Guaidó: US backs opposition leader as Venezuela president January 24, 2019Donald Trump's move comes as tens of thousands of Venezuelans take part in anti-government protests.
- Malaysia set to elect new king after unprecedented abdication January 24, 2019Sultan Muhammad V unexpectedly stepped away from the throne in January, a first in Malaysian history.
- Christine Welch: How this American's Chinese song went viral in China January 24, 2019Christine Welch has been writing and singing in Mandarin Chinese for years, but got her big break in an unexpected way.
- Huawei executive trapped in gilded cage January 24, 2019The Huawei executive's house arrest offers a rare glimpse into the lives of China's elite in Canada
- Australia confirms writer's arrest in China January 24, 2019Canberra says it is seeking access to Yang Hengjun, a prominent blogger, "as a matter of priority".
- Nurse arrested over US care home patient pregnancy January 23, 2019Nathan Sutherland, 36, is arrested on sexual assault charges after a vulnerable woman gives birth.
- Alec Baldwin pleads guilty in New York parking spot row January 23, 2019The 30 Rock actor will take an anger management class as a part of his discharge agreement.
- Drop-off baby boxes: Can they help save lives in the US? January 23, 2019Certain US states are permitting anonymous baby hatches where newborns can be left as a "last resort".
- US shutdown: Trump says Pelosi 'afraid of the truth' January 23, 2019The president says he will deliver the State of the Union speech next week despite calls to postpone it.
- Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe's Afro-jazz legend, dies January 23, 2019Celebrated worldwide, he came to prominence as a voice of the revolution fighting white-minority rule.
- 'Beaten and shot by Zimbabwe's police' January 23, 2019Victims tell of how the security forces have been cracking down on protesters.
- Dog-walking app accused of cover-up January 23, 2019Wag is accused of trying to silence a couple whose dog died on a walk arranged through the app.
- BBC News takes on the #10YearChallenge January 23, 2019What difference a decade makes in the worlds of politics, entertainment and sport.
