Sirens have sounded in more than 20 occupied cities and towns, including Tel Aviv, Al-Quds, and the northern West Bank.
Almasirah TV also announced that sirens went off in Jaffa, Palmachim Air Base south of occupied Jaffa, and vast areas of the…
Category: 2. World
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Are those abroad widening the class divide back home?
Danai Nesta KupembaBBC News
The Plug EntertainmentAfrobeats performances during holiday periods draw in big audiences with many from the diaspora Scenes playing out in Nigeria during holiday periods could be in a movie: emotional reunions at…
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Fear and anger as ‘battle for the soul of Romanian democracy’ looms
Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent
Reporting fromPoeni, Romania
BBC/Sarah RainsfordThe nationalist George Simion is polling strongly in Romania ahead of elections The Romanian village of Poeni has a couple of shops, a kebab grill and a pack…
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Readers share acts of strangers’ kindness
Family handoutAthena Rowley and her son Robert received unexpected gifts after going trick or treating Readers have told the BBC about strangers’ random acts of kindness, following research that found people underestimated the good intentions of…
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Ukraine fighter pilot’s wife’s hopes and fears ahead of ceasefire deal
Zhanna BezpiatchukBBC Ukraine
Maria SmerechanskaMaria’s life has been reduced to waiting for the next phone call from her husband – never knowing if it might be the last.
Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the skies from…
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The man with a mind-reading chip in his brain, thanks to Elon Musk
Lara Lewington, Liv McMahon & Tom GerkenBBC News
BBCHaving a chip in your brain that can translate your thoughts into computer commands may sound like science fiction – but it is a reality for Noland Arbaugh.
In January 2024 – eight years after he…
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A life searching rows of unclaimed bodies for missing brothers and sons
Farhat JavedBBC Urdu
Reporting fromBalochistan
BBC/Farhat JavedSaira Baloch is among thousands of women in Balochistan seeking answers about men they say were forcibly disappeared by Pakistan’s security forces Saira Baloch was 15 when she stepped…
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$769,500 earrings recovered after Florida man swallows them
Orlando PoliceOrlando police have recovered two sets of earrings worth a combined $769,500 (£597,000) after an alleged thief swallowed them more than two weeks ago.
Jaythan Gilder, 32, swallowed the Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings around the time…
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The decision is not in Washington… but in Sanaa
After the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation and the sudden attack launched by the Palestinian resistance against the occupying entity on October 7, 2023, it became clear to everyone that the war was no longer just a conflict between two sides….
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South Korea wildfires kill at least two firefighters
At least two people died and hundreds evacuated their homes as wildfires raged in South Korea on Saturday.
Two firefighters were found dead in Sancheong County in the country’s south-east, news agency Yonhap reported, citing local officials.
Two…
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