BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaMolly the magpie: Australia debates seizure of Insta-famous birdPublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, @peggyandmollyImage caption, “Peggy and Molly” regularly feature in videos playing together and have millions of fans on social mediaBy Hannah Ritchiein SydneyAn Australian state premier has backed a campaign to return an Instagram-famous magpie to its human carers after it was seized by wildlife authorities.The bird, dubbed Molly, was rescued as a chick by a Queensland couple and formed an unlikely bond with their bull terrier, Peggy.More than two million people follow a “Peggy and Molly” profile online.Queensland’s leader Steven Miles says Molly should be reunited with the family, contradicting state officials. “I think sometimes common sense needs to prevail… and if you look at the story, there is a better outcome possible,” Mr Miles said on Thursday. In an emotional video, Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen announced they had “surrendered” Molly to Queensland’s environment department earlier in the week, because of a “small group of people constantly complaining” about the animal being in their care. “We are asking why a wild magpie can’t decide for himself where he wants to live and who he wants to spend his time with?” the couple said in a post online. More than 50,000 fans have signed a petition to reconcile the “bonded animals” who have appeared together in videos for four years. One cited Molly’s imitations of a dog barking as proof it was “her family”. The state’s Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (Desi) said it acknowledged the “community interest in Molly”, but warned that magpies were not domestic animals and should only ever be housed temