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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0080/live/f7e7a540-bdc0-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] This week, Donald Trump rejected an Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, MPs suggested changes in the way the BBC is funded, and tributes were paid to broadcaster and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, who died aged 86. But how much attention did you pay to what else happened in the…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9021/live/25a64890-bdb9-11f1-b7d8-31573a2bd831.jpg”] BBC Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university in September, alleging she was drugged and raped by seven men at a fraternity house at the university in 2024 A woman who has accused several men of raping her at Cornell University in 2024 was failed by the school’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bfdc/live/cceaaa10-bdb4-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Reuters Mark Carney is pushing to make Canada a major energy exporter Mark Carney has announced that Canada will fast-track the approval process for a 1,250km (775 mile) oil pipeline project to the Pacific coast. The Canadian prime minister argues the Pacific Link project is key to national interests, allowing Canada to…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/557c/live/ecbf9090-9b12-11f1-9341-0383083a41e3.jpg”] BBC South Yorkshire Police says it receives more than 1,000 101 calls every day A Yorkshire police force has launched a new “AI assistant” on its website in a bid to help reduce the number of 101 calls it receives. South Yorkshire Police said the Bobbi chatbot could be used for advice…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6538/live/deba02f0-bdc7-11f1-9e71-df11b537d069.jpg”] Innova More than 100 people attended a consultation on plans to build a large data centre on green belt land in Cheshire. Innova held the drop-in session at High Legh Village Hall near Lymm on Wednesday evening to discuss plans to build a 60-hectare data centre in Little Bollington. Local resident Mike…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b57d/live/614446e0-bdb9-11f1-b7d8-31573a2bd831.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images A heavy police presence could be seen near the base after a major incident was declared on Sunday A UK-Iranian dual national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with the incident at RAF Fairford, counter-terror police have said. The 25-year-old man was…