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China ends foreign adoptions | BBC News

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China has announced that it is ending the practise of allowing children to be adopted overseas, bringing uncertainty to families currently going through the process.

A spokeswoman said that the rule change was in line with the spirit of international agreements.

At least 150,000 Chinese children have been adopted abroad in the last three decades.

More than 82,000 have gone to the US, more than anywhere else in the world.

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The woman who taught the West how to cook Indian food – BBC News

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Forty years ago, a ground-breaking cookery programme popularised the cooking of Indian food at home.

In fact, it proved so popular in the UK, US and Europe, supermarkets ran out of the ingredients featured on the show.

It was presented by the Indian actor turned food writer Madhur Jaffrey.

‘Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery’ was the first mainstream series about Indian food broadcast in the UK and the first to be presented by an Indian.

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We travelled with Yemen’s Southern Forces to the frontline | BBC News

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In Yemen, a long-running civil war has flared up again.

This time it’s a threat to stability in the Middle East and to global oil supplies – and Yemen’s most vulnerable are suffering the most.

The BBC’s Senior International Correspondent, Orla Guerin, returns to the region.

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Russian strikes in Ukraine leave nine injured and damage power network | BBC News

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Overnight drone and ballistic missile attacks damaged Ukrainian energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyhas said, causing blackouts and disrupting water supplies.

Zelensky said 12 Ukrainian regions came under attack with the capital Kyiv hit hardest.

Nine people are reported to have been hurt across the country, including one child, in the wave of attacks that consisted of more than 30 ballistic missiles and over 170 drones.

The attacks come before Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to take part in trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi next week.

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Everything you need to know about the US midterms and what they’ll mean for America | BBC Newscast

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The US midterm elections are set to take place on Tuesday, in a vote that could have a major impact on Donald Trump’s presidency.

Americans will choose members of Congress, which is made up of two parts – the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Democrat Party has high expectations, but are the polls right?

To go through how the next 48 hours might unfold, Adam is joined from Washington by chief news presenter Caitríona Perry and Stephen Hawkins, global director of research at the pollster More in Common.

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