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Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals
Getty Images By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. The government is seeking to update the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016. It wants messaging services to clear security features with…
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Hollywood strike: Actors accuse NBCUniversal of turning up heat in tree row
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter Film and TV giant NBCUniversal has denied trying to stop striking actors and writers protesting outside its studios by cutting trees that provided shade during blazing temperatures. Treegate, as the row has been dubbed, is a sign of growing tensions between Hollywood studios and artists. Los Angeles city controller…
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Johannesburg explosion: Concern over second suspected gas explosion
Reuters By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg South African authorities are concerned there could be a second explosion in Johannesburg’s business district, after one person died and 48 were injured in a large blast on Wednesday. Videos show a main road split wide open from the force of the explosion, with several vehicles blown onto…
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World will miss 1.5C warming limit
Joaquin Sarmiento/Getty Images By Esme Stallard & Justin Rowlatt BBC News Climate and Science A leading British climate scientist has told the BBC he believes the target to limit global warming to 1.5C will be missed. Professor Sir Bob Watson, former head of the UN climate body, told the BBC’s Today programme he was “pessimistic”.…
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Manipur: The ugly truth behind India video of sexual assault
Getty Images By Sharanya Hrishikesh & Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi The emergence of a horrific video that shows two naked women being paraded and molested by a mob in the violence-hit Indian state of Manipur has highlighted who often pays the highest price during conflict. Warning: This article contains details some readers may find…
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Travis King: North Korea ‘not responding to calls’ on missing soldier, says US
Reuters By Kelly Ng & Jean Mackenzie in Singapore and Seoul North Korea is not responding to attempts to negotiate the release of a US soldier who fled over its heavily-armed border, Washington says. Private Travis King crossed the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea on Tuesday. The Pentagon had contacted North Korea,…
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Police search for suspected lion roaming Berlin area
Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News Police are searching for a wild animal in the south-western outskirts of Berlin after a big cat, believed to be a lioness, was spotted in the area. A video posted on Twitter on Wednesday morning appears to show a lioness in a forest in the Kleinmachnow area. Residents are…
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Xi Jinping meets Henry Kissinger as US seeks to defrost China ties
Reuters By Tessa Wong Asia Digital Reporter, BBC News Chinese president Xi Jinping has met former top diplomat Henry Kissinger, as the US pursues warmer ties with China. Mr Kissinger’s surprise trip to the Chinese capital comes amid a flurry of visits by top US officials. The former secretary of state, who is 100 years…
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Auckland shooting: Renewed debate on rising NZ crime rate
EPA By Derek Cai and Fan Wang BBC News, Singapore New Zealand police have named the gunman in the Auckland shooting that killed two and injured at least 10. Police say Matu Tangi Matua Reid, 24, was under house arrest and has a history of domestic violence. The incident – in a country where gun…
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Watch the moment divers free trapped whale sharks
Underwater footage captured the moment divers freed five whale sharks in waters off Indonesia. Whale sharks are thought to be the largest species of fish but their numbers are decreasing, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.