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NEW YORK (news agencies) — The space between stars just got a little sweeter.Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what’s called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars.Sugar does more than sweeten tea and powder doughnuts. Different varieties fuel our cells and even make up DNA. Scientists are itching to know how sugars form because they’re a key ingredient for life as we know it.Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas cloud…
Getty Images/ BBCCounter terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe, after “new information and evidence”, officers have said.A 28-year-old white British man from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was originally arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday but has now been re-arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.”We are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack,” head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, Laurence Taylor, said.On Thursday 78-year-old Widdecombe, a former Conservative minister and later Reform spokeswoman, was found dead at her home in Haytor, Devon, having…
ReutersBoris Nadezhdin attempted to run against Vladimir Putin in 2024An anti-war politician who tried to challenge Vladimir Putin at the last Russian presidential election has been arrested, according to his social media account.Boris Nadezhdin was taken to a police station in a town west of Moscow on Monday morning, weeks after announcing he would run as a candidate in September’s Duma (parliamentary) elections. “They took him from his home,” his press secretary told BBC Russian. “The reason for his detention is unknown.”Last week, Nadezhdin was designated a “foreign agent” by the justice ministry and accused of spreading false information about…
Getty ImagesLindsey Graham died at the age of 71US Senator Lindsey Graham died of an “aortic dissection” caused by cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary finding by the Washington DC medical examiner.An aortic dissection is a tear in the main artery that carries blood to the body.Graham, a close Republican ally of President Donald Trump, died at the age of 71 on Saturday evening.Elected to the Senate in 2002, the South Carolina politician was one of Washington’s most influential voices on foreign policy, often pushing for US military intervention overseas.Graham’s spokesperson said the death certificate would be pending until “all…
Watch: People flee Bangkok bar as huge flames shoot out from doorwayAt least 27 people have died and 25 are critically injured after a fire tore through a bar in a popular Bangkok district.42 mins ago
LIVEShips stop crossing Strait of Hormuz as US and Iran exchange overnight strikesNo commercial vessels have crossed the waterway since Sunday evening, according to ship-tracking data. Eight vessels crossed on Sunday, down from 21 on Saturday.
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ReutersThe water has reached knee level in some parts of DhakaAt least 51 people have died and more than a million affected by heavy rainfall in Bangladesh in recent days.Thousands have lost their homes as flash floods and landslides hit large parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka.More than half the deaths so far have occurred in Cox’s Bazar, home to a large Rohingya refugee population. Last week several students and a teacher were killed in that district when floodwaters swept through their school.Bangladesh is a low-lying country that has many rivers, and often sees heavy rain and floods…
BBCEmma and Simon Mitchell were relieved to find their home had not been damaged by the fireAs we climbed the winding road to Bédar, we emerged into a charred and desolate landscape.Molten car parts littered our path and out of the window we saw the whole hillside now coated in a dusty black.At least 13 people, including five believed by Spanish authorities to be Britons, were killed by Thursday’s wildfire in Spain’s Almeria province, one of the country’s deadliest ever.The toll rose on Sunday after a 93-year-old woman, believed to be British, died of her injuries in hospital. The identities…
Watch: At the scene where Bangkok’s deadly bar fire unfoldedThe BBC’s South East Asia correspondent visits the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand.2 hrs agoAsia