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Category: World
School-leavers losing their lives for Russia in Putin’s war with Ukraine
Russia has promised that no 18-year-olds will be sent to fight in Ukraine, but the BBC finds many have already been killed.
Santa feels the heat as Lapland buckles in Finland’s record-breaking heatwave
After an unusually cold early summer, Finland has seen two weeks of temperatures topping 30C.
How a vote targeting ‘pro-China’ lawmakers has split Taiwan
The spectre of Chinese influence in parliament has sparked a movement and fractured Taiwan’s society.
220 MPs call for Starmer to recognise Palestinian state
The PM says recognition of a Palestinian state must be part of a “wider plan” to ensure peace in the region.
Taiwan holds controversial vote targeting ‘pro-China’ lawmakers
The vote could alter the balance of power in Taiwan, which has seen months of political deadlock.
‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza, former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns
Israel faces increasing pressure from Western allies to lift restrictions into the flow of aid into Gaza.
The fractured friendship behind the fight at the Thailand-Cambodia border
The countries have a history of occasional conflict, but this latest fight comes after an old friendship crumbled.
How Epstein case is tearing apart Maga’s online conspiracy wing
In conspiratorial pro-Trump spaces online, arguments rage over the US president’s approach to the long-running saga.