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Getty Images”I loved school. I loved to learn.”Ibbie, 16, always struggled with her weight, but it was during the Covid-19 lockdowns that she started eating even more. She was bullied by classmates over her size, and in her first year of secondary school she stopped attending completely.Away from the routine of the school day, her weight problems worsened.”When you are at home 24/7 it is very easy to go into the kitchen to get a snack. It’s not the same if you are at school,” says Ibbie, from Doncaster.Ibbie’s experience is one of the more extreme examples of children living…
BBCZoe Kleinman became the first British journalist to travel as a customer in a self-driving Uber this weekLondoners are able to hail the UK’s first robotaxis – as Uber today becomes the first company to launch a self-driving minicab.Initially, it only has 15 autonomous vehicles with a licence to operate in the city, and each one must have a human safety driver behind the wheel ready to take control if anything goes wrong.Uber said it surveyed London-based customers via the app and more than 100,000 said they would choose a self-driving taxi if one was available, despite incidents of driverless…
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EPALarge crowds gathered in the capital MadridThousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government’s handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast.Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta, while the government says right-wing parties are exploiting the crisis.On Wednesday a police report said Moroccan security forces showed “total permissiveness” during the unprecedented influx, days after Sánchez insisted Morocco was not responsible. He has blamed trafficking gangs and online misinformation for encouraging people to cross the border. Morocco has denied orchestrating…
Watch: Jury still unable to reach unanimous decision in Lindsay Clancy caseFor a second time in two days, jurors told the judge they could not agree on a verdict in the murder trial.1 hr agoUS & Canada
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MATTHEW MIRABELLI/AFP via Getty ImagesThe shock murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia prompted widespread public outrage and protests on the streets of MaltaA Maltese businessman on trial over the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted. Yorgen Fenech, 44, was accused of complicity in her murder and criminal association to commit murder. He denied all the charges.In 2022, brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio were jailed for 40 years over the killing of Caruana Galizia, who was an outspoken critic of the government and had uncovered networks of corruption in Malta and abroad.She was killed by a car bomb…
Getty ImagesThe Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed since the start of the war in Iran (file photo)Saudi Arabia has condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a Saudi-owned supertanker on Monday night that killed two Filipino sailors.The Saudi national shipping company, Bahri, confirmed on Wednesday that its vessel Sidr was “involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz”.Sidr was hit by projectiles north of Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, according to maritime security firms. A South Korean-owned supertanker, Senegal Prosperity, was reportedly struck east of Musandam around the same time.Iran has not responded to the…
ReutersWhile much of the gold was sold in New York and then repurchased in London, more than 27 tonnes was physically moved to the UKThe Dutch central bank (DNB) has confirmed that billions of dollars in gold has been taken out of north America and relocated to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”.DNB said on Wednesday that 86 tonnes of gold had been removed from the US and Canada in a complex operation that took several months. It is now being held by the Bank of England, where the precious metal can be traded more easily “in a crisis situation”.Bank president…
Watch: BBC visits village swept away by deadly floodsBBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife’s body to be retrieved, as rescue efforts continue.1 hr agoAsia