• April 19, 2025

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Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old files $40m lawsuit
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Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old files $40m lawsuit

By Chloe Kim BBC News A Virginia school teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student has filed a $40m (£32m) lawsuit against school officials, alleging gross negligence for ignoring warning signs. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, argues the defendants knew the child “had a history of random violence”. Abigail “Abby” Zwerner, 25, was shot […]

Malka Leifer: former headmistress guilty of Australia child sex abuse
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Malka Leifer: former headmistress guilty of Australia child sex abuse

  By Tiffanie Turnbull and Tom Housden BBC News, Sydney   An Israeli former headteacher has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school in Australia. The jury in Melbourne found Malka Leifer had raped and indecently assaulted sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper between 2003 and 2007. […]

US Speaker confirms meeting with Taiwan’s Tsai despite China warnings
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US Speaker confirms meeting with Taiwan’s Tsai despite China warnings

  By Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore   US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has confirmed he will meet Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen in California this week, despite China’s warning this could lead to “serious confrontation”. Ms Tsai will stop over in the US on Wednesday, as she returns from a tour of Taiwan’s allies in […]

Arunachal Pradesh: India rejects China’s attempt to rename disputed places
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Arunachal Pradesh: India rejects China’s attempt to rename disputed places

    India has reacted sharply to China’s attempts to rename places in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and said it “outright rejects” the move. The state has been and will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India,” foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Tuesday. His comments came after reports said […]

Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes
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Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes

By Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore Malaysia’s parliament has voted to remove the country’s mandatory death penalty, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row. The country has had a moratorium on executions since 2018. But lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly voted to remove the death penalty as the mandatory sentence for 11 serious crimes, […]