Japan's top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional (www.bbc.com)
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Biden blames jet lag and travel for poor debate performance (www.bbc.com)
That’s weird. I thought they said it was because he had a cold.
Hathras crush: More than 120 killed at religious event in India (www.bbc.com)
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What does a world without Airbnb look like? (www.bbc.com)
On 21 June, Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni announced plans to ban short term rentals in the city starting in November 2028. The decision is designed to solve what Collboni described as “Barcelona’s biggest problem” – the housing crisis that has seen residents and workers priced out of the market – by returning the...
How a Gaza 'stunt' divided Australia's parliament (www.bbc.com)
When Fatima Payman crossed the Senate floor to vote against her government she knew it would come with consequences....
Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....
West Bank: More wounded Palestinians tell BBC the Israeli army forced them on to jeep (www.bbc.com)
Two more Palestinian men, injured during a military operation in the occupied West Bank last week, have told the BBC that Israeli soldiers forced them on to the bonnet of an army jeep and drove them – sometimes at speed – along village roads....
Steve Bannon says 'Maga army' ready, as he reports to prison (www.bbc.com)
Will Biden's green jobs policy help him win votes? (www.bbc.com)
Hydra fire: Daniyar Abulgazin 'surprised' at Greek allegations over fire (www.bbc.com)
One of Kazakhstan’s richest men has denied wrongdoing after organising a party on a superyacht that is suspected of igniting a forest fire with a fireworks display....
Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app (www.bbc.com)
US soldier charged in Okinawa for rape of minor (www.bbc.com)
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Hong Kong says school children sang anthem too softly (www.bbc.com)
Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem “too softly”....
Japan: Faces made of living skin make robots smile (www.bbc.com)
Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces, for more realistic smiles and other facial expressions....
New mpox strain in DR Congo 'most dangerous yet' (www.bbc.com)
A new strain of the mpox virus spreading quickly along the eastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo is “incredibly worrying”, say health officials monitoring its spread....
UK’s richest family on trial in Switzerland for human trafficking, confiscating staff passports, paying as little as £7/day (www.bbc.com)
UK: Government lost £1.4bn on PPE contract with Full Support Healthcare (www.bbc.com)
About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic....
BBC.com: Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war (www.bbc.com)
Israeli army strapped wounded Palestinian to jeep (www.bbc.com)
South Korea: Exploding lithium batteries spark deadly factory fire (www.bbc.com)
ICRC says 22 killed in strike near its Gaza office (www.bbc.com)
Penile cancer: 6,500 amputations in Brazil in a decade (www.bbc.com)
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Steam owner Valve accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers (www.bbc.com)
Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....