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Girlhood: The viral agony aunt site for teens blowing up on TikTok
Getting frozen out of a group chat. Moving on from your ex. Romantic feelings for your best friend. They’re daily problems for many teenagers around the world. But what if you want to talk about them without spreading drama? That was the question Sophia Rundle and Mia Sugimoto, founders of the viral blog Girlhood, wanted…
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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to be sentenced for Capitol riot
By Mike Wendling BBC News, Washington The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group will be sentenced on Tuesday for his role in the US Capitol riot. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 39, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges. Tarrio wasn’t present in Washington during the riot on 6 January 2021, having been arrested…
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Ukraine: ‘First’ British Challenger 2 tank hit
A video shared on social media and analysed by BBC Verify shows a badly-damaged British-made tank. The footage shows smoke pouring from the vehicle on the side of a road. A Western defence source confirmed to the BBC the video shows a Challenger 2 tank and that all crew survived. BBC Verify has not confirmed…
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Danelo Cavalcante: Pennsylvania schools close as manhunt for convicted murderer expands
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Authorities in Pennsylvania have closed two school districts as a manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from prison on 31 August enters its sixth day. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was spotted twice overnight on Monday, police said. The Brazilian national was sentenced to life in prison just last…
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Rédoine Faïd trial: Top security for French ‘jailbreak king’
By Paul Kirby BBC News One of France’s most notorious gangsters has gone on trial in Paris amid tight security for breaking out of prison by helicopter five years ago. Such is Rédoine Faïd’s reputation for jailbreaks, French authorities have deployed an elite unit of gendarmes to stop him absconding on his way to and…
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British Challenger 2 tank ‘hit’ in Ukraine
By Thomas Spencer & Alex Murray BBC Verify A video shared on social media and analysed by BBC Verify shows a badly-damaged British-made tank. A western defence source confirmed to the BBC the footage shows a Challenger 2 tank and that all crew survived. It is the first verified sighting of a Challenger 2 on…
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Conservationist group African Parks to free 2,000 rhinos from South Africa farm
By Muthoni Muchiri BBC News Conservation group African Parks plans to release 2,000 southern white rhinos into the wild after buying the world’s largest private captive rhino breeding operation in South Africa. The giant animals, the second-largest land mammal, are considered to be under extreme pressure due to poaching. There are thought to be 18,000…
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French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
By Hugh Schofield In París The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week. Most of the girls agreed to change into other clothes. According to official figures, 298 girls – mainly aged 15 or…
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Venice Film Festival: The controversial directors stirring debate
What does the appearance at this year’s Venice Film Festival of Luc Besson, Roman Polanski and Woody Allen say about the European and US film industry’s contrasting attitudes to controversy, asks Nicholas Barber. Among the many big-name premieres at the Venice Film Festival this year are Roman Polanski’s satirical farce, The Palace, Luc Besson’s dark…
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Trial begins for Canada ‘Freedom Convoy’ organisers
By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto The trial for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy protest that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks in 2022 is set to begin on Tuesday. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber each face counts of mischief and obstructing police. The two were part of a group that led a convoy…