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Violinist who played during brain surgery reunites with doctor
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jess Warren & PA Media BBC News A woman who played the violin during her brain surgery has been reunited with the surgeon who removed her tumour. Dagmar Turner’s operation in London in January 2020 was…
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How Angus Cloud’s remarkable Euphoria performance showed a star was born
Tributes are pouring in for Cloud, known as Fezco in HBO’s teen drama, following his tragic death. But above all, it should be noted what a captivating screen presence he had, writes Laura Martin. Few shows in the last few years have defined the zeitgeist quite like Euphoria, the HBO high-school drama series that has…
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Paris robbery: Smart-dressed gang stage €10m jewellery raid
Reuters By Paul Kirby BBC News Two men in suits and a woman in a dress have robbed a prestige jeweller’s in the fashionable heart of Paris making off with goods worth millions of euros, reports say. The trio, carrying a handgun equipped with a silencer, targeted the Piaget store at lunchtime in the chic…
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Angus Cloud: How a night-time stroll made Euphoria’s breakout star
Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News On a warm New York summer night, Eléonore Hendricks saw Angus Cloud, the 25-year-old actor who died on Monday, walking down a Manhattan street. It was 2018 and Ms Hendricks was casting a new HBO show called Euphoria, a racy teenage tale of love and loss, addiction and…
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Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette
Health Canada By Chloe Kim BBC News Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit. The warnings, which will be in English and French, will include phrases like “Cigarettes cause cancer” and “Poison in…
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Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken settle case
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News The family of a black woman whose cervical cells were harvested in 1951 without her knowledge and replicated infinitely ever since have reached a settlement with a biotech company. Henrietta Lacks’ cells enabled huge advances in medical science, and the cell line is still being used in research…
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Ukraine war causes birth rate to slump
Getty Images By Robert Plummer BBC News The war in Ukraine has caused the country’s birth rate to fall by 28%, official statistics indicate. In the first six months of 2023, 96,755 children were born there, compared with 135,079 in the first half of 2021. Although the number of new-born babies has been in decline…
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Phoenix gets some relief from heat streak of 31 days over 110F
USA Today Network/Reuters By Chloe Kim BBC News, New York Residents of Phoenix, Arizona have received some brief respite as a 31-day streak of temperatures over 110F (43C) came to an end after monsoon rains. The heat streak ended on Monday when the temperatures maxed out at 108F. Temperatures are expected to rise again later…
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Moscow drone attacks: Residents shrug off skyscraper strikes
Reuters By Laura Gozzi BBC News Towering over Moscow’s golden church domes and Stalin-era skyscrapers is the uber-modern business district of Moskva-Citi. Located 7.6km (4.7m) from Red Square and the Kremlin, Moscow’s answer to London’s Canary Wharf or New York’s Financial District has been hastily built over the last 20 years. It is now home…
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Darién Gap: Record number of migrants risk jungle crossing
Reuters By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Record numbers of migrants are braving the Darién Gap, a dense stretch of jungle straddling Panama and Colombia. More people have taken the trek so far this year than in all of 2022, Panamanian officials say. Almost a quarter of a million people crossed the wilderness on foot in…