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Chris Kaba: Home secretary orders review into armed policing
By Aoife Walsh BBC News Suella Braverman has said armed police must not fear “ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties” after a marksman was charged with murder. The home secretary ordered a review into armed policing after dozens of officers in London handed in their weapons, saying they were worried about…
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Kosovo police officer killed in shooting blamed on Serbia
By Marita Moloney BBC News A police officer has been killed and another injured in a shooting in area of Kosovo near Serbia. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the attack in the northern village of Banjska in Leposavic involved “professionals” using heavy weapons. The incident is ongoing, Mr Kurti said. Tensions have run high…
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French rapper MHD gets 12 years in jail for murder
French rapper MHD has been given a 12-year jail term for the murder of a young man in Paris in 2018. A court in the capital found the 29-year-old MHD, real name Mohamed Sylla, guilty of involvement in the gang-related killing of Loic K, 23. The victim was knocked down by MHD’s Mercedes, then beaten…
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Charlie Gladstone: Rishi Sunak is completely wrong on slavery
By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Until recently, Charlie Gladstone had no idea what do about his family’s dark history. At first, the shocking discovery of his great-great-great grandfather’s involvement in slavery did not go beyond private disgust – until a unique opportunity presented itself. He was invited to join a group of slaver descendants confronting…
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Ukraine war: How Zelensky is grappling with Western war fatigue
By James Waterhouse Ukraine correspondent in Kyiv Their relationships might be close, the handshakes might have been firm, but President Volodymyr Zelensky had to roll his sleeves up during his trip to the US and Canada. The latter was the easier end. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to support Ukraine “for as long as it…
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Tom Hanks predicts first baby born on the moon
He may have played astronaut Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, but Tom Hanks’ fascination with the moon goes back to his childhood. Knowing this the producers at immersive experience Lightroom, asked Hanks to write and narrate their newest venture: The Moonwalkers. The show aims to take audiences on their own journey to the moon and…
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Trudeau facing cold reality after lonely week on world stage
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Holly Honderich in Washington This week in New York, as he listened to questions from reporters, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s reliable smile began to fade. Unsurprisingly, nearly all the questions were about India and the…
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Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet’s death still shrouded in mystery
By Gideon Long BBC News Half a century after he died and 12 years after allegations first surfaced that he was murdered on the orders of the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet, the death of Chile’s most famous poet, Pablo Neruda, remains shrouded in mystery. An investigation into it has run for more than a…
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Russell Brand accuser sparks debate about staggered age of consent
By Natasha Preskey, Jemma Crew & Francesca Gillett BBC News At 16, you can’t legally drink alcohol, place a bet or vote in a general election – but you can consent to sex. It has been this way since 1885 in the UK, when the age of consent was raised from 13. For gay and…
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AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo
By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Almendralejo A sleepy town in southern Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge. The pictures were created using photos of the targeted girls fully clothed, many of them taken from their own social…