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Damaged buildings in a residential area following an Israeli attack on Dahieh suburb in Beirut
Lebanon: Satellite imagery reveals intensity of Israeli bombing
BEIRUT — Israel's intensified bombing campaign of Lebanon has caused more damage to buildings in two weeks than occurred during a year of cross-border fighting with Hezbollah, according to satellite-based radar data assessed by the BBC.Data shows that more than 3,600 buildings in Lebanon appear to have been damaged or destroyed between 2 and 14 October 2024. This represents about 54% of the total estimated damage since cross-border hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah broke out just over a year ago.The damage data was gathered by Corey Scher of City University of New York and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. They compared radar satellite images to reveal sudden changes in the height or structure of buildings which indicate damage.Wim Zwijnenburg, an environmental...
October 24, 2024

Lebanon: Satellite imagery reveals intensity of Israeli bombing

People have been pleading for rescue from the roofs of their flooded homes
More than 20 dead in Philippine tropical storm
SINGAPORE — A tropical storm has dumped one month's worth of rains over large swathes of the northern Philippines, leaving more than 20 people dead and forcing 150,000 others to evacuate.Trami made landfall Thursday on the northeast coast of Luzon, the country's most populous island, and caused widespread flooding and landslides.The Bicol peninsula was worst-hit, where floodwaters chased people and their pets to the second story of their homes.Typhoons are common in the Philippines at this time of the year, but Trami's rains were unusually heavy, the state weather bureau told BBC News.People trapped on their roofs posted photos of their ordeal on social media to appeal for rescue, prompting the coast guard to deploy rubber boats."It's getting dangerous. We're...
October 24, 2024

More than 20 dead in Philippine tropical storm

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week he wants to discuss current challenges with Commonwealth leaders, especially climate change, rather than the past
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on reparatory justice
SAMAO — Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.Downing Street insists the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries, which begins in the Pacific island nation of Samoa on Friday.But diplomatic sources said officials were negotiating an agreement to conduct further research and begin a “meaningful conversation” about an issue that could potentially leave the UK owing billions of pounds in reparations.The current text of the draft summit communique – made known to the BBC – says: “Heads, noting calls for discussions on reparatory justice with regard to the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans and chattel...
October 24, 2024

Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on reparatory justice

Another monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo possibly due to athe bacterial outbreak.
Twelfth monkey dies in HK zoo amid bacterial outbreak
HONG KONG — A twelfth monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo, with tests underway to determine if it succumbed to the same bacterial infection that killed 11 other monkeys in the past 10 days.The De Brazza's monkey had been isolated since 13 October when the first eight deaths were reported.Autopsies have found a large amount of sepsis-inducing bacteria that likely came from contaminated soil near the primates' enclosures, authorities said.Workers who were digging up soil near the cages were believed to have brought in contaminated soil through their shoes, Hong Kong's Culture, Sports and Tourism Secretary told local broadcaster RTHK.The risk of the infection spreading to humans is "fairly low", said Dirk Pfeiffer, a veterinary epidemiologist at the City University of Hong...
October 24, 2024

Twelfth monkey dies in HK zoo amid bacterial outbreak

King Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted by Samoa's prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Samoa to red carpet welcome
SAMOA — King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit where he will preside for the first time over a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers.Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen Camilla at Faleolo International Airport where a red carpet had been rolled out amid high winds and last-minute vacuum cleaning.The Royal Samoan Police Band began playing as the couple alighted and met local officials.The King and Queen, who ended their six-day tour of Australia on Tuesday, posted a message on social media saying they "couldn't wait" to arrive in Samoa and experience the "warmth" of the country's ancient traditions.The tweet included a few words in Samoan which loosely translated as "looking forward to...
October 23, 2024

