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Eurostar passengers face severe delays after cable theft
Eurostar passengers are facing a second day of severe delays after two people died on the railway track in France and then cables were stolen. The high-speed rail operators says repairs are complete and the railway line is open again, but delays will last until the end of the day. Eurostar said passengers should postpone…
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Nato agrees spike in defence spending and stresses ‘ironclad’ security guarantee
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor JOHN THYS/AFP The US president (L) has been pushing for Nato allies to “equalise” their defence spending for some time Nato leaders meeting in The Hague have agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2025, following months of pressure from US President Donald…
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Iran’s nuclear programme is damaged but is it destroyed?
The site of Fordo probably is probably the most spied on place on the planet. Western intelligence first went public in 2009 that it was home to a secret nuclear facility and now understanding the damage done by US strikes will be vital in determining where the conflict goes next. A leaked Defence Intelligence Agency…
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How prosecutors went after Diddy in his sex trafficking trial
From a hotel video to baby oil – the BBC’s Nada Tawfik breaks down the evidence and testimony heard at the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. After the prosecution rested its case on Tuesday, Combs’ defence team claimed the government failed to meet its burden in proving the charges – but…
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Zimbabwe’s farming fallout 25 years on: Deal or no deal?
Shingai Nyoka BBC News, Harare Getty Images Before the land reform programme, Zimbabwe had about 2,500 white farmers owning 4,000 farms A quarter of a century after their land was seized during a chaotic land reform programme that made global headlines, a small group of white Zimbabwean farmers have accepted a controversial compensation deal from…
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India celebrates sending its first astronaut into space after 41 years
Axiom Space Axiom-4 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space.…
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British man charged over mock Disneyland wedding to child had been investigated by BBC
Metropolitan Police Jacky Jhaj is on the sex offenders register, and is currently in pretrial detention in France The British paedophile charged in connection with organising a “mock wedding” to a child in Disneyland Paris is Jacky Jhaj, who was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016, the BBC understands. Jhaj, 39,…
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What we learned about Trump’s foreign policy from Iran strikes
US President Donald Trump was seemingly on the fence about getting involved in the Iran-Israel conflict – and then he suddenly took a gamble and carried out strikes against three of Iran’s nuclear facilities. His involvement and his pressure to ensure a ceasefire have been unpredictable and unprecedented. The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann lays out the…
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Dozens hospitalised as hot weather hits North America
Sarah Keith-Lucas Lead Weather Presenter Watch: How people on the US East Coast are coping with extreme heat Dozens of people have been hospitalised for heat-related illnesses as the summer’s first major heat wave descends on eastern North America. More than 150 people fell ill at an outdoor school graduation ceremony in Paterson, New Jersey…
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Sexcam industry recruited us while we were schoolgirls, say models
Sofia Bettiza World Service, Global Health Reporter Reporting fromMedellín, Colombia Jorge Calle / BBC Keiny, now 20, started working as a webcam model when she was 17 One afternoon, as Isabella left school for the day, someone thrust a leaflet into her hand. “Do you want to make money with your beauty?” it asked. She…
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