Africa’s Trump impersonator – BBC News

Comedian Samba Sine entertains Senegalese viewers every night with the Kouthia show. But it’s his impersonation of President Donald Trump that has made him famous beyond his country’s borders. The diaspora living in the United States has been following his skits in...

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Portugal police ‘find cocaine in traveller’s padded pants’

Image copyright Polícia Judiciária Image caption Police said the drug was hidden in two bags in the man’s underwear Police in Portugal have detained a man at Lisbon’s international airport accused of carrying 1kg (2.2lb) of cocaine in fake bottoms. Local media...

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India: Cochin shipyard blast kills five people

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The blast occurred at the Cochin Shipyard in southern India Five people have been killed in a blast in a shipyard in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said. The explosion occurred on Tuesday morning...

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Malaysian newspaper’s ‘how to spot gay person’ list sparks anger

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Homosexual activity is illegal in Malaysia A Malaysian newspaper has sparked protest and ridicule by publishing a list on how to spot gay people. According to the article, gay men can be identified by their beards,...

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South Korea jails Choi Soon-sil, friend to Park Geun-hye, for corruption

Image copyright AFP/getty Image caption Choi was an adviser to South Korea’s first female president A South Korean court has sentenced Choi Soon-sil, an old friend of former president Park Geun-hye, to 20 years in jail for corruption, influence-peddling and abuse of...

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Tonga parliament building flattened by Cyclone Gita

Image copyright AFP Image caption Tonga’s Parliament House is more than 100 years old The parliament building in the Pacific country of Tonga has been destroyed by the worst storm to hit the country in more than 60 years. Cyclone Gita, a...

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London aid workers help Bangladesh Rohingya refugees

Last year, three London aid workers raised enough money to take a 5,000-mile trip to Bangladesh to help some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution. The aid workers documented the challenges and human suffering they witnessed....

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Sydney seaplane: UK family members ‘drowned in crash’

Image copyright PA and Facebook Image caption Richard Cousins, Emma Bowden, Will Cousins, Gareth Morgan, Heather Bowden, Ed Cousins (clockwise from top left) all died A family from the UK who were killed in a seaplane crash near Sydney died from a...

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The South London barber shop launching Afrobeats stars

Nikky Okyere is the chosen stylist of Premier League players and Afrobeat stars. His shop in Camberwell, South London, has become a platform for dancers and musicians to launch their careers. Watch part one of Nikky’s story here. Video journalists: Genevieve Sagno,...

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Nigerian snake ate millions of naira, clerk says

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption If true, the snake would have had to have eaten at least 36,000 bank notes A Nigerian sales clerk has been suspended after she told auditors that a snake had eaten 36m naira. That’s the equivalent...

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Pakistani Taliban deputy Khalid Mehsud ‘killed in drone attack’

Image copyright EPA Image caption Khalid Mehsud was deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban The Pakistani Taliban say a senior militant, Khalid Mehsud, has been killed in a US drone attack. Mehsud was deputy leader of the banned Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP),...

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Winter Olympics: N Korean cheerleaders in ‘Kim Il-sung mask’ row

Image copyright Getty Images North Korea’s famed cheerleading squad had found itself in the middle of a controversy over masks they put on during a women’s ice hockey match at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Some local reports have said the masks resembled...

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African Champions League: Entente win big as Liberians shock Al Hilal

Algerian side Entente Setif lifted the African Champions League in 2014 Two-time continental champions Entente Setif of Algeria thrashed Central Africa Republic’s Olympic Real Bangui 6-0 in the first leg of their Champions League preliminary round tie. Zakaria Haddouche grabbed a hat-trick...

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Indian woman killed by ‘celebratory gunshots’ at wedding party

Indian police have arrested a man who allegedly shot dead his neighbour by mistake at a pre-wedding party. Ashok Khosla fired shots into the air on Saturday to celebrate his daughter’s upcoming wedding, police say. Neighbour Sakshi Arora, 22, was on her...

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Flames engulf highway in China after gas tanker overturns

Dashcam footage captures the moment that gas from an overturned tanker ignited.

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Australia given mixed score on indigenous ‘gap’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up about 3% of Australia’s population Australia has made some progress in improving the lives of its indigenous people but not in four of seven key areas, an annual...

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Winter Olympics: NBC ditches analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo over Korea remark

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many South Koreans took to social media to express anger against Mr Ramo NBC has removed one of its Olympic analysts after he made a comment about Japan and South Korea which sparked anger among South...

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Why is Australia investigating its banks?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Australia’s banking and financial institutions have faced several scandals Finance is Australia’s biggest industry, and its banks are some of the most profitable in the world. But now the nation’s highest form of public inquiry is...

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‘No survivors’ as Russian Saratov Airlines plane crashes

A passenger aircraft carrying 71 people has crashed shortly after taking off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. Officials say there were no survivors. The plane, an Antonov-148 operated by Saratov Airlines, was on an internal flight to Orsk, a city in the Ural...

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Germany: Merkel calls for younger ministers in new government

Image copyright EPA Image caption Mrs Merkel (R) sought to reassure her critics German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for younger members of her party to fill ministerial positions in the new government. “We need to ensure that not only the over-60s...

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