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Biden impeachment inquiry: What we know about the case
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Senior Republican Kevin McCarthy has announced a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden claiming they have unearthed a “culture of corruption” surrounding the president. The inquiry will focus on accusations of improper business dealings on the part of the president’s son, Hunter Biden, and on whether the…
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Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar
As ocean temperatures rise, single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar switch from seaweed to sea sponge farming to stay afloat. As a gentle morning breeze blows across the Zanzibar shore, Hindu Simai Rajabu walks through knee-deep water to reach a shallow lagoon off the coast of Jambiani, Tanzania, where her floating sponge farm is…
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How female Fauvists were some of history’s most audacious painters
An art movement of “Wild Beasts” had a woman problem in more ways than one, writes Deborah Nicholls-Lee. She almost always wore black, but in Woman with a Hat (1905) so many colours swirl around the canvas that Amélie Matisse’s dress is an indeterminate shade. She was a brunette, but her hair is a streak…
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Morocco earthquake: Young volunteers answer desperate calls for help
By Nick Beake & Kathy Long BBC News, Taroudant Morocco’s young are powering their country’s desperate relief effort. In Taroudant’s youth centre, volunteers from across the city and beyond have been answering calls for help on social media. Activists with rapidly rising numbers of followers are now coordinating the distribution of aid to the hundreds…
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Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
Images of the often brutal urban landscapes of late 1960s Britain – captured by photographers working for the Architectural Review – can now be seen at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London. Pictures by Ian Berry, Patrick Ward and Tony Ray-Jones, many of which have never been exhibited before, were taken as…
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The app teaching Somalis to read and write
By Sara Monetta BBC News Hodan Artan is patching up the roof of her home, sewing together pieces of fabric of different colours with a blue string. She works as a cleaner in Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa. With the little money she earns, a mud hut with a cloth roof flapping in the wind is all…
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Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes
By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem It is the 30th anniversary of the breakthrough Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. The peace deal led to the creation of the Palestinian Authority, intended to provide interim self-government for just five years while negotiations solved outstanding core issues in the conflict. Today, nearly a decade after…
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Olivia Rodrigo interview: ‘God, what a crazy trajectory’
By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Olivia Rodrigo is a unicorn. With one song, she achieved the sort of overnight success that isn’t supposed to be possible in the modern, fractured music industry. Drivers License, released in January 2021, broke Spotify records in just 24 hours. Then it broke them again. Seven days later, it…
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Cryptoqueen: Accomplice jailed for 20 years for OneCoin financial scam
By Max Matza BBC News A co-founder of the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency has been sentenced to serve 20 years in a US prison. Sebastian Karl Greenwood colluded with others, including the so-called “Cryptoqueen” who is now on the FBI’s top 10 Most Wanted list, officials say. They are accused of scamming more than $4bn (£3.2bn)…
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Selfie takers forced pony off cliff in Gower, farmers says
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Rowenna Hoskin BBC News People taking selfies with ponies at a tourist hotspot caused a new-born foal to fall to its death from a cliff, a farmer has said. Visitors are now being warned not to…