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The children being lured to fight on TikTok

19 hours ago By Rachelle Krygier and Laura García, BBC Monitoring and BBC Mundo Getty Fighters belonging to breakaway groups associated with Colombia’s largest rebel movement are posting videos on TikTok to entice young people to join them. The BBC has investigated the growth of guerrilla “recruitment” videos, with dissident factions yet to agree to a peace […]

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Monkeys got along better after hurricane

Macaque monkeys got on better with others in their social groups after a devastating hurricane, according to researchers. Researchers studied the impacts of a hurricane on a population of Rhesus macaques on an island off Puerto Rico. Temperatures are often around 40C so shade is a precious resource for macaques, since tree cover is still […]

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London hospitals hackers publish stolen blood test data

A gang of cyber criminals causing huge disruption to multiple London hospitals has published sensitive patient data stolen from an NHS blood testing company. Overnight on Thursday, Qilin shared almost 400GB of the private information on their darknet site. The gang has been trying to extort money from NHS provider Synnovis since they hacked the […]

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Some GPs struggling to find work, says union

Some qualified GPs cannot find enough work even at a time of high patient demand for appointments, according to a doctors’ union. The British Medical Association (BMA) says it has heard from locum doctors in England who are struggling to get shifts at practices. Locums are used by practices to cover sickness or other absence […]

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Global alert issued over fake-Ozempic drugs

A global alert about fake Ozempic – which has become popular as a way of losing weight – has been issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). The drug is sometimes known as a “skinny jab” despite its main purpose being a treatment for type-2 diabetes. The WHO said the fake medicines could pose a […]

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