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One dead, 66 still missing as rescue efforts continue
At least 66 people are still missing a week after flash floods hit the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, according to an official statement. Only one body has been recovered so far, the statement added, revising an earlier death toll of four. Nearly half of Dharali village was submerged on 5 August in a mudslide…
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Charges dropped against teen pilot detained in Antarctica
Charges against an American influencer and teen pilot who has been stranded on a remote island in the Antarctic since June have been dropped. Ethan Guo, 19, is alleged to have illegally landed his plane in Chilean territory after embarking on a solo trip to all seven continents to raise money for cancer research, according…
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Mattia Debertolis: Italian athlete dies after collapse at World Games
Italian orienteer Mattia Debertolis has died after collapsing during the World Games in China last week. The 29-year-old was found unconscious by organisers during an orienteering event last Friday in Chengdu. The Italian died on Tuesday – four days after his collapse. “Despite receiving immediate expert medical care at one of China’s leading medical institutions,…
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North Koreans tell BBC they are sent to work ‘like slaves’ in Russia
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent BBC The BBC understands more than 50,000 North Koreans will eventually be sent to work in Russia Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the BBC has learned. Moscow has repeatedly…
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Is crime in Washington really out of control as Trump claims?
Lucy Gilder & Jake Horton BBC Verify BBC President Donald Trump has said he will deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington DC and is taking control of its police department to fight crime. At a press conference, he declared “Liberation Day” for the city and pledged to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime,…
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Migrant sentenced to life for murdering Maryland mum
Jude Sheerin BBC News, Washington Harford Co Sheriff’s Office Rachel Morin was killed on a Maryland hiking trail in 2023 An illegal immigrant from El Salvador has been sentenced to life without parole for killing an American mother of five – in a case invoked by President Donald Trump to support his border security crackdown.…
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How to get AI to work in its 22 languages
Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Priti Gupta Translation tech has made work easier for Vineet Sawant Vineet Sawant has spent the last two years navigating the streets of Mumbai on a scooter as a delivery driver. “Being on the road is always very stressful and especially in cities like Mumbai,” he says. But when he started…
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US Steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania kills 1, injures 10
An explosion has killed one person and and injured 10 others at the US Steel Clairton plant outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, officials say. A major search and rescue operation is continuing for another person who is unaccounted for and believed to be under rubble. Officials said they still do not know the cause of…
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US and China extend tariff truce deadline to November
The US and China have extended their trade truce until 10 November, just hours before a jump in tariffs had been set to take effect. In a joint statement, the world’s two biggest economies said higher tariffs on each other’s goods announced earlier this year will be suspended for another 90 days. The higher tariffs…
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Stateless Tibetans in exile in India yearn for identity and homeland
Raghvendra Rao BBC News, Dharamshala Sandeep Yadav/BBC Eighty-five-year-old Dawa Sangbo arrived in India from Tibet in 1970 What does it mean to live in exile? “When we were in school, our teachers used to say that there is an ‘R’ on our forehead – meaning refugees,” says Tibetan writer-activist Tenzin Tsundue. Mr Tsundue is one…