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CCTV shows cars swept away in Libya flooding
Surveillance footage shows the moment cars were swept away by flooding in the Maghar neighbourhood of the Libyan city of Derna. Large parts of the city were devastated when two dams burst in the wake of Storm Daniel. Figures for the number of dead vary from around 6,000 to 11,000 – with thousands still missing.…
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Why is the UK banning American XL Bully dogs?
By Jo Couzens BBC News American Bully XL dogs are to be banned in the UK by the end of the year, the country’s Prime Minster Rishi Sunak has announced. It comes after a man in England died following what Mr Sunak described as “another suspected XL bully attack” on Thursday. It was the latest…
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How grisly thriller Dead Man’s Shoes captured British small-town violence
Now being re-released, Shane Meadows’ 2004 film told a brutal story of warped masculinity and revenge that is still shocking, two decades on. Christina Newland talks to its director. With its seething menace and bleak realism, punctuated by the occasional dose of the surreal, Shane Meadows’ Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) is a uniquely British story of…
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Mexican police officers convicted over 2021 migrant killings
A court in Mexico has convicted 11 ex-police officers of killing a group of migrants near the US border in 2021. The bodies of 17 migrants were found in a burnt-out vehicle in the town of Camargo in Tamaulipas state. Investigators say they were killed as part of a turf war between criminal gangs over…
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Women are returning to work, but there’s more to the story
After experiencing record job loss during the pandemic, women are back to work. But don’t start celebrating yet. Finally, there’s some good news for women workers. After a three-year period that saw their workforce participation plummet – so severe, it was labelled the “she-cession” – scores of women are actively searching for jobs. Many are…
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American bully XL dogs to be banned, Sunak says
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Doug Faulkner BBC News The American bully XL dog is to be banned, the prime minister has announced, following the death of a man in a suspected attack. Rishi Sunak said the dogs were “a danger…
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Greta Thunberg charged after blocking Sweden oil port for second time
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order to leave a protest at a busy port in Sweden, months after she was convicted of a similar offence. She was fined in July…
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Man attacked by two dogs near school in Staffordshire dies
American bully XL dogs are “a danger to our communities”, particularly children, says Rishi Sunak in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter). He says he “shares the nation’s horror” regarding videos of recent dog attacks, including yesterday’s incident which “tragically led to a fatality”. “It’s clear this is not about a handful of badly…
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France: Trial opens over bus driver’s death in face-mask fight
Two men are facing a court in south-west France accused of beating a bus driver to death after they allegedly refused to wear face-masks. The defendants, now aged 24 and 25, are accused of “dealing mortal blows” during the incident in the city of Bayonne in July 2020. Philippe Monguillot, aged 59, died in hospital…
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Apple to update iPhone 12 in France over radiation
By Tom Gerken Technology reporter Apple will update its iPhone 12 in France after fears about radiation, the country’s digital minister says. Jean-Noel Barrot said Apple would deliver a software update for users in the country in the coming days. Sales of iPhone 12 were halted in France after a regulator detected too much electromagnetic…