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Women tell BBC of rape ordeal at Goma’s Munzenze prison
Orla Guerin BBC News, Goma Göktay Koraltan / BBC Warning: This article contains distressing content, including descriptions of rape, from the start. “He told me that if I tried to escape, he would kill me.” Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic…
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Six babies have died from cold in two weeks, medics say
At least six babies have died in the past two weeks in Gaza due to the cold weather and lack of adequate shelter and heating, Palestinian medics and health officials say. Doctors at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society hospital in Gaza City, in the north, said nine newborn babies suffering from cold injuries had been…
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Chile power outage leaves millions without electricity
Millions of people are thought to be without electricity across Chile after a large nationwide power outage. According to the national service for disaster prevention and response (SENAPRED), an area spanning most of the country is impacted, including the capital city, Santiago. The exact scale of the outage, which began earlier on Tuesday, is not…
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Dead body placed beside Australian couple on Qatar Airways flight
An Australian couple have spoken of the “traumatic” moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways flight. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin, who were travelling to Venice for a dream holiday, told Australia’s Channel 9 a woman died in the aisle beside them during the flight from…
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How much has the US spent on aid to Ukraine?
US President Donald Trump claims the US had outspent Europe on aid to Ukraine by over $200bn. During questions at a White House summit, French President Emmanuel Macron countered these claims. So how much has the US actually spent in aid to Ukraine compared with Europe? BBC Verify’s Nick Eardley fact-checks Trump’s claims. Produced by…
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Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate
The US Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man on death row. The court ruled 5-3 in favour of Glossip, reversing an Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling. The move comes after the state’s Republican attorney general joined Glossip in calling for a new trial. Glossip, 62, was convicted…
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Court rules claims ‘not real’
A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as “clearly imagined” and “not real”, undermining claims made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling came as the court blocked a wealthy benefactor’s donation to white supremacist group Boerelegioen. Grantland Michael Bray wanted to bequeath…
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US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on invasion of Ukraine
Watch: US votes against UN resolution condemning Russia aggression against Ukraine The US has twice sided with Russia in votes at the United Nations to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the Trump administration’s change of stance on the war. First, the US opposed a European-drafted resolution condemning Moscow’s actions…
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Syria dialogue conference a ‘historic opportunity’, Sharaa says
Reuters Organisers say recommendations from the 600 delegates will guide the new transitional government due to be formed soon Syria’s interim president has told a national dialogue conference that the country has a “historic” opportunity to rebuild after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Ahmed al-Sharaa also stressed the need for armed groups to integrate into…
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Has Germany’s ‘firewall’ against the far right been breached by AfD success?
Paul Kirby & Kristina Volk BBC News in Berlin Getty Images AfD leaders, including Alice Weidel (C) and Tino Chrupalla (to her R) gathered on Tuesday for their first post-election meeting One in five Germans put an X in the box for Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday: a record result that has made them…
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