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Adam Gray / ReutersE Jean Carroll pictured outside the Court of Appeals in New York in 2024The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into writer E Jean Carroll, who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, has reported.The investigation is looking into whether Carroll committed perjury in connection with civil cases she brought against Trump, the news outlet quotes sources as saying.Carroll, a former magazine columnist, accused Trump of sexual assault and defamation, and successfully sued him in two cases. Both judgements were upheld on appeal, but Trump has since…
Six were killed in Remal on Eid night. Minutes later, the stalls reopened.This is my third consecutive Eid al-Adha spent displaced, far from my home in Jabalia, in an area that has been designated a “red zone” under Israeli control.During the war, livestock farms – of cattle, sheep, and goats – were largely destroyed. Only a very small number of sheep survived. Because of the Israeli blockade, the entry of livestock into the Gaza Strip has been prohibited since October 2023. As a result, prices have increased roughly tenfold, with a single sheep now reaching approximately $6,000. This sharp rise…
Getty ImagesAn independent body which hears disputes from social media users in the EU says Meta virtually never replies when it raises cases of people who say they have been wrongly banned from their accounts.Appeals Centre Europe looked at 4,600 cases of Facebook, Instagram and Threads users who said they had been wrongly banned, but Meta provided evidence in fewer than 100 of these cases.Last year, the BBC was contacted by hundreds of Facebook and Instagram users in countries around the world, including the UK, who claimed they had been wrongly banned and had no way of getting their accounts…
YouTubeEl Temach is Latin America’s biggest manosphere influencer, with 11 million followersWarning: This story contains offensive languageTen years ago Luis Castilleja was a free-wheeling creative, seeking his fortune as an actor in Hollywood, and enjoying the liberal Los Angeles lifestyle. Now he is better known as El Temach, Latin America’s biggest manosphere influencer, whose misogynistic and hyper-masculine content has gained him more than 11 million social media followers.His sister Alex says his transformation is shocking and they no longer speak.Alex, a design engineer from Mexico, says her brother’s metamorphosis shows how even the most unlikely people can be tempted into…
Robert MainaWorried parents gathered outside the school in GilgilSixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, a policeman told journalists at the scene.Seventy-four other students are being treated in hospital after being injured, he added.The fire at the Utumishi Girls school started in the early hours of Thursday morning when the students were asleep, according to the Kenya Red Cross and police.Police said search-and-rescue operations were under way with authorities yet to establish the cause of the fire. The Kenya Red Cross said emergency…
During Chatty Check gameplay, AI models analyse how a child responds, including language use, comprehension, and interaction patternsEvery time Hamdan Al-Ali spoke about his startup Chatty Check, the same thing happened. Parents waited, then approached him quietly. Some knew their child had a language disorder. Others were unsure but concerned. Nearly all asked the same question: Can this be caught earlier?“Parents come up to me sharing their concerns, either knowing their child has a language disorder or suspecting early signs of delay,” Al-Ali told media. “That combination, the scale of the need and the openness from parents, has been both…
We analysed thousands of Trump’s posts – here’s what we foundThe BBC’s Ros Atkins and BBC Verify sifted through thousands of the president’s posts.8 hrs agoUS & Canada
For centuries, the Cerne Abbas Giant has been hard to miss.The 55-metre chalk figure, cut into a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, shows a naked, club-wielding man whose outline has made him one of the UK’s most instantly recognisable historic landmarks.But the National Trust, which owns and manages the site, says changing weather patterns are making it harder to keep the Giant prominent on the hillside.National Trust staff and volunteers will this week pack tonnes of new chalk onto the figure to restore the crisp whiteness of his outline.BBC/ Kevin ChurchVolunteers help keep the outline clear…
The Australian government is suing US manufacturing giant 3M for AU$2bn in damages (US$1.4bn; £1.1bn) over its alleged use of toxic “forever chemicals” in firefighting foam that contaminated dozens of defence bases across the country.It is the largest legal claim ever brought by the government, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said, as it seeks to recoup the “substantial costs” in dealing with the chemicals – known as PFAS – at 28 locations.It claims 3M withheld and misrepresented details about the foam and its environmental impact, assuring them it was safe, despite knowing otherwise.In response, 3M said it has never made PFAS in…
A Google employee has been arrested for allegedly using his access to company information to successfully place lucrative bets on the prediction platform Polymarket.The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York said it had charged Michele Spagnuolo, a Google engineer, with breaking insider trading laws because of several bets he placed through the platform.Although Spagnuolo is an Italian citizen who lives in Switzerland, he was arrested on Wednesday and brought before a federal judge in New York.Spagnuolo allegedly used information he had early access to through his work at Google, which is based in the US, to make…