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477b995f575b2d79f204408cc338d395 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34594692 | In the lion's den: The Indian women who answer cat calls | In the lion's den: The Indian women who answer cat calls
For a group of women forest guards working in India's Gir sanctuary, the only home to Asiatic lions, protecting and rescuing big cats is all in a day's work. The BBC's Geeta Pandey travels to Gir forest to meet some of them.
Rasila Vadher was among the first batc... |
b3875afe6306bcdec7cce0c68523b3b9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34865129 | 'Sanskari' James Bond: Indians ridicule cuts to Spectre kisses | 'Sanskari' James Bond: Indians ridicule cuts to Spectre kisses
A James Bond who touches M's feet to seek blessings before setting out for a mission? One who only shakes (not stirs) his buttermilk? You had better believe it.
Please meet the cleaned up, chaste, well behaved James Bond - trending in India as #SanskariJame... |
dec7555798195d5af485cd43218aa26d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35628276 | Caste unrest: Why India's farm communities are angry | Caste unrest: Why India's farm communities are angry
Why are some of India's major farming communities in ferment?
In recent days at least 16 people have been killed in
violent protests
by the Jat community in the state of Haryana. They are demanding the reinstatement of caste quotas for government jobs and education p... |
6349acd6013e9dc9c95e5855862bfe64 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35647887 | What nationalism means to Indian 'sedition' students | What nationalism means to Indian 'sedition' students
"My name is Umar Khalid and I am not a terrorist."
Mr Khalid is among five Indian students facing charges of sedition after organising a protest at Delhi's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He and another student
handed themselves over to the police
on T... |
1a7c198a929b99bd952ccb9c67d0a767 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35666802 | Taxing democracy: Why easy decisions can be hardest to make | Taxing democracy: Why easy decisions can be hardest to make
Democracies are good at all sorts of things, but not always at making decisions.
There's a perfect example of that here in India, the world's largest democracy.
There is a reform which would benefit virtually every Indian and which both main political parties ... |
c6d5474ab965a73559d86e92a4cc3321 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35923237 | Kashmiri Hindus: Driven out and insignificant | Kashmiri Hindus: Driven out and insignificant
In a room opposite an ancient temple in Srinagar, four men - two Hindu and two Muslim - are hotly debating the "forced" exodus of hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir in the early 1990s.
The two Muslims sympathise with the Hindu migrants... |
0e9accd2fbbc8613c3e76dd961bb21fb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36051629 | India may relocate tigers to Cambodia to grow global population | India may relocate tigers to Cambodia to grow global population
Tigers from India could be relocated to Cambodia as part of a plan to increase the animal's global population.
The decision to relocate tigers was agreed to in principle at a ministerial meeting in Delhi of 13 Asian nations with tiger populations.
The anim... |
d7a0a51ae5f03c4cd07e7959f1759290 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36781277 | Why the Kashmir killings could have been avoided | Why the Kashmir killings could have been avoided
When security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir killed a prominent militant leader in a gunfight last week, they would have surely anticipated a civilian blowback in the Muslim-dominated valley.
After all, the young, social-media savvy Burhan Wani had become the masc... |
e91cf4a21b07190f0ae0822ef90f25cf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-36961497?ocid=global_bbccom_email_02082016_top+news+stories | India bridge collapse: More bus passengers feared dead | India bridge collapse: More bus passengers feared dead
Emergency workers are searching for some 20 people feared dead after two buses plunged into a river when a road bridge gave way after torrential rain.
Two bodies were found in the River Savitri, but rescuers fear the others were swept downstream.
The bridge south o... |
699f71641df45163b7a858e28d1803b7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37182197 | India unveils plans to ban surrogacy | India unveils plans to ban surrogacy
The Indian government has unveiled a draft law which would ban commercial surrogacy.
If approved by parliament, the law will also ban people who do not hold an Indian passport, as well as Indian single parents and gay people, from having children through surrogacy.
Infertile couples... |
c3b1bb44703245567f6bfadde0a6d40f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37227943 | Viewpoint: Why mass funerals spur violence in Kashmir | Viewpoint: Why mass funerals spur violence in Kashmir
Militant leader Burhan Wani's death in a gun battle with government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked a spiral of deadly violence in the Muslim-majority valley. The region has seen an armed insurgency against Indian rule since 1989. Sushil Pandit wri... |
58f11f9197c4115ba6347414760f4de7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39415903 | Attacks on Nigerian students shock India | Attacks on Nigerian students shock India
India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an "impartial" inquiry into attacks on Nigerian students living in Noida, near Delhi.
The attacks were prompted by the death of a local teenager due to a drug overdose. His parents blame Nigerian students for giving him the dru... |
42a80e456690b06339ac2d9263f5e9cc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39638543 | Arunachal Pradesh: China renames districts in disputed India state | Arunachal Pradesh: China renames districts in disputed India state
China has renamed six districts along a disputed Himalayan border region with India, in a move seen as "retaliation" for a visit by the Dalai Lama.
