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The latest UK net migration figure, for the 12 months to June 2024, was 728,000, according to the Office for National Statistics.

That's a fall from the 12 months to June 2023 - a newly revised figure shows that total was 906,000, far higher than previous estimates.

Net migration is the difference between the number of people arriving in the UK, and the number leaving.

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Sudan in north-east Africa was thrown into crisis in 2023 when its army and a powerful paramilitary group began a brutal struggle for power.

The war has claimed more than 15,000 lives. About nine million people have been forced to flee their homes in what the United Nations has called one of the world's "largest displacement crises".

Among them are nearly five million Sudanese children who have lost almost everything. Nowhere else on Earth are so many children on the run, so many people living with such acute hunger. There is famine in part of the country while many people across Sudan are on the brink of starvation.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lyse Doucet.

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"Numerous bomb threats" have been made against US President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees for his incoming administration, the FBI says.

The FBI said it was aware of the bomb threats as well as "swatting incidents”.

Elise Stefanik, Matt Gaetz, Lee Zeldin, Karoline Leavitt, Pete Hegseth, John Ratcliffe, and Howard Lutnick were all threatened.

US police are investigating the incidents.

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Volkswagen is selling its controversial factory in China's Xinjiang following years of pressure to end its presence in the region.

China has been accused of carrying out human rights violations against the ethnic Uyghur population in the area and employing them in forced labour.

Beijing has denied any wrongdoing.

The German car maker said it was never given any evidence that forced labour was used in connection to its enterprise.

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Thousands of Lebanese civilians are returning to their destroyed homes, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-back armed group Hezbollah came into effect.

Traffic jams built up on the main highway out of Beirut to southern Lebanon as people queued up to return home.

Many were seen waving Hezbollah flags and posters showing the group's deceased former leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The US-brokered ceasefire has put a temporary end to nearly 14 months of conflict that intensified when Israel launched a ground invasion against Hezbollah in October.

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Five survivors have been found by Egyptian rescuers during a Red Sea search operation after a tourist boat carrying 44 people sank on Monday.

Four bodies have been recovered and another seven people are still missing. A total of 33 people have been rescued so far.

The victims' identities have not yet been disclosed by authorities.

The four-deck modern vessel is understood to have capsized after hitting a large wave near Marsa Alam, Egypt.

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Opposition supporters in Pakistan have temporarily called off protests demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.

Protesters had marched on Islamabad and vowed not to leave the capital city until Khan's release - but his supporters were pushed back by police and met with tear gas.

Four security officers and two civilians died in the clashes and at least 500 people were arrested during the protests, which started on Sunday.

Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said the protests had been "temporarily suspended" due to the "government's brutality".

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A former officer at a top-secret Russian nuclear weapons facility has revealed the secrets of life at the base after deserting from the country.

Anton, not his real name, said the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert on the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

He also rejected the view that Russia’s nuclear weapons mostly date from the Soviet era and might not work; saying they are fully operational and battle-ready.

The BBC is unable to independently verify all the events he described, although they do correspond with Russian statements at the time.

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A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect in Lebanon after 14 months of fighting.

It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting an at-least temporary end to the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group.

US President Joe Biden said the ceasefire aimed to be a "permanent cessation of hostilities".

Thousands of Lebanese civilians have started returning to their homes in the south of the country, but Israel has warned that it is not yet safe to return to certain areas.

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Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire in Lebanon which could bring an end to more than a year of fighting there that has claimed thousands of lives. The office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his security cabinet had approved the US ceasefire plan.

It’s understood that the initial 60-day ceasefire will see Israeli troops pulling out of Lebanon and Hezbollah fighters withdrawing north of the Litani river, away from the border with Israel. Thousands of troops from the Lebanese Army are expected to be deployed to the area and an international committee will monitor the implementation of the ceasefire.

President Biden said the ceasefire was intended to become “a permanent cessation of hostilities” and a crucial step to achieving wider peace in the Middle East. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the deal was a “fundamental step towards restoring calm and stability in Lebanon and enabling displaced persons to return to their towns and cities”.

The announcement came after some of the heaviest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah for months, with Israeli airstrikes hitting Beirut, Israeli troops moving further into southern Lebanon and Hezbollah firing more rockets into northern Israel.

The deal does not bring an end to the war in Gaza, which began following the 7th October attacks on Israel by Hamas. The Israeli assault on Gaza has claimed more than 40,000 lives according to the Hamas-run administration there.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Hugo Bachega, Lucy Williamson and Frank Gardner.

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