Sarah Rainsford
BBC correspondent
BBCSonny Olumati was born in Rome and has lived in Italy all his life but the country he calls home does not recognise him as its own.
To Italy,…
Category: 2. World
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Italy citizenship referendum polarises country
BBCSonny Olumati was born in Italy – but still has no citizenship at 39 -
Zambia’s lost language invented by women but almost killed by colonialism
Women’s History Museum ZambiaThis sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social…
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Trump-Musk row fuels ‘biggest crisis ever’ at Nasa
Pallab GhoshScience correspondent
NASA/Johns HopkinsThe heart-shape on Pluto was captured by a spacecraft that will be turned off mid-mission if Nasa cuts are approved The row between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a major spending bill has…
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Families of Ukraine’s missing fear peace will not bring them home
Joel GunterReporting from Bucha, Ukraine
BBCTatyana Popvytch’s son was taken to Russian. “He is so vulnerable,” she said. “I worry that he will lose his sanity there.” Tatyana Popovytch had contacted every agency she could think of. She had walked…
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How India’s ‘biggest art deal’ buried masterpieces in a bank vault
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai
Pundole Art GalleryThe paintings were locked away in bank vaults since 2008 Nearly two dozen paintings by one of the world’s most celebrated modern artists – once part of a record-breaking art deal – are set to hit…
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Six killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid site, Hamas officials say
Barbara Plett UsherBBC correspondent
Dearbail JordanBBC correspondent
Getty ImagesSix Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded by Israeli gunfire in the latest deadly incident close to an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza,…
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Trump says relationship with Musk is over
US President Donald Trump has said his relationship with Elon Musk is over.
“I would assume so, yeah”, Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when asked if he thought the pair’s close relationship had ended. He replied “No” when asked if he wished to…
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Israeli strikes on southern suburb a ‘dangerous development,’ UNIFIL warns
The spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Andrea Tenenti, described Thursday night’s Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburb as a “dangerous development,” coming more than six months after the…
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Nearly 50 Palestinians killed as Israel continues attacks on Gaza on 2nd day of Eid
Nearly 50 Palestinians were killed and around 100 more injured on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Israeli forces’ airstrikes and gunfire in several areas of the Gaza Strip that began early Saturday morning, according to Anadolu Agency.
Medical…
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Majority of British people support arms embargo on Israel
A majority of British people support a full arms embargo on Israel, according to a new poll commissioned by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Middle East Eye reported.
The poll, conducted by Opinium Research between 30 May and 2 June, found that…
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