The Tibetan spiritual leader, 81, had visited Arunachal Pradesh in India's remote north-east earlier in A... |
602f3990736ec73d91df169c49ee9109 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39958308 | India's Zomato says data from 17 million users stolen | India's Zomato says data from 17 million users stolen
Global restaurant guide Zomato says hackers have stolen data on about 17 million users.
The Indian firm, which uses a digital platform to provide information, said the breach includes swathes of personal information, including email addresses and hashed passwords.
P... |
9d67a2a7f1efefcc58049eaa54352566 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41008802 | Triple talaq: India court bans Islamic instant divorce | Triple talaq: India court bans Islamic instant divorce
India's top court has ruled the practice of instant divorce in Islam unconstitutional, marking a major victory for women's rights activists.
In a 3-2 majority verdict, the court called the practice "un-Islamic".
India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim... |
2c4ef166e37c6dfb8ad6db49e635b3b0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43369001 | Protesting India farmers: 'We want what we were promised' | Protesting India farmers: 'We want what we were promised'
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers have spent days walking 160km (100 miles) to Mumbai to demand respite from loans, higher prices for their produce and rights to forest land. BBC Marathi's Janhavee Moole and Rahul Ransubhe spoke to some of them.
We are here to... |
f1112ecf18d4f4a1f988ea8028e9e11a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-46368231 | Injured baby refuels India Kashmir pellet gun debate | Injured baby refuels India Kashmir pellet gun debate
The plight of a 19-month-old child who suffered severe eye injuries after being hit by a pellet gun fired by security forces has renewed anger in Indian-administered Kashmir. Sameer Yasir reports.
When Heeba Jan returned from hospital to her home in south Kashmir's S... |
abafb60fb47d19dc839d7b064002d444 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-46588740 | Three-year-old assaulted on Delhi bus rape anniversary | Three-year-old assaulted on Delhi bus rape anniversary
A three-year-old Indian girl is in critical condition after she was allegedly raped by her neighbour in the capital Delhi.
The accused, a 40-year-old security guard who worked in the building the child lived in, has been arrested.
Police found the girl unconscious ... |
2f6bec8cb6593723c2acf95ea610042a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-46834335 | Kumbh Mela: How to plan a festival for 100m people | Kumbh Mela: How to plan a festival for 100m people
India's Kumbh Mela festival is billed as the world's biggest gathering of people.
Between now and March organisers expect about 120 million pilgrims to bathe at the Sangam - the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
Hindus believe that... |
00e4397d3ff4a7ba5f94658fd23674bd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-47025662 | #MeToo in India: The women left behind | #MeToo in India: The women left behind
India's #MeToo campaign has taken off in fits and starts but it has still not touched the lives of millions of poor, vulnerable women who work in informal jobs, writes professor Sreeparna Chattopadhyay.
Meena (her name has been changed on request) is a 45-year-old domestic worker ... |
c4b507d36521c09c2ddbbfdbd8b8ffcd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-49354697 | Viewpoint: Why Modi's Kashmir move is widely supported in India | Viewpoint: Why Modi's Kashmir move is widely supported in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Thursday that his government's decision to strip autonomy from the part of Kashmir it controls would bring substantial development to the region. Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow a... |
4a246df632956e6d90667e5f4dc2043d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-49922319 | Gandhi's ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday | Gandhi's ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday
Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say.
The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 - the year of Gandhi's assassination by a Hindu extremist.
The thiev... |
e75100885ad17c70f50862658197b576 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50703659 | Delhi factory fire: More than 40 dead in India blaze | Delhi factory fire: More than 40 dead in India blaze
A large fire has swept through a bag factory in the Indian capital Delhi, killing 43 workers, officials say.
The blaze broke out at the four-storey building in the city's congested old quarter early on Sunday morning.
At least 100 people were sleeping inside the fact... |
f85f4559bd2e3d8f0007b9503cd1158d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50833361 | Citizenship Act protests: Three dead and thousands held in India | Citizenship Act protests: Three dead and thousands held in India
Three people have died in India and thousands have been detained amid demonstrations against a controversial new citizenship law.
A protest ban has been imposed in parts of the capital Delhi and throughout the states of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.
The ne... |
ffe2ef3bcf0af8d17e279e7fbb5a08bc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-51398525 | An 'unhappy marriage' that has saved thousands of lives | An 'unhappy marriage' that has saved thousands of lives
Arranged marriages can often throw up surprises. Uma Preman's unhappy marriage transformed not only her life, but also the lives of thousands of others - because it left her with the skills and motivation to help disadvantaged Indians gain access to medical treatm... |
57b3b349be100e51ecd09c8bb74b2a91 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52002734 | India's poorest 'fear hunger may kill us before coronavirus' | India's poorest 'fear hunger may kill us before coronavirus'
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option. The BBC's Vikas Pandey finds out how they were coping in the days leading up to Tuesda... |
153c914b8c3a742e639796c9441ea088 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52468343?at_custom3=@BBCBreaking | Irrfan Khan: Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi actor dies | Irrfan Khan: Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi actor dies
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, renowned internationally for roles in the hit films Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World, has died at the age of 53.
