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Russian ships move from Syria base amid doubts over future
Getty Images Tartous naval facility has been a key projection of Russian naval power in the region Russian naval vessels appear to have temporarily left their main port in Syria, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show, amid continuing uncertainty about Moscow’s military future in the country after the fall of its ally, Bashar al-Assad.…
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French actor Adèle Haenel confronts director Ruggia in sexual assault trial
Reuters Adèle Haenel, 35, quit the French film industry last year Adèle Haenel, a French actor who has accused a filmmaker of sexually assaulting her when she was a child, shouted at him to “shut up” before storming out in the middle of his trial. Christophe Ruggia, 59, was speaking in his defence at the…
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Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family’s hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, in the north-west of the coastal Latakia region. The rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir…
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Syrian families’ ‘unbearable’ wait to know fate of detainee relatives
Naila Al-Abassi Intisar, Dima and Najah were arrested and imprisoned with their mother and three other siblings Families of Syrian detainees have been searching for their missing loved ones since thousands of prisoners were released after the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday. The family of a Syrian dentist who was arrested along with…
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Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists
Natalia Botero-Acosta This humpback whale, photographed here off the Pacific coast of Colombia, made an epic migration A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say. It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017, then popped up several years…
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Luigi Mangione fights extradition to face murder charge over CEO killing
Watch: Luigi Mangione shouts at reporters while being escorted into court The man accused of shooting dead healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York jostled with police and shouted at reporters as he was bundled into court on Tuesday, as more details emerged about a potential motive in the killing. Luigi Mangione appeared at…
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Judge rejects The Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’s Infowars
The sale of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website to parody news platform The Onion has been rejected by a US bankruptcy judge. After a two-day hearing, Judge Christopher Lopez ruled that an auction for Infowars did not result in the best bids possible. However, he rejected Jones’ claims that the auction was plagued…
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The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot
Reuters Collectively, the defendants accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot are facing more than 600 years in jail They are young, old, burly, thin, black and white. Among them are firefighters, lorry drivers, soldiers, security guards, a journalist and a DJ. These are the 50 men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot at the behest of her…
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Syria Ghouta residents want chemical attacks re-investigated
Aamir Peerzada/BBC Tawfiq Diam’s wife and four children were killed in a chemical attack Tawfiq Diam is emotional because it’s the first time he’s been able to speak freely about what happened to his family back in 2018, in Douma in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus. “If I’d spoken out before, Bashar al-Assad’s forces…
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Lawyer says there may be 300 potential cases against Diddy
Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of the most sought-after producers in rap and soul in the 1990s A lawyer representing several alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs says the potential number of civil legal cases against the musician “is probably in the 300 range”. Tony Buzbee told the BBC his team had received…
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