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The BBC speaks to analysts to help map out the scenarios that may unfold in the next few weeks.

Pastor Ezekiel Odero’s church is closed as police separately investigate a suspected starvation cult.

Akoc Manhiem is arranging trucks to evacuate South Sudanese people from the fighting in Sudan.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine sparked a rally-around-the-flag effect in Lithuania as the tiny Baltic state offered refuge to dissidents fleeing violence and oppression in… Read More »Russian invasion of Ukraine highlights national identity issues in Lithuania

After two decades in power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces the most serious challenge yet to his rule as he campaigns for the 2023… Read More »Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Turkey’s soft-spoken reformer threatening Erdogan’s grip on power

Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday… Read More »Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79

Wife of murdered David Tebbutt says she is “overjoyed” after backing campaign to free Ali Kololo.

Turkey’s ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday re-emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at a virtual ceremony… Read More »Ailing Erdogan tries to project health in video link appearance with Putin

Britain’s High Court ruled Thursday that part of a strike by thousands of nurses planned for next week is illegal, handing a small victory to… Read More »British High Court ruling shortens planned nurses’ strike

A French public prosecutor is appealing a court decision which cleared European planemaker Airbus and Air France of “involuntary manslaughter” over a 2009 plane crash.