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Watch: Behind the scenes at the Oscars red carpet rollout
The Academy Awards will take place on 2 March, with Conan O’Brien expected to host. Source link
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Cook Islands China deal riles allies as West’s grip loosens
Katy Watson Pacific correspondent Getty Images The remote and resource-rich Cook Islands has antagonised old allies over a deal with China The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty and his signing of a range of deals with China without consulting the public or New Zealand – an ally…
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Why many police cases are falling apart
Getty Images More than 50 people, mostly Muslims, died in the 2020 religious clashes in Delhi Five years after deadly religious riots engulfed India’s capital Delhi, there is no legal closure in sight for the people involved. A BBC Hindi analysis has found that more than 80% of the cases related to the violence where…
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How world leaders are navigating the new White House
US President Donald Trump is set to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday, and the war in Ukraine will be at the top of the agenda. Trump’s recent meetings have put a spotlight on how his relationships with various world leaders differ. The BBC’s Nomia Iqbal looks at how different leaders are…
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Katy Perry will head to space on Blue Origin all-women flight
Pop star Katy Perry will blast off into space as part of an upcoming all-women flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepherd rocket. The Firework singer will be joined by Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sanchez, CBS presenter Gayle King, former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer…
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Faithful gather to support the Pope
Sarah Rainsford Europe correspondent in Rome Reuters Catholics gathered to pray for the health of the Pope beneath the steps of St Peter’s Basilica for a third night, as his doctors said his condition showed further slight improvement. Nuns dangling rosary beads, tourists and student priests were among those who joined the gentle incantation of…
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Israel’s military publishes first report on 7 October 2023 failures
EPA About 1,200 people were killed when Hamas attacked Israeli communities, military bases and a music festival on 7 October 2023 Israel’s military has published its first official account of the mistakes that led to its failures during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, which triggered the Gaza war. The report concludes that the Israel Defence…
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI urges nation to avoid slaughtering sheep during Eid al-Adha
King Mohammed VI has asked Moroccans to abstain from performing the Muslim rite of slaughtering sheep during Eid al-Adha this year due to a sharp drop in the country’s herd. The shortages are blamed on seven years of drought. Eid al-Adha, which falls in June, commemorates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice…
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Trump says US will impose additional 10% tariff on China
Getty Images Donald Trump said he planned to hit goods from China with a new 10% tariff, the latest salvo in the US president’s steadily escalating trade fights. Imports from China already face taxes at the border of at least 10%, after a Trump tariff order that went into effect earlier this month. Trump also…
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Jailed Kurdish PKK leader Ocalan issues call to lay down arms
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Ocalan’s letter was read out on big screens in Diyarbakir and other mainly Kurdish cities Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish group PKK, has called on his movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. His statement, read out in a letter by MPs from…
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