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BBCTwenty-one-year-old Shahsawar’s legs and hands were ultimately amputatedWarning: This article contains images and descriptions of violence that some readers may find distressing.A dozen young Afghans who tried to reach Europe in January have told the BBC they were among a group of 50 migrants beaten and stripped by Turkish border guards before being stranded in the snow.They say they were forced from the eastern Turkish city of Van towards the Iranian border, where temperatures were sub-zero. The group added that at least 20 people froze to death.Eleven of the 12 men and boys who spoke to the BBC – including…
EPA/ShutterstockFour priests from Switzerland, the US and France were ordained during a ceremony in the Alpine village of ÉcôneThousands of people have gathered in a tiny village in Switzerland to witness the ordination of four new Catholic bishops, in defiance of an appeal by Pope Leo XIV.The four, one from the United States, one from Switzerland, and two from France, are members of the controversial Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), also sometimes known as Lefebrvistes after SSPX’s founder Marcel Lefebvre.The Society rejects key modernising reforms introduced by the Vatican in the 1960s and 1970s, including permission to hold Mass…
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump speaks about the United States – Mexico – Canada agreement, known as USMCA, during a visit to Dana Incorporated, an auto supplier manufacturer, in Warren, Michigan, January 30, 2020.The US has declined to renew the landmark US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, according to a senior US official. This decision means the trilateral trade pact will miss out on an automatic 16-year extension. The official said the administration “chose not to rubber stamp a USMCA renewal without addressing existing issues,” and “the United States did not agree to renew the USMCA in its current…
Getty ImagesCarroll, a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of attacking her in the mid-1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing roomWriter E Jean Carroll has asked a judge to order Donald Trump to pay the $5m (£3.7m) in damages awarded by a jury that found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in a civil case three years ago.The request comes a day after the US Supreme Court declined Trump’s request to review the case.In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Carroll the damages over her civil claim that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s,…
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ReutersElection official Mohammed Taha al-Ahmed said 15 of the president’s appointees were womenSyria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed the final 70 members of the country’s new parliament, paving the way for it to hold its first session next week.Fifteen of the new lawmakers are women and 13 were imprisoned during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in 2024. It is not clear how many are members of religious and ethnic minorities.Last October, regional electoral colleges selected two-thirds of the 210-seat People’s Assembly, which will be responsible for legislation during the transitional period.After only six seats were won…
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President Trump is asked about the vast fortune he’s made as presidentUS President Donald Trump made more than $1.4bn (£1.05bn) last year from business dealings in cryptocurrency, according to his mandatory financial report.In a 927-page disclosure, he reported $635m in royalties from an entity called Celebration Coins, thought to be behind the $TRUMP meme coin which has plunged in value since he launched it days before taking office.He also reported over $500m in income from World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm founded by his own sons and the children of his special envoy, Steve Witkoff.The White House denied he was…
Getty ImagesVictor Willis was the band’s frontman and co-wrote most of their hit songsVictor Willis, the frontman of 1970s disco group Village People, has died at the age of 74, the band’s official social media page has announced.The Texas-born musician was the lead singer and co-writer of the band’s biggest hits including YMCA, Go West and In The Navy. The group became international stars in the 70s by performing while dressed as archetypal macho characters. Willis was alternately a policeman and a naval officer.He left the band in 1980 and spent years fighting a legal battle over copyright to the…
Getty ImagesCanadian singer Céline Dion, competed for Switzerland – and won – in Eurovision in the 1980sCanada will take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have announced.It becomes the first new country to join since Australia in 2015, and follows a turbulent year where long-standing competitors such as Ireland and Spain pulled out over Israel’s participation.The path for Canada to compete was cleared last week, when the country’s public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which stages the annual competition.The country can already claim one winner. Quebec-born Celine Dion represented Switzerland in…