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All-female crew travels into space
The crew included Katy Perry, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sanchez. The flight lasted around 11 minutes and crossed the internationally recognised boundary of space. The last all female crew was a Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova’s. She completed a solo spaceflight in 1963. Source link
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Architect Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood, Pope confirms
The Vatican has put Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí on the path to sainthood in recognition of his “heroic virtues”. Gaudí – who has been dubbed by some as “God’s architect” – is the designer of one of Spain’s most famous religious sites and tourist attractions, the unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona. On Monday, the…
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Hungary’s parliament votes to limit rights of dual nationals and LGBTQ+ people
Watch: ‘You can ban us, but not the truth’ – Opposition lawmakers disrupt vote targeting LGBTQ+ Hungary’s parliament has backed a range of constitutional amendments which will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and dual nationals. The amendments, which the government says are aimed at protecting children’s physical and moral development, will enable it to…
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French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks
Several prisons in France have been hit by a wave of attacks overnight, the justice minister has said. Gérald Darmanin said prisons had faced “intimidation attempts” ranging from vehicle burning to automatic weapon fire. La Parisien reports that vehicles were set on fire in several prison car parks, while a prison in Toulon was targeted…
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JD Vance drops college football trophy at White House
US Vice-president JD Vance has dropped the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy at the White House on Monday during Ohio State Buckeyes’ visit. The 2025 College Football champions were invited by President Donald Trump to celebrate the team’s title-winning season with a ceremony on the South Lawn. Source link
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Good cops, bad cops – how Trump’s tariff team kept world guessing
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed reporters within minutes of Trump’s tariffs pause on 9 April In the chaotic minutes after US President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly reversed course and paused dozens of sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, one man quickly became the public face of the decision: Treasury…
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BBC smuggles phones into el-Fasher to uncover hunger and fear
Heba Bitar BBC Eye Investigations, el-Geneina Hafiza Hafiza and her brother lost their mother in August 2024 when a shell hit the market where she was working “She left no last words. She was dead when she was carried away,” says Hafiza quietly, as she describes how her mother was killed in a city under…
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Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack
Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia the day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine. The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of people dead” in the Ukraine war. “You don’t start…
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Girls driven to low-paid carpet weaving after school ban
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service BBC Carpet weaving is one of few professions open to women since the Taliban government took power in 2021 At a workshop in Kabul where carpets are made, hundreds of women and girls work in a cramped space, the air thick and stifling. Among them is 19-year-old Salehe Hassani. “We…
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Palestinian student activist arrested at US citizenship interview
Watch: Moment Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi arrested by ICE An organiser of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by immigration officials as he attended an interview as part of his application for US citizenship, his lawyer says. Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder who is due to graduate next month from the New…
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