Khan was known for his nuanced and understated performances, with many calling him one of India's most talented a... |
3d7fc1aab0567d3b56f7e3e457a543f9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-53009560 | Coronavirus: Why Gujarat has India's highest mortality rate | Coronavirus: Why Gujarat has India's highest mortality rate
On 20 May, Parveen Bano started to feel slightly breathless. When she told her son, Amir Pathan, he rushed her to the nearest hospital.
He says he was worried because his 54-year-old mother had diabetes and a history of cardiac ailments. And worse, their neigh... |
a1146cc2cd33db20ed14754427e5e0fa | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-55257669 | Why India's doctors differ on Covid-19 plasma therapy | Why India's doctors differ on Covid-19 plasma therapy
Desperate calls for blood plasma to treat Covid-19 patients continue to appear on India's social media platforms even as doctors have mixed views about the experimental therapy.
When people have Covid-19 or other viral diseases, their immune system responds by creat... |
3b267cd5c6eb3d9f90505d06470573a3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-55744967 | Farm laws: Indian unions reject offer to suspend reforms | Farm laws: Indian unions reject offer to suspend reforms
Farmers' unions have rejected an Indian government offer to put controversial reforms on hold for 18 months.
The unions said the three new farm laws must be fully repealed, a move the government has ruled out.
Farmers have been camped on Delhi's outskirts since 2... |
092291a4009fbdde665eb2a320602b18 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-55748124 | Covishield and Covaxin: What we know about India's Covid-19 vaccines | Covishield and Covaxin: What we know about India's Covid-19 vaccines
India's Covaxin, the homegrown government-backed vaccine, has an efficacy rate of 81%, preliminary data from its phase 3 trial shows.
India's regulators gave the vaccine an emergency approval in January while the third phase of the trial was still und... |
b7c5316389a111e51934802455e77621 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10674741 | Smuggled rare Madagascar tortoises seized in Malaysia | Smuggled rare Madagascar tortoises seized in Malaysia
Customs officers at Kuala Lumpur airport have found nearly 400 rare tortoises smuggled from Madagascar.
The Radiated and Ploughshare tortoises were on the last leg of their journey to pet shops and possibly cooking pots, Malaysian officials believe.
Also recovered w... |
c87defde39c3a134ec2bb339d2304bcc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10680920 | Rape charge Russian pianist Pletnev returns to Thailand | Rape charge Russian pianist Pletnev returns to Thailand
Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev, accused of raping a 14-year-old boy, has briefly appeared at a Thai court.
Mr Pletnev was ordered to return to the resort town of Pattaya every 12 days to renew his bail, set at $9,000 (£5,900).
Mr Pletnev, who conducts the Russian... |
aedb7329ea0c85eb002e1c1628ee9c39 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10961282 | Malaysia men guilty in 'Allah' row church attack | Malaysia men guilty in 'Allah' row church attack
Two Malaysian men have been found guilty of setting fire to a church in January in a row over non-Muslim use of the word "Allah".
The two had claimed their burn injuries were sustained at a barbecue.
But a judge in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, said this was a fabrication a... |
598a64078f06b25c4520e29e29e9e32d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11539333 | Japan says release of China's Liu Xiaobo 'desirable' | Japan says release of China's Liu Xiaobo 'desirable'
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said the release by China of the detained Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is "desirable".
He told a parliamentary budget committee that he welcomed the award of the prize to Mr Liu, a proponent of political reform in China.
C... |
6eef0318aa6a8df56e1f601d653bf2c3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11634824 | Spiritual guardian of Indonesian volcano dies | Spiritual guardian of Indonesian volcano dies
Even after an eruption alert was issued and most villagers on the slopes of Java's Mount Merapi had been evacuated, 83-year old Mbah (grandfather) Maridjan stayed put.
The spiritual "guardian" of the mountain, his battle to tame one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes ende... |
582f191b258ca1eb83ab70419e165335 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11981014 | BBC website unblocked in China | BBC website unblocked in China
The BBC's website is accessible once again in China after being blocked for several days.
The blackout coincided with the award ceremony for this year's Noble Peace Prize winner, the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
The website was blocked along with other international news sites.
China's g... |
1577c06bfc436ec9e6f271b521c7ac11 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-48904256 | Yang Hengjun: The Australian writer held by China for six months | Yang Hengjun: The Australian writer held by China for six months
In January this year, Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun went missing in China. Six months on, his family still don't know where exactly he is, nor when he might come home.
