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Lori Vallow: Cult mum who killed children sentenced to life in prison
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington An Idaho mother in a doomsday cult has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her two youngest children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s former wife. Lori Vallow Daybell, 50, was found guilty of first-degree murder and multiple conspiracy charges in May. Vallow…
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Peter Bol: Australian track star cleared of doping
Getty Images By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australian sporting darling Peter Bol has been cleared of blood doping six months after failing a drug test. The 800m runner, who shot to national fame at the Tokyo Olympics, has been under a cloud since testing positive for synthetic EPO in January. After a long investigation,…
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Donations flood US shelter after rescue of 86 dogs from ‘horrible conditions’
Butler County Sheriff’s Office By Chloe Kim BBC News, New York Donations have flooded an Ohio animal shelter after it took in over 80 dogs rescued last week from what investigators described as “the most horrible conditions”. “We can’t keep our front office clear,” said Megan Poffenbarger, of the Animal Friends Humane Society. The dogs…
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First English slave fort in Africa uncovered on Ghana’s coast
By Favour Nunoo BBC News Pidgin, Ghana The exact location of what is thought to be the first English slave fort in Africa may have been found – the BBC has been hearing about the significance of the discovery in Ghana. Taking care, archaeologist Christopher DeCorse spreads the rare artefacts out on a makeshift table…
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Why Pakistanis are taking the dangerous Libya route to Europe
By Caroline Davies BBC News Thousands of Pakistanis are taking the Libya route to seek work in Europe. It involves a boat journey, the perils of which were highlighted when an overcrowded vessel sank off Greece in June with huge loss of life. Of nearly 13,000 Pakistanis who headed for Libya and Egypt this year,…
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US presses Taliban on human rights at Doha talks
Reuters By Sean Dilley in Washington & Jaroslav Lukiv in London BBC News The US has urged Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to “reverse policies responsible for the deteriorating human rights situation” in the country, particularly for women, girls, and “vulnerable communities”. It also pressed for the release of detained US citizens during talks with the hardline…
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Niger coup: ‘Why I want Russia in and France out’
By Tchima Illa Issoufou & Beverly Ochieng BBC World Service, Niamey & Nairobi In a sign of growing hostility towards the West since the coup in Niger, a businessman proudly shows off his outfit in the colours of the Russian flag in the traditional heartland of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Since the coup, there has…
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Butter-poached scallops with coconut sauce
Fresh off a James Beard Foundation win as the best chef in the American Southwest, chef Andrew Black shares his recipe for scallops, inspired by a classic Jamaican fish stew. In Jamaica, “run down” – or rondón, run dun or rundung as it’s also known – is a meltingly tender seafood stew or sauce made…
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The Tigris: The river that birthed civilisation
This once-mighty river is where humans first developed agriculture, writing and the wheel. But now the lifeblood of the ancient world is under threat. Reaching the source of the Tigris is not an easy task. Where a dirt road ends, a small path leads over the shoulder of a jagged mountain whose peaks are gnawed…
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Farage says Coutts is offering to keep his accounts open
PA Media Coutts has offered to reinstate Nigel Farage’s personal and business bank accounts, the former Ukip politician has claimed. Mr Farage said the new boss of Coutts had written to him to say he could keep the accounts. Coutts and its parent company NatWest have been embroiled in a row with Mr Farage, which…