Tiffany Wertheimer
BBC News
SuppliedA major hunt is continuing in the Australian state of Victoria for a man accused of shooting dead two police officers on…
Category: 2. World
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Who is the ‘sovereign citizen’ accused of killing Australian police officers?
SuppliedDezi Freeman has described himself as a “sovereign citizen” who rejects government and law -
SpaceX Starship completes successful test flight
SpaceX has successfully launched its 10th test flight of the Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket.
The rocket, which in previous launches had multiple catastrophic failures, is earmarked for use in a 2027 mission to the Moon.
The rocket…
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Russia outsmarts France in Niger over proposed power plant
Paul MellyWest Africa analyst
EPARussia has dangled the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in uranium-rich Niger – a vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert that has to import most of its electricity.
It may be deemed…
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Young Americans react to Taylor Swift’s engagement
Taylor Swift has announced her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce in a post on Instagram.
Swift, who has been in a relationship with Kelce for two years, wrote: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
The…
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Australia police shooting suspect named as manhunt continues
Australian police are continuing a massive search for a heavily armed man suspected of shooting and killing two officers in a rural town.
Ten police officers were fired upon on Tuesday after travelling to the property in Porepunkah – about 300km…
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Potter wasp ‘riding a broomstick’ wows photography judges
Maddie MolloyBBC Climate & Science
Bidyut KalitaThis image titled “Special Delivery” was highly commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category. At first glance, the potter wasp appears to be riding a broomstick.
But this industrious insect isn’t…
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Inside Israel’s deadliest strike on Iran
Getty ImagesThe impact site of one of Israel’s missiles at Evin Prison “For me, hell was not the moment Israel attacked; hell was the moment they wouldn’t open the door [of the cell] for us,” Motahareh Goonei recalls in an exclusive interview with…
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Videos show impact of Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington
Jake Horton & Aisha SembhiBBC Verify in Washington DC
BBCResidents in a Washington DC neighbourhood with one of the city’s largest Latino populations say they have seen a surge in immigration raids since the Trump administration launched its crime…
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Trump envoy slammed for ‘animalistic’ jibe at Lebanese journalists
Insulting racial taunts by an American regional envoy against Lebanese journalists have sparked a whirlwind of criticism among countless social media frequenters, including anti-colonial activists and prominent Lebanese…
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The battle to Save China’s snub nosed monkey
Stephen McDonellChina correspondent
Reporting fromShennongjia, ChinaWatch: The BBC visits golden snub-nosed monkeys at Shennongjia National Park, China Until the 1980s people roamed the mountains of Shennongjia in central China hunting monkeys for…
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