Tag: bbc.com
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South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1747/live/dc2a8ea0-b85a-11f1-a8b8-8b929801ec51.jpg”] Are claims of a white genocide in South Africa real? South Africa’s new ambassador to Washington has a personal reason to challenge Donald Trump’s assertion that there is a genocide against white Afrikaners – he is “a born Afrikaner” himself. “Is he talking about us?”, Roelf Meyer remembers thinking, when he first…
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As Merz scrambles for support, Germany’s identity crisis is laid bare
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b55d/live/65e845d0-b80e-11f1-b205-219f899eccc7.jpg”] Getty Images Friedrich Merz has led Germany since 2025 A set of bumper local elections has thrown Germany, and its government, off balance. Chancellor Friedrich Merz may now be a man on borrowed time. His coalition government is in crisis. But this breakdown of business as usual in Germany has been brewing…
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Orange Order march to go ahead for first time in nearly 30 years after late night drama
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a10a/live/8c9d1be0-b91e-11f1-b685-519146636d7f.png”] Getty Images The parade (pictured above in 2018 on a 20th anniversary protest) had been halted due to a temporary injunction being granted at the High Court in Belfast. A controversial Orange Order parade is set to go ahead in a nationalist part of Northern Ireland for the first time in nearly…
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Agents fearful and angry after ‘dangerous’ FBI data breach
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d538/live/369f0e30-b903-11f1-83cd-2998f68d9572.jpg”] Anadolu via Getty Images Current and former FBI agents have spoken to BBC News of their shock, fear and anger following a hack that appears to have exposed the private and personal information of the agency’s entire workforce. “This is really bad for our undercover agents,” says one former FBI agent, who…
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‘It’s a brutal adjustment’: How to cope when your child goes to university
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5af0/live/c88afda0-b8cb-11f1-ad1f-538855f30ba1.jpg”] Getty Images Luke felt overwhelmed with both pride and grief after dropping his son off at university for the first time. “It feels like a brutal adjustment,” he says. “After 18 years of seeing him every day and taking care of him, I miss him so much and I don’t really know…
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OpenAI investigating ‘dozens’ of instances of agents acting improperly
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15a2/live/55e1dbb0-b930-11f1-902b-af1a6d672907.jpg”] Reuters OpenAI has been at the center of new concerns over uncontrolled AI activity. OpenAI said Friday it had alerted “dozens” of global institutions that their websites may have been impacted by its AI agents acting improperly. OpenAI agents attempted to get information from “governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions” through…
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Indonesia Carstensz Pyramid: Papua’s ‘eternal snow’ on Puncak Jaya is about to disappear forever
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/390c/live/dabff6d0-b7c5-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg”] Project Pressure/Klaus Tymann Only small patches of snow remain on Papua’s Sudirman Range The mountains of Papua are not far from the equator, but they’ve been topped with “eternal snow” for centuries. The peaks in this Indonesian region on the world’s second-largest island, just north of Australia, have offered scientists countless insights…
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Iran offers US deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven days
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5316/live/c3211510-b930-11f1-902b-af1a6d672907.jpg”] Bloomberg via Getty Images Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country has proposed a deal to the US that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened within a week. Araghchi told reporters at the UN in New York that this could be done “if the necessary conditions are met” and said…
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Katherine Jenkins says paper said it would ‘trash her’ in early career
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bd6a/live/48bcfde0-b8b6-11f1-8257-a79ccb54f692.jpg”] Getty Images Katherine Jenkins has broken records with her 14 number one albums Katherine Jenkins has reflected on the “crazy” questions she was asked by the press as a young classical singer. The mezzo-soprano, who has had 14 number one albums, is about to start a tour marking 25 years as one…
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Rodri: Former Man City midfielder believes club are innocent of any financial wrongdoing
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/6656/live/face4040-b927-11f1-b247-17210618604e.jpg”] Rodri believes in Man City’s ‘innocence’ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Rodri (right) made 298 appearances for Manchester City between 2018 and 2026 Published 1 hour ago Former Manchester City midfielder Rodri believes the club are innocent of any financial wrongdoing and will continue to trust them unless they are proved otherwise.…