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Thai court votes to remove PM published at 09:46 British Summer Time Breaking The Constitutional Court has ruled against Paetongtarn Shinawatra, saying that her controversial phone call amounted to an ethical breach. This means the suspended prime minister will be immediately removed from office – a blow to her party and the Shinawatra dynasty. Who
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Merlyn Thomas, Benedict Garman & Sebastian Vandermeersch BBC Verify Videos show where Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times during its deadly attack in southern Gaza on Monday, an analysis of new video footage by BBC Verify has found. The attack, which has attracted international condemnation
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In Nine Elms, on the south bank of the Thames, a fortress is rising. Officially, it’s the new Chinese Embassy. In reality, it looks less like a diplomatic mission and more like the command post of a hostile power. A sprawling, six-acre compound big enough to garrison a small army. Europe’s largest embassy? Spare me.
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Thu Aug 28, 2025 – 11:49 am EDT (The Sociable) — Following the World Economic Forum (WEF) announcement to appoint interim co-chairs, much of the public focus has been on BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, but not so much on Andre Hoffmann, who is a Swiss billionaire and heir to the fifth largest pharmaceutical company on
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QUESTION: Marty, you have mentioned that at some point in history, when Italy could not pay off its 30-day short-term paper because it could not sell the new debt to pay off the old, as they do today, they converted 30-day paper to long-term. I cannot find the details on that. Could you please explain
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Laura Bicker China correspondent Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a military parade in the centre of Beijing, alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin and China’s leader Xi Jinping, is quite the photo-op. It’s also a key diplomatic win for Xi. The Chinese leader has been trying hard to project Beijing’s power on
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25 Nations Suspend Postal Service to the US August 28, 2025 Twenty-five nations have declared a temporary suspension on all postal shipments to the United States amid tariff uncertainty. As of August 29, 2025, the United… World Trade Japan’s Exports Fall to Four-Year Low August 22, 2025 Japan experienced a contraction in exports for the
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Labour Party Approval Sinks to New Low August 28, 2025 The United Kingdom’s Labour Party is experiencing the lowest approval rating since the last general election, with only 20% approving of Keir Starmer’s… BRITAIN Politics Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates August 8, 2025 The Bank of England has cut its base interest rate to
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Tokyo authorities have released an AI-generated video showing what could happen in a worst-case scenario if Mount Fuji erupted. The BBC’s Tessa Wong explains how this could impact Japan’s capital city, and what experts say about the likelihood of an eruption. 51 minutes ago Tokyo Asia Artificial intelligence Japan Watch: World’s tallest bridge completes key
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Wanqing Zhang & Larissa Kennelly BBC Global China Unit & BBC News BBC Zhenhao Zou was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 24 years, in June Two women who reported being drugged and raped by prolific sex offender Zhenhao Zou said they were attacked within 24 hours of each other, the
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