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How worrying is a Russia-Kim Jong Un alliance?
By Jean Mackenzie BBC News, Seoul North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s reported plans to visit Russia this month have caused concern among the US and its allies. He and President Vladimir Putin intend to discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, US officials say. On…
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Kyoto Animation fire: Man admits setting 2019 blaze
By Kelly Ng BBC News A Japanese man has pleaded guilty to starting a fire at a popular animation studio that killed 36 people. The Kyoto Animation studio blaze on 18 July 2019 was one of Japan’s worst-ever murder cases. Many of those killed were young animators trapped on the upper floor, and another 32…
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Watch: Huge queues as Burning Man exodus begins
People were finally able to leave Burning Man festival in Nevada on Monday, after wet conditions eased. Heavy rain had caused a mud bath, with rainfall near the end of last week thought to have been the heaviest since the festival began more than 30 years ago. Drone footage shows huge queues of people heading…
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China: Great Wall damaged by workers looking for shortcut
By Fan Wang BBC News A part of China’s Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers in central Shanxi province, who used an excavator to dig through it. Police say two people are suspected of trying to create a shortcut for their construction work. The two have been detained and the case is…
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New Zealand: Plate-sized surgical tool left in woman’s abdomen for 18 months
By Kelly Ng BBC News A device “the size of a dinner plate” was left in the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she gave birth via a Caesarean in an Auckland hospital. The Alexis wound retractor – a soft tubal instrument used to hold open surgical wounds – was only removed 18…
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Ukraine’s Olena Zelenska tells of war’s impact on family life
By Yalda Hakim & Mattea Bubalo BBC News Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska has told the BBC of the emotional impact Russia’s invasion and the resulting war has had on her family. In a highly personal interview, she said it was hard to see her children live in uncertainty, unable to plan for their futures.…
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Ukraine war: Sergei Surovikin ‘seen in first photo’ since Wagner mutiny
By George Wright BBC News A photo posted online appears to show a Russian general who has not been seen in public since a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in June. Sergei Surovikin is said to have been close to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last month. There have…
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Family courts: ‘We kidnapped our kids from abusive dads and fled the UK’
By Ed Thomas Special correspondent A growing number of women who say their children were handed to abusive partners by England and Wales’ family courts have abducted them and fled to Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus. The BBC spoke to six of them to investigate some of their stories. “I’m told there is an arrest warrant out…
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Wegovy: Weight-loss drug firm becomes Europe’s most valuable
By Mariko Oi Business reporter The maker of weight-loss drug, Wegovy, has become Europe’s most valuable firm dethroning the French luxury conglomerate LVMH. Shares rose after the Danish pharmaceutical giant, Novo Nordisk, launched the popular drug in the UK. At the close of trading on Monday, the firm had a stock market valuation of $428bn…