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Somalia’s construction boom in Mogadishu gives women high ambitions
Fardowsa Hanshi BBC News, Mogadishu Anthony Irungu / BBC Fathi Mohamed Abdi (L) and Saadia Ahmed Omar (R) have overseen more than 30 multimillion-dollar projects Construction is booming in Somalia’s capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed…
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Israelis survey damage after Iran missile strike
Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting fromRishon LeZion, central Israel Anadolu via Getty Images Two people were killed when a missile hit Rishon LeZion early on Saturday As sirens rang out across Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, Ifat Benhaim and her family ran into their basement. “We closed the door, and suddenly there…
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Italian museum’s plea after couple break crystal-covered chair
An Italian museum has called on patrons to “respect art” after a couple was filmed breaking a chair covered in hundreds of glittering crystals. Footage released by the Palazzo Maffei, in Verona, shows a man and woman taking pictures of each other while pretending to sit on the so-called “Van Gogh” chair. The man then…
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BBC reports from Israeli city targeted by Iran
BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from Rishon LeZion, a city just outside of Tel Aviv which was hit by overnight Iran strikes. The IDF said more than 200 missiles were fired as part of the Iranian response to the large scale attacks carried out by Israel. They have urged residents to “stay alert”…
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Melissa Hortman killed and John Hoffman injured in targeted shootings
A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed in their home early on Saturday morning in what Governor Tim Walz called a “act of targeted political violence”. Walz said House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband were killed. State Senator John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife were…
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Behind the scenes on tour, as she speaks out for immigrants in the US
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Shakira Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour has taken more than $150m in ticket sales Deep in the bowels of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, a note is taped to the door of Shakira’s production office. “Please come back later… unless you’re actually on fire.” The handwritten pink scrawl suggests a…
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Who was Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief killed in Israeli strikes?
Getty Images Hossein Salami was known for taking a hardline approach against Iran’s rivals, including Israel and the US Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel’s strikes early on Friday, the most senior Iranian leader to die in the attacks. Salami, who was 65, was known for taking…
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‘A long night of attacks, with fears of more to come’
There has been a night of intense fighting between Israel and Iran, with the two sides trading fire and explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran. Ballistic missiles hit parts of Israel, with at least two people killed and dozens injured, according to Israeli emergency services. Iran launched its attack in retaliation for Israeli…
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What are the worst-case scenarios?
Reuters Friday night saw Israel and Iran exchange a barrage of air strikes For now the fighting between Israel and Iran seems restricted to the two nations. At the United Nations and elsewhere there have been widespread calls for restraint. But what if they fall on deaf ears? What if the fighting escalates and expands?…
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North Korea claims warship launch successful on second try
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent EPA Pyongyang says it has successfully relaunched its new warship North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports. The country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to the warship’s failed launch…
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