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From BBC News. The White House has defended the US National Weather Service after claims it failed to provide sufficIent warnings about the devastating floods in Texas. Questions have been raised about whether cuts to the service have undermined its effectiveness. More than 100 people, among them more than two dozen children, are known to…
From BBC News. We look at the continued fall out of flash floods in Texas where at least 91 people have died. Search efforts continue for a fourth day for dozens of people still missing, authorities say. Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp in the county, confirmed that at least 27 girls and staff were…
From BBC News. A group of academics and activists are questioning the possibility of endless economic growth on a finite planet and are advocating for a bold solution: degrowth. Originating in France, the degrowth movement has spread to places like Japan, the UK and Barcelona, taking root in academia, grassroots organisations and among university students.…
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From BBC News. Former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead, apparently with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Russia’s Investigative Committee has said. He was dismissed earlier on Monday by President Vladimir Putin. No reason for Starovoit’s dismissal was given and deputy transport minister Andrei Nikitin was announced as his replacement shortly after. The…
From BBC News. Two people have reportedly died of gunshot wounds after police opened fire during protests in Kenya, the latest in a wave of anti-government rallies that began last year. Dr Aron Sikuku, a medic at Eagle Nursing Home in Kangemi on the outskirts of Nairobi, told the BBC that two bodies had been…
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From BBC News. More than 80 people – including children – are known to have died and another 41 are missing in Texas following flash floods. Camp Mystic, a summer camp in Kerr County, has confirmed that at least 27 girls and counsellors are among those killed. “Our hearts are broken alongside our families that…
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From BBC News. A British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has been released and is back in the UK. Marcus Fakana, 19, from Tottenham, north London, was sentenced in December to a year’s imprisonment after a consensual relationship with the girl, who is also British, while on holiday in…
From BBC News. Hamas and Israel are resuming talks in Qatar, while Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has travelled to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump, who has pushed for a “ ceasefire deal this week”. Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on a US-sponsored proposal for a 60-day ceasefire and hostage release deal…
From BBC News. ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ hears from eight Labour voters, from two constituencies in Kent, 12 months on from the General Election. The panel was selected by the political research group, More in Common, and the discussion was facilitated by its director Luke Tryl. The panellists all voted for Labour in the 2024…
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From BBC News. At least 81 people have been confirmed dead in central Texas and another 41 are missing following flash floods on Friday. Sixty-eight of the fatalities, including 28 children, were in Kerr County, where a riverside Christian girls’ camp was deluged. Ten girls and a counsellor from Camp Mystic are still missing. There…
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From BBC News. A jury in Morwell, Australia, has found Erin Patterson guilty of cooking a deadly mushroom lunch that killed three of her relatives and left another seriously ill. Patterson’s in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, along with Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, all fell ill and died days after the lunch in…
From BBC News. The chilling story of a teenage suicide and the threat posed by a fatal online forum. Reeling from the death of 17-year-old Vladimir Nikolin-Caisley, his family reveal the terror he suffered as they tried and failed to save his life. Police body-worn video captures the chaos of his last moments. Subscribe here:…
From BBC News. As plans by the UK government saw thousands of prisoners being released early, the BBC explores what is happening inside prisons. BBC Correspondent Sima Kotecha goes inside HMP Pentonville, one of the UK’s most dangerous prisons where violence, overcrowding and self-harm are commonplace. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features…
From BBC News. At least 70 people are known to have died in the flash floods that have swept through parts of central Texas. Hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for people who are missing. The worst affected area is Kerr County where a Christian youth camp located along the River Guadalupe was…
From BBC News. We’ve looked back at Labour’s first 12 months in government. We’ve looked ahead at what Labour could do next. Today, Newscast finds out how the voters feel things are going. Laura and Paddy chat with Luke Tryl, director of More in Common, to find out what new polling suggests the public really…
From BBC News. Elon Musk says he is launching a new political party, weeks after dramatically falling out with US President Donald Trump. The billionaire announced on his social media platform X that he had set up the America Party, billing it as a challenge to the Republican and Democratic two-party system. However, it is…
From BBC News. Israel has decided to send a delegation to Qatar on Sunday for proximity talks with Hamas on the latest proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described the changes that Hamas wanted to make to a plan, presented by mediators from Qatar, the US…
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From BBC News. Hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for people missing in central Texas, after flash floods killed 51 people, including 15 children. The worst affected area is Kerr County where 43 people have died and where 27 children remain missing from a Christian youth camp located along the River Guadalupe. Multiple…
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From BBC News. Today, Laura and Paddy look ahead and discuss what is next for the government, after a tumultuous first year in power. Can we expect Keir Starmer to make changes to policy, politics and personnel? Or will the Prime Minister dig in and defy the critics, some of whom are already predicting his…
From BBC News. At least 27 people, including nine children, have died in flash flooding that has swept through Kerr County in Texas. Authorities have said 27 girls are still missing after the floods devastated a summer camp located on the banks of the Guadalupe River. US President Donald Trump said his administration is working…
From BBC News. Hamas says it has delivered a "positive response" to mediators on the latest proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal put forward by the US. The Palestinian armed group said on Friday night that it was "seriously ready to enter immediately into a round of negotiations", but it did…
From BBC News. Mourners have attended the funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in their hometown of Gondomar, Portugal. Family members and leading football figures were seen filing into the church, as hundreds gathered outside to pay their respects. The brothers died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday – officials…
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