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Russian forces seize Chernobyl nuclear power plant - BBC News

The power plant, the site of a 1986 nuclear disaster, has been taken over by Russian troops.

bbc news - BBC News
3:51pm PST - February 24th, 2022

Liberty Steel boss Sanjeev Gupta says collapse of lender is challenging - BBC News

Sanjeev Gupta, owner of Liberty Steel, says he is seeking new funding after Greensill Capital went under.

bbc news - BBC News
3:23am PST - March 9th, 2021

Samuel Paty: French schoolgirl admits lying about murdered teacher - BBC News

The student admits she was not in class when Samuel Paty showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

bbc news - BBC News
2:48am PST - March 9th, 2021

Archie: Why is Meghan and Harry's son not a prince? - BBC News

The Duchess of Sussex sees a royal title for her son as important. What are the rules around this?

bbc news - BBC News
2:26am PST - March 9th, 2021

Covid in Scotland: Restrictions on outdoor meetings to be eased - BBC News

Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce a limited easing of some lockdown restrictions at Holyrood.

bbc news - BBC News
3:01pm PST - March 8th, 2021

Covid-19: Mystery person with Brazil variant in UK found

Health officials have traced the sixth person known to have been infected with the new Covid variant.

bbc news - BBC News
7:56am PST - March 5th, 2021

Three workers for foreign media arrested in Ethiopia's Tigray region - Reuters

A BBC reporter and two translators working with journalists from the Financial Times and Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency have been detained in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, according to their employers.

bbc news - Reuters
3:41am PST - March 2nd, 2021

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru detained by military

Girmay Gebru and four others were taken from a café in the regional capital Mekelle, witnesses say.

bbc news - BBC News
1:24pm PST - March 1st, 2021

Bordesley Green: Group of gunmen open fire at house - BBC News

  1. Bordesley Green: Group of gunmen open fire at house  BBC News
  2. Gang fire bullets into Bordesley Green house while children inside  Birmingham Live
  3. Group of men fire 10 gunshots at home with children inside  expressandstar.com
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    8:38am PST - February 28th, 2021

After Facebook’s news flex, Australia passes bargaining code for platforms and publishers

A week after Facebook grabbed eyeballs globally by blocking news publishers and turning off news-sharing on its platform in Australia, the country’s parliament has approved legislation that makes it mandatory for platform giants like Facebook and Google to ne…

bbc news - TechCrunch
4:52am PST - February 25th, 2021

I Woke Up to Australia's Newsless News Feed

For now, Facebook has walked back its clumsy surprise ban on news content. But the social media giant has made clear: It can take news away again.

bbc news - Wired
5:00am PST - February 24th, 2021

Three Covid tests per pupil 'a big task for schools' - Williamson - BBC News

  1. Three Covid tests per pupil 'a big task for schools' - Williamson  BBC News
  2. Teachers' stark warning as they say 'extremely unlikely' all kids back on March 8  Mirror Online
  3. When will schools reopen? What Covid lockdown roadmap says…

    bbc news - BBC News
    1:00am PST - February 24th, 2021

Fashion designer Alexander Wang accused of sexual assault

More allegations against the US designer emerge as a student speaks to BBC News.

bbc news - BBC News
5:50pm PST - February 23rd, 2021

Covid: Social contact limits in England 'gone by 21 June' - BBC News

  1. Covid: Social contact limits in England 'gone by 21 June'  BBC News
  2. Covid hospital admissions in England drop 74 per cent  Hull Live
  3. Ten areas where all over-50s may get jab by March 7 - a month ahead of schedule  Mirror Online bbc news - BBC News
    7:56am PST - February 22nd, 2021

Covid-19: Surge testing in Brentwood after South African variant found - BBC News

Covid-19: Surge testing in Brentwood after South African variant found  BBC NewsView Full coverage on Google News

bbc news - BBC News
6:48am PST - February 21st, 2021

A ferret is the first North American endangered animal to be cloned

Animal cloning might just become a valuable tool in preserving species that might otherwise go extinct. BBC News says US Fish and Wildlife Service has successfully cloned a black-footed ferret — the first genetic copy of a North American endangered species. E…

bbc news - Engadget
1:52pm PST - February 20th, 2021

The suspicious item spotted in a hedge...

A dog walker's fears about a "suspicious" hedgerow item lead police to find an abandoned shop dummy.

bbc news - BBC News
5:03am PST - February 20th, 2021

Facebook in Australia: What happened after news was blocked?

