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  • Gulmarg fashion show sparks row in Indian-administered Kashmir

    Gulmarg fashion show sparks row in Indian-administered Kashmir

    Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Team Shivan & Narresh The fashion show by designers Shivan and Narresh showcased the brand’s skiwear collection A fashion show held last week in a picturesque, snow-clad town in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked a major controversy that is still simmering. The show, by the well-known fashion brand Shivan & Narresh,…

  • Trump blocked from using Alien Enemies Act for mass deportations

    Trump blocked from using Alien Enemies Act for mass deportations

    A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from using a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to carry out mass deportations of Venezuelans. Trump on Saturday proclaimed immigrants belonging to the Venezuelan crime gang Tren de Aragua were “conducting irregular warfare” against the US and that he would deport them under…

  • Radiation taints ‘fairytale’ memories of US creek

    Radiation taints ‘fairytale’ memories of US creek

    Sophie Williams BBC News, Washington DC Theo Welling Radioactive material was dumped near the creek after World War Two After Kim Visintine put her son to bed every night at a hospital in St Louis, Missouri, she spent her evening in the hospital’s library. She was determined to know how her boy had become seriously…

  • Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website

    Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website

    Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members. Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation’s highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose. The content removal…

  • US tornadoes: Extreme weather leaves trail of destruction

    US tornadoes: Extreme weather leaves trail of destruction

    At least 20 people have died after tornadoes and severe storms tore through central and southern states. Source link

  • Gene Hackman’s will excludes children and leaves $80m fortune for late wife

    Gene Hackman’s will excludes children and leaves $80m fortune for late wife

    The will of legendary actor Gene Hackman has been released, but uncertainty lingers over his $80m (£62m) fortune. The two-time Academy Award winner left his entire estate to his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The couple was found dead in their New Mexico home in February, and authorities said Arakawa died seven days before her husband. Although…

  • Tens of thousands attend anti-government protest in Serbia

    Tens of thousands attend anti-government protest in Serbia

    Tens of thousands of people have descended on Serbia’s capital to protest against the deaths of 15 people in a railway station collapse. The government has put attendance at 107,000 across Belgrade. Organisers and independent monitors have yet to give their estimates. Either way, it probably ranks as the largest demonstration Serbia has ever seen.…

  • Donald Trump launches wave of air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis

    Donald Trump launches wave of air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis

    EPA The US has launched a wave of air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, President Donald Trump has said, citing the armed group’s attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. “Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies,” Trump wrote on his Truth social…

  • Military planning for Ukraine peace moves to ‘operational phase’, says Starmer

    Military planning for Ukraine peace moves to ‘operational phase’, says Starmer

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said military planning to protect a potential Ukraine ceasefire is moving to an “operational phase” after a virtual meeting with 29 other world leaders. Military leaders will meet in London on Thursday “to put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a peace deal and guarantee…

  • Over a dozen dead as deadly tornadoes tear through southern US

    Over a dozen dead as deadly tornadoes tear through southern US

    Over a dozen people have died, including 11 in Missouri, after deadly tornadoes tore through multiple states, bringing damaging winds that flipped cars and flattened homes. The other deaths occurred in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, where three people were killed in a car crash during a fierce dust storm. More than 200,000 people are without…

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