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Sara Sharif death: Pakistan police take children from grandfather’s house
Sara Sharif’s grandfather has told the BBC that five children who travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara’s father have all been taken from his house, where they had been hiding. Neighbours said that dozens of police raided the property on Monday. The 10-year-old was found dead at her family home in Woking on…
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Cloning pioneer creator of Dolly the Sheep creator Ian Wilmut dies aged 79
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent One of the creators of the world’s first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, has died at the age of 79. Prof Sir Ian Wilmut’s work, at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, laid the foundations for stem cell research. That technology aims to cure many of the diseases of ageing by…
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Dog attack filmed by bus passenger
Footage shared on social media captured the moment of a dog attack in Birmingham at the weekend. An 11-year-old girl and two men were injured in the Bordesley Green area on Saturday. The footage, originally posted on TikTok showed the dog chasing and biting people on the street and at a petrol station. Police said…
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Storm Daniel kills 150 in Libya
At least 150 people have died after a powerful storm caused severe flooding in eastern Libya, an official has said. Storm Daniel made landfall in the North African nation over the weekend, prompting authorities to declare a state of extreme emergency. Last week, it killed a dozen people in Europe. Seven Libyan army personnel have…
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Luis Rubiales resignation a win for Spain’s women’s team
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Madrid Three weeks after winning the world cup, Spanish women’s team, especially striker Jenni Hermoso, are seen as having waged and won an additional battle in the field of sexual consent. But…
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Morocco earthquake: Authorities wary of accepting all offers of help
By Damian Zane BBC News Almost as soon as news broke of Friday’s earthquake in Morocco, offers of help from around the world came in. But the country has so far been selective in what it has chosen to accept. A statement on Sunday from the interior ministry said Morocco had “responded in this particular…
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Military truck rams through police road block
A privately owned military truck has been driven through a police road block, damaging nine vehicles. Officers attended an address in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, at 16:40 BST on Sunday. When they arrived, a man left the address in the military truck, damaging four police cars and five privately owned vehicles. No-one was injured in…
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Drew Barrymore brings talk show back despite Hollywood strikes
By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter Striking writers in Hollywood have said they will picket the recording of Drew Barrymore’s talk show when it returns later this month. The actress and TV host said the show’s return would be in line with the rules of the Sag-Aftra and Writers Guild of America (WGA) strikes. She said…
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: Backlash over support for rapist Danny Masterson
By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are facing further backlash after they sent letters of support to a judge following Danny Masterson’s rape conviction. Kutcher and Kunis, who starred in That 70s Show with Masterson, apologised for sending letters of support to a judge after he was found guilty of rape.…
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Daniel Khalife: Terror suspect may have used bedsheet to escape, court hears
By Daniel Sandford, home affairs correspondent at Westminster Magistrates’ Court Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife may have used bedsheets in his escape from Wandsworth prison, a court hearing has been told. The 21-year-old attended Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday after four days on the run last week. Mr Khalife was arrested on a towpath in Northolt in…