The removal of news sites has led to concerns about the spread of disinformation.

bbc news - BBC News
4:17pm PST - February 19th, 2021

Prince Philip, 99, in hospital 'as a precaution'

Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening after feeling unwell "as a precautionary measure"

bbc news - BBC News
6:14am PST - February 17th, 2021

Dubai's Sheikha Latifa issues video from 'villa jail'- BBC Panorama - Reuters Canada

The BBC's investigative news programme Panorama on Tuesday published a video it said was of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai's daughters, saying that she was being held against her will in a barricaded villa.

bbc news - Reuters
9:22am PST - February 16th, 2021

In pictures: Joy for Dutch as canals freeze over

People in the Netherlands are making the most of wintry weather that has frozen local waterways.

bbc news - BBC News
7:28am PST - February 13th, 2021

EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel: AP News - Reuters

The European Union called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television, the Associated Press reported https://apnews.com/article/europe-beijing-television-media-coronavirus-pandemic-464b7a1fa313f485a012ce1d0f090a5a on Saturday.

bbc news - Reuters
3:43am PST - February 13th, 2021

BBC condemns China's removal of World Service in Hong Kong - Reuters

The BBC said on Friday it condemned a decision by the Chinese authorities to take its World Service off air in Hong Kong, adding that access to accurate and impartial news is a fundamental human right.

bbc news - Reuters
6:43am PST - February 12th, 2021

BBC condemns China's removal of World Service in Hong Kong - Reuters

The BBC said on Friday it condemned a decision by the Chinese authorities to take its World Service off air in Hong Kong, adding that access to accurate and impartial news is a fundamental human right. It said it would make every effort to continue making its…

bbc news - Reuters
6:37am PST - February 12th, 2021

BRIEF-Radio Television Hong Kong Suspends The Relay Of BBC World Service And BBC News Weekly - Reuters

BRIEF-Radio Television Hong Kong Suspends The Relay Of BBC World Service And BBC News Weekly  Reuters

bbc news - Reuters
7:33pm PST - February 11th, 2021

BBC News - Europe and US heatwaves near 'impossible' without climate change https://t.co/qYIWYwBpXm

Monawwar Syed HASNAIN,M.Sc. (@MonawwarSyedHA6)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @PaulAspinall5: Maybe we should stop hundreds of thousands of illegals entering the country. What do you think @BBC? https://t.co/YbRzcn…

Cally123 (@CarolFr54505971)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @ProfMarkMaslin: Europe and US heatwaves near 'impossible' without #climatechange Climate change meant the heatwave in southern Europe…

Per Johansson (@peljoh)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

How dysfunctional are #mentalhealth services in UK? Do politicians really care? How bad does it have to be? “NHS trust to review all suicides since 2017” @Meg_HillierMP @CommonsPAC @dMHBillCttee @mariacaulfield @DrRosena @SteveBarclay @wesstreeting https://t.co/XpsgMZbbMJ

David Clark (@D_M_Clark_)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Greta Thunberg carried away by police hours after fine https://t.co/KoTnIyJnOl

버드 (@saengmul2022)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @jonlis1: Struggling to comprehend the sheer absence of dignity, shame or embarrassment that lets you walk into a seat in the legislatur…

Lily Owers (@Cora13576720)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @soutikBBC: When the editors of The Christian Century asked the scientist once to share the books that most profoundly influenced his ph…

Sam McLaren (@SamMcLaren22)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCHughPym: Ministers are being pressed at inquiry on compensation for infected and affected in blood scandal - Penny Mordaunt said yes…

Janet Cloke (@JanetCloke)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @ManxFreeState: Increased temperatures from burning fossil fuels main driver in the more intense heatwaves https://t.co/cEozSdo37n

IoMDemocraticDeficit (@DeficitIom)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

Maybe we should stop hundreds of thousands of illegals entering the country. What do you think @BBC? https://t.co/YbRzcnnRl6

W.AS.P (@PaulAspinall5)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @msm_monitor: There are many examples of this on BBC Scotland. The same faces turn up again and again and again. What's presented as new…

James Smith (@jas7smith)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @THWKUpdates: ‘…although the parrot often features in music videos, he does not normally like to sit on people's shoulders. "He's a litt…

(@JRA1078)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @watsonchas: This is what is possible when you invest properly in protecting & nurturing your rivers - rather than treating them as a qu…

Mirador (@MiradorLtd)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCNews: BBC apologises to Nigel Farage over a report on closure of his Coutts bank account, saying information from a source was inacc…

