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Trump’s national security team’s chat app leak stuns Washington
Watch: President Trump says he knows ‘nothing’ about journalist in Houthi strike group chat There are few US presidential actions more sensitive, more fraught with peril, than when and where to use American military force. If such information were obtained by American adversaries in advance, it could put lives – and national foreign policy objectives…
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Japan court orders controversial ‘Moonies’ church to disband
A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader’s ties with the church – he blamed the church for…
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Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, President Évariste Ndayishimiye tells BBC
Nomsa Maseko in Bujumbura & Natasha Booty in London BBC News BBC President Évariste Ndayishimiye made the comments in an exclusive interview with the BBC Burundi’s president has told the BBC he has seen “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack his country. Évariste Ndayishimiye also said that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup…
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Man swallowed by sinkhole in Seoul found dead
A man who fell into a large sinkhole in South Korea’s capital Seoul has been found dead, according to the local fire department. The man was riding his motorbike in the Gangdong district when the road caved in at about 18:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Monday. Rescuers found his body underground on Tuesday morning…
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Bitcoin in the bush – crypto mining brings power to rural areas
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable…
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Final moments of South African pilot James O’Connell before crash
Spectators have shared their shock and horror as they watched a decorated South African Air Force pilot crash to his death at a local air show, while they recalled his final moments. James O’Connell died after the plane he was flying crashed during a performance at the West Coast Air Show held in Saldanha, 112…
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Erdogan calls Turkey protests over Imamoglu arrest ‘evil’
Watch: Crowds gather in Istanbul for sixth day of protests Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition political parties for provoking a “movement of violence”, as protests in the country continue for a sixth night. Unrest began in Istanbul last Wednesday when the city’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main presidential rival, was detained on…
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Palestinian Oscar winner held by Israel after ‘settler attack’
Sebastian Usher Middle East correspondent Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Hamdan Ballal poses with Rachel Szor after they won Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land at the Oscars A Palestinian Oscar winner has been detained in the occupied West Bank following an outbreak of violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, activists say.…
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The mayor, the scam, and the Chinese spy accusations: Who is Alice Guo?
Tony Han BBC Global China Unit BBC In early 2022, residents of the rural Philippine town of Bamban, north of Manila, gathered for the mayoral campaign rally of a plucky young woman named Alice Leal Guo. Supporters dressed in pink – their candidate’s favourite colour – chattered in anticipation of her arrival. Then came the…
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BBC journalists recall horrors of India’s lockdown five years on
Watch: Covid five years on: How BBC journalists covered the crisis in India On 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives. India’s already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic’s weight. The WHO estimated over…
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