China has confirmed he is being held on suspicion of "endangering national sec... |
b80ee8d7bb0a7d549b57677155c36275 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49365918 | Pacific forum turns into row with Australia over climate goals | Pacific forum turns into row with Australia over climate goals
Critics have blamed Australia for undermining a joint statement from Pacific island nations which called for stronger action on climate change.
Regional leaders met at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu this week, where smaller island-dominated states soug... |
9184e21d3cc386955ae45d869d4010dc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49627162 | Australian spring bushfires 'an omen' for summer season | Australian spring bushfires 'an omen' for summer season
More than 100 bushfires across two Australian states are raging in hot and windy conditions that officials warn are unprecedented this early in spring.
In Queensland more than 50 fires were burning on Sunday. Forecasters say there is no sign of an end to strong wi... |
a6ef384bde60d324ad28af91ed0c3559 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49944421 | Libra: PayPal first to drop out of Facebook cryptocurrency | Libra: PayPal first to drop out of Facebook cryptocurrency
Payments firm PayPal has become the first company to pull out of an alliance that is trying to launch Facebook's digital currency Libra.
PayPal made the announcement in a statement on Friday, but did not specify what had prompted the decision.
Libra, and its di... |
c920f5146c46cbc250ace311d1ac190e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50257903 | Suzi Taylor: Australia reality TV star 'extorted' Tinder date | Suzi Taylor: Australia reality TV star 'extorted' Tinder date
An Australian reality TV show contestant has been arrested for allegedly assaulting her Tinder date and extorting money from him.
Suzi Taylor, 49, demanded money after arranging through the dating app to meet the man at a Brisbane house on Wednesday, police ... |
a792fbdef72885ef1aed0819c45abce7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50341207 | Australia bushfires: Record number of emergencies in New South Wales | Australia bushfires: Record number of emergencies in New South Wales
Australian authorities say an "unprecedented" number of emergency-level bushfires are threatening the state of New South Wales (NSW).
More than 80 blazes were raging across the state on Friday.
Gusty winds and up to 35C heat have exacerbated the fires... |
e15de7b2d3284b5a059ba05eadb13064 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50497489 | Sydney smoke: Australia fires send haze over Sydney and Adelaide | Sydney smoke: Australia fires send haze over Sydney and Adelaide
Smoke from Australia's bushfire crisis has blanketed the major cities of Sydney and Adelaide.
In Sydney, locals woke on Thursday to smoke that appeared worse than
a fire-driven haze that was seen on Tuesday
.
Health officials issued warnings as air qualit... |
cb985c31442eda7d660bbfd1d8d5c64a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50497492 | Australia bushfires: Pollution concerns for tennis tournament | Australia bushfires: Pollution concerns for tennis tournament
When tennis player Dalila Jakupovic was unable to complete her qualifying match for the Australian Open, which begins on Monday, she blamed the "unhealthy" air quality caused by fire smoke. Bushfires have been burning across Australia for weeks, causing air ... |
f1f6e7d25ef9c4f3fd3b73957a8fa15b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50885772 | Australia fires: 'Not much left' of town ravaged by bushfire | Australia fires: 'Not much left' of town ravaged by bushfire
The leader of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, says "catastrophic" fire conditions have almost completely razed one Australian community.
She said there was "not much left" of the town of Balmoral, south-west of Sydney, where about 400 people live.
Firefi... |
be41823ca5e108d8b82600b949a70adb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50951043 | Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis | Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis
Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia.
Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 50 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Vi... |
f18950230441925e7d306625afc54e85 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-50997406 | Australia bushfires: Fundraiser reaches A$20m in 48 hours | Australia bushfires: Fundraiser reaches A$20m in 48 hours
A fundraiser for fire services in New South Wales, Australia has raised more than A$20 million (£10.6m; $13m) in just 48 hours, as the state battles a bushfire crisis.
Australian comedian Celeste Barber launched the Facebook appeal on Friday, writing: "Please he... |
70cf9951f40e8336afaa42d09c89c844 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51101049 | Australia fires: Smoke to make 'full circuit' around globe, Nasa says | Australia fires: Smoke to make 'full circuit' around globe, Nasa says
Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation, says Nasa.
Massive infernos have raged along the nation's east coast for months, pushing smoke across the Pacific.
Nasa said plumes from blazes around New Ye... |
bfecf9700c1e23046d0e9a6fd7e6096a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51496206 | Australia: NSW police scheme 'targeted' Aboriginal children | Australia: NSW police scheme 'targeted' Aboriginal children
Australia's New South Wales police have disproportionately targeted Aboriginal children under a repeat offender monitoring scheme, a report has said.
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) looked into the cases of 429 children in 2016-18 under the Suspe... |
7805f3b7b80110ca1c0d496267c47afc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51520715 | Queen reprise 22-minute Live Aid set at Fire Fight Australia concert | Queen reprise 22-minute Live Aid set at Fire Fight Australia concert
US singer Adam Lambert has joined Queen to reprise the band's legendary 1985 Live Aid set for 75,000 people at a huge benefit concert in Sydney.
