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Actress Selma Blair faces additional charges for assault after plane incident
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1604/live/01ecf900-c74e-11f1-b4d5-87f9c6c95a29.jpg”] Watch: Selma Blair is seen leaving court after plane incident US actress Selma Blair has been charged with two additional assault counts over allegedly kicking an officer and a nurse after being removed from a flight. Blair was arrested late Sunday in New York after she allegedly attacked flight attendants on a…
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Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/10cd/live/79669050-c74d-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Reuters Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike A key energy facility supplying Kyiv with heating and electricity has been hit in a Russian ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Darnytska CHP-4, or CHPP-4, and a residential building were hit in…
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Pakistan has locked down Imran Khan’s stronghold – but it could backfire
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4202/live/342a9360-c707-11f1-9783-ed95709f9dec.jpg”] Reuters Thousands of Khan’s supporters have been rallying for days throughout the province demanding his release Schools closed. The internet partially shut. Roads blocked by shipping containers. And the army arriving in town. Imran Khan’s party stronghold, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is under a state of emergency, his party’s provincial government suspended. It’s another…
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Paid companionship grows as loneliness rises in China
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b864/live/f45a9340-c74a-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Watch: Why the lonely in China are hiring ‘temporary children’ “The biggest difficulty really was the loneliness. Sometimes, if I wanted to talk to someone I’d talk to the TV.” Yang, 91, lives on the outskirts of China’s bustling capital Beijing. Following the death of her husband, she was so lonely that…
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Haze: Who’s to blame for the toxic smog choking South East Asia?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7867/live/0f1da240-c6fa-11f1-b4dd-e786ec6f11b1.jpg”] Getty Images Wildfires have been raging in Kalimantan, Indonesia for weeks As Indonesia battles its worst wildfire season in a decade, a toxic smog is choking millions of residents in the region. The air on the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra have turned an ominous amber, with air quality recorded at hazardous…
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More tea? How Scotland’s crops of the future could be set to change
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9915/live/320124f0-c17b-11f1-bed0-05ebd781c53c.jpg”] BBC Susie Walker-Murno has been growing tea on her family farm in Angus since 2007 Susie Walker-Munro is one of a handful of tea growers in Scotland. She says the acidic soil creates ideal conditions for the perfect artisan brew. Costing about £40 per packet for her most expensive product, it’s not…
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NFL: LA Rams’ Alaric Jackson given ban for punching opponent while kicker Harrison Mevis is released.
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/3dbc/live/aa138050-c74d-11f1-b4d5-87f9c6c95a29.png”] Rams player suspended for punch & kicker cut by club Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Harrison Mevis (left) and Alaric Jackson (right) joined the LA Rams in 2025 and 2021 respectively Published 13 October 2026 The fallout from the Los Angeles Rams’ defeat by the Buffalo Bills rumbled on as offensive lineman…
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Lisandro Martinez attacks Man Utd board after Atletico Madrid defeat
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/f810/live/6b054b60-c756-11f1-8157-e5961116a2ed.jpg”] Martinez issues scathing attack on Man Utd board – has he made things worse? Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lisandro Martinez joined Manchester United from Ajax in 2022 By Simon Stone Manchester United reporter Published 13 October 2026 Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has launched a blistering attack on the club’s hierarchy…
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Family pays tribute to ‘warm and engaging’ man killed in tiger attack
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/144a/live/95c60aa0-c793-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Family handout The family of a man who was killed by a tiger after he entered its enclosure at a wildlife park has paid tribute, describing him as “bright, warm and engaging”. William Chapman, 23, visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday and was attacked after going into the animal’s pen.…
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Saudi employee charged with planting recording device at OpenAI office
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/59c9/live/4ad4e9c0-c74e-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] US Department of Justice Prosecutors released CCTV images of the suspect allegedly checking on the secret recorder A Saudi national has been charged with secretly planting a recording device in one of OpenAI’s offices in California, federal prosecutors announced. Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked at the AI firm as an engineer, was charged…