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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ec8a/live/e46b9940-503d-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg”] Instagram/University of Genoa/Albatros Top Boat Among the five who died were Giorgia Sommacal (L), her mother Monica Montefalcone (C) and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba diving accident in the Maldives last week have been located,officials have confirmed to the BBC. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/63e3/live/12b27e90-52d7-11f1-a650-a94a8fc7de38.jpg”] PA Media Irish President Catherine Connolly said the King “graciously accepted” her invitation for a state visit to Ireland The King has accepted an invitation of a state visit to Ireland during a meeting at Buckingham Palace on Monday, the Irish president has said. The two heads of state met on the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/11be/live/08c9cb40-52a5-11f1-9ab8-af14435162fc.jpg”] Watch: Hantavirus-hit cruise ship and crew arrive in Rotterdam MV Hondius, the Dutch cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, has docked at its final destination in Rotterdam. Only the ship’s crew were aboard for the last leg of the journey, as all passengers docked off the ship in the Canary…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4eaa/live/fff74570-52cb-11f1-b4b8-8bc40cabb834.jpg”] Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images All visitors and patients must wash their hands and have their temperatures taken before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma At least 100 deaths have been reported in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 cases suspected, the head of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/80c5/live/7f0ac710-529a-11f1-b14c-031b0f963228.jpg”] Global Sumud Flotilla/Handout via Reuters A live stream from the Global Sumud Flotilla showed armed commandos boarding a boat Pro-Palestinian activists say Israeli forces have intercepted a flotilla of more than 50 boats carrying aid for Gaza in international waters west of Cyprus. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) said its fleet was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8803/live/06b2c460-52a0-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg”] Watch: Matt Brittin arrives for first day as BBC director general New BBC director general Matt Brittin has told staff the BBC “has never been more needed” but that “tough choices are unavoidable as we make savings”. On his first day in the job, the former Google Europe boss said the BBC…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4e76/live/7b13e310-b7b1-11ef-bd09-a15c73659a58.jpg”] Pacemaker Brendan Mooney said Kainos plans to take on another 200 graduates The chief executive of Northern Ireland’s biggest software firm has said he intends to hire more graduates this year, despite fears that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is replacing jobs in the sector. Brendan Mooney, who runs Kainos, said he was sceptical…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5014/live/54ea3a70-5294-11f1-8a13-e989d3b4b6c8.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images The protests have been triggered by a record increase in the cost of fuel Four people have been killed and at least 30 injured in protests linked to Kenya’s nationwide transport strikes against recent increases in the cost of fuel, according to the interior minister. Thousands of commuters…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/16a4/live/eb987c60-5079-11f1-b637-39d6d94b351f.jpg”] Supplied Ian Wilkinson says he has been trying to defend the area around his home A village has been “betrayed” by the decision to overturn a planning refusal for a solar farm, a resident has said. Durham County Council had turned down the proposal for land near Burnhope after hundreds of objections…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/af58/live/37672690-4a1d-11f1-a7ce-b934bcb15ff4.jpg”] BBC Matthew Wright says it took about 800 hours to create the artwork An artist has completed an 18ft (5.6m) drawing that meticulously details buildings along one of Lincoln’s oldest streets. The ink drawing, inspired by the length of the Bayeux Tapestry, begins at the Assembly rooms on Bailgate and finishes at…