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Alok Nath: Rape case registered against Bollywood actorAlok Nath: Rape case registered against Bollywood actor
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Two other actresses have also accused Alok Nath of sexual harassment

Police in India have registered a case against Bollywood actor Alok Nath after a complaint by producer Vinta Nanda who has accused him of raping her.

This is one of the few police cases to be registered

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Cyclone Gaja: India girl segregated during period diesCyclone Gaja: India girl segregated during period dies
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Cyclone Gaja has killed at least 46 people so far in the coastal state

Villagers in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu are grieving the death of a 14-year-old girl who died in a cyclone after being forced to sleep separately because she was menstruating.

Her family told

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Why Brits are loving foreign language tunesWhy Brits are loving foreign language tunes
Image copyrightGetty Images/ReutersImage caption Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Cardi B and BTS have all had bilingual UK chart hits

At a time of Brexit and divisive world politics, something has happened with the UK chart.

While other European countries and America have traditionally been more open to music in

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Suicide bomber kills 50 in banqueting hall
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a banqueting hall where Islamic religious scholars had gathered in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, killing more than 50 people, three government officials said.
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At least 40 killed in blast near wedding hall in Afghan capital
A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of hundreds of Muslim religious scholars in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 43 people, Afghan officials have said.
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Russia loses Interpol presidency voteRussia loses Interpol presidency vote
Image copyrightInterpolImage caption Kim Jong-yang had been acting president since Meng Hongwei's disappearance

Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the Russian frontrunner who had been accused of abusing the international police body's arrest warrant system.

Mr Kim was

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