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Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 16, 2026Country: United Kingdom

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The BBC News homepage lists several top stories, including Volodymyr Zelensky’s response to Donald Trump’s criticism of strikes on refineries. European leaders have rallied around Ukraine’s president after Trump called him “more difficult to work with than Putin.” Other headlines cover the war in Ukraine, a fatal tiger attack, violence in the West Bank and a US school shooting.

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