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Singapore: City-state rocked by rare political scandals
Reuters By Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore Singapore, known for its political stability, has been rocked by a string of rare political scandals. Last week, a senior minister was arrested in a graft probe, the first in four decades to be implicated in such an investigation. And on Monday, two lawmakers – one of them…
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Ukraine war: Wheat prices soar after Russia warns shipping
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Emily McGarvey BBC News Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets. Moscow pulled out of a deal this week that…
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Tobias Ellwood: I got it wrong on Afghanistan clip, says Conservative MP
Getty Images A senior Tory has expressed regret for posting a video in which he said Afghanistan had been “transformed” under the Taliban. Speaking to TalkTV’s Piers Morgan Uncensored, Tobias Ellwood said he “got it wrong” and has subsequently deleted the clip from Twitter. He added that the days after he posted the widely-criticised video…
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Tunisia’s El General: The rapper who helped bring down Ben Ali
By Mike Thomson BBC News, Tunis Tunisian rapper El General was just 21 when his haunting, raw video Rais Lebled, or Mr President, went viral in late 2010. Standing in a darkened, sewage strewn alley – festooned in graffiti – he ripped into the country’s then dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali – in a way…
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Spain’s snap election revives issue of national unity
Getty Images By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Catalonia Under the heat of the Barcelona sun, a pro-independence party, Together for Catalonia, is holding a campaign event ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain. About 40 people are gathered to hear speeches before a video message is shown, recorded by the former president of Catalonia, Carles…
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Women’s World Cup: Northern Ireland’s divided loyalties
Getty Images By Aine O’Donnell BBC Newsbeat When the Republic of Ireland take to the pitch in the Women’s World Cup, it’ll be a historic first appearance at the tournament. Fans will be willing them on with chants of “come on you girls in green”. But those cheers will be coming from both sides of…
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Kuno cheetah deaths: Could radio collars be killing the big cats in India?
ANI By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Could radio collars, the crucial electronic devices that help track the movement of protected animals, be harmful for them? That is the question many are asking after the deaths last week of two cheetahs who were among the 20 big cats brought to India with much fanfare last…
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Hunter Biden: Who are the IRS tax whistleblowers?
Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent @awzurcher Two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigators have testified to Congress that the investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax returns were hampered by justice department officials for political reasons. They allege that Mr Biden, who agreed on 20 June to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax offences and…
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Mark Ronson: BIllie Eilish’s Barbie song ‘just floored me’
Mark Ronson / Instagram By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Fifteen months ago, Mark Ronson got a text from his friend George Drakoulias, the man who’d discovered LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys. It contained just one word: “Barbie?” Drakoulias had been hired as a music supervisor for the Barbie film and he had…
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Inside the Met Police: Former officers open up
Handout By Liz Jackson BBC News The Metropolitan Police was recently described as institutionally misogynist in a review by Baroness Casey, who found that a “boys’ club” culture was rife and the force was failing to protect the public from officers who abuse women. Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has told the BBC that the…