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Cat and dog influencers help Ukrainians cope with war
DSNS By Vitaly Shevchenko BBC Monitoring From fundraising to detecting explosives, cats and dogs have been helping Ukrainians deal with the devastating impact of Russia’s invasion. Patron, the mine-sniffing dog, is one of them. He works for Ukraine’s state emergency service – but his mine-clearance skills and apparently disarming charisma have also earned him hundreds…
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Ukraine war: US allows transfer of Danish and Dutch F-16 war planes to Kyiv
Reuters By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News The US has approved the transfer to Ukraine of American-made F-16 fighter jets from Denmark and the Netherlands when Ukrainian pilots are fully trained to operate them. “This way, Ukraine can take full advantage of its new capabilities,” a US state department spokesman said. Ukraine praised the decision it…
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Albania: Italy pays bill for tourists’ dine and dash
Getty Images By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News In a unique act of diplomacy, Italy’s government has settled the restaurant bill of four Italian tourists in Albania who left without paying. The dine and dash in the city of Berat made headlines in both countries. The chatter prompted Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama to raise it…
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Canada wildfires: Residents scramble to flee fires in Kelowna and Yellowknife
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Cabral BBC News An official deadline to evacuate Yellowknife as a wildfire looms on its outskirts has lapsed, as residents scramble to leave by air and road. About 22,000 people – or roughly half the…
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Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature
ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Faarea Masud Business reporter The blocking feature will be removed for users of X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk has announced, claiming the feature “makes no sense”. The X boss said users will still be able to block people from directly messaging them, however. But many people on social media said it will…
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Russia sanctions UK politicians and journalists
BBC Sport By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Russia has banned 54 British nationals and people working for UK organisations from entering the country in retaliation for UK sanctions on its citizens, its foreign ministry says. They include Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer and International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan. A number of journalists from the…
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A week of Canada wildfires – in maps and charts
Reuters This has been – by some distance – the worst wildfire season in Canada’s history. This week, thousands of people in the western and northern parts of the country have been forced to flee their homes. Other have been told to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. There are over 1,000 active…
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Russian priest censured for blessing Stalin statue
Getty Images By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A Russian Orthodox priest is under investigation after he was filmed blessing a new statue of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The incident happened on Tuesday at the unveiling of the eight-metre (26ft) monument in the city of Velikiye Luki. In a statement, the priest’s local diocese said…
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Haitians flee homes in Port-au-Prince as gang violence surges
Reuters By Graeme Baker BBC News Thousands of Haitians have their fled homes in Port-au-Prince amid soaring gang violence that has killed more than 2,400 people so far this year. The UN said that 5,000 fled the Carrefour-Feuilles district this week after gang members took control. Local aid groups meanwhile have stopped vital services as…
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The moment Southwest plane catches fire mid-flight
Video from on board a Southwest Airlines flight show flames bursting near the engine of a Boeing 737 shortly after take-off on a flight from Houston to Cancun on Tuesday. The plane made an emergency landing and safely returned to the airport in Houston. In a statement, Southwest Airlines said the plane had a “mechanical…