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The forgotten Indian actor who lost her legacy to caste oppression
Bimal Thankachan and Divya Uppal BBC India YouTube team Illustration by Puneet Kumar In the absence of a verified photograph of PK Rosy, the BBC commissioned an illustrator to create this image At a time when women’s participation in the film industry was frowned upon, a young woman dared to dream differently. In 1920s pre-independence…
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What Virat Kohli meant to India
Watch: India’s Virat Kohli: A modern-day great in Test cricket Virat Kohli’s retirement from Tests has left Indian cricket beleaguered and the sporting world gasping in surprise. Coming on the heels of captain Rohit Sharma quitting a few days earlier, it adds up to a double whammy for India who embark on a tough tour…
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Police investigate explosion in Palm Springs, California
Officials in Palm Springs, California are investigating a car explosion on Saturday morning that killed one person and damaged a fertility clinic. The explosion happened just before 11:00 local time (19:00 BST) less than a mile from downtown Palm Springs, near several businesses including the American Reproductive Centres. In a statement, the fertility clinic said…
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Five killed after two helicopters collide in Finland
Euan O’Byrne Mulligan BBC News Reuters Two helicopters crashed close to the Eura Airfield in Eura, Finland Five people have died after two civilian helicopters collided mid-air in Finland, local police said. The helicopters crashed near Eura Airport at around 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT), after having taken off together from the Estonian capital of…
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Beginning of the end? Ukraine’s front-line soldiers eye Russia talks with hope
Yogita Limaye BBC News Reporting fromEastern Ukraine BBC Some soldiers like Kozak believe too many people have been killed to hand over land to Russia Big plumes of smoke are visible on a screen that’s providing a live feed from Ukrainian drones hovering over the outskirts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk, one of the…
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Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine war
Donald Trump says he will be speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday about ending the war in Ukraine, saying the call at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) would be about “stopping the ‘bloodbath’”. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he would then speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and leaders…
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UK surgeon shares footage from Gaza hospital after deadly Israeli strike
A British doctor has shared footage with the BBC from inside the European Gaza Hospital near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, moments after a deadly Israeli air strike. Dr Tom Potokar, a consultant plastic surgeon who has been to Gaza 16 times to treat patients, was at the hospital when warplanes dropped six…
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Swiss mountain avalanche buries several people, police say
A rescue mission is under way to reach several people buried in an avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps, local police say. The avalanche took place shortly after midday on Saturday, Bern Cantonal police said in a statement on social media. They said they had launched a large-scale operation involving several rescue…
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Chris Brown remanded in custody over alleged London nightclub attack
R&B singer Chris Brown has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub. The American singer was arrested at Salford’s Lowry Hotel on Thursday and later charged over the alleged assault, which is said to have happened at the Tape club in London’s Mayfair in…
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Russia jails Australian man for fighting alongside Ukraine
An Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison, Russian-installed prosecutors have said. Oscar Jenkins, 33, was convicted in a Russian-controlled court in occupied eastern Ukraine on Friday of fighting in an armed conflict as a mercenary. Mr Jenkins, a…
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