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The Beatles to release emotional ‘final song’, Now and Then, next week
By Paul Glynn & Mark Savage BBC News Entertainment More than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the band have announced the release of their “last song”. Called Now And Then, it is based on a 1970s demo recording by John Lennon, and was completed last year by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo…
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Assessing Israel’s overnight raid of the Gaza Strip
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The overnight raid into the Gaza Strip by Israeli tanks, infantry and armoured engineering units was not the first since the 7 October Hamas attack on southern Israel, but it was certainly the largest. It had several stated purposes. “Through the raid, we eliminated terrorists, we neutralised threats, dismantled…
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KFC shuts Lesotho stores over South Africa bird flu
By Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News KFC has announced it is closing all its restaurants in Lesotho amid a severe outbreak of bird flu in neighbouring South Africa. Lesotho’s government has banned all poultry imports from the country, which KFC says has “severely impacted” its supply of chicken. KFC says its chickens come from farms…
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How delay to Israel offensive benefits US
By Barbara Plett Usher BBC State Department correspondent The Israeli prime minister’s ambiguous announcement of a Gaza ground invasion suits the United States – and is almost certainly influenced by it. Benjamin Netanyahu gave no timeline for the offensive, but CBS, the BBC’s US partner, has learned that it’s been delayed. Washington has been coy…
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Two Tanzanians and one South African among Hamas hostages, says Israel
Two Tanzanians and a South African are among the 224 hostages being held by Hamas after the 7 October attacks in Israel, the Israeli government says. None of the three have been named. Tanzania’s ambassador to Israel has confirmed that two of its citizens have been taken hostage. The BBC has spoken to the father…
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Hurricane Otis: Mexico assesses damage after storm
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News At least 27 people were killed by Hurricane Otis, which made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Wednesday, officials say. Four more people have been reported missing, the security secretary said. Acapulco…
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Ukraine war: Russians likely targeted Khmelnytsky nuclear plant
By Ido Vock BBC News A Russian drone attack on western Ukraine likely targeted a nuclear power plant, President Volodymyr Zelensky says. Iranian-designed Shahed drones struck the area around the power plant in the western Khmelnytsky region early on Wednesday, he said. The attack injured 20 people and caused light damage, including broken windows. The…
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Wael Al-Dahdouh: Al Jazeera reporter’s family killed in Gaza strike
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News The family of an Al Jazeera news reporter has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, the network has confirmed. Wael Al-Dahdouh’s wife, son and daughter were all killed at a refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera said in a statement. It later reported that…
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Hurricane Otis: The mystery of why storms suddenly intensify
Hurricane Otis rapidly transformed from a tropical storm into a devastating category five hurricane. Cutting-edge saildrones are helping to reveal how this process happens. Hurricane Otis made landfall on the coast of southern Mexico on Wednesday as a category five hurricane, battering towns and cities in its path with 165mph (270km/h) winds. It has caused…
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China: Police rescue 1,000 cats, bust illicit trade of feline meat
By Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore Police in China have rescued more than 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as pork or mutton, state-affiliated media report. Acting on a tip from animal welfare activists, police intercepted the truck that was carrying the felines in the eastern city of Zhangjiagang. The cats were moved to…