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Moment police officer dragged away by escaping car
This is the dramatic moment a police officer is dragged away by a vehicle during a traffic stop in the town of Brockton, Massachusetts. Two state troopers stopped the car for traffic violations and attempted to speak to the driver, before with car suddenly raced away with one of the police officers clinging to the…
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What anger over top influencer says about China today
By Kelly Ng & Fan Wang in Singapore One of China’s most popular influencers has come under fire for dismissing a young follower’s complaint over high makeup prices as “nonsense”. Livestreamer Li Jiaqi’s retort – that those who couldn’t afford the 79 yuan ($11; £9) eyebrow pencil did not work “hard enough” – struck a…
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Chinese electric cars will reduce UK emissions but what about rivals here?
By Faisal Islam Economics editor @faisalislam The UK is facing a dilemma: should it fight the rising imports of Chinese electric cars with big new tariffs, in the same way the EU has threatened to do this week? Or should it allow them to continue? Keeping open to the imports in would make it easier…
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CIA identifies second officer involved in ‘Argo’ mission
For the first time, the CIA has revealed the identity of a second officer who played a key role in a 1980 rescue mission in Iran that later inspired the Oscar-winning film Argo. Also known as the “Canadian caper”, the risky and complex operation saw the CIA smuggle six US diplomats out of Iran disguised…
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Libyan official refutes blame for flood disaster
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Matt Murphy BBC News An official in eastern Libya has denied allegations that many of those killed in devastating floods last weekend were told to stay in their homes. Othman Abdul Jalil, a spokesperson for the…
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Diamonds and diplomacy: How ex-envoy Robert Olson fell from grace
By Holly Honderich in Washington In 2012, when Richard Olson reported to Islamabad to begin his posting as US ambassador to Pakistan, the veteran diplomat was faced with an icy welcome from his host country, angered by the United States’ military raid a year earlier to kill Osama Bin Laden. On the surface, Ambassador Olson…
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Rubiales World Cup kiss row… in 87 seconds
Spain won the Women’s World Cup in August, but the team’s success has been overshadowed ever since by Luis Rubiales’s actions during the celebrations after the final whistle. As the winning team went on stage to receive their medals, the then-head of Spanish football kissed midfielder Jenni Hermoso on the lips – a kiss he…
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BBC correspondent arrives in flood-hit Derna
BBC correspondent Anna Foster is on the ground in the Libyan port city of Derna, where thousands of people were killed when two dams burst in the wake of Storm Daniel. She describes the scene of the disaster, where rescuers, ambulance crews and forensic teams are working fast after whole neighbourhoods were washed away. Figures…
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Berlin protesters condemn Russian soprano Netrebko’s opera performance
By Dearbail Jordan BBC News Protesters have targeted Berlin’s State Opera for refusing to cancel Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko’s first performance there since the 2022 war. Chanting “shame”, they accused the soprano of failing to condemn Vladimir Putin for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Berlin’s mayor, its senator for culture and Ukraine’s German ambassador have…
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Trevor Noah jumps into fan’s car to beat traffic in Johannesburg
By Matt Murphy BBC News We all know that nightmarish feeling in the pit of our stomachs as we realise we’re running late! On Friday, that played out live on air for Trevor Noah. The South African comic was due to appear on the 947 radio station in Johannesburg for a morning chat. But bad…