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Cologne Catholic diocese clergy and staff used work computers for porn, German media reports
EPA By Graeme Baker BBC News Clergy and staff of the Archdiocese of Cologne tried to browse pornography on work PCs, its archbishop has confirmed. German media said around 1,000 attempts to view restricted sites were logged when the organisation ran a month of tests on its IT security systems. At least one senior clergy…
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Chandrayaan-3: India’s lunar lander Vikram sends close-up photos of Moon
Isro By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi India’s space agency has released latest images of the Moon as its third lunar mission starts descending towards the little-explored south pole. The pictures have been taken by Vikram, Chandrayaan-3’s lander, which began the last phase of its mission on Thursday. Vikram, which carries a rover in its…
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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Deaths from starvation after aid halted
Getty Images By Girmay Gebru in Mekelle & Mercy Juma in Nairobi BBC News At least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen, an official has said. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and the US’s leading aid agency halted food aid…
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Rich Men North of Richmond: The hit song that has divided the US
Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond has become a huge viral hit, and the latest in a series of cultural flashpoints that reflect a deeply divided America, writes Caryn James. In the culture wars that continue to divide US politics, the right wing may have found its latest hero in Oliver Anthony, whether he…
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Watch the treacherous journeys out of wildfire-hit Canada
More than 200 fires are spreading across the Northwest Territories. Thousands of people have been given a deadline to get out and leave their homes behind in Yellowknife, but many started to evacuate in recent days. Watch some of the treacherous journeys people are making in an attempt to escape the fires.
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Georgia investigates threats against Trump jury
Getty Images By Ece Goksedef BBC News Officials in the US state of Georgia are investigating online threats made against members of the grand jury that indicted Donald Trump on Monday. Personal information, including the addresses and photos of the jurors, were shared on right-wing platforms. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said it was aware of…
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Hawaii resident films moments before home overcome by fire
A Hawaii resident filmed the moments before his family home was overcome by fire in Lahaina, on the island of Maui. Ronnia Pilapil shared two videos with the BBC saying he felt lucky just to be alive. After sending his wife and nine-year-old away, Mr Pilapil, 38, had tried to fight the flames himself using…
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Hawaii wildfires: Maui emergency chief quits after sirens criticism
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Holly Honderich BBC News, Maui Maui’s emergency management chief has quit a day after defending his agency’s failure to activate its alarm system in last week’s fatal wildfire. Herman Andaya, who had no prior experience in…
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Drone attack hits building in central Moscow
A Ukrainian drone attack has hit a building in Moscow, causing an explosion that was heard across the city’s business district, Russian officials have said. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences had shot down the drone with its debris falling on the city’s Expo Center. It marks the latest in a series of such attacks…
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Canada wildfire: Yellowknife evacuees turned away from full flights
Reuters By Sam Cabral BBC News Angry residents of Yellowknife have been turned away from packed evacuation flights as a wildfire bears down upon the northern Canadian city. People who waited in hours-long queues to board flights out on Thursday were told by officials to try again on Friday or Saturday. The country’s two major…