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Grandparents arrested on suspicion of toddler’s murder in French Alps

[ad_1] Four people, including the grandparents of Emile Soleil, have been arrested over the two-year-old's disappearance and death in the French Alps in July 2023.The two other people arrested on suspicion of voluntary homicide and concealment of a corpse are adult children of Emile's grandparents, prosecutors said in a statement.The grandparents' lawyer, Isabelle Colombani, told AFP on Tuesday morning that she had no comment, having "only just heard" about the
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Five takeaways from leaked US top military meeting

[ad_1] Watch: Key reactions to reports of a leaked group chat involving Trump officialsWashington DC is still digesting a serious security breach at the heart of the Trump administration. It's the story of how a journalist - the Atlantic magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg - was added to a Signal platform messaging group which apparently included Vice-President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, in addition to National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.The
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Sixth night of demonstrations as Erdogan hits out at unrest

[ad_1] Mahmut HamsiciBBC Turkish'We're trying to bring democracy back': BBC reporter on the ground in IstanbulTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition parties for provoking a "movement of violence" as protests in the country continued for a sixth night.Unrest began in Istanbul last Wednesday when the city's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - Erdogan's main political rival - was detained on corruption charges.Imamoglu said the allegations against him were politically motivated,
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Japan court orders controversial ‘Moonies’ church to disband

[ad_1] A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022.The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader's ties with the church - he blamed the church for bankrupting his family.Japan's education and culture ministry sought the church's dissolution and accused it of
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Rwanda planning to attack Burundi, President Évariste Ndayishimiye tells BBC

[ad_1] Nomsa Maseko and Natasha BootyBBC News, in Bujumbura and LondonBBCPresident Évariste Ndayishimiye made the comments in an exclusive interview with the BBCBurundi's president has told the BBC he has seen "credible intelligence" that Rwanda plans to attack his country.Évariste Ndayishimiye also said that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup a decade ago in Burundi, akin to "what it's doing in the Democratic Republic of Congo" now.Rwanda has already
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Man swallowed by sinkhole in Seoul found dead

[ad_1] A man who fell into a large sinkhole in South Korea's capital Seoul has been found dead, according to the local fire department.The man was riding his motorbike in the Gangdong district when the road caved in at about 18:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Monday.Rescuers found his body underground on Tuesday morning around 11:00 local time, about 50m (164ft) from where he had fallen in.A car driver was
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Trump bemoans a painting of him

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has been gifted a new portrait from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin - while trashing an existing painting of him as "truly the worst".The new portrait has not been shown publicly. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described it as a "personal gift", adding that only Putin himself could disclose further details. Meanwhile, Trump took to Truth Social to criticise an earlier picture of him that hung
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BBC journalists recall horrors of India’s lockdown five years on

[ad_1] Watch: Covid five years on: How BBC journalists covered the crisis in IndiaOn 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives.India's already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic's weight. The WHO estimated over 4.7 million Covid deaths in India - nearly 10 times the official count - but the
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Trump’s national security team’s chat app leak stuns Washington

[ad_1] Watch: President Trump says he knows 'nothing' about journalist in Houthi strike group chatThere are few US presidential actions more sensitive, more fraught with peril, than when and where to use American military force.If such information were obtained by American adversaries in advance, it could put lives – and national foreign policy objectives - at risk.Fortunately for the Trump administration, a group chat with information about an impending US
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Madrassas the only choice for Afghan girls barred from school

[ad_1] Mahjooba NowrouziBBC Afghan Service, KabulBBCGirls being taught at the Shaikh Abdul Qadr Jilani madrassaAmina will never forget the moment her childhood changed. She was just 12 years old when she was told she could no longer go to school like boys.The new school year began on Saturday in Afghanistan but for the fourth consecutive year, girls over 12 were barred from attending classes."All my dreams were shattered," she says,