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Can Canada break its Stanley Cup curse?
Robin Levinson King BBC News Getty Images The Edmonton Oilers are heading south to Miami to fight to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada for the first time since 1993. They will be hoping to avoid a repeat of last year when they made the same trip and lost. For over 30 years, the…
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The teen who filmed the Ahmedabad plane video the world saw
Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi BBC Aryan Asari shot a video of the plane as it crashed seconds after taking off Every time Aryan Asari heard the sound of an aeroplane, he would go darting out of the house to look for it. Spotting planes was something of a hobby for him, his father Maganbhai…
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signs new law allowing military trials for civilians
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law an amendment that will allow, once again, civilians to be tried in a military court under certain circumstances. A previous law permitting such trials was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in January. Before that ruling, civilians could be taken to a military tribunal if they had…
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Colombian senator in ‘extremely critical condition’ after being shot
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News EPA Colombians have taken part in marches in support of Uribe after he was shot Doctors treating Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay have warned that he is in an “extremely critical condition” after being shot in the head 10 days ago. Uribe underwent emergency surgery on Monday to stem a…
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Britons stranded in Israel as Iranian strikes continue
EPA With Israel’s airspace closed, some people are trying to leave via land crossings to Egypt and Jordan Thousands of Britons are stranded in Israel and unable to leave, as Iran and Israel continue to attack each other in an intensifying conflict that has been ongoing for days. The Israeli airspace is closed until further…
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Experts question claim gold phone can be made in US
Natalie Sherman Business reporter, BBC News Lily Jamali North America technology correspondent Reporting fromSan Francisco Trump Mobile Experts have cast doubt on the Trump Organization’s claim that its proposed smartphone can be made from all-American components. One industry analyst told the BBC it would be “virtually impossible” for the gold-coloured handset – which will retail…
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Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say
Israeli forces have killed more than 51 Palestinians and wounded many more after opening fire near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza, witnesses and rescuers say. The Hamas-run civil defence agency said Israeli troops fired on crowds near the aid site in Khan Younis. More than 200 people were reportedly injured. The Israeli military…
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What are Trump’s options for dealing with Iran?
Tom Bateman State Department correspondent Getty Images President Trump’s comments on the Israel-Iran conflict have veered from full throated support for Israel’s strikes to strongly distancing himself from them, and back again. His ambiguity has added to the sense of uncertainty as the fighting itself escalates – as has his departure from the G7 in…
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Two people arrested after Australian man was shot dead
Bali police have arrested two people over a shooting which killed one Australian and seriously injured another. Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was shot dead just after midnight on Saturday after two men broke into his villa in Munggu, in the south of the Indonesian tourist island. One of the suspects was arrested in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital,…
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At least 15 killed and dozens injured in Russian strike on Kyiv
Reuters It is one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion At least 15 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, officials say. The attack overnight into Tuesday was one of the largest bombardments on Kyiv since the beginning…
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