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Spain has become the main entry point for illegal migration into Europe.

China's education authority is investigating why a preschool hosted a pole dancer at its welcome ceremony.

One of Latin America's largest natural history museums, in Rio de Janeiro, is hit by a huge blaze.

Firefighters are battling a huge blaze at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

The government is expected to outline cuts in an attempt to mollify global investors and the IMF.

Brazil has a slow, bureaucratic tech scene - but some entrepreneurs say if you persist, it pays off.

Some 400 detainees force open the doors of a prison near Tripoli as militias battle in the capital.

Self-made billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, says it was always his aim in life to be wealthy.

African countries have shown a healthy appetite for Chinese loans but some experts now worry that the continent is gorging on debt, and could soon choke.

Some 1,000 people are in detention centres in India's Assam state after being declared foreigners.

Investigators say a genocide may have been committed in Myanmar. This is how they came to that conclusion.

Podcaster Bilal Harry Khan discusses the challenges of growing up with his name in the UK.

The BBC tracked down survivors of a crash involving migrants and a smuggler on the Hungarian border.

U2's frontman says his vocal issue is not serious after the band was forced to cancel a Berlin show.

A play in Toronto examines the boundaries women in Iran face through the joy of swimming.

Your Monday briefing on the most important stories coming up over the next seven days.

Six-time winner Serena Williams returns to the US Open quarter-finals with a 6-0 4-6 6-3 win over Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.

The war hero who went on to become a maverick Republican senator is buried after a private ceremony.

European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the UK cannot "pick pieces" of EU membership.

The Solidarity Union says a shares scheme restricted to black workers amounts to "racial exclusion".