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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition political parties for provoking a "movement of violence", as protests in the country continue for a sixth night.

Unrest began in Istanbul last Wednesday when the city's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan's main presidential rival, was detained on corruption charges.

Thousands of people gathered once again on Monday. Unrest had escalated on Sunday night, with protesters fired on with tear gas and rubber bullets.

Imamoglu, also suspended from his post as mayor, said the allegations against him were politically motivated, a claim denied by Erdogan.

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Today, delegates from the US and Russia are meeting for another round of talks on the war in Ukraine.

The meeting follows Witkoff’s comments on Tucker Carson’s podcast over the weekend where he said President Putin is “not a bad guy” and questioned Ukraine’s claims to parts of its own country.

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Greenland's politicians have condemned plans for high-profile US visits, in the wake of President Donald Trump's threats to take over the island.

Second Lady Usha Vance will make a cultural visit this week, and a separate trip is expected from Trump's National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.

Outgoing Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede described the plan as aggressive, and said the duo had not been invited for meetings. Meanwhile, the island's likely next leader accused the US of showing a lack of respect.

Greenland - the world's biggest island, situated between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans - has been controlled by Denmark, nearly 3,000km (1,860 miles) away, for about 300 years.

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More than three quarters of people use skin-whitening or lightening creams, commonly known as bleaching creams in Nigeria.

It’s the country with the highest use in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. It’s even become more common for women to bleach their children’s skin.

The situation is so bad that Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control declared a state of emergency in 2023.

The BBC’s Madina Maishanu has visited Kano state, one of several major hubs for skin bleaching in the country.

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The F-16 fighter is the mainstay jet for many militaries around the world, having been used in multiple conflicts, including now in Ukraine.

BBC News Weapons Analyst Chris Partridge was granted special access to the United States Air Force's 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem in Germany, meeting pilots and commanders to gain a greater understanding of this iconic aircraft. He also got to fly the jet himself.

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British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have appeared at a police station after returning to Romania from the US.

The brothers registered with the authorities in the capital, Bucharest, in a legal formality to demonstrate their compliance with an ongoing criminal investigation.

They are under investigation in Romania for forming an organised criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors and money laundering. Andrew also faces allegations of rape and sex with a minor. The pair deny all accusations.

After leaving the police station, Andrew, 38, refused to say whether he would remain in Romania, but vowed to clear his name both there and in the UK.

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In the south of Denmark, a mega project is under construction in the form of a giant tunnel under the Baltic Sea, linking the country to Germany.

The Fehmarnbelt link is currently Europe's largest construction site and the world's longest prefabricated road and rail tunnel.

Costing more than €7 billion ($7.5 billion), mostly financed by Denmark, it’s part of a wider EU plan to improve travel links in northern and southern Europe.

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The Turkish government has said more than 1,100 people have been arrested in five days of protests across the country.

It said people have been "abusing" the right to protest, and warns that "terrorising the streets" will not be tolerated

Protests began when Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, an opponent of President Erdogan, was detained on Wednesday on corruption charges.

Imamoglu said the charges were politically motivated, something President Erdogan denies.

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Talks between US and Russian officials on a possible peace deal in Ukraine are taking place in Saudi Arabia.

They follow separate talks between Kyiv and the US, which Ukraine's defence minister called "productive and focused".

Russian attacks continued overnight, with Ukraine saying Russia launched 99 attack drones.

Ukraine launched drones at Russia, with the Russian military saying 28 were intercepted overnight. Kyiv has also claimed it destroyed four military helicopters in Russia.

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Thousands of people have again defied a Turkish government ban on protests and taken to the streets after the leading rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was charged with corruption and jailed.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is widely seen as the candidate most likely to defeat President Erdogan in a general election. He has denied the allegations and said they are politically motivated. "I will never bow," he wrote on X before he was remanded in custody.

His detention has sparked some of Turkey's largest protests in more than a decade. Erdogan has condemned the demonstrations and accused the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) of trying to "disturb the peace and polarise our people".

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emily Wither in Istanbul.

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