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Going undercover to reveal people smugglers’ sales tactics
By Reha Kansara, Samrah Fatima & Jasmin Dyer BBC Trending, BBC Urdu & BBC Newsnight “There is nothing to be worried about. Whether they’re 12 or 18 years old, we take guys of these ages too.” A people smuggler in Quetta, who arranges illegal routes out of Pakistan, is explaining his business model to an…
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Fisherman missing for two weeks found in raft and ate salmon to survive
By Max Matza BBC News, Seattle A fisherman who had been missing for nearly two weeks has been found alive floating in a life raft about 70 miles (110km) off the west coast of the US. Good Samaritans found the fisherman on Thursday, the US Coast Guard Pacific Northwest said in a statement one day…
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Israel angrily dismisses UN truce resolution on Gaza
By George Wright & Antoinette Radford BBC News Israel has angrily dismissed a UN resolution urging a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza, vowing that it will continue to defend itself. The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly called for an immediate humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas. Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said the UN no longer held…
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Negotiations appear to have stopped
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas, with Qatar acting as an intermediary, appear to have stopped. There had been hope of movement earlier in the day, said the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen in Israel, but since the announcement of Israel’s new offensive they appeared to have ground to a halt. He added that, while the Israeli offensive…
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Evelyn Hollow: ‘Don’t call me a ghost hunter’
By Craig Williams BBC Scotland Are you team believer? Or team sceptic? This is the question Evelyn Hollow asks in her hit BBC radio and TV series Uncanny. The 30-year-old from Livingston investigates ghost stories and other paranormal experiences in a bid to find the answers. The series’ resident parapsychologist, she is an empathetic companion…
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Explosions, rockets and Gazans out of reach
Israel said on Friday evening that its ground forces were “expanding operations”, as strikes on Gaza intensified. Rockets were also fired from within the Gaza Strip. Communication and power networks went down at around the same time, meaning residents in Gaza could not be contacted. Video by Alex Smith.
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Authorities release names of Maine shooting victims
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police have released the names of the 18 victims fatally shot on Wednesday, the deadliest US mass shooting this year. A grandfather and avid bowler, and four members of Maine’s deaf community, are among the dead. Those…
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George Santos pleads not guilty to additional charges
By Kayla Epstein BBC News Congressman George Santos pleaded not guilty to 10 additional federal charges during a court appearance Friday. In a superseding indictment earlier this month, prosecutors accused Mr Santos of wire fraud, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and other crimes. Mr Santos was first indicted in May, and…
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Doubt cast on indigenous roots of Buffy Sainte-Marie
By Chloe Kim BBC News Canada’s public broadcaster has published a bombshell investigation that calls into doubt the indigenous ancestry of Buffy Sainte-Marie. The folk singer and activist, who rose to fame in the 1960s, has long claimed indigenous ancestry from Canada. She has said she was adopted by a white American couple as a…
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US says a Chinese plane caused danger of collision
US military says that a Chinese aircraft flew at an ‘excessive speed’ within 10ft (3m) of a US aircraft conducting a routine operation over the South China Sea. The US Indo-Pacific Command accused the Chinese pilot of flying in an ‘unprofessional manner,’ that put both aircrafts in danger of a collision.