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Political parties in India promise water for everyone - but that could be a tough challenge from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2w91o9V

Dwytt Lewis is one of the 400 Morehouse College graduates whose debt is being wiped by a US billionaire. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2JUHsQb

Swansea-based RNLI lifeguard Darren Williams is on a mission to prevent children drowning in Bangladesh. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HtqeaY

Colombian farmers are piloting a way of raising cows that's better for the environment. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2JSaHTP

Robert F Smith made the commitment to graduates at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WS5sqU

Force Ngwira is fighting the use of mosquito nets for fishing, which depletes stocks in Lake Malawi. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2watbqI

Fans partied on the streets of Manchester as an open-top bus paraded through the city. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2YEDFL0

Actors pretend to slit throats on 20 May, an official holiday known as the "Day of Anger". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2w9OgBK

No plot spoilers - but fans and critics have been weighing in on the finale of season eight. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2YA4rnS

The 1.4kg nugget was found by a man using a metal detector in a Western Australian gold field. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Jr2VRH

Hailey wanted to travel the world as a doctor, until a mystery condition left her shaking uncontrollably. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VB9rqi

Who is the US philanthropist who paid off 400 students’ loans in a graduation speech this weekend? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LTKRBy

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President Donald Trump warned on Monday Iran would be met with "great force" if it attacked U.S. interests in the Middle East, and government sources said Washington strongly suspects Shi'ite militias with ties to Tehran were behind a rocket attack in Baghdad's Green Zone. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Qdqb60

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he favors talks and diplomacy but not under current conditions, state news agency IRNA said late on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2wba9R2

Indonesian President Joko Widodo comfortably won re-election in last month's poll, an official count showed on Tuesday, throwing the spotlight on his opponent Prabowo Subianto who has refused to concede defeat after claiming widespread cheating. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WWpzEu

Australia's re-elected coalition said on Tuesday it would struggle to deliver tax breaks for tens of millions of voters by July 1, a cornerstone of it's election campaign, as the central bank called for stimulus to aid a slowing economy. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WnhtI8

New Zealand police have charged the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mosques in March with engaging in a terrorist act, the first time such a charge had been brought in the country's history, they said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LXhpKV

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bodo Ramelow, premier of the eastern state of Thuringia, thinks it might be time for a new national anthem for a reunited Germany. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EmI1ii

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest a record 24th time on Tuesday, an official said, his second ascent in just a week, and he has set his sights on one more climb before he retires. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HMSbJQ

Indonesian President Joko Widodo promised on Tuesday that he would be a leader for all of his country's people after official results from an April 17 election confirmed he had won a second five-year term in office. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JvHLBW

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said on Tuesday he did not accept official election results giving President Joko Widodo a second term because he believed there had been cheating in the poll. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JRL8m0

In Emmanuel Macron's hometown of Amiens, it's hard to find enthusiasm for either the French president or the European Union, less than a week before European parliament elections. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2YDJeJF

Malawians headed to polling stations on Tuesday for presidential and legislative elections seen as a tough test for President Peter Mutharika, who is facing challenges from the deputy president and a former pastor who heads the opposition. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JxZYyH

Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that her administration was determined to push through an extradition bill that could see individuals sent back to mainland China for trial, despite mounting opposition locally and internationally. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HuoQ8j