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Afghan women lose their ‘last hope’ as Taliban shuts down internet
Mahfouz ZubaideAfghanistan producer Getty Images Fahima Noori had big dreams when she graduated from university in Afghanistan. She had studied law, graduated from a midwifery programme and even worked in a mental health clinic. But all that was taken away when the Taliban swept into power in 2021. They banned girls over the age of…
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Unpicking Trump’s Gaza peace plan map
President Trump has announced a 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza, showing various lines of Israeli troop withdrawal should President Trump’s plan go ahead. BBC Verify has analysed this map alongside the latest satellite imagery and the Israeli military’s control of Gaza. Merlyn Thomas reports. Produced by Katerina Karelli. Verification by Benedict…
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Former aide to far-right German politician jailed for spying for China
An aide who worked for a leading member of Germany’s far-right AfD party has been given a jail term of four years and nine months for spying for China. Jian Guo had worked in Brussels for Maximilian Krah, a member of the European Parliament for five years until last year. Krah is now an MP…
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US deporting 120 Iranians after deal struck with Tehran, Iran says
Iran says 120 of its nationals are being deported from the US, as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. “These individuals will return to the country within the next one or two days,” Iranian foreign ministry official Hossein Noushabadi told Iran’s Tasnim state news agency. He said most of those being flown to…
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What do Gazans and Israelis think of Trump’s plan?
Palestinians in Gaza and Israelis in Jerusalem have been reacting to Donald Trump’s new plan for ending the war between Israel and Hamas, announced by the US President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. At a cafe in Jerusalem, two Israelis welcomed the blueprint, but questioned if Hamas would agree to disarm after…
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For Netanyahu, avoiding a peace deal may now be worse than agreeing one
He promised total victory for Israel, but standing next to Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, it was Benjamin Netanyahu who looked defeated. Israel’s prime minister was saying all the right things about the peace deal he had just agreed to, but he seemed deflated, his voice hoarse and his energy dimmed, as…
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Entire Ukrainian family killed in Russian drone strike, officials say
An entire family – a married couple and their two young sons – have been killed in an overnight Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region, local officials have said. Regional head Oleh Hryhorov said a residential building was hit in the village of Chernechchyna. The bodies of the two children, aged four and…
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Trump and Hegseth to address top US generals in unusual military gathering
US President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will on Tuesday address American military top brass in person, for an unusual event at a base near Washington DC. Hundreds of military leaders, including generals and admirals stationed around the world, are expected to attend. It represents a rare gathering of so many senior personnel…
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Three dead, dozens trapped after school collapses on students
Astudestra AjengrastriBBC Indonesian, Jakarta, Rony FauzanBBC Indonesian, Sidoarjo and Kelly NgSingapore Watch: Rescuers search for dozens missing after Indonesia school collapses Rescuers are racing to pull dozens of students and workers from under the rubble of a school building that collapsed in East Java, Indonesia. Three people have been killed and 99 others hospitalised, some…
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Chinese woman convicted in UK after ‘world’s biggest’ bitcoin seizure
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, Singapore and Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Metropolitan Police Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, was convicted on Monday A Chinese national has been convicted following an international fraud investigation which resulted in what’s believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world. The Metropolitan Police says it recovered 61,000 bitcoin…
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