The 22-minute set was part of a 10-hour fundraising event organised to raise A$10m (£5.15m; $6.71m) for co... |
84121a95c9f7e68b602ce38b644bc751 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52406943 | Tom Hanks writes to boy called Corona who said he was bullied | Tom Hanks writes to boy called Corona who said he was bullied
US actor Tom Hanks has written a letter and sent a Corona-brand typewriter gift to an Australian boy who said he was bullied because of his name - Corona.
Corona De Vries, 8, first wrote to the Toy Story actor and his wife Rita Wilson after they fell sick wi... |
131942f1fba7041df90f21b2692ef62a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55744107 | Australia Day row: PM Morrison criticises Cricket Australia over words' removal | Australia Day row: PM Morrison criticises Cricket Australia over words' removal
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has criticised Cricket Australia for dumping references to Australia Day, reigniting debate over the culturally sensitive holiday.
Australia Day is controversial because it's held on a date marking B... |
c506b2806e587ebfd1dc2f2db6c50050 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-56078978 | Former Australian Olympian Scott Miller held over 'hidden drugs haul' | Former Australian Olympian Scott Miller held over 'hidden drugs haul'
Former Australian Olympian swimmer Scott Miller has been arrested in a police raid, following an investigation into a A$2m (£1.1m; $1.6m) drugs haul.
Mr Miller, now aged 45, was held at his home in the Sydney suburb of Rozelle. Another man, 47, was d... |
cbca2ebd0c9148aa198ef3e34f090be1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-56165015?at_custom4=3C8FD9E0-758F-11EB-9BD3-03230EDC252D&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_custom3=%40BBCBreaking | Facebook reverses ban on news pages in Australia | Facebook reverses ban on news pages in Australia
Facebook has announced it will restore news content to its users in Australia.
The tech giant has blocked news to Australians on its platform since last Thursday amid a dispute over a proposed law which would force it and Google to pay news publishers for content.
Austra... |
7006a97c7a85e37c01e9ad2d5c4a910e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11131937 | Germany central banker condemned for 'racist' book | Germany central banker condemned for 'racist' book
The German government has condemned an official with the country's central bank on the publication of his book on immigration issues.
Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin's book, Germany Abolishes Itself, states that Muslim immigrants refuse to integrate.
In a newspa... |
2134db9bc78dd91f595bc33368c0ae25 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11476656 | Farmers defend controversial EU subsidies | Farmers defend controversial EU subsidies
The EU's complex and costly system of farm subsidies is under review and next month the European Commission will present its reform plans.
France - the EU's biggest food producer - does not want farm subsidies to be cut, unless global rivals like the US also agree to cut their ... |
759eeeae0f794e8253ffd09d5fcb7206 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11559451 | Merkel says German multicultural society has failed | Merkel says German multicultural society has failed
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
She said the so-called "multikulti" concept - where people would "live side-by-side" happily - did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate - incl... |
1a69e3b9a2562811c66af0a7938d72ff | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11565813 | Mass trial of Kurdish activists starts in Turkey | Mass trial of Kurdish activists starts in Turkey
The trial has begun in Turkey of 151 people, including 12 mayors, accused of links to the armed rebel group, the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK).
They are accused of crimes including membership of an illegal armed group, spreading its propaganda, undermining Turkey's territ... |
eab124da8f7b77ab770c0de42f7a409b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11789671 | Football match-fixing: How betting gives the game away | Football match-fixing: How betting gives the game away
Some 300 football games a season are fixed in Europe's top leagues, experts say. The BBC's Tim Mansel gains exclusive access to Sportradar, which tracks betting on football matches all over the world, looking for evidence of suspicious behaviour.
The former German ... |
3d6602a37757fec43f8b85e47c9fad34 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11798788 | Elton John Naples gig gets organisers into hot water | Elton John Naples gig gets organisers into hot water
The organisers of an Elton John concert in Italy have been told to pay back the money they used to stage the event.
The 720,000 euros (£613,000) came from the European Union as part of a fund to enhance regional development in the Campania region.
Sir Elton was the h... |
530797350798891e629ef99ce80e45ec | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11811933 | Kazakhstan director shoots Borat sequel | Kazakhstan director shoots Borat sequel
A film director in Kazakhstan has shot a sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen's famous comedy Borat in a bid to improve the country's image.
When it was released in 2006, the original film, which follows an uncultured journalist who travels to the US where he pursues the actress Pamela An... |
849a82482dba3468650060647b35742f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11855990 | Irish Republic 85bn euro bail-out agreed | Irish Republic 85bn euro bail-out agreed
European ministers have reached an agreement over a bail-out for the Irish Republic worth about 85bn euros ($113bn; £72bn).
The deal will see 35bn euros go towards propping up the Irish banking system with the remaining 50bn euros to help the government's day-to-day spending.
