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Ben Ferencz: Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor dies, aged 103

By Christy Cooney BBC News The last surviving prosecutor from the post-World War Two Nuremberg trials has died aged 103. Ben Ferencz was just 27 when he secured the convictions of Nazi officers for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He later advocated for the establishment of an international court to prosecute war crimes, […]

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Vitaly Votanovsky flees Russia after documenting a Wagner cemetery

Russia-Ukraine war By Will Vernon BBC News, Moscow A Russian activist who revealed details of the burials of Wagner mercenaries killed in Ukraine has left Russia. Vitaly Votanovsky, who began documenting the deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine by monitoring graveyards in his home region, fled the country on 4 April after receiving numerous […]

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China simulates hitting ‘key targets’ on Taiwan

By Matt Murphy & Christy Cooney BBC News China has simulated precision strikes against key targets in Taiwan and its surrounding waters during a second day of military drills. The drills – which Beijing has called a “stern warning” to the self-governing island – respond to Taiwan’s president visiting the US last week. […]

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Yemen war: Saudi-Houthi talks bring hope of ceasefire

Yemen crisis By Sebastian Usher Middle East analyst, BBC News A Saudi Arabian delegation is in Yemen’s capital Sana’a for talks with the Houthi rebel movement aimed at reaching a new and potentially permanent ceasefire. A mediation team from Oman is also in Sana’a. The capital has been controlled by the Houthis since they […]

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Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data

Coronavirus pandemic By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News A research team in China has published analysis of samples taken more than three years ago from the market linked to the outbreak of Covid-19. The Huanan seafood and wildlife market has been a focal point in the search for the origin of the coronavirus. But this […]

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SNP auditors quit amid Peter Murrell police investigation

By Andrew Kerr & Mary McCool BBC Scotland News The firm that audits the SNP’s finances has resigned, the BBC has learned. Accountants Johnston Carmichael, which has worked with the party for more than a decade, said the decision was taken after a review of its clients. Police investigating the SNP’s finances this week […]

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Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest

By Holly Honderich in Washington The Tennessee statehouse has expelled two Democratic politicians who led a gun control protest that halted legislative proceedings last week. In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 72-25 to expel Justin Jones and 69-26 to remove Justin Pearson. But an expulsion vote failed against a third Democratic […]

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South Africa’s Gupta extradition bid from UAE fails

South Africa’s bid to have two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family extradited from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has failed. Atul and Rajesh Gupta are accused in South Africa of profiting from their close links with former President Jacob Zuma and exerting unfair influence. The justice ministry said it had learnt with “shock and […]

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NZ pilot’s kidnappers tell Indonesia to negotiate

By Jerome Wirawan & George Wright BBC News in Jakarta and London Separatists in Indonesia’s Papua region who took a New Zealand pilot hostage in February have told authorities to stop searching for him, and to start negotiating. Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped after landing his plane in Papua’s remote mountainous province of Nduga. […]

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Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack

By Lucy Williamson & David Gritten BBC News, in Jerusalem and London The Israeli military has carried out air strikes on targets belonging to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. The military said the attacks were a response to a barrage of 34 rockets fired from Lebanon into […]

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