Joseph Farnsworth (@JosephFarnswort)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @GavNewlandsSNP: Meanwhile, a thorough search of the BBC news app can find no reference whatsoever of Sarwar defending the adoption of t…

Jules (@Jules23744754)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @drsarahtennant: BBC News - Radiographers begin 48-hour strike in England https://t.co/FOnXmt7b4E

Dr Emily Jones (@thewelshmedic)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Raging wildfires shut down Italian airport https://t.co/RK7P2ThE3R

COLONNÉ (@Colonne_)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCHughPym: Ministers are being pressed at inquiry on compensation for infected and affected in blood scandal - Penny Mordaunt said yes…

night-shift hangover (@benitezrocks)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @CockertonMark: While Sunak spends most of his waking minutes trying to force Coutts to let Farage keep his bank account the numbers in…

Diana D (@StevenNotMum)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @LozzaFox: There can be no justification for people to be forced to pay for this corrupt, biased, lying propagandist, woke protection ra…

David Fox (@FoxCub1966)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @theJeremyVine: “At 30, she is the youngest person ever to be given a life peerage” https://t.co/ZlIPCnCh0Y

Antony (@AntonyOtter)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @Stokesy1966: Someone has a nice idea, and drivers complain because they'd lose 39 of 553 parking spaces. Drivers ruin everything. http…

Also gavincooks, aLeedscyclist@mastodon.online (@aLeedscyclist)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: The children of Yemen's forgotten war https://t.co/KgIgcXBOgf

버드 (@saengmul2022)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

Our members seize 100kg of cannabis in single raid https://t.co/IqederD4pf #Results

WiltsPolFed (@WiltsPolFed)
4:20am PDT - July 25th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Ex-Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges https://t.co/f4WUF78NYR

Amy Glover (@AmyGlov91527659)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @CodeRedEarth: Missing in Action - an area 10X the size of the UK from the Antarctic. "It's definetely not the best case scenario that w…

HaPe Hemmelhorst (@ketser)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @RealTimeWWII: US Secretary of War Henry Stimson strenuously argues against using atom bomb on historic city of Kyoto: "bitterness which…

Derek Bryant (@DerekJohnBryant)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @BBCNews: BBC apologises to Nigel Farage over a report on closure of his Coutts bank account, saying information from a source was inacc…

Andrew Dalek (@AndrewDalek)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @CultureDeclares: Our hearts are with all living - human and more-than - through the worst of the extreme impacts of the climate and eco…

Cultural Gardeners (@CulturGardeners)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023
Nigel Farage row sparks hundreds of NatWest personal data requests https://t.co/VhgYSMPvyY https://t.co/Bfs17TuYWB

Nigel Farage row sparks hundreds of NatWest personal data requests https://t.co/VhgYSMPvyY https://t.co/Bfs17TuYWB

Daniel White (@daniel_white)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Taiwan investigates police after teenager sexually assaulted in botched sting https://t.co/VwFEtQh9eJ

Sutton (@Sutton34675701)
7:38pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @Nigel_Farage: My thanks to @BBCSimonJack for his apology. I have also received a letter of apology from the BBC News CEO, Deborah Turn…

MyTwoCents24 (@MyTwoCents24)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @pitchaijohn1961: Manipur..where peace doesn't exist now but required now.. Kuki or Meiti is not the issue.. Everyone in Manipur is aff…

Deepanshu Agrawal (@2611Deepanshu)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Is Musk right to ditch the Twitter logo? https://t.co/nK3xPAbdbj

ナット (@nonnnon555)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @JIX5A: The BBC are the epitome of fake news! You always have been. You are a propaganda tool for the British government on the royal fa…

Antariksh (@GalaxyAntariksh)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @PeteUK7: "Surge in ill health will have major impact on NHS" Not a single mention of Covid or Long Covid from @NickTriggle at @BBCNews

Teresa Maritano-Aquino (@TMaritanoAquino)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @MirrorBreaking_: BREAKING: BBC apologises to Nigel Farage for reporting he didn't have money for Coutts bank account https://t.co/OI1pR…

elizabeth payton (@elizabethandcat)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Dozens killed and thousands evacuated as wildfires break out across Algeria https://t.co/O6IQAGPTkk

pavankumar (@pavankonakondla)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @BBCWorld: Is Musk right to ditch the Twitter logo? https://t.co/nK3xPAbdbj

Berliner (@habo11)
7:37pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @LisaDaftari: Some receipts for those who need them… https://t.co/rLj72eodhK

Tahmineh Dehbozorgi (@DeTahmineh)
7:36pm PDT - July 24th, 2023