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Mukesh Ambani succession plan: The new generation taking over from Asia’s richest man
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi For months, the world has been captivated by the last season of Succession, the Emmy-winning TV drama on the lives of the corporate élite. But in India, a real-life succession plan, involving a fortune of billions of dollars, is making news. The three children of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest…
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Are US politicians too old? Voters weigh in
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A recent health scare for Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has reignited a debate about the age of America’s leading political figures. The 81-year-old appeared to freeze for the second time in just over a month this week while speaking to reporters. In the US, the average…
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Johannesburg fire: Hijacks and death traps in a crumbling South African city centre
By Samantha Granville BBC News, Johannesburg Johannesburg’s Central Business District is filled with buildings that look on the brink of collapse. Windows are boarded up and walls are covered in graffiti. Streets are filled with detritus – food wrappers, empty beer bottles, cigarette butts – and a foul smell of rotten food combined with urine…
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Four sons set out on a perilous migration route. Only one came home
By Joel Gunter in Fass Boye, Senegal Adama and Moussa Sarr had lost track of the exact number of days they had been at sea. The brothers were drifting somewhere off the coast of West Africa, in a traditional Senegalese fishing canoe known as a pirogue. They were two of 39 passengers in total –…
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Threats, insults, and Kremlin ‘robots’: How Russian diplomacy died under Putin
By Sergey Goryashko, Elizaveta Fokht and Sofiya Samokhina BBC Russian Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed. In the years leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, their role reduced to echoing the Kremlin’s aggressive rhetoric. BBC Russian asks…
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Why Henry Ford imported a Cotswold cottage to Michigan
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jonathan Holmes BBC News Many of us enjoy taking souvenirs home from our holidays, but when you are the world’s richest man the souvenirs can be much bigger. In the 1920s Henry Ford, the founder of…
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Why your burger may not always look like the advert
By Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Chris is a big burger fan. He’ll get one on the way home if it’s late. Or for dinner with the kids. Or sometimes just for a quick snack to fill a hole. Yet more than once he has found himself sending pictures of his dinner to friends…
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Your pictures on the theme of ‘recycled’
We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “recycled”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. The next theme is “reflections” and the deadline for entries is 12 September 2023. The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able…
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Former top US diplomat Bill Richardson dies aged 75
By Malu Cursino BBC News Former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson has died aged 75, his foundation has announced. Serving under President Bill Clinton, he won admiration for his commitment to securing the release of US citizens detained around the world. He continued that work out of politics, last year travelling to Moscow…
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Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky held in anti-corruption drive
By James Gregory BBC News One of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs is to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. Ihor Kolomoisky is alleged to have transferred $14m (£11.1m) abroad over seven years, using banks he controlled. His lawyers say he will not post bail and will appeal…