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Australia helicopter crash: Four military aircrew missing
Four people are missing after a military helicopter crashed off the coast of Queensland in Australia. The incident took place during a night-time training exercise between the Australian and US military off Lindeman Island on Friday night. Defence Minister Richard Marles said a search and rescue mission was immediately launched. “The four air crew are…
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Fraughan fool: Ireland’s whipped cream and local berry treat
Every August, Ireland’s sweet and juicy blueberry-like fraughans are harvested and made into a rippled whipped cream and berry dessert. Along hedgerows and up Ireland’s boggy hillsides grow small, wild berries, sweetened by summer sun and heralding the beginning of harvest. These purple berries are known as fraughans, from the Irish fraochán. Other names include…
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Sexual assault survivors laud Biden order reforming military justice
Chip Somodevilla By Chloe Kim BBC News, New York Madison Cunningham, now 21, said she joined the Army to escape her hometown, travel and pay for college. Shortly after enlisting, she was sexually assaulted in April 2021 by someone in her battalion at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg in North Carolina, . She was sexually…
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Extraordinary photos of July’s extreme weather
It is a summer of extremes. Burning temperatures followed by raging fires. Wild storms and torrential rain. And a run of broken climate records. The impact on millions has been clear. People forced to seek shelter indoors from the blazing sun. Drought and water supplies running low. Homes gutted by flames and destroyed by floods.…
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Stack Rock Fort: Victorian island reclaimed by nature
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nicola Bryan BBC News Just off the Pembrokeshire coast lies a long-deserted island fort that has slowly been reclaimed by nature. For decades Stack Rock Fort off Milford Haven has been disturbed only by gulls and…
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Inside a 19th Century island time capsule
This is Stack Rock Fort, on an island that has slowly been reclaimed by nature. Just off Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, it offers a rare glimpse inside a 19th Century structure disturbed only by gulls. Its new owner has invited photographer Steve Liddiard to take a look inside. “It takes your breath away. It doesn’t…
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US heatwave: Scorching heat strains US air conditioning capacity
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Energy providers are warning Americans to be frugal with air-conditioning this weekend, as intense heat and increased demand could lead to blackouts. Nearly 200 million Americans are under “dangerously hot…
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Sudha Murty: Why her comment over spoons divided Indians
Getty Images By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Food is used across the world to unite people. But in India, a comment from popular author, philanthropist and educator Sudha Murty on her food habits has set social media abuzz with a lively debate about vegetarianism. The lives of Ms Murty and her husband – Indian…
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Lee Meng-chu: Taiwan businessman accused of spying in China is freed
By Joy Chang BBC Chinese Tears ran down Lee Meng-chu’s face as he got ready to board a plane at Beijing airport on Monday. The flight out of China marked the end of a harrowing ordeal for the Taiwanese businessman who had been held in the country for more than 1,400 days. “I felt a…
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Trump, DeSantis and other Republican rivals to share Iowa stage
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News Republican presidential hopefuls will share a stage for the first time in the 2024 White House race at an Iowa campaign event. Chief rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis will headline the fundraiser at a state Republican party fundraiser. Mr Trump and a dozen other candidates will each…