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Brazil: 14 killed after plane crashes in Amazon
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash during bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday. The small propeller plane was nearing the end of its 400km (248 mile) trip between Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and the remote jungle town of Barcelos when it went down.…
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Russell Brand: Comedian says there are things he ‘cannot discuss’ at theatre show
By Chi Chi Izundu at Wembley Park Theatre BBC News “There are obviously some things that I absolutely cannot talk about and I appreciate that you will understand.” Russell Brand was addressing a crowd of 2,000 of his fans at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, part of his Bipolarisation tour – but this was no…
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First grain ships arrive in Ukraine using new route
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Two cargo ships have arrived at a Ukrainian port after travelling through the Black Sea using a new route, Ukrainian port authorities said. They reached Chornomorsk on Saturday, and were due to load 20,000 tonnes of wheat bound for world markets. Officials said it was the first time civilian ships…
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How the fentanyl crisis’ fourth wave has hit every corner of the US
By Nadine Yousif BBC News More Americans than ever are dying from fentanyl overdoses as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crashes through every community, in every corner of the country. It was six years ago that Kim Blake’s son Sean died from an accidental fentanyl overdose in Burlington, Vermont. He was 27 years…
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How will museums of tomorrow tell the Covid pandemic story?
By Laurence Cawley BBC News, East Covid’s arrival in early 2020 threw organisations and businesses into turmoil. But while most workers grappled with furlough, social distancing and working from home, a small band of museum officers sensed history was in the making. This is one museum service’s story of trying to collect items in real-time…
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Your pictures on the theme of ‘reflections’
We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “reflections”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. The next theme is “my garden” and the deadline for entries is 27 September 2023. The pictures will be published later that week and you will be…
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Sudan conflict: Risking lives to bury the dead in Omdurman
By Zeinab Mohammed Salih Khartoum With a dramatic escalation in the war in Sudan between the army and paramilitaries, my family buried my 84-year-old grandmother while bullets were flying over their heads at a graveyard in Omdurman – just across the River Nile from Khartoum. My grandmother was diabetic and her blood pressure fell, but…
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The ‘blindsiding’ DNA test that changed my life
“You revisit every memory, every difficult conversation. Obviously, I had experienced racism sometimes without realising,” Luke explains. Growing up, Luke remembers telling people he was from Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, and they would respond: “No, where are you really from?”
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Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts
By Georgina Rannard, Becky Dale and Erwan Rivault BBC News Climate & Science and Data Journalism Team The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming. “It’s so far outside anything we’ve seen, it’s almost…
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Ken Paxton: Texas Attorney General acquitted of corruption charges
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been acquitted of corruption charges following an impeachment process which divided Republicans governing the US state. Mr Paxton – a Donald Trump ally – can resume his work in elected office after being suspended in May. “The truth could not be buried by mudslinging politicians or their powerful benefactors,”…