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Shock after popular bear shot dead in Italian town
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Kirby BBC News A popular female bear has been shot dead on the outskirts of a town in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear. The bear, named Amarena,…
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Danelo Cavalcante: Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A massive manhunt is under way in Pennsylvania for a prison inmate who escaped just a week after being sentenced to life in prison for murder. Brazilian national Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison in West Chester on Thursday morning. A week ago, he was sentenced…
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What CCTV evidence showed us in TikTok murder case
BBC reporter George Torr takes you through key CCTV clips shown in the murder trial of TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansreen. They – and five others – have been found guilty of killing two men, Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin, who died when their car was rammed off the road. Follow live…
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Watch: Typhoon Saola and Storm Haikui seen from satellite
China has issued its highest typhoon warning as Typhoon Saola approaches its south-eastern coast. Tropical Storm Haikui has also been forecast to strengthen into a typhoon and is expected to make landfall on China’s Zhejiang Province around 3 September. The scene was captured by the GOES satellite, by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the…
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Mother bear seen with cubs days before being shot
Footage shows the moment a family of bears surprised a crowd in the village of San Sebastiano Dei Marsi, in Italy’s Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park. The mother bear has since been shot dead by a man with a rifle, who told park rangers that he was scared after the animal strayed onto his…
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Paris says au revoir to rental e-scooters
By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris A ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in Paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the French capital. Almost 90% of those who took part in April’s vote over the issue were in favour of the ban – but…
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Johannesburg fire: Fresh search for victims in South Africa
By Samantha Granville BBC News, Johannesburg South African firefighters have gone back inside the Johannesburg building destroyed by fire on Thursday to see if they can find any more bodies. The blaze, in the overcrowded and condemned five-storey building, claimed 74 lives, including 12 children. The fire service says it wants to be sure that…
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Thaksin: Former Thai PM’s prison sentence reduced to a year
By Nicholas Yong & Jonathan Head In Singapore and Bangkok Thailand’s King has reduced the eight-year prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a year. Mr Thaksin, who returned home last month after 15 years of self-imposed exile, was immediately sent to jail. He was then moved to the luxury wing of a…
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Ukraine war: Drone attack on Pskov airbase from inside Russia
By Robert Greenall BBC News The drone attack on an airbase in the Russian city of Pskov on Tuesday was launched from inside Russia, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has said. Kyrylo Budanov said two Ilyushin cargo planes were destroyed and two damaged. Russia says four were damaged. Mr Budanov did not say whether the attack…
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X, formerly Twitter, to collect biometric and employment data
By Chris Vallance Technology reporter, BBC News X, formerly known as Twitter, will collect biometric data on its users, such as a photograph of their face, in an update to its privacy policy. People signed up to its subscription service, X Premium, can choose to provide a selfie and photo ID for verification. The policy…