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Samoa to red carpet welcome

Lee Hsien Yang, seen here in Singapore in 2020, has since sought asylum in the UK
Son of Singapore founder gains UK asylum
LONDON — The son of modern Singapore's founder has gained asylum in the UK following claims of persecution amid a high-profile family feud.Lee Hsien Yang has long alleged he faces oppression back home from the Singapore government that was led for 20 years by his brother, Lee Hsien Loong.The government denies these claims and says he is free to return.Both men are sons of the revered leader Lee Kuan Yew who died in 2015. Since then the brothers have been locked in a years-long dispute over their father's house, which has spiralled into a vicious public family battle.Lee Hsien Yang showed the BBC some documents including a letter stating his claim for asylum was successful. The letter also stated the UK government had given him "refugee status" for five years as it...
October 23, 2024

Son of Singapore founder gains UK asylum

Elon Musk’s Starlink has 6,419 satellites in orbit and four million subscribers across 100 countries
Musk v Ambani: Billionaires battle over India's satellite internet
NEW DELHI — The race between two of the world’s richest men, Elon Musk and Mukesh Ambani, is intensifying as they prepare to face off in India’s satellite broadband market.After India's government announced last week that satellite spectrum for broadband would be allocated administratively rather than through auction, this battle has only heated up.Musk had previously criticized the auction model supported by Ambani.Satellite broadband provides internet access anywhere within the satellite’s coverage.This makes it a reliable option for remote or rural areas where traditional services like DSL — a connection that uses telephone lines to transmit data — or cable are unavailable. It also helps to bridge the hard-to-reach digital divide.India's telecom regulator has yet to...
October 23, 2024

Musk v Ambani: Billionaires battle over India's satellite internet

The woman slipped into a three-metre crevice
Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders
SYDNEY — A young woman spent hours trapped upside down after slipping between two boulders as she tried to retrieve her mobile phone during a hike in Australia.The woman — named in reports as Matilda Campbell — was walking in New South Wales' Hunter Valley region earlier this month when she fell into the three-metre crevice.It was the start of a seven-hour ordeal which would see emergency services undertake a "challenging" rescue — including moving several boulders.And even after managing to winch a 500kg (1,100lb) rock out the way, they still had to work out how to get the woman out of the "S" bend she had found herself in.“In my 10 years as a rescue paramedic I had never encountered a job quite like this, it was challenging but incredibly rewarding,”...
October 22, 2024

Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders

Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal woman, made global headlines when she shouted 'you are not my king' and 'this is not your land' before being escorted away from a royal event in Canberra on Monday.
Violent image of Charles deleted as heckling row grows
SYDNEY — Some Indigenous leaders have criticized an Australian senator’s heckling of King Charles, as she faces a backlash over a violent image of the monarch briefly posted to her social media account.Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal woman, made global headlines when she shouted "you are not my king" and "this is not your land" before being escorted away from a royal event in Canberra on Monday.The independent senator's protest has been praised by some activists as brave, but condemned by other prominent Aboriginal Australians as "embarrassing" and disrespectful.Thorpe has defended her actions at the event, but said a cartoon later posted to her Instagram account was inappropriate.The drawing — which depicted the King beheaded alongside his crown — was...
October 22, 2024

Violent image of Charles deleted as heckling row grows

Wayne Wharton, a prominent Indigenous activist from Brisbane, was arrested after shouting anti-monarchist slogans
Aboriginal protester arrested during Charles's Sydney tour
SYDNEY — An Aboriginal protester has been arrested at the Sydney Opera House as crowds await a glimpse of King Charles and the Queen on the final day of their tour in Australia.Throngs of people have packed the harbourside forecourt, where the royal couple are due to visit on Tuesday afternoon.Wayne Wharton, a prominent Indigenous activist from Brisbane, was arrested after shouting anti-monarchist slogans and refusing a police order to move on.It comes as backlash over an Aboriginal senator's heckling of King Charles in Canberra on Monday intensifies.Wharton had shouted "he’s not my King", echoing the words of independent Senator Lidia Thorpe the day before.The crowd waiting for the royals — many clutching mini union jack flags — shouted back "God save the...
October 22, 2024

Aboriginal protester arrested during Charles's Sydney tour

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