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Trump, Tucker Carlson and a shared hostility to Fox News
Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent @awzurcher Donald Trump is not just skipping the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, he is actively counter-programming it. The former president sat down for a pre-recorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that will be streamed on X, the social media…
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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of crashed plane – Russian agencies
ReutersCopyright: Reuters Yevgeny Prigozhin is the head of the Wagner mercenary group, which he established in 2014. A wealthy businessman with a criminal record, he was known as “Putin’s chef” because he provided catering for the Kremlin. In June he led his troops on a short-lived mutiny, after they seized control of the southern Russian…
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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App.…
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India: Scenes from the Sairang bridge collapse
A railway bridge being built in India has collapsed killing and injuring a number of workers. The incident happened near the town of Sairang in the state of Mizoram, according to the chief minister, Zoramthanga. The cause of the bridge’s collapse is not yet clear. The state-run railway authority has opened an investigation into the…
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West Kelowna fires: ‘We want to go home and find out what’s still there’
Getty Images By Wyre Davies BBC News, West Kelowna, British Columbia Wildfires have ravaged much of western Canada and some of the hundreds of people displaced have been telling the BBC their fears over what may have been destroyed. There was a rare sight in the sky over the Canadian twin towns of Kelowna and…
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WATCH: Drone shows people trapped in Pakistan cable car
Suspended precariously in mid-air, drone footage, exclusively obtained by the BBC, shows the passengers of a stranded cable car in Pakistan. All of the people inside the cable car, six children and two adults, were saved during a 12 hour rescue operation which included a military helicopter and zip wire experts. The owner of the…
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Vietnam’s iconic ‘kissing rocks’ at risk of collapse
Getty Images Vietnam’s iconic “kissing rocks” in the heart of Ha Long Bay are at risk of collapse, a report has warned. Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province is dotted with hundreds of tiny islets, attracting 4 million tourists in 2019. The twin rocks, which rise out of the bay and appear to touch…
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Alpine guide finds body missing on Austrian glacier since 2001
ÖAV Gletschermessdienst/R Luzian By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna The body of a man who is believed to have died more than 20 years ago has been found on a rapidly melting glacier in the Austrian province of Tyrol. Police say a mountain guide discovered the body last week 2,900m (9,500ft) up the Schlatenkees glacier…
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Hawaii wildfires: More than 1,000 still missing as search continues
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington More than 1,000 people still remain unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through Hawaiian town of Lahaina two weeks ago, officials said. Authorities are now expected to make public a list of the missing in the coming days to try to narrow the search. Some search teams…
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Republican debate: The US voters exhausted by their social media feeds
By Marianna Spring BBC Disinformation and Social Media correspondent How is social media affecting what Americans think about their presidential candidates and next year’s election? Ahead of the first Republican debate in Wisconsin, a diverse panel of voters explain what they’re seeing online and how it informs their views. I’m at a bar in the…