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Watch: Rollercoaster rescue captured on video
People were left hanging vertically on the tracks of a 72ft (22m) high rollercoaster after it broke down. The passengers were on Rage at theme park Adventure Island in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, when a carriage got stuck just after 14:00 BST on Friday. The park said its “highly trained team immediately initiated our ride evacuation plan”.…
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Tiger population growing in Himalayan kingdom Bhutan
Getty Images By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Bhutan has reported a marked increase in its wild tiger population, according to the results of a new survey. The latest figures show the tiny Himalayan kingdom is now home to 131 tigers – up 27% from the last count, held in 2015. Experts also found evidence of…
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President Joe Biden acknowledges seventh grandchild for first time
Reuters By James Gregory BBC News President Joe Biden has publicly acknowledged a seventh grandchild for the first time. The four-year-old girl, Navy, is the child of Mr Biden’s son, Hunter, who recently settled a court battle over child support. “Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy,”…
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Taylor Swift Seattle concert generates seismic activity
Getty Images By James Gregory BBC News Taylor Swift’s concerts in the US city of Seattle generated seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, a seismologist has said. The data was recorded at Swift’s sell-out Eras tour performances at Lumen Field on 22 and 23 July. Seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach said the activity was caused…
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Elephant on the loose spotted outside supermarket
An elephant could be seen stomping down a highway in Calabria, southern Italy on Thursday. In video shared with the BBC, the animal appears to be heading towards a supermarket. Local media reports say that the elephant escaped a local circus, and has since been returned. The BBC contacted the police, but authorities avoided addressing…
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South Africa’s Julius Malema celebrates 10 years of the EFF
Getty Images By Nomsa Maseko BBC News, Johannesburg Despite his dismal performance in school and divisive nature, the firebrand leader of South Africa’s second-largest opposition party, Julius Malema, has become a symbol of success for his legion of supporters. This is largely because he has built from scratch his own political party, the left-wing Economic…
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Ukraine war: Missile strikes residential building in Dnipro
Reuters By Marita Moloney BBC News At least five people are understood to have been injured after missiles hit two buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. A BBC team on the ground confirmed the top floor of a large residential tower block was almost completely destroyed in the strike on Friday evening. A…
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Week in pictures: 22-28 July 2023
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/afp ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE Amir Levy/Getty Images Adam Pretty/Getty Images WA Department of Biodiversity/Reuters RAMZI BOUDINA/Reuters DAMIEN STORAN/ REUTERS CARLOS BARRIA/Reuters ZOHRA BENSEMRA/reuters Reuters John Nguyen/PA All photos subject to copyright. Related Topics Documentary photography Photography
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Russia’s new tactic for cutting off Ukraine’s grain
Ukraine Operational Command South By Jake Horton & Tural Ahmedzade BBC Verify Following the Kremlin’s refusal to renew the deal which allowed ships to transport grain across the Black Sea, Russia has started targeting Ukraine’s key alternative export routes along the Danube River. We’ve looked at what grain infrastructure has been targeted and what this…
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Watch: BBC editor’s life in Russia since 2022… on piano
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg has been composing a piece for the piano that charts the dramatic events unfolding around him. In rare moments away from work in Moscow, Steve wrote music to express what he was experiencing in a country transformed by the war…