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Germany grapples with another Christmas market attack
Germany is in mourning after a car ploughed into crowds at a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, leaving five people dead and more 200 injured. As the BBC’s Europe correspondent Bethany Bell reports, this is not the first time Germany has dealt with a Christmas market vehicle attack. While the government has promised…
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Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni of smear campaign
Getty Images Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to “destroy” her reputation. According to the legal filing, she accuses Mr Baldoni and his team of attacking her public image following a meeting in which she brought along her actor husband,…
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Gaza ceasefire talks 90% complete, Palestinian official tells BBC
Reuters A displaced Palestinian woman in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Talks to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas are 90% complete, but key issues remain that need to be bridged, a senior Palestinian official involved in the talks told the BBC. One of the main sticking…
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Hungary sparks row with Poland by granting asylum to ex-minister
EPA Marcin Romanowski had failed to attend a court hearing before it emerged he had sought asylum in Hungary Poland has accused Hungary of acting in a hostile manner by granting political asylum to a former Polish deputy justice minister accused of defrauding the state. Marcin Romanowski, 48, is facing 11 charges in Poland, including…
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Swimming mouse among 27 new species discovered in Peru
Ronald Diaz/ Conservation International An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru. They were found in an expedition to Alto Mayo – which includes the Amazon rainforest – by scientists from the non-profit organisation Conservation International and members of local indigenous groups. Up…
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Houthi missile strike in Tel Aviv wounds more than a dozen
A Houthi missile strike has injured more than a dozen people in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli military said attempts to shoot down a projectile launched from Yemen had been unsuccessful and it landed in a public park early on Saturday. A Houthi military spokesman said the group hit a military target using a hypersonic…
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Boy, 8, saves classmate with Heimlich manoeuvre
A US primary schoolboy has been hailed as a hero after he saved his classmate from choking on a grape. Thomas Conley, eight, was sitting next to Isaiah Rodriguez in the cafeteria of Porter Elementary School when he noticed the medical emergency. Video footage from the hall in Mesa, Arizona, shows Thomas performing the life-saving…
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US deportations under Biden surpass Trump’s 2019 record
US immigration authorities last year deported the largest number of undocumented immigrants in nearly a decade, surpassing the record of Donald Trump’s first term in office. More than 271,000 immigrants were deported from the US over the last fiscal year, according to a report released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency on…
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Inside the abandoned homes of Assad’s enforcers
BBC Jamil Hassan, one of the most feared men in Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime, wanted for the torture and killing of civilians, was shaking as he walked down the stairs of his apartment block. Outside, the 72-year-old climbed into a car in a small convoy with his family and a handful of security guards, just…