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BBC News – World

• Trump impeachment inquiry: Why Ukraine is so important to the US November 15, 2019
  How relations with an eastern European country became central to the Trump presidency.
• Africa's top shots: 8-14 November 2019 November 15, 2019
  A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
• Kenya's ugali scare: How safe is your maize flour? November 15, 2019
  Well-known brands of maize flour have been banned after a warning they could be poisonous to humans.
• The hacking threat to India's digital economy dream November 15, 2019
  Many fear for the security of critical online infrastructure, but the real issue is closer to home.
• Hong Kong protests: Man dies amid clashes November 15, 2019
  The man is said to have been hit by a brick during clashes between pro- and anti-government groups.
• California school shooting: Santa Clarita attack leaves two dead November 14, 2019
  Two teenage students were killed and three were injured by a 16-year-old gunman.
• 'Boeing was at my father's funeral and I was not' November 14, 2019
  Few victims' families were able to attend the covering over of the Ethiopian Airlines crash site.
• US gynaecologist 'performed hysterectomies without consent' November 14, 2019
  Javaid Perwaiz, an obstetrician-gynaecologist, allegedly carried out unnecessary surgeries on women.
• A beginner's guide to impeachment and Trump November 14, 2019
  Three BBC reporters break down the key points as the impeachment inquiry goes public.
• Ryan Straschnitzki: Paralysed hockey player moves his leg after surgery November 14, 2019
  Ryan Straschnitzki was injured in the deadly April 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
• California school shooting: Students recall hearing shots November 14, 2019
  Saugus High School students describe going into lockdown after hearing gun shots.
• Students evacuated in California school shooting November 14, 2019
  At least two people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a school in Santa Clarita, California.
• 'I invented a plastic alternative from fish waste' November 14, 2019
  Lucy Hughes has won the 2019 international James Dyson award for her biodegradable material.
• Sonny Bill Williams: ‘It was my duty to step up after Christchurch attack’ November 14, 2019
  Sonny Bill Williams tells Radio 5 Live about converting to Islam and "representing the Muslim community" after the Christchurch mosques attack.
• MH17 disaster: Phone-taps 'show Russia directed Ukraine rebels' November 14, 2019
  Investigators say phone-taps suggest top Moscow officials had broad influence over separatists.
• Australian bushfires: Why do people start fires during fires? November 14, 2019
  As fires takes hold across vast areas of Australia, some people set out to make the problem worse.
• Venice floods: Italy to declare state of emergency over damage November 14, 2019
  The damage from the 1.87m (6ft) high waters is a "blow to the heart of our country", PM Conte says.