CategoriesNews WorldTwo-year-old Palestinian Habiba al-Askari suffers from a rare disease that has cut off the blood supply to her limbs. Doctors treating her said she needed to be evacuated to a hospital outside of Gaza to save her life, and some of her limbs. Jordan has been trying to get Israeli permission to evacuate her for […]
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CategoriesNews WorldSevere flooding in Queensland has forced thousands of people to evacuate, cut power to homes and washed away sections of a vital highway. In Townsville, one of the hardest-hit cities in the region, people are bracing themselves for further flooding. As the rain eased up on Monday evening, BBC reporter Simon Atkinson joined locals surveying […]
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CategoriesNews WorldPeople have gathered for the annual Groundhog Day at Gobbler’s Knob in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog, shared his prediction with the only man who can understand him – the president of Punxsutawney Groundhog club. The rules are simple: If Phil, the groundhog, sees his shadow while perched on top of […]
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CategoriesNews WorldThree more Israeli hostages who were being held in Gaza have been freed as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon and Keith Siegel were handed over to the Red Cross in highly-orchestrated events in Khan Younis and Gaza City on Saturday. In exchange, Israel said it had freed […]
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CategoriesNews WorldThe US’ Dodd-Frank Act passed in 2010, and a similar piece of EU legislation, is aimed at ensuring that companies purchasing tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold – so-called “conflict minerals” – are not inadvertently funding violence. But Itsci has come under some criticism. Ken Matthysen, a security and resource management expert with independent research group […]
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CategoriesNews World“Somewhere the church got off track and it became a fear-based cult and I was forced to make a choice,” says Melanie Williams, 62, who gave up her baby for adoption in January 1981. At 18, Melanie became pregnant after falling “madly in love” with a boy from her school. Not only were the pair […]
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CategoriesNews WorldUS authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal crash between a commercial airplane and a military helicopter in Washington DC. All 67 people on board the two aircraft were killed. The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at some of the unanswered questions about how this could possibly have happened Produced by Catherine Karelli […]
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CategoriesNews WorldExperts say the deadly incident poses grave questions about how a collision was able to happen over the US capital. Source link
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CategoriesNews WorldThere were scenes of chaos and celebrations as eight hostages were returned to Israel after being held hostage in Gaza for more than 15 months. Three Israelis and five Thai nationals comprised the latest group of hostages released since the Gaza ceasefire was announced. The Hamas-run Prisoners Media Office said 110 Palestinian prisoners were set […]
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CategoriesNews WorldIt is unclear where exactly the ships are heading. Mr Van Lokeren told BBC Verify that they could be en route to Libya, where the Kremlin already boasts a significant military presence supporting the Tobruk-based warlord Khalifa Haftar. Last week, Ukrainian military intelligence told BBC Verify that Russian flights had transferred military personnel and equipment […]
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