Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies aged 62 ( www.bbc.com )
Vladimir Putin set to transfer Sergei Shoigu from Russian defence ministry ( www.bbc.com )
Trump trial fans show up for 'spectacle' and 'to witness history' ( www.bbc.com )
A Scottish woman on vacation. A retiree carrying a Trump puppet. A 22-year-old film producer. A former criminal defence attorney....
South Africa's frontline volunteer crime fighters ( www.bbc.com )
South African communities organise to tackle the high crime rate, with the police's tacit approval....
Shein suppliers still working 75-hour weeks, report says ( www.bbc.com )
Workers for some suppliers of Chinese fast fashion giant Shein are still working 75 hours a week, despite the company promising to improve conditions, a report suggests....
Chang'e-6 is just the tip of China's ambitions for the Solar System ( www.bbc.com )
UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says Cameron ( www.bbc.com )
Lord Cameron said while he would not support a major ground offensive in the Gazan city of Rafah, the UK would not copy US plans to stop some arms sales....
Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill ( www.bbc.com )
Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening to protest a controversial "foreign influence" bill backed by the government....
China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s ( www.bbc.com )
Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, Beijing is still pursuing them....
Protesters march again in Georgia over foreign influence bill, holding Georgian and EU flags, chanting “no to the Russian law” ( www.bbc.com )
Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening to protest a controversial "foreign influence" bill backed by the government....
Protesters march again in Georgia over foreign influence bill, holding Georgian and EU flags, chanting “no to the Russian law” ( www.bbc.com )
Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening to protest a controversial "foreign influence" bill backed by the government....
Protesters march again in Georgia over foreign influence bill, holding Georgian and EU flags, chanting “no to the Russian law” ( www.bbc.com )
Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening to protest a controversial "foreign influence" bill backed by the government....
China is still harrassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s. And that is increasingly causing friction with democracies over issues of espionage, surveillance and human rights ( www.bbc.com )
Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, Beijing is still pursuing them....
China is still harrassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s. And that is increasingly causing friction with democracies over issues of espionage, surveillance and human rights ( www.bbc.com )
Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, Beijing is still pursuing them....
The man who took on the coal industry to save a forest - and won ( www.bbc.com )
Alok Shukla has spent years fighting to protect a key Indian forest from mining companies....
Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill ( www.bbc.com )
Opponents fear the government's bill will silence critics ahead of parliamentary elections later this year....
How sci-fi writer JG Ballard's computer poems predicted ChatGPT ( www.bbc.com )
The novelist and short story writer JG Ballard, is known for conjuring warped and reimagined versions of the world he occupied. Dealing with strange exaggerations of realities and often detailing the breakdown of social norms, his unconventional works are hard to categorise....
Australia tries to stop a violence against women 'epidemic', starting with schools ( www.bbc.com )
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Malaysia football: Mystery attacks on players overshadow season start ( www.bbc.com )
Three members of the national team suffer separate assaults, leaving police and fans baffled....
WWE fans slam 'extortionate' prices for Scottish clash ( www.bbc.com )
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Tesla factory protesters clash with police in Germany ( www.bbc.com )
hell yeah, keep up the good work, fuck the police.
Argentines strike against spending cuts under Javier Milei ( www.bbc.com )
Schools, banks and many shops close across the country, with train and metro services suspended....
Ukraine says it repelled Russian bid to cross border ( www.bbc.com )
Ukraine says it has repelled a Russian armoured attack in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, after Moscow's forces launched an incursion across the border and sought to break through defensive lines. ...
Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers ( www.bbc.com )
MI5 sorry over handling of machete attack case ( www.bbc.com )
MI5 has apologised for failing to promptly disclose information to a woman who was attacked with a machete by one of its agents....
