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How climate change is worsening Pakistan’s deadly floods

Azadeh MoshiriPakistan Correspondent BBC Floods have swept across Pakistan, hitting urban and rural areas, including the capital of Punjab, Lahore Rescuers and relatives searched knee-deep in water for the body of one-year-old Zara. She’d been swept away by flash floods; the bodies of her parents and three siblings had already been found days earlier. “We […]

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Shein accused of selling childlike sex dolls in France

France’s consumer watchdog has reported fast fashion giant Shein to authorities for selling “sex dolls with a childlike appearance” on its website. The Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) said in a statement that the online description and categorisation of the dolls “makes it difficult to doubt the child pornography nature […]

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The Traitors star Elyn Wyn grateful for ‘abnormal anatomy’

Lena-Zaharah MohammedBBC Wales BBC/PA Elen has previously called on the Welsh government to offer more funding, better information and greater sensitivity to women’s health The Traitors star and Welsh opera singer Elen Wyn says she is “grateful to have an abnormal anatomy” as it ultimately led to her endometriosis diagnosis. Appearing on the podcast It’s […]

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Ministry of Defence to spend £9bn renovating military housing

Thousands of military homes across the UK will be modernised, refurbished or rebuilt over the next decade under a £9bn government plan to improve defence housing. The Ministry of Defence’s new housing strategy will see improvements made to almost all of its 47,700 homes for military families in what Defence Secretary John Healey said will […]

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Kenyan landslide kills 21 after heavy rainfall

The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country after heavy rainfall. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the bodies had been transferred to a nearby airstrip after the landslide in Marakwet East late on Friday night. He said on X that more than 30 […]

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Coastal storm brewing to bring impacts to Southeastern US

A dip in the jet stream creating an area of low pressure has the potential to develop coastal rain and wind along the southeastern U.S., particularly in the Carolinas.  Another potential coastal storm is looming for the Southeastern U.S., just days after a different storm brought coastal flooding, heavy rain and strong winds to much […]

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Thousands of poorest Scots to receive free weight-loss jabs in trial

Getty Images Thousands of people from some of Scotland’s most deprived areas are to be offered free weight-loss jabs as part of government-funded research. Up to 5,000 people in Scotland will take the injections as part of the multi-million pound study being led by Glasgow University. The findings will provide insight into the lives of […]

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