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Container ship Joseph Schulte leaves Odesa amid Russia Black Sea attack fears
Reuters By Oliver Slow BBC News A merchant ship has left the Ukrainian port of Odesa, despite concerns Russia could target vessels in the Black Sea. The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte had been trapped in the port since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Kyiv has announced a “humanitarian corridor” in…
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Alec Baldwin: Report casts doubt over Rust actor’s account of shooting
Getty Images By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter A new report into the fatal shooting on the set of the movie Rust appears to cast doubt over star and producer Alec Baldwin’s accounts of events. Mr Baldwin denies pulling the trigger of the prop gun which went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Weapons experts have now…
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Bindeshwar Pathak: India’s ‘Toilet Man’ who made urinating safely a reality
Getty Images By Geeta Pandey and Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Campaigner and social reformer Bindeshwar Pathak who died on Tuesday, aged 80, was a man who revolutionised the concept of toilets in India. In the early 1970s, he made a cheap twin-pit toilet – a design which has since been used to build clean…
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Dominican Republic blast kills at least 11, including a baby
EPA By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News At least 11 people have died in an explosion which rocked the small town of San Cristóbal, in the Dominican Republic, on Monday. Officials said they have identified the remains of 10 adults and a four-month-old baby, but warned “there are more corpses” likely to be found. It is…
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The Killers apologise for offending fans in Georgia with Russian ‘brother’ remark
Getty Images By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter The Killers have apologised after frontman Brandon Flowers invited a Russian fan on stage during a concert in Georgia to play drums on a song. He told the crowd to treat the Russian fan as their “brother”, drawing boos and walk-outs from parts of the arena. Georgia, which…
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Ecuador election: ‘I’m wearing a bulletproof vest 24 hours a day’
Reuters By George Wright BBC News Andrea González now wears a bulletproof vest 24 hours a day. A week ago, her Construye party’s presidential candidate in the Ecuadorean election this Sunday, Fernando Villavicencio, was shot three times in the head after a campaign rally in the capital, Quito. Ms González, 36, will remain the party’s…
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Hawaii fires: First victims named as death toll reaches 106
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Oliver Slow BBC News The first victims from the deadly wildfires that swept Maui island last week have been identified by officials. Maui’s police department named the first two victims as Robert Dyckman, 74, and Buddy…
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Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured at Russian prison
By Hugo Bachega BBC News, Ukraine Former Ukrainian captives say they were subjected to torture, including frequent beatings and electric shocks, while in custody at a detention facility in south-western Russia, in what would be serious violations of international humanitarian law. In interviews with the BBC, a dozen ex-detainees released in prisoner exchanges alleged physical…
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Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber Are Joined by Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner for a Double Date
Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber went out for a casual date night on Sunday, and model Karlie Kloss and her husband, Joshua Kushner, joined them. On August 13, 2023, four people were seen entering Nobu, a popular star hangout in Malibu, California. Gerber wore a blue dress and a blue jacket on top of it.…
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Taryn Manning Is ‘Guilty’ for ‘Exposing’ Her Affair with a Married Man
Actress Taryn Manning is talking about how her unusual video upload on social media has made a stir. Taryn Manning said in the video that she was seeing a married man and that the man’s wife was planning to get a protection order against her. On Monday, the Orange Is the New Black star talked…