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Freddie Mercury: Queen star’s piano and other items sold at Sotheby’s
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Glynn BBC News A Yamaha baby grand piano used by late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to compose some of the group’s most iconic hits sold at auction for £1.7m. The final sale came slightly below…
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Surfer films himself saving a man from rip current
Multiple people had to be rescued from strong rip currents along the New York and New Jersey coastline over the US holiday weekend with at least two people drowning. Surfer Steve Houser was enjoying the sea when he noticed some swimmers in distress. The swimmer, who Houser identified only by his first name Gabriel, said…
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The rare moment an okapi calf takes his first steps
A male okapi calf was born on 2 September to first-time parents Ludimi and Epulu, after a 14-month gestation period. The baby will receive his name at the San Antonio Zoo’s annual fundraiser. “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome this adorable okapi calf into our San Antonio Zoo family,” said zoo president Tim Morrow. “We…
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Donald Trump’s Georgia trial expected to take four months
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington DC Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s Georgia racketeering case say that the trial would take four months and include approximately 150 witnesses. Mr Trump and 18 others are charged with a conspiracy to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results. A date for the trial has not yet been…
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Origin review: Ava DuVernay’s bold, fascinating drama exposes a terrible framework of global bigotry
The Selma director is back with a drama centring on writer Isabel Wilkerson and her research into systemic injustice. It’s fiercely focused and full of heart, writes Steph Green. In Ava DuVernay’s startlingly scholarly drama about a black academic and her journey in writing a book about “caste” – the hierarchies created within human societies…
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Trump suffers loss in second E Jean Carroll defamation case
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A federal judge has ruled Donald Trump is liable for defamatory comments he made in 2019 about writer E Jean Carroll. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled on Wednesday that Ms Carroll’s second civil defamation trial against Mr Trump will be limited to determining damages. Ms Carroll accused Mr Trump…
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Atlanta ‘Cop City’: Dozens face racketeering charges for protests
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington More than 60 activists are facing racketeering charges for allegedly conspiring to stop construction of a controversial police training centre in Atlanta. Prosecutors allege that the defendants are “militant anarchists” who illegally occupied areas around the centre. The site at the heart of the case, dubbed “Cop City”…
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Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel
By Max Matza BBC News A Florida man was arrested after trying to “run to London” across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade, human-powered hamster wheel-type vessel. The US Coast Guard intercepted Reza Baluchi about 70 miles (110km) off Tybee Island, Georgia on 26 August. Officials said the 44-year-old marathon runner refused to leave the…
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DNA exonerates man 47 years after rape conviction
By Chloe Kim BBC News After 47 years, a New York man has been exonerated after new DNA testing conclusively excluded him as the perpetrator of a 1975 rape. This is the longest known wrongful conviction in US history to be overturned by DNA evidence. The true perpetrator, a convicted sex offender, has confessed to…
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Daniel Abed Khalife: Manhunt after ex-soldier on terror charges escapes from prison
Daniel Abed Khalife is a 21-year-old former soldier who had been based at the MoD Stafford military base – also known as Beacon Barracks. He disappeared from the barracks on 2 January after an alleged bomb hoax, a court heard, before he was arrested a few weeks later on 26 January. A prosecutor told Westminster…