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BBCA Russian “shadow fleet” tanker has entered the English Channel for the first time since UK forces boarded the Smyrtos early on Sunday morning, ship tracking data reviewed by BBC Verify shows.Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship that left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on Wednesday evening and sailed south. It is broadcasting its final destination as Dongying port in China.UK-sanctioned shadow fleet vessels have avoided the Channel since British troops intercepted the Smyrtos, with tracking data showing a number of sanctioned ships altering course to avoid the waterway in the aftermath of the operation.BBC Verify has approached the…
REUTERS/Cesar MunozPeople outside José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport were in shock following the deadly shootingAn Ecuadorean man, who police accuse of leading a faction of one of the country’s most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he was leaving the airport in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil.Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys and flowers before one of them approaches the victim, pulls his gun from behind a teddy and shoots him point-blank.Police have detained two teenagers in connection with the crime, the latest in a widespread wave of gang violence.…
Smoke engulfs Moscow skyline after refinery hit by droneMoscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital and setting columns of thick smoke billowing high into the sky. Seventeen people were wounded in the Moscow region, according to local governor Andrei Vorobyov.Almost 1,000 drones and four Ukrainian cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed across the country in 24 hours, Russia’s defence ministry was quoted as saying. An oil depot was struck in the southern Rostov region, where one person was killed.Volodymyr Zelensky said…
Social media platforms in the country will be required to monitor any accounts created by children under the age of 15 and take immediate actionThe UAE on Thursday approved a new law setting the minimum age for social media use. It bans children under 15 from creating or using personal social media accounts and restricts their access to the platforms’ full features.So what does this mean in practical terms, and how will platforms enforce these age limits? Under the new resolution, social media companies will be required to actively monitor accounts created by users under 15 and take immediate action.…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe sound of gunfire came from Niamey’s airport, which was attacked in January (file photo)Explosions and gunfire have been heard coming from the airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, residents have told the BBC.”I heard the first gunshots at 06:00 (05:00 local time) while I was at the mosque. But the current situation is under control,” one person said.The gunfire, which lasted for two hours, came from the entrance to the airport, a witness told the AFP news agency.Niger has been fighting an Islamist insurgency for a decade and in January suspected jihadists launched an attack on the…
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DisneyTom Hanks’s Woody (right) and Tim Allen’s Buzz are back but facing a new threatThe fifth instalment of Toy Story has received mixed reviews from critics, who have described it as being “a warm and wry update” to an otherwise now “played out” franchise.But one thing most reviewers agreed on is that the message of the film – which finds Woody, Buzz and Jessie fighting with a new digital device called Lilypad for children’s attention – is a “cautionary” one.Toy Story 5 is released in UK cinemas on Friday, just days after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a forthcoming…
Amensisa Ifa / BBCNone of the usual crowds attend burials in this Bunia cemetery at the momentNyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, a city in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, is much busier than usual.”Today is the sixth time I have come to the cemetery,” says Joel Lonza Makumbu as he explains how the virus has devastated his family and community.”Yesterday I buried my father. Today I have come to say goodbye to my mother.”As he fills the grave with soil, he says he has also lost three sisters and a brother-in-law to…
Getty ImagesApple CEO Tim CookApple plans to raise the prices of its products as the cost of the memory chips it uses has surged, the technology giant’s boss has said.Tim Cook, Apple’s outgoing chief executive, told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that price increases are “unavoidable” as the situation around memory chips has become “unsustainable”.He did not say when prices will rise or which products will be affected. It is also unclear whether the price hikes will affect the iPhone 18, which is expected to be launched in September.Memory chips are essential components in smart devices like mobile phones, but…
English HeritageThe huge stones at Stonehenge mark the movements of the Sun Archaeologists believe they have discovered an earlier, much simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles (5km) away from the prehistoric monument.All that remains of the older structure is two holes in the ground, but the team says they held wooden posts that lined up with the Sun on the summer and winter solstices – the longest and shortest days of the year – in the same way as Stonehenge.The site has been dated to about 5,000 years old, which predates Stonehenge by 500 years.Artefacts were also found at…