An... |
e65075119128d0c84990b4573e67a6c5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11899075 | Hungary sees blank page protest over media bill | Hungary sees blank page protest over media bill
Several Hungarian newspapers have published blank front pages or cartoons in protest at a bill which they say would restrict media freedom.
The legislation now being debated in parliament would allow the official media watchdog to impose heavy fines on privately run publi... |
b852744764546ab85ae1983dfe3919e7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11917248 | Europe's deadly cold snap maintains grip | Europe's deadly cold snap maintains grip
Northern Europe remains in the grip of heavy snow and freezing temperatures, with more cold weather forecast for the weekend.
Dozens of people are reported to have been killed by exposure to the cold or in weather-related accidents.
The snow continues to disrupt transport networ... |
fc07ea6fec4116ee61f2aff4c91dceb3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11921080 | Wikileaks' Julian Assange to fight Swedish allegations | Wikileaks' Julian Assange to fight Swedish allegations
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will fight attempts to take him to Sweden to face rape allegations, his lawyer said.
Mark Stephens told the BBC that legal moves against his client seemed to be a "political stunt" by a state that allowed US rendition flights.
He wa... |
dc1d1dc6a1d2549c3e94e8ae8bd80f1d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11956620 | Bailed-out AIB to pay £33m in bonuses | Bailed-out AIB to pay £33m in bonuses
Allied Irish Bank will spend almost 40m euros (£33m) on bonuses for its executives this month, despite being on the brink of another bail out from the Irish government.
According to the
Irish Independent
, about 2,400 staff will receive cheques for a deferred 2008 bonus on 17 Decem... |
c9153faccb9dc23f667b3c01a065d943 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12006948 | Kosovo organ trafficking: Where is the proof? | Kosovo organ trafficking: Where is the proof?
A report accusing Kosovo's political leaders of organ-trafficking has sent shockwaves around Europe and, as the BBC's Central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe explains, pressure is growing on the author to back up his allegations.
By May this year, Dick Marty's investigatio... |
2f3ab915c27582aec08326819176dd1f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12198370 | Marine Le Pen 'chosen to lead France's National Front' | Marine Le Pen 'chosen to lead France's National Front'
France's far right National Front has chosen Marine Le Pen as its new leader, replacing her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, party officials say.
The results will be officially announced on Sunday, but party sources said she had secured about two-thirds of members' votes.... |
ea62398ec61dee0d51c691651cd1cc25 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12208961 | 'Kremlin links' of alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout | 'Kremlin links' of alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout
The former Russian air force officer Viktor Bout, who is due to make a second appearance in a New York court today, had close relations with officials in the Kremlin, according to a well-placed source in Moscow.
Mr Bout is appearing on charges of conspiring to kill Ame... |
63f71537619deb9e975d4ad02ac69136 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12330051 | US toughens sanctions over 'brutal' Belarus crackdown | US toughens sanctions over 'brutal' Belarus crackdown
The US has toughened its sanctions on Belarus's leadership, hours after the EU announced similar measures.
The EU reinstated a travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko and froze his assets, and the US imposed stricter financial controls and widened its travel ba... |
165c7b80551e99ad76c5ccaaea7c3bcd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12409056 | Russia to deploy more arms on Kurils, claimed by Japan | Russia to deploy more arms on Kurils, claimed by Japan
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the deployment of additional weapons on the disputed Kuril islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Mr Medvedev said that "modern" weapons would protect the islands which were "an inseparable part" of Russia.
His comments come jus... |
c85542cbf4882f5b06fbbbf85b005d4c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Settimia-Caccini | Settimia Caccini | Settimia Caccini
Settimia Caccini, (born Oct. 6, 1591, Florence [Italy]—died c. 1660, Florence), Italian singer and composer, celebrated for her technical and artistic skill. Her surviving compositions are representative of the solo aria in early 17th-century Italy.
As was common of professional musicians in the earl... |
b6008690e6458374804e0eef15ae653a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Severus | Severus | Severus
Severus, in full Flavius Valerius Severus, (died 307, Tres Tabernae, Germanica Superior [now Saverne, France]), Roman emperor in 306 and 307.
After serving as an army officer in Pannonia (present-day western Hungary and northern Croatia and Slovenia), Severus was appointed, on May 1, 305, caesar (junior empero... |
39bd97a3f7bbf39bcda4ce647ce2b43b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sextus-Pompeius-Magnus-Pius | Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius | Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, (born c. 67 bc—died 35 bc, Miletus), younger son of the Roman general Pompey the Great, and a vigorous opponent of Pompey’s Caesarian rivals.
After his father was killed in the Civil War (49–45 bc) against Julius Caesar, Pompeius fled to Spain, where he continu... |
36f1e2287fa7ee44383a4b7030c676a5 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shaaban-Robert | Shaaban Robert | Shaaban Robert
Shaaban Robert, (born January 1909, Tanga, German East Africa—died June 20, 1962, Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika), popular Swahili writer. Robert was the product of two cultures—his father was a Christian, but Shaaban returned to Islam. His work ranges from poetry to essay and didactic tale, influenced in s... |
54cd4b307f5454495260f785db15c80b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shah-Jahan-II | Shāh Jahān II | Shāh Jahān II
…al-Darajāt and Rafīʿ al-Dawlah (Shah Jahān II), died of consumption. The third, who assumed the title Muḥammad Shah, exhibited sufficient vigour to set about freeing himself from the brothers’ control.
