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South African politician banned from UK by Home Office
A controversial South African politician central to a row over race relations in the country has been denied entry to the UK. The Home Office said Julius Malema had been deemed “non-conducive to the public good” and that it was “undesirable” to grant him entry. In a letter published by local media outlet News 24,…
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Devastating tragedy threatens carrier’s ambitious turnaround
Nikhil Inamdar BBC News, London Archana Shukla BBC News, Ahmedabad Getty Images Relatives and neighbours of 14-year-old Akash Patni, one of the crash victims, mourn as they wait for his body Days after the devastating Air India-171 crash killed at least 270 people, investigators from across the world are putting their heads together to find…
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Czech fake dentist gave root canals after reading online instructions, say police
A 22-year-old fake dentist and two assistants have been charged by Czech police after treating dozens of patients using instructions found on the internet. Police said the three family members opened a surgery without a licence in their home in Havlickuv Brod two years ago and treated patients without any “necessary professional knowledge”. They added…
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Father’s anger exposes divide in Israeli society
Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting fromTamra, northern Israel BBC Kasem Abu al-Hija lost his daughter, two granddaughters and their aunt, in Saturday’s missile strike “I am so angry,” says Kasem Abu al-Hija, 67. On Saturday, four of his family members were killed when an Iranian missile struck their home in northern Israel, collapsing the concrete…
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After a night of terror in Kyiv, the search for dead goes on
Joel Gunter Reporting from Kyiv BBC Oleksandr Bondarchuk was unable to make it to a shelter when the strikes hit Kyiv. “It was terrible,” he said. “Everything was destroyed.” Evhen Povarenkov was standing at a line of police tape that separated the public from the intensive search and rescue operation around his building. He stared…
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Olabisi Onabanjo university’s ‘no-bra, no-exam’ rule sparks Nigeria outrage
A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ chests as they queue to enter an…
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Eleven killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid, rescuers say
Eleven Palestinians seeking aid were among at least 33 killed by Israeli gunfire and strikes across Gaza on Wednesday, rescuers and medics say. A spokesman for the Hamas-run civil defence agency said Israeli forces “opened fire and launched several shells” at thousands of people who were queuing for desperately needed food supplies on the main…
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Fed holds interest rates for fourth time despite tariff turmoil
People and businesses in the US have faced a whirlwind of policy change in recent months. But one thing has remained fixed: borrowing costs set by the US central bank. The Federal Reserve stuck with that strategy on Wednesday, voting to leave its key interest rate unchanged. The decision marked the fourth in a row…
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Venice activists plan to disrupt Jeff Bezos’s wedding
Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images Activists unfurled various anti-Bezos banners around Venice Activists in Venice have launched a series of protests against Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, who is due to marry fiancée Lauren Sánchez next week in a lavish, multi-million dollar ceremony that could shut parts of the famous city down. Jeff Bezos, 61, is the world’s…
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‘I wouldn’t have left home for Trump’s America’
BBC Navratilova defected from communist Czechoslovakia 50 years ago because she had ambitions of becoming world number one Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US. Then an 18-year-old high school pupil, she was one of the Cold War’s most high-profile defectors –…
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