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Watch: BBC tracks down abusive teacher secretly released earlyAn Indonesian teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a student at an Islamic boarding school has been secretly released from prison early, a BBC Eye investigation has found.Moch Subchi Azal Tsani or Bechi, as he is known, is the son of an influential Islamic religious leader. His trial sent shockwaves through Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country where millions of parents send their children to Islamic boarding schools.He was arrested in 2022 at his father’s school in East Java where he had taught, after a 15-hour siege involving nearly 1,000 riot police – his family’s…
Ranjan Arun Prasadh, BBCJeyaruby Jeyabalan was 12 when her father, Kandaiah Jayapalan, disappearedWhen a mass grave was unearthed in northern Sri Lanka last February, it was not by design. Workers were digging to extend a cremation ground in the Chemmani area of the Jaffna region when they suddenly discovered human remains, prompting an investigation. By August, archaeologists had completed the third phase of the excavation at the site, during which they found the skeletal remains of 572 people, including children and infants.Among the dead were artefacts from their lives – bangles, a school bag, a milk bottle.There had been whispers…
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REUTERS/SalahuddinAleema Khanum, pictured in January 2025 outside Adiala jail, speaking to the media after her brother’s jail sentenceThe sister of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been arrested ahead of next week’s protests held in his support, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has said.Aleema Khanum was detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday afternoon, PTI officials said, calling it an “illegal detention”. Her son is demanding her return.The order for Khanum’s arrest, which came from Lahore’s deputy commissioner, alleged that she was mobilising Imran Khan’s supporters “through social media and public meetings”. It added that she…
Getty ImagesNot all employees of major firms working on artificial intelligence (AI) think the technology spells doom for humanity.In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for companies including OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind were sceptical of the idea that unchecked AI development would lead to tools that could kill people en masse. “Lol”, “Haaaaaa” and “Bringing the luls” were among the reactions the BBC received to a recent flurry of high-profile warnings by some people in the industry.While these fears go back decades, claims made last week by Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic employee, went viral and were…
HBO MaxCasual sex. Relationships. Parenting. Sharon Horgan has already seen us through several life stages via hit comedy dramas such as Pulling, Catastrophe and Motherland.Now, with her latest show Youth, Horgan puts the spotlight on 50-something women, imbued with her trademark tightly balanced mix of hilarity and pathos.The HBO Max series sees Horgan’s character, Alex, gamely attempting to juggle a stressful publishing career while looking after a teenage son and elderly parents. She’s part of the so-called sandwich generation, those in midlife who have to juggle caring responsibilities for old and young while often working, too. And that’s not all…
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Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has said his proposed triumphal arch will double as a complex to store military equipment, complete with the ability to deploy snipers and drones.In a Sunday morning post, Trump said he is updating the plans at the “strong request” of the US military and for “national security purposes”.The “top grade” military complex and arch will “house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage”, he said.He did not provide details…
Mindy MeleyalMindy says people often presume she is straight because of her ageAs a 75-year-old lesbian, Mindy Meleyal has lived through every major milestone in the modern LGBT rights movement, from the start of decriminalisation in 1967 to the first same-sex marriages in 2014.But now she says this important part of her identity is frequently overlooked due to her age.She’s part of England’s older LGBTQ+ community, which a new report suggests often experiences poorer health, more limited finances and greater social isolation than the wider older population.The report, from the Centre for Ageing Better, says without specialist support, this growing…