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Guy DelauneyBBC Balkans correspondent ADNAN BECI/AFP The new minister, named Diella, has already been active as a bot, guiding applicants through a process to obtain official documents. For government officials, being called “heartless” is an occupational hazard. But Albania has chosen to turn that insult into a positive quality, by appointing an AI minister. Not…

The man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, a Utah native who had been living with his parents “for a long time”, authorities said. Mr Robinson was taken into custody on 12 September after a family member recognised him in surveillance images, a development investigators described…

Nepal’s former Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki has become the country’s interim prime minister after deadly anti-corruption protests ousted the government. Karki, 73, was sworn in during a brief ceremony, becoming the first woman to lead the impoverished Himalayan nation after a deal was reached with the protest leaders. More than 50 people were…

Tom BennettBBC News, in Jerusalem Getty Images Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the council that Israel was “led by blusterous extremists” The United Nations Security Council has condemned Israel’s strikes on a residential compound in the Qatari capital Doha, which targeted senior members of Hamas. The statement – which did not…

Viasna/Odnoklassiki Julia Fenner was given a seven-year jail term last month UK-Belarus dual citizen Julia Fenner, who is the wife of a British diplomat, has been freed from prison by Belarus as part of a broader release agreed with the US. She had been given a long jail term last month after being detained on…

Caio QueroHead of BBC News Brasil Getty Images Brazil’s ex-president has been convicted of plotting a coup In September 2018, as Jair Bolsonaro campaigned in the south-eastern city of Juiz de Fora, a 40-year-old man pushed through the crowd and stabbed the presidential candidate in the stomach. Images of Bolsonaro doubled over in pain, wearing…

Ros AtkinsAnalysis editor BBC Israel’s military operation in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed thousands of buildings, and severely restricted the supply of food. The operation was launched after Hamas rampaged through villages, military posts and a music festival in Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251…

Former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison, after he was found guilty of plotting a military coup by a panel of five Supreme Court justices. The BBC’s South America correspondent Ione Wells explains everything you need to know about the case. Source link

Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondent KCNA via EPA Life under Kim Jong Un’s rule has become tougher and people are more afraid, the report claims The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found. The dictatorship, which remains…

Russia says it downed 221 Ukrainian drones launched on its territory overnight, in one of the largest aerial assaults since May. More than half of the drones were intercepted over the Bryansk and Smolensk regions, south-west of Moscow, where Lukoil facilities were reportedly targeted, the defence ministry said. Authorities in the Leningrad region said 28…