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27f1c7e78c81d8634e6c93c0053643f9 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shah-Jahan-III | Shāh Jahān III | Shāh Jahān III
…vizier, who now proclaimed Prince Muḥī al-Millat, a grandson of Kām Bakhsh, as emperor under the title of Shah Jahān III (November 1759); he was soon replaced by ʿĀlamgīr II’s son Shah ʿĀlam II. In one way or another, the Marathas played a role in all these accessions. Maratha power…
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8514547e1e729f213a87ce1e18602e72 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shah-Shoja | Shāh Shojāʿ | Shāh Shojāʿ
Shāh Shojāʿ, original name Shojāʿ Mirza, or Shojāʿ-ul-mulk, Shojāʿ also spelled Shujāʿ, (born 1780—died April 1842, Kabul, Afghanistan), shāh, or king, of Afghanistan (1803–10; 1839–42) whose alliance with the British led to his death.
Shojāʿ ascended the throne in 1803 after a long fratricidal war. In 1... |
54825f7fa3eae4907524d832be75a9bf | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shane-Warne | Shane Warne | Shane Warne
Shane Warne, in full Shane Keith Warne, (born September 13, 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia), Australian cricketer who was one of the most effective bowlers in history, with good disguise on his top-spinner and fine control on two or three different googlies (balls bowled with fingerspin that bre... |
c6f7413491b01fb32cc375430a290d17 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shani-Davis | Shani Davis | Shani Davis
Shani Davis, (born August 13, 1982, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American speed skater who was the first African American athlete to win an individual Winter Olympics gold medal.
Davis learned to roller-skate at age two and a year later was skating so fast that he had to be slowed by the rink’s skate guards. ... |
ca408a3b04d4ede70e2286c2a7324464 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shania-Twain | Shania Twain | Shania Twain
Shania Twain, original name Eilleen Regina Edwards, (born August 28, 1965, Windsor, Ontario, Canada), Canadian musician who, with her mix of country melodies and pop vocals, became one of the most popular crossover artists of the mid-1990s.
Twain took the surname of her stepfather, Jerry Twain, at a young... |
dbc3c48bf38d60cb8f6f7c2dd14e7f37 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shar-kali-sharri | Shar-kali-sharri | Shar-kali-sharri
left by Manishtusu, Naram-Sin, and Shar-kali-sharri speak time and again of rebellions and victorious battles and since Rimush, Manishtusu, and Shar-kali-sharri are themselves said to have died violent deaths, the problem of what remained of Akkad’s greatness obtrudes. Wars and disturbances, the victor... |
3a286457d8d8913fc2630ffab5627a94 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shashi-Tharoor | Shashi Tharoor | Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor, (born March 9, 1956, London, England), prominent Indian diplomat and politician who, after long service in the international diplomatic corps, became an official in the government of India. He was also a highly regarded author of both nonfiction and fiction books.
Tharoor was born into a... |
261090a618a30c79f7b3244d45541c83 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shatakarni-I | Shatakarni I | Shatakarni I
…early rulers Simuka, Krishna, and Shatakarni I.
…established during the reign of Shatakarni I, with the borders of the kingdom reaching across the northern Deccan; subsequent to this the Satavahana dynasty suffered an eclipse in the 1st century ce, when it was forced out of the northern Deccan by the Shak... |
5fcf6d701573118b7083ec0b9c756767 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shaun-Alexander | Shaun Alexander | Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander, (born Aug. 30, 1977, Florence, Ky., U.S.), American professional gridiron football player who was one of the most prolific touchdown scorers in National Football League (NFL) history.
Named a high-school All-American by Parade magazine and USA Today in 1995, Alexander earned the nickna... |
a400a4e2aa9091cd86bc06aac44b3180 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shaun-White | Shaun White | Shaun White
Shaun White, in full Shaun Roger White, byname the Flying Tomato, (born September 3, 1986, San Diego, California, U.S.), American snowboarder who won Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event in 2006, 2010, and 2018.
White survived a heart defect that required two operations when he was an infant. Despite ... |
6ce0e53903dc4f69c674e96c040906da | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shaykh-Mubarak-Nagawri | Shaykh Mubārak Nāgawrī | Shaykh Mubārak Nāgawrī
…studied with his father, Sheikh Mubārak Nāgawrī, a distinguished scholar, and, after teaching in his father’s school, was presented to Akbar in 1574 by the poet Fayzī, Abu al-Faḍl’s older brother. Through his criticism of the traditional Muslim religious leaders, he influenced the development of... |
13a74ebd4bda35f9c317cafed7b4cdcb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheela-Basrur | Sheela Basrur | Sheela Basrur
Sheela Basrur, (born Oct. 17, 1956, Toronto, Ont., Can.—died June 2, 2008), Canadian chief officer of medical health for the city of Toronto (1997–2004) and chief medical officer of health and assistant deputy minister of public health for the province of Ontario (2004–08).
