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Beatles: George Harrison’s mum ‘disgusted’ by screaming fans
Getty Images A letter from Beatle George Harrison’s mother saying she was “disgusted” at how fans screamed through one of the band’s gigs is up for sale. In the letter Louise Harrison shared her reactions after watching the band perform in Manchester in 1963. “Nobody with any sense would pay and queue for a ticket…
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Taiwan vice president is ‘troublemaker’, says Beijing
Getty Images By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore China has called Taiwan’s vice president William Lai a “troublemaker” for his ongoing visit to the US. Mr Lai, a frontrunner in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election, visited the US on his way to Paraguay. Beijing, which considers Taiwan a breakaway province, has increasingly voiced its disapproval of…
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Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home
By Yolande Knell BBC News Middle East correspondent As tens of thousands of Israelis continue to join weekly protests over the government’s highly controversial plans to change the justice system, as many as one in three citizens are thinking of leaving the country, according to a poll. Professor Chen Hofmann is one of them. Together…
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When a ‘fire hurricane’ hit, Maui’s warning sirens never sounded
Reuters By Holly Honderich and Max Matza Reporting from Maui, Hawaii Lahaina, once Hawaii’s royal capital, is now a crematorium. “We pick up remains and they fall apart,” said Maui County police chief John Pelletier on Saturday, four days after a massive wildfire tore downhill through dry brush and grass and engulfed the island’s western…
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Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo
Getty Images By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A 13-year-old boy has survived after slipping and falling nearly 100ft (30m) at the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona. It took rescue crews two hours to pull Wyatt Kauffman to safety on Tuesday after falling off a ledge at the popular tourist site’s North Rim.…
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India-Pakistan partition: How aeroplanes played a crucial role
Getty Images By Soutik Biswas India correspondent In his 1974 novel Tamas (Darkness), a vivid portrayal of the bloody partition of India, author Bhisham Sahni vividly depicts the atmosphere changing in a violence-wracked village as a plane circles above it thrice. “People ventured out. The fighting seemed to have stopped and dead bodies were being…
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Maui fires: Frustration mounts over relief effort
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By John Sudworth in Maui BBC News For those still living inside Hawaii’s disaster zone on the western side of the island of Maui, there’s one vital lifeline to the outside world; volunteer effort. Standing at the…
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire: The 1961 film that predicted a ‘boiling planet’
Released in 1961, the cult British sci-fi film The Day the Earth Caught Fire offers a stark warning that resonates with a heating planet today, writes Gregory Wakeman. Over the last few weeks, record heatwaves have scorched the US, Europe, and China, so much so that the beginning of July had the hottest week the…
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Egypt Rabaa killings pain lingers 10 years on
AFP Ten years ago, hundreds of people, mostly civilians, were killed when Egyptian forces violently dispersed a sit-in protest by supporters of the recently ousted Islamist president. The crackdown on followers of Mohammed Morsi was one of the bloodiest incidents of its kind, and one of Egypt’s darkest moments. As BBC Arabic’s Sally Nabil reports…
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Which is the best position to sleep in?
Some swear by a night on their side, others on their back. But which sleeping position is the best for a good night’s rest? If you live anywhere affected by the recent heatwaves, you may well have spent your nights tossing and turning, trying out different sleeping positions in an attempt to get comfortable. But…