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Lee Jae-myung wins South Korea presidency
Woongbee Lee Editor, BBC Korean EPA-EFE South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor’s martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ended former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s career: impeached and removed from office, he still faces criminal charges for…
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Ukraine says it hit Crimea bridge with underwater explosives
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has managed to strike the Crimea bridge with underwater explosives following an operation lasting “several months”. The SBU said its agents had “mined the supports” of the bridge with 1,100kg of explosives which “severely damaged” the bottom level of the supports. The “first explosive device” was activated early Tuesday…
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Five killed after UN aid trucks attacked en route to el-Fasher
Five members of a United Nations convoy carrying aid to the war-torn Sudanese city of el-Fasher have been killed in an attack, UN agencies have said. Several people were also injured and multiple trucks burnt in Monday night’s assault, which took place near el-Koma in the state of North Darfur, they added. The two sides…
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Police begin new search near Portugal’s Praia da Luz
Daniel Sandford Home affairs correspondent Reporting fromAlgarve, Portugal Hafsa Khalil & Aleks Phillips BBC News Watch: The BBC’s Daniel Sandford at the scene of the new search operation Portuguese and German authorities have started a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal, nearly two decades after her disappearance. Madeleine was three years old when she…
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Blake Lively drops two claims against Justin Baldoni
Danny Fullbrook Culture reporter BBC Blake Lively co-starred with director Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us, which was released last summer The actress Blake Lively has attempted to withdraw two of the claims she made about director Justin Baldoni. Both have been engaged in a legal dispute since Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024…
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Pregnancy and childbirth a growing risk under Israeli blockade and bombardment
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana In Gaza, for most women pregnancy and childbirth are now times of heightened stress and fear Amid a deadly war in Gaza, new lives begin. But newborn babies and those still in the womb are among the worst hit by the harsh conditions. With acute shortages…
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Japanese baseball legend dies aged 89
Michael Bristow Asia-Pacific editor Getty Images Former baseball player Shigeo Nagashima, who was once one of Japan’s most famous sports stars, has died aged 89. He died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo, according to a statement released by his former team the Yomiuri Giants. Nicknamed Mr Giants, Nagashima won nine straight titles with…
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More than 200 inmates escape Pakistan jail after earthquake
Reuters Inmates broke down doors and locks of their cells and shattered windows before storming the prison gates. More than 200 prisoners escaped from a jail in Pakistan’s largest city following an earthquake in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. Thousands of inmates broke down doors and the locks of their cells and shattered…
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At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while waiting for aid, Gaza authorities say
At least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they attempted to collect aid near a distribution site in Gaza, local officials say. Civilians were fired upon by tanks, quadcopter drones, and helicopters near the al-Alam roundabout, about 1km (0.6 miles) from the aid distribution centre, a spokesman for Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence…
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Mexican police arrest suspect in killing of five band members
Police in Mexico have detained a man known by the alias of M-47, whom they suspect of ordering the murder of members of the band Grupo Fugitivo. The bodies of four musicians from the band and their manager were discovered on Thursday in Tamaulipas state, four days after the men had been reported missing. Their…
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