Basrur was born a year after ... |
481853b4e50985ee9817bd511dc05c18 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheena-Easton | Sheena Easton | Sheena Easton
…with a Dreamer” [1980]) and Sheena Easton (“We’ve Got Tonight” [1983]). His collaboration with Ronnie Milsap on “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine” (1987) topped the country music charts.
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6bcc9fa567146265f8cf2793c7a1745a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheikh-Khalifah-ibn-Zayid-Al-Nahyan | Sheikh Khalifah ibn Zayid Al Nahyan | Sheikh Khalifah ibn Zayid Al Nahyan
…was succeeded by his son Sheikh Khalīfah ibn Zāyid Āl Nahyān as ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the emirates. Sheikh Rāshid of Dubai died in 1990, and his positions as ruler of Dubai and vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates were assumed, successively, by... |
67189ea7bb1d19e096b042d545eb08da | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheikh-Maktum-ibn-Rashid-Al-Maktum | Sheikh Maktūm ibn Rashid Al Maktūm | Sheikh Maktūm ibn Rashid Al Maktūm
…successively, by his sons Sheikh Maktūm ibn Rāshid al-Maktūm (1990–2006) and, since 2006, Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rāshid al-Maktūm.
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482f19e5058ef0eedd4baba1f604f69d | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheikh-Muhammad-Abdullah | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, byname Lion of Kashmir, (born December 5, 1905, Soura, near Srinagar, Kashmir [now in Jammu and Kashmir state], India—died September 8, 1982, Srinagar), prominent figure in India’s struggle for independence from British rule, who fought for the rights of the Kashmir r... |
67b1345ee197b3c80e077107a2c098e1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shekhar-Kapur | Shekhar Kapur | Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur, (born December 6, 1945, Lahore, British India [now in Pakistan]), Indian director best known for his films Bandit Queen (1994) and Elizabeth (1998).
Kapur received an education at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He then moved to London and began a career as a chartered accountant and managem... |
903442a7595ca7fd197b7c407f1cbcf7 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shelley-Duvall | Shelley Duvall | Shelley Duvall
…a date with Pam (Shelley Duvall), but when they are in bed together, Annie calls Alvy to tell him that there is an emergency. Alvy goes to Annie to deal with the crisis (two spiders in her bathroom), and they reconcile.
…Nicholson as Jack Torrance and Shelley Duvall as Wendy, is the most famous adaptati... |
104d31e20bdd4d49c530642a032cc93f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shen-Zhou | Shen Zhou | Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou, Wade-Giles romanization Shen Chou, courtesy name (zi) Qinan, literary name (hao) Shitian, (born 1427, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China—died 1509), Chinese artist who was a leading member of a group of scholar-artists later known as the Wu school (after Wu district).
Shen was born to an honoured and... |
94abe96621b4f831af90dab9ec244a93 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shifu | Shifu | Shifu
…known by his adopted name Shifu. In 1912 Shifu founded the Cock-Crow Society, whose journal, People’s Voice, was the leading organ of Chinese anarchism in the 1910s. Although not a particularly original thinker, Shifu was a skilled expositor of anarchist doctrine. His polemical exchanges with the socialist leade... |
d9736c872be5b5a55f9ba6b0c4d1f8ff | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shiga-Kiyoshi | Shiga Kiyoshi | Shiga Kiyoshi
Shiga Kiyoshi, (born Feb. 7, 1871, Sendai, Japan—died Jan. 25, 1957, Tokyo), Japanese bacteriologist, chiefly noted for his discovery (1897) of the dysentery bacillus Shigella, which is named after him.
Shiga graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1896. Two years earlier he had begun work with Kitasa... |
6a94ee046bb769f901c6733e07e6cd52 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimazu-Nariakira | Shimazu Nariakira | Shimazu Nariakira
Shimazu Nariakira, (born Nov. 5, 1809, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died Aug. 24, 1858, Kagoshima, Satsuma province), mid-19th century Japanese daimyo (lord) of the Satsuma han, or feudal fief, whose adoption of Western military techniques and armaments helped make Satsuma one of the strongest fiefs in the... |
5cb42167bf674d60f88bf2ba57e5a44b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai
Shimon bar Yochai, also called Simeon ben Yoḥai, (flourished 2nd century ce), Galilean tanna (i.e., one of a select group of Palestinian rabbinic teachers), one of the most eminent disciples of the martyred rabbi Akiva ben Yosef and, traditionally, author of the Zohar (see Sefer ha-zohar), the most ... |
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