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Police say two shot dead in ‘self-defence’
At least two people have been killed in Morocco after police opened fire to prevent protesters from storming a police station in Lqliaa, near the coastal city of Agadir, state media says. These are the first deaths reported since huge youth-led protests broke out across Morocco on Saturday as anger grew over the government’s decision…
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Surge in Ukrainian oil refinery attacks sparks Russian fuel shortages
Olga Robinson & Matt MurphyBBC Verify and Yaroslava KiryukhinaBBC Russian BBC Ukraine has dramatically increased the number of attacks launched against Russian oil refineries in recent months, sparking fuel shortages and price rises in some parts of the country, BBC Verify and BBC Russian have found. Drone strikes on refineries – some deep inside Russia…
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China launches a new visa to attract tech talent, but locals aren’t happy
Getty Images When China first announced a new visa targeting foreign professionals in science and technology in August it largely went unnoticed. But the K visa, which went into effect on Wednesday, was thrust into the public spotlight last week, when an Indian outlet referred to it as “China’s H-1B” – a reference to the…
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Kenyan activists abducted in Uganda, Bobi Wine says
Two Kenyan human rights activists have gone missing in Uganda after reportedly being abducted by armed men while attending opposition leader Bobi Wine’s campaign event. Bobi Wine strongly condemned the “abduction” of Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, saying the pair had been “picked up mafia-style” at a petrol station and driven off to an unknown…
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Dozens feared dead in school collapse, officials say
There are “no signs of life” under the wreckage of a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people are still missing, rescuers have said. Hundreds of students, most of them teenage boys, were inside the two-storey Islamic boarding school in the town of Sidoarjo when it collapsed on Monday. At least five students were killed and…
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White House says layoffs to begin ‘imminently’
Watch: Shutdown blame game as GOP and Dems point fingers Mass layoffs of US federal workers will begin within two days, the White House says, as lawmakers trade blame over the first government shutdown in almost seven years. The shutdown began on Wednesday after Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to agree a new spending…
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Relief and new baby for asylum family of child suffocated in Channel crossing
Andrew HardingReporting from Rouvroy, northern France BBC First came an email. Then, a month later, a baby. Each arrival, in its own way, marked a sharp swerve in the fortunes of a grief-bludgeoned Iraqi family that has spent the past 15 years darting around Europe in a state of legal limbo. Unable to secure asylum,…
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Hurricane season brings financial fears in the Caribbean
Gemma HandyBusiness reporter, St Johns, Antigua Getty Images Homes in Barbuda were flattened by 2017’s Hurricane Irma For some Barbudans, thunderstorms still trigger flashbacks of the night in September 2017 when they lost everything they owned to Hurricane Irma’s devastating winds. Eight years on, while memories may be close to hand, home insurance for many…
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Czech populist Babis eyes power in election but may need help from extremes
Rob CameronPrague Correspondent, Prague Reuters Andrej Babis has taken inspiration from the US Maga movement, not least his party’s red caps saying “Strong Czechia” Czechs go to the polls on Friday and Saturday facing a deteriorating security situation in Europe and fears of Russian interference. Populist billionaire Andrej Babis, 71, is tipped to head the…
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Chunk of New York apartment building collapses in possible explosion
Grace Eliza Goodwin and Sakshi Venkatramanin New York Footage captures the moments after partial collapse of apartment building A section of a 20-storey residential building partially collapsed in New York City on Wednesday morning, and authorities say there are no injuries. Firefighters and emergency responders searched into the afternoon for anyone who may have been…