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Danelo Cavalcante: Escaped inmate has history of abuse and violence
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Bernd Debusmann Jr & Luis Barrucho BBC News For more than a week, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has eluded hundreds of police officers sent to track him after a brazen prison escape. Cavalcante, 34, escaped from…
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Judge to sentence actor Danny Masterson to prison for two rapes
By Max Matza BBC News A judge in Los Angeles is due to decide the prison sentence for US actor Danny Masterson, who was convicted in May of raping two women in the early 2000s. The star of That ’70s Show, a TV sit-com series, faces up to 30 years or life in prison. Prosecutors…
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Mark Dickey: Rescuers rush to save US man trapped in Turkey cave
By Matt Murphy BBC News A massive rescue operation has been launched in Turkey after an American man became trapped in the country’s third deepest cave complex. About 150 workers have been working to recue Mark Dickey, 40, since he became trapped in the Morca Cave on Saturday. He was co-leading a team to map…
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Kourtney Kardashian reveals foetal surgery ‘saved life’ of unborn baby
By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Kourtney Kardashian has thanked doctors for “saving my baby’s life” by performing surgery on her unborn child. The reality TV star, 44, said she was rushed into “urgent foetal surgery”, in which surgeons operate on babies while they are still in the womb. “As someone who has had…
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Daniel Khalife: How did terror suspect break out of jail?
By Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent @BBCDomC The details of Daniel Khalife’s escape raise serious questions about what happened with security at HMP Wandsworth. The Ministry of Justice is highly unlikely to ever publicly confirm all the details. If the escape involved exploiting a very specific security loophole or technique, the last thing that…
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Climate protesters hit Ryanair boss with cream pies
Climate protesters hit Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary with two cream pies during a press briefing in Brussels. The airline boss was set to speak to the media about a petition he was presenting to Ursula Von Der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. As he was setting up, two protesters hit him with…
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‘Mass killing’ report in Chapel St Leonards was yoga class
By Pritti Mistry BBC News A yoga class was mistaken for a “ritual mass murder” scene after members of the public saw several people lying on the floor and reported it to police. Five police cars descended on the North Sea Observatory in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, on Wednesday night. Yoga teacher Millie Laws said…
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Outrage over Abbas’s antisemitic speech on Jews and Holocaust
By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem German and Israeli officials have condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for comments he made about Jews and the Nazi Holocaust in a speech. Mr Abbas said Adolf Hitler ordered the mass murder of Jews because of their “social role” as moneylenders, rather than out of animosity to Judaism. Israel’s…
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South Korean cult Grace Road Church members arrested in Fiji
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Four suspected high-ranking members of a South Korean doomsday cult have been arrested in Fiji. Two were deported, but a legal injunction prevented the others from being ejected, Fiji media report. The Grace Road Church became notorious after 400 of its members moved to Fiji in 2014 claiming they would…
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The perks and incentives coaxing workers back to the office
While some companies are issuing threats and ultimatums, other companies are incentivising workers with perks and flexibility. In August, when Zoom ordered its workers back to the office, shock rippled across the internet. The video conference platform, which has now become nearly synonymous with remote work, seemed to be flying in the face of the…