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Who are the 18 others charged alongside Donald Trump in Georgia?
Reuters By Robert Greenall BBC News As former US President Donald Trump is charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, who are the other 18 people accused along with him? The lawyers Rudy Giuliani Perhaps the best known of the co-accused, the former mayor of New York City was a personal…
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Maui fire: ‘The other side of that wall are corpses’
Reuters By Sophie Long & Regan Morris BBC News, Lahaine, Maui Just half a mile away from the fire line that marks the edge of the devastation in Lahaina, an unofficial aid operation has sprung up to provide much-needed food to people in need. The death toll from the fire on the Hawaiian island of…
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Canadian donair sandwich costume sells for $16,000
Government of Alberta By Nadine Yousif & Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto A dusty costume of a tinfoil wrapped donair sandwich has sold in Canada for C$16,025 ($11,900; £9,400). The strangeness of the listing – and the fact it depicts a beloved Canadian street food – captured hearts when it was posted online on an…
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Hawaii wildfires: Your questions answered
Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Rebuilding will take a long time. At the moment, efforts are still focused on recovery. But it will likely take many years to rebuild, and billions of dollars. Estimates say 80% of Lahaina is gone. Then there is the question of how to do it. Lahaina is the historic capital of…
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Bobbi Althoff: Who is the TikToker who interviewed Drake in bed?
Getty Images By Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat If you’ve been scrolling through social media recently, chances are you’ll have seen clips of Bobbi Althoff pop up. The 26-year-old US TikToker turned podcaster has gone from sharing pregnancy updates to interviewing rappers at the top of their game. Her videos have had over 100 million views…
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Barbie banned from Algerian cinemas for corrupting morals
Getty Images By Cecilia Macaulay BBC News Algeria has banned the popular Barbie film three weeks after its release in the mainly Muslim North African nation. The culture ministry has asked cinemas to withdraw the Hollywood blockbuster immediately. The movie promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria’s religious and cultural beliefs, an official source…
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Trump indictments: A very simple guide to his four big legal cases
Getty Images By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Former President Donald Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges and will go on trial several times in the next 18 months. His legal problems are mounting as he campaigns to become president again in the 2024 election. Here’s a guide to what is going on. What just…
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‘You’re kind of raised to hate tourists’: Maui fires bring island tensions to a head
Holly Honderich/BBC By Holly Honderich & Max Matza in Maui BBC News After wildfires devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the US, officials warned visitors to stay away. But thousands remained and others continued to fly in, angering residents in the wake of the tragedy.…
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Second Ecuador politician killed in less than a week
Reuters By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A local party leader has been killed in Ecuador, the second politician to be assassinated in the space of a week. Pedro Briones was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at his home in northern Esmeraldas province. His killing comes just five days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio…
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Suspected Russian spies held in major UK security investigation
BBC/LinkedIn/Biser By Daniel De Simone & Jeremy Britton BBC News Three suspected spies for Russia in the UK have been arrested and charged in a major national security investigation, the BBC can reveal. The defendants, all Bulgarian nationals, were held in February and have been remanded in custody since. It is alleged they were working…