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A family’s desperate search for missing Tanzanian student in Israel
By Alfred Lasteck & Natasha Booty BBC News, Dar es Salaam and London The father of a 21-year-old Tanzanian, who has been missing since Hamas militants attacked the kibbutz he was living on in Israel, has told the BBC of his anguish, naming his son publicly for the first time. “The last time I spoke…
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Deadly 158-car pile-up after ‘super fog’ in New Orleans
At least seven people have died after a dense “super fog” caused a huge 158-car pile-up near New Orleans. Twenty-five people were injured in the crash on Interstate 55 in St John the Baptist Parish, said police, who warned the death toll could rise. Thick fog and fumes from multiple marsh fires mingled to reduce…
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Next Mission: Impossible film delayed by a year by US actors’ strike
By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter The latest Mission: Impossible film has been delayed by almost a year after production was halted because of the ongoing Hollywood actors’ strike. The eighth film in the franchise will now be released on 23 May 2025 instead of 28 June 2024, Variety reported. Work on numerous major US films…
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Blackpink star Jisoo announces break up with actor Ahn Bo-hyun
By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News One of K-Pop’s biggest stars, Blackpink singer Jisoo, and Korean actor Ahn Bo-hyun have ended their relationship. Jisoo’s representatives told South Korean media she and Ahn had separated, only two months after they said they were dating. K-pop stars rarely reveal much about their private lives, and their announcement shocked…
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Brazil drought reveals ancient rock carvings of human faces
By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A drop in water levels of the Amazon has revealed rock carvings which had been mostly submerged since they were carved more than a thousand years ago. A severe drought means that the human faces carved into rocks on the shore can now be easily spotted. Some had been sighted…
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Seven dead after ‘super fog’ kills seven in New Orleans crash
At least seven people have died after a dense “super fog” caused a huge, 158-car pile-up near New Orleans. Thick fog and fumes from multiple marsh fires mingled to reduce visibility for drivers commuting on Monday. Twenty-five people were injured in the crash on Interstate 55 in St John the Baptist Parish, said police, who…
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Released Israeli hostage shakes her captor’s hand
A woman who was held captive by Hamas since 7 October shook her captor’s hand and said shalom – goodbye in Hebrew, or literally “peace”. Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, is a peace activist. She and her husband Oded, who is still being held hostage, have spent years helping sick Palestinians in Gaza get to hospital.
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Freed hostage says she was held in ‘spider’s web’ of Gaza tunnels
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. “I went through hell,” says Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother and peace activist released by Hamas on Monday after two weeks in captivity. Mrs Lifschitz and her husband were kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on motorbikes and taken…
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Bedford MP stopped from boarding flight
By Nadia Gyane and David Lynch BBC East and PA Media An MP was stopped from boarding a flight to Canada “because his name was Mohammad”, the Commons has heard. Mohammad Yasin, Labour MP for Bedford, was travelling with a group of MPs as part of a parliamentary delegation last week and said it was…
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STAYC – K-pop group in Rangers tops ‘mix-up’ at Texas gig
A popular K-Pop band appears to have made a mix-up by donning retro Rangers tops at a show in Texas. STAYC were performing in Dallas as part of their US tour. But instead of wearing local baseball team Texas Ranger’s tops, the girl group appeared in 1990s kits worn by Glasgow Rangers. The six-piece group…