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Palestinian Oscar winner held by Israel after ‘settler attack’
Sebastian Usher Middle East correspondent Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Hamdan Ballal poses with Rachel Szor after they won Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land at the Oscars A Palestinian Oscar winner has been detained in the occupied West Bank following an outbreak of violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, activists say.…
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The mayor, the scam, and the Chinese spy accusations: Who is Alice Guo?
Tony Han BBC Global China Unit BBC In early 2022, residents of the rural Philippine town of Bamban, north of Manila, gathered for the mayoral campaign rally of a plucky young woman named Alice Leal Guo. Supporters dressed in pink – their candidate’s favourite colour – chattered in anticipation of her arrival. Then came the…
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BBC journalists recall horrors of India’s lockdown five years on
Watch: Covid five years on: How BBC journalists covered the crisis in India On 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives. India’s already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic’s weight. The WHO estimated over…
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Ros Atkins on… the media crackdown
Over 1,000 people have been arrested in Turkey, with several journalists among them, as protests sparked by the detention of opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu continue. The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the clampdown on the country’s media. Produced by Catherine Karelli and Alex Murray Source link
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Trump bemoans a painting of him
US President Donald Trump has been gifted a new portrait from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – while decrying an existing painting of him as “truly the worst”. The new portrait has not been shown publicly. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described it as a “personal gift”, adding that only Putin himself had the right to…
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Meghan launches online site for fans to buy her style favourites
The Duchess of Sussex has launched a new digital shop, allowing fans to purchase her favourite clothing, accessories and jewellery recommendations. Meghan, who described her ‘high-low’ style approach to mixing designer and accessible fashion during an episode of her recent Netflix series, shared the ShopMy link to her 2.6 million Instagram followers on Monday. She…
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Top US officials appeared to message a journalist Houthi strike plans
The White House has confirmed that a journalist inadvertently was added to a group chat in which US national security officials planned a strike against the Houthi rebel group. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported on Monday that he was added to a Signal message group that included accounts labelled as White House National…
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Tiger Woods confirms relationship with Vanessa Trump
TIGER WOODS Golfer Tiger Woods has announced he is dating Vanessa Trump, the former daughter-in-law of US President Donald Trump. Vanessa, 47, was married to Donald Trump Jr for 13 years. The pair, who have five children, divorced in 2018. On Sunday, Woods, 49, posted pictures of Vanessa and himself on social media saying: “Love…
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Russia accused of ‘hollow’ peace talks after Sumy strike wounds dozens
Russia must stop its attacks instead of “making hollow statements about peace”, Ukraine’s foreign minister has said, after a Russian missile strike injured dozens of people in the city of Sumy. “Any diplomacy with Moscow must be backed by firepower, sanctions and pressure,” Andrii Sybiha said. The attack, which Ukraine says targeted civilian infrastructure, took…
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US cuts to HIV aid will cost millions of lives
Imogen Foulkes BBC Geneva correspondent AFP US funding cuts will lead to an additional 2,000 new HIV infections each day and over six million further deaths over the next four years, the UNAids chief has warned. It would mark a stark reversal in the global fight against HIV, which has seen the number of deaths…
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