Tag: bbc.com
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Mauricio Pochettino on Man City charges: ‘We lived through period of deception’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/3962/live/cf271400-bbdc-11f1-bfea-9d5bb7e7d40b.jpg”] ‘Period of deception’ – Pochettino on Man City verdict Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mauricio Pochettino has managed three clubs in England ByMandeep Sanghera BBC Sport journalist Published 2 hours ago Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino says “we have lived through a period of deception” after Manchester City were found…
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Rugby Union: Dallaglio to sell 2003 Rugby World Cup winners medal after bankruptcy
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/8754/live/a2b749c0-bbe2-11f1-bfea-9d5bb7e7d40b.jpg”] Ex-England captain Dallaglio to sell World Cup winner’s medal Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lawrence Dallaglio (middle) made 326 appearances for Wasps during his club career ByGrace Wheeler BBC Sport Published 6 hours ago Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio is set to sell his 2003 Rugby World Cup winner’s medal after being…
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LPU Phagwara: A rape rumour sends an Indian university into turmoil and empties hostels
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/08cd/live/49fdc490-bbd2-11f1-bd21-bdf910f2cec6.png”] Pardeep Sharma/BBC Some violent protesters allegedly torched police cars parked on the highway on Sunday One of India’s largest private universities has suspended classes after an unverified allegation that a female student was raped on campus set off protests that descended into violence. Police say they have registered a case and are…
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Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré opens first gold refinery in Ouagadougou
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/68fc/live/af9cb000-bbcc-11f1-a9b5-b99d79e91109.jpg”] Burkina Faso presidency/Facebook Captain Ibrahim Traoré has insisted on state control over Burkina Faso’s natural resources Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery as the military-led government seeks to process more of the country’s mineral wealth at home and tighten its control over one of its most important industries. Junta leader…
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Lives will be lost unless UK does more to combat wildfires, committee chairwoman says
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/35c0/live/f2b82180-bb4f-11f1-a071-65d2e11c8f4a.jpg”] EPA/Shutterstock The aftermath of a wildfire in Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, during the summer Lives “will be lost” unless more is done to combat the increasing risk of wildfires, the chairwoman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has said after a record number of blazes this summer. Baroness Brown told BBC File…
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Malaysia begins controversial repatriation of asylum seekers to Myanmar
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2168/live/b6985a80-bbc7-11f1-abd6-b7e5a850bc50.jpg”] Getty Images The repatriation represents a striking shift in Malaysia’s attitude towards the refugees The Malaysian government has started repatriating around 5,000 asylum seekers from Myanmar, under a controversial deal agreed with Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing. Three ships from the Myanmar navy are scheduled to leave Malaysia later today carrying…
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Viet Tan: Rights group accuses Vietnam of abducting Australian, Norwegian activists
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/cc18/live/f237bc90-bbc0-11f1-a321-cb1d663ea13d.jpg”] Viet Tan: Supplied Nguyen Duc Thuan (left) and Tran Hiep have been detained in Vietnam in what a pro-democracy group has called an act of “transnational repression” A pro-democracy group has accused the Vietnamese government of abducting two of its members, an Australian and a Norwegian citizen, in Cambodia and taking them…
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Grimsby rallies support for £3m Town of Culture bid
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/921f/live/991b39d0-bb42-11f1-a071-65d2e11c8f4a.png”] Francesca Young A postcard by artist Francesca Young features in Grimsby’s bid to be Town of Culture 2028 People in Grimsby are being asked to show Town of Culture 2028 judges what the town means to them. Organisers behind the bid want people across Grimsby to share their stories and ideas as…
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Sir Mark Rylance stars in updated 17th Century play set in London
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9cbf/live/447171b0-bb4c-11f1-a430-4d16ee157c41.jpg”] BBC Oscar-winner Sir Mark Rylance plays the duplicitous vicar Pastor Blake in Tartuffe (Remixed) Academy Award winner Sir Mark Rylance is starring in a “remixed” version of a 17th Century play by Moliere at the Marylebone Theatre. Tartuffe (Remixed) is set in London with an African family about to marry into a…
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Council uses AI to tackle AI-generated complaints
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f8ed/live/2cb38340-bb17-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.png”] Getty Images Residents are increasingly using AI tools to quickly and easily lodge complaints A council is using AI tools to respond to a spiraling number of complaints, which it says are written with the help of AI. Both Wiltshire Council and Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire have noticed more people using…