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SAD: Weatherman Derek Brockway on combating his winter sadness
By Derek Brockway BBC Wales weatherman As a weather person I love telling people about the changing seasons – from heatwaves to blizzards and everything in between. But as the days get shorter I – like many others – feel low. I think I might have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The cold, wet weather means…
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Biden and Australia’s Albanese meet at White House to strengthen alliance
By Phil McCausland BBC News, Washington President Joe Biden discussed national security, climate change and technology with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting on Wednesday. “Australia and America stand ready to do the hard work, the historic work, to tackle the challenges we face,” Mr Biden said after the meeting. The leaders also…
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Itaewon crush: Survivors are still tormented a year on
By Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent One year on from the horrific crowd crush that killed nearly 160 young people, Lee Ju-hyun returned to the alleyway where she almost died. She visits regularly, determined to keep her memories of that awful night alive until justice has been served. It was Halloween weekend, and more than 100,000…
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George Washington University protest on Israel-Gaza war stirs outrage
By Jude Sheerin BBC News A prestigious US college has disavowed a campus protest over the Israel-Gaza war after it provoked accusations of antisemitism. Police were called on Tuesday night to stop demonstrators projecting slogans on to the side of a library at George Washington University. The college said the protest had violated its policy…
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Omer and Omar: How two 4-year-olds were killed and social media denied it
By Marianna Spring BBC disinformation and social media correspondent In the opening days of the Israel-Gaza war two small boys, both aged four, were killed. One was Israeli, one Palestinian. But many posts I saw on social media weren’t mourning their deaths – instead, they were trying to deny the killings had taken place. Omar…
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‘My family is in Gaza’: Solo vigil sparks protests
Avichai Brodutch thought his whole family had been killed when Kibbutz Kfar Aza was attacked by Hamas but a message from a neighbour raised hope that they were still alive. When Avichai began a solo vigil outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv others began to join him. Video produced by Anastassia Zlatpolskai and…
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The Paulding Light: A US mystery you can see but not touch
As night falls in Northern Michigan, crowds gather in a remote spot off US Highway 45. The reason? To see what might be the most punctual ghost in the world. Whether it’s a sea serpent in a Scottish Loch or a woman in white haunting the battlements of a Civil War fortress, denizens of the…
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Humanity blasted and broken: Gaza through a medic’s eyes
By Fergal Keane BBC News, Jerusalem Warning: This article contains distressing content There is nothing on his face to convey what he has seen. The lifeless bodies of children pulled from the rubble. The tents filled with the dead wrapped in white shrouds. Buildings flattened by the devastating force of air strikes. Mahmoud Badawi has…
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Judge fines Trump $10,000 for violating gag order
By Kayla Epstein & Chloe Kim reporting from court A New York judge fined Donald Trump $10,000 (£8,250) over remarks he had made to the press earlier on Wednesday. Mr Trump had accused the judge and the person “sitting alongside him” of being “very partisan”. Judge Arthur Engoron found those comments violated a gag order…
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Who is the Trump-backed new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson?
By Nadine Yousif BBC News After several unsuccessful candidates and a chaotic three weeks, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson has managed to unite his party behind him as the new Speaker of the House. The social conservative lawmaker has allies among the most fiery right-wing figures in American politics, including former President Donald Trump. But his…