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Young Ukrainians get their way as Zelensky overturns law to defuse crisis
Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC News Ukrainian in Kyiv TETIANA DZHAFAROVA/AFP Young Ukrainians were outside parliament again on Thursday as MPs voted to overturn a controversial law As Ukraine’s MPs gathered at parliament in Kyiv on Thursday, some held cardboard signs that read, “We are with our people.” It was a message to thousands of young protesters…
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US allies break with Trump to force diplomatic shift on Gaza
Tom Bateman State department correspondent, at the United Nations Watch: BBC presses UK foreign secretary on timing of recognising Palestinian state As Canada joins France and the UK in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state, the US is standing firmly with Israel – but does Trump have a long-term plan for Gaza’s future? Of…
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EU-US tariff deal not finished yet, say Europeans unhappy with Trump’s terms
Getty Images Since the deal was announced criticism of European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has mounted It was all handshakes and smiles when European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump announced that a EU-US trade agreement had been reached after months of wrangling – beating Trump’s deadline of…
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First war-injured Gazan child arrives in UK for treatment
Caroline Hawley Diplomatic correspondent BBC Majid Shaghnobi arrives at Heathrow airport in London Majid Shaghnobi can’t eat or speak like he used to. He can’t smile. But with his injured mouth covered by a surgical mask, his eyes were beaming as he arrived at London’s Heathrow airport on a flight from Cairo, with his mother,…
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Drug agency’s alcohol control proposals spark anger
A storm is brewing in Kenya over the latest proposals to control the sale and consumption of alcohol, including raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21. The sweeping proposed rules, unveiled on Wednesday, include a ban on purchasing alcohol in supermarkets, restaurants and on public transport. The online sale and home delivery of…
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More than 30 killed in nursing home
Flooding killed 31 residents at a care home for elderly people on the outskirts of Beijing this week, local officials have said. Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home in the Miyun District. Many of those who died were reportedly immobile. Local officials have admitted there…
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US baby born from 30-year-old frozen embryo breaks record
A baby boy has been born to an Ohio couple from an embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years, reportedly setting a new world record. Lindsey, 35, and Tim Pierce, 34, welcomed their son, Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, on Saturday. Ms Pierce told MIT Technology Review her family thought “it’s like something from a…
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Swedish terrorist sentenced over burning alive of Jordanian pilot
A convicted terrorist has been jailed for life over the brutal killing of a pilot who was burned alive in a cage 10 years ago. A court in Stockholm handed down the verdict to Osama Krayem, a Swedish national, who is already in jail over terror attacks in Paris and Brussels in 2015 and 2016.…
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Huge stick insect discovered in Australia
A researcher at an Australian university has discovered a new “supersized” species of stick insect in a remote rainforest in Queensland, Australia. Professor Angus Emmott identified the new Acrophylla alta species in the canopies of the mountainous wet tropics region in the northeast of the country. The insects are roughly 40cm long. This specimen weighs…
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‘I witnessed war crimes,’ former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres. “I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians,” Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that in his entire career he has never…
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