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Can the ceasefire agreement lead to lasting peace in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Can the ceasefire agreement lead to lasting peace in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Deal between Israel and Hamas seeks to end 15 months of war. Israeli attacks have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza after mediators announced that a ceasefire agreement was reached to end 15 months of war. The ceasefire is expected to come into effect on Sunday, a day before US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to […]

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Deciphering Trump: How much is talk, how much is real? | Donald Trump

Deciphering Trump: How much is talk, how much is real? | Donald Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump assumes office with a wide-ranging ‘Day One’ list of executive orders. US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on an array of issues that he promised to resolve on “Day One”, ranging from immigration to oil production. Host Steve Clemons speaks with Tevi Troy, who served as a deputy secretary in the cabinet

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Grooming gang scandal: Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to announce new local inquiries into grooming gangs

Grooming gang scandal: Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to announce new local inquiries into grooming gangs

What was in Alexis Jay’s 2022 report?published at 13:41 Greenwich Mean Time 13:41 GMT As we reported earlier, the government has pointed to previous inquiries, when explaining why it would not set up a new inquiry. In October 2022, child protection expert Prof Alexis Jay finished a seven-year inquiry into sexual abuse of children across

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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on test flight

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on test flight

The rocket’s first attempt to launch on Monday was scrubbed around because ice had accumulated on a propellant line. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’s space company. Thirty storeys tall, standing at 98 metres (321.5 feet),

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US bans dye Red No. 3 from foods, saying it causes cancer in lab rats

US bans dye Red No. 3 from foods, saying it causes cancer in lab rats

The ban by US regulators on Wednesday in food items comes more than three decades after it was barred from cosmetics. The United States has banned the use of a synthetic food dye that gives some candies, cakes and certain oral medications a cherry-red colour, following evidence that the dye causes cancer in laboratory rats.

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What concerns does the use of AI in news raise? | Regulation

What concerns does the use of AI in news raise? | Regulation

Today on The Stream, AI’s role in news raises concerns about journalistic integrity, deepfakes, misinformation, and accountability in content creation. As artificial intelligence transforms news production, it offers both innovation and ethical challenges. While AI can streamline content and analyse data, it also raises concerns about misinformation, deepfakes, and accountability. How can the news industry

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PMQs live: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over UK economy at PMQs

PMQs live: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over UK economy at PMQs

Are higher borrowing costs a ‘global’ problem?published at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12:42 GMT By Ben Chu, BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent Challenged on the rise in UK borrowing costs since the Budget, Keir Starmer said: “The global economy is experiencing higher borrowing costs.” It’s correct that borrowing costs are up across most developed

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Japan’s tourist arrivals hit all-time high as weak currency draws masses

Japan’s tourist arrivals hit all-time high as weak currency draws masses

Asian country welcomed record 36.8 million visitors in 2024, tourism agency says. Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom, according to official figures. More than 36.8 million people visited the Asian country for business or leisure last year, estimates from the Japan National Tourism

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Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says

Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says

Deaths from bombs and other traumatic injuries during the first nine months of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40 percent, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet. The peer-reviewed statistical analysis, led by epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, used modeling in an

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Is a Gaza ceasefire deal possible this time? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Is a Gaza ceasefire deal possible this time? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hopes are running high that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza might finally be reached. Negotiators in Doha, Qatar appear to be on the brink of breaking a deadlock in ceasefire talks to end 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza. In his final foreign policy speech, the outgoing US President Joe

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