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Europa Press via Getty ImageSome 5,000 migrants who entered Ceuta from Morocco are estimated to still be in the Spanish exclaveSpanish prosecutors say 23 sexual assaults, including nine against children, have been recorded in Ceuta since the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish exclave at the end of July.That number meant there was almost one case every day, Ceuta’s chief prosecutor Silvia Rojas said.She told El País newspaper migrant girls were “particularly vulnerable because of their irregular status in the territory”.At least 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July and although most have returned,…
ReutersVessels were visible across the Strait of Hormuz from Oman this weekAmerican forces resumed strikes against Iran on Tuesday, US Central Command has said in a statement.It accused the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of “recent attempted attacks” against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and “American service members deployed to the region”.Shortly afterwards Donald Trump warned that Iran would be hit again at “a much harder and higher level” if it retaliated.The IRGC said the US would regret the strikes and Iranian news agencies reported that retaliatory missile and drone attacks on “US bases and interests in the…
AFP via Getty ImagesUS Vice-President JD Vance has waded into Michigan’s bitter senate race, calling Democratic newcomer Abdul El-Sayed “evil” as he backs Trump ally Mike Rogers in the closely-fought contest.At an event to support Rogers, Vance also warned El-Sayed to “keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth”, after the candidate appeared to suggest that Vance’s late grandfather would not accept Second Lady Usha Vance, who is Hindu. El-Sayed hit back at Vance later on Monday, accusing the Trump administration of pushing “evil” policies and of “starting wars abroad when there’s peace”.Recent polling suggests he holds a…
Pemba Dundu Tamang tells the BBC how he discovered some of his colleagues were missing after he escaped a flooded tunnelNepalese hydropower workers have told the BBC about the catastrophic moment water from the Trishuli River crashed into their tunnel as the region was inundated by deadly flash floods last week.It started with a sudden, strong gust of air, says Pemba Dundu Tamang, whose team of about 30 was constructing the tunnel’s concrete lining.The blast of wind sent plywood flying through the air and dislodged heavy machinery. Just outside, houses had already been swept away.”I ran towards the tunnel entrance,”…
ReutersNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani thanked NYPD officers who stepped in and “prevented a horrific attack from becoming even worse”A 32-year-old woman has been killed and another victim is in hospital following a double stabbing in Times Square, New York late on Monday afternoon.The suspect, a woman wielding two knives, was shot by police. All three people were taken to hospital, where the female victim and the suspect were later pronounced dead, Mayor Zohran Mamdani told a news conference. The deceased victim was later identified as Erin Piacenti, a Bank of America employee. The male victim remains in a…
Watch: What it was like inside court for Tupac Shakur’s murder trial verdictThe conviction of Duane “Keffe D” Davis in Las Vegas has brought an end to one of the world’s most famous unsolved murder cases.He was found guilty of the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, who died when the black BMW he was travelling in was sprayed with bullets in a drive-by shooting in 1996.”This is huge. It was a tough case. It’s a cold case,” former prosecutor Neama Rahmani told the BBC. “We’re talking about the greatest rapper of all time, an icon, and not a single arrest…
AFP via Getty ImagesA car was destroyed by an Israeli strike in Gaza City’s Rimal neighbourhoodIsrael’s defence minister says a senior member of the Palestinian armed group Hamas has been captured.Israel Katz was speaking after reports of a raid by Israeli special forces and an Israel-backed Palestinian militia in Gaza City.Israeli air strikes at the same time killed at least two children and a woman, local medics say.A third child was killed in a separate incident in central Gaza.But after meeting Israelis living in Netiv HaAsara, next to northern Gaza, Katz said the activity of Israeli forces in the territory…
Watch: Modi tells Putin “move on from an endless war to an end of war”Russian President Vladimir Putin has been urged by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a close ally, to end Moscow’s war against Ukraine.”Every day spent in war pushes humanity back, and every step taken towards peace fills humanity with new hope and enthusiasm,” Modi said on Monday.Modi, whose country’s economy depends heavily on discounted oil from Moscow, has made several similar pleas to Putin since he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.BBC correspondents in Delhi and Moscow look at what lies behind Modi’s renewed appeal…
The SCO started in 1996 and accounts for 43 percent of the world’s population and 23 percent of the global economy.Leaders, including Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, China President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, Russia President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, pose for a photo prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek [Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP]
Getty ImagesThe government is to create more cells in existing prisons in England and Wales as part of its plans to tackle overcrowding. An investment of £110m, which will come from existing budgets, will be used to convert unused office space, laundry rooms and storage space into cells, the Ministry of Justice said.Justice Secretary Alex Norris is also due to give more details in the Commons later on changes to the early release scheme, which aims to free up space in prisons as they near maximum capacity.He told the BBC prisoners being released early did not mean “freedom” and victims…