Nick Thorpe
BBC Budapest Correspondent
BBCHungarians have a popular saying: “Visszanyal a fagyi”. Translation: “The ice-cream licks back.” In other words, watch out, because what you enjoy devouring, might enjoy devouring you.
Hungarian Prime…
Category: 2. World
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The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico
Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent
BBCWater levels in Lake Toronto, a reservoir in the north of Mexico, are said to be critically low After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de…
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Two women shot dead at Kentucky church
Two people have been fatally shot at a church in Kentucky by a gunman who had just shot a police officer nearby, officials said.
Two women, aged 72 and 32, died in Sunday’s attack at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, and two male…
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Cyril Ramaphosa suspends SA police minister Senzo Mchunu over allegations
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on an immediate “leave of absence” after allegations of links to organised crimes were made against him.
In Sunday’s live televised speech to the nation, Ramaphosa…
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RSF storms cattle market and prison in ‘death trap’ city
The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the besieged city of el-Fasher on Friday in a battle that raged for seven hours, witnesses told the BBC.
RSF fighters managed to capture a cattle market, a prison and a military…
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Yemeni military retains strategic upper hand despite acts of aggression by US, Israel: Analyst
By Press TV Website Staff
Yemeni armed forces retain the strategic upper hand and remain fully capable of asserting their sovereignty and enforcing the naval blockade despite repeated acts of aggression by the US and…
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Iran’s state media building, bombed by Israel, symbol of national resistance: IRIB chief
Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Peyman Jebelli says the state broadcaster’s building that was attacked by the Israeli regime last month is a symbol of…
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Israel intensifies Rafah demolitions to make room for detention camp for Gazans
Israel has intensified demolitions in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah as reports emerge of a scheme to confine the entire Palestinian population of the territory to a camp built atop the town’s ruins.
An…
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UN urged to take legal action at ICJ to uphold Francesca Albanese’s immunity
Special Rapporteurs enjoy full diplomatic immunity under international law. Fellow experts suggest US sanctions could be the subject of proceedings before the International Court of Justice.
The US sanctioning of the UN special rapporteur…
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110 civilians slaughtered in Gaza in 24 hours
TEHRAN – The Israeli occupation regime’s military killed and maimed scores of Palestinian civilians within 24 hours.
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that no fewer than 110 people were killed by the Israel Occupation Force (IOF), the…
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