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  • ‘Sir Wicknell’ Chivayo – the Zimbabwean tycoon loved and hated in Africa

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d80f/live/00d8e470-c1bd-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.png”] Zanu-PF Wicknell Chivayo, who had a fleet of personalised luxury cars, loved white Rolls-Royces Wicknell Chivayo, the Zimbabwean tycoon who died in a helicopter crash along with his wife Lucy Muteke last week, divided opinion in life and continues to do so in death. He called himself “Sir Wicknell”, a nod to…

  • New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families’ lawsuit against Saudi Arabia

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/19cd/live/9e6a0ef0-c2a1-11f1-b3a5-abc2b328c8d1.png”] SDNY / Southern District of New York Saudi government employee, Omar al-Bayoumi, seen in February 2000 The Court of Appeals in New York has heard arguments from both lawyers for families of 9/11 victims and the government of Saudi Arabia as it decides whether the families’ long-running legal case against the Middle…

  • Burnham and Merz to hold security talks in Berlin

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/36b5/live/8f1d1c90-c2cd-11f1-ab6e-cf822873aef1.jpg”] Getty Images Prime Minister Andy Burnham will hold talks on tackling cyber-security threats and sabotage with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday. Downing Street said deeper co-operation in the face of rising hybrid threats from Russia would be high on the agenda during Burnham’s first official visit to Germany. Intelligence services in…

  • Group of 20 graduates rescued after being abducted in Nigeria

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dd03/live/fa2250d0-c293-11f1-84bb-6b5ebffa66ad.jpg”] Reuters Nigerian police, pictured at the site of a previous abduction in June, said they rescued the young people A group of 20 young people who were abducted in South-East Nigeria last week have been rescued, police say. The graduates were kidnapped on 1 October while they were travelling for a national…

  • Cardiff cancer survivor ‘screamed at’ by airport staff over stoma supplies

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4cba/live/bb309210-c22f-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.png”] Paul Scanlon Paul Scanlon says his treatment at airports makes him reluctant to use them, so he has chosen a cruise for his next holiday A cancer survivor said he was screamed at by airport security staff and “made to feel like a criminal” after trying to retrieve his stoma supplies from…

  • Israelis mourn 7 October attack victims as Gaza lies in ruins three years on

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d466/live/028c9160-c28d-11f1-81d9-d568e8babc26.jpg”] Reuters A man comforts a woman at the fountain at Dizengoff Square on Wednesday Memorial events have taken place in Israel on the third anniversary of the devastating Hamas-led attack there that sparked the war in Gaza. Families paid tribute to their loved ones at some of the sites where about 1,200…

  • Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d9ee/live/06010330-c283-11f1-98ea-35e6bf307fc9.jpg”] Europa Press via Getty Images Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her flat in Madrid two weeks ago An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spain’s housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according to Madrid’s tenants union. Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a…

  • Declan Rice contract: Arsenal and England midfielder close to agreeing new deal

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/5f9d/live/b1c9adf0-c276-11f1-b278-615cdfb74f16.jpg”] Rice close to agreeing new Arsenal deal Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Declan Rice joined Arsenal from West Ham in 2023 By Sami Mokbel Senior football correspondent Published 7 October 2026 Declan Rice is close to agreeing a new long-term Arsenal contract, sources have told BBC Sport. The England midfielder has become…

  • Sunderland’s National Glass Centre demolition plan faces scrutiny

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fc5e/live/1ea9e4e0-ad22-11f1-9865-cdb2b8b30437.jpg”] BBC Sunderland University plans to demolish the now closed National Glass Centre Plans to save the National Glass Centre (NGC) have inched forward with the local council backing a move which could eventually force the building’s owner to seek planning permission to demolish it. Sunderland City Council’s Reform-led cabinet issued an Article…

  • Israelis demand accountability over 7 October failures three years after attacks

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/80cb/live/9b494cf0-c25f-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Reuters Residents of Kfar Aza attended a memorial ceremony on Wednesday for those killed on 7 October 2023 As the sky began to lighten over Israel’s border with Gaza on Wednesday, the people of Kfar Aza moved silently towards the armoury at the centre of the kibbutz. It was there, shortly after…