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Rolling Stones set to launch new album, Hackney Diamonds
By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Wild Horses couldn’t hold them back: The Rolling Stones will return with Hackney Diamonds, their first album of original songs since 2005. The band will launch the record on Wednesday at a special event in Hackney, a place that is “at the heart of the new album”, per a…
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Vietnam pilot who disregarded direct order gets Medal of Honor
By Nadine Yousif BBC News US President Joe Biden has awarded the nation’s highest military medal to a Vietnam War helicopter pilot who disregarded a direct order and saved his comrades. Retired Army Captain Larry Taylor, 81, received the Medal of Honor at the White House. In 1968, he flew his Cobra attack chopper into…
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Kenya’s Lake Baringo: Surviving hippo and crocodile attacks
By Mercy Juma BBC News, Lake Baringo Joseph Atuma had fished in Lake Baringo since he was 12 and, despite one or two encounters with hippos and crocodiles, none had ever attacked him until one evening in September 2018, when a hippo tore through his canoe, grabbed his left leg, and ripped part of it…
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Alex Murdaugh appeals his conviction alleging jury tampering
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son, has filed an appeal against his conviction, alleging jury tampering during his trial. His attorneys say a county…
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Starfield creator on ‘choice anxiety’, long games and exclusive titles
By Steffan Powell Gaming correspondent “I had a moment of realisation of just how much we’d have to design, there’s a lot of space in space!” Todd Howard, game director of Skyrim and Fallout 4, is speaking to the BBC ahead of the launch of his most ambitious project to date. Starfield is a sprawling…
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The CEOs drawing a hard line on return-to-office policies
Some companies are staying flexible about coming back to the office – but others are putting their foot down in a way they haven’t since the pandemic. Throughout the past couple of years, many employers have been relatively lenient about office returns, even in stricter industries like finance and consulting. In response, employees have largely…
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Ukraine war: Cyber-teams fight a high-tech war on front lines
By Gordon Corera BBC Security correspondent Ukraine cyber-operators are being deployed on the front lines of the war, duelling close-up with their Russian counterparts in a new kind of high-tech battle. “We have people who are directly involved in combat,” says Illia Vitiuk, the head of the Ukrainian Security Service’s (SBU) cyber department. Speaking inside…
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Brazilian state reels after worst cyclone disaster
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News Torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone have left at least 21 people dead in southern Brazil, with more flooding expected. The governor of Rio Grande do Sul said it was…
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The Iraqi YouTube star killed by her father
By Gem O’Reilly Digital reporter Young, vibrant and bubbly, YouTuber Tiba al-Ali became a hit with her fun-loving videos about her life. She started her channel after moving from her native Iraq to Turkey at the age of 17 in 2017, talking about her independence, her fiancé, make-up and other things. Tiba appeared happy and…
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Leicester City helicopter crash caused by ‘sequence of failures’
By Will Jefford BBC News The pilot of the helicopter that crashed outside Leicester City’s stadium, killing five people including its chairman, said “I’ve no idea what’s going on” as it spun out of control. Eric Swaffer, 53, made the comment before the helicopter hit the ground outside the King Power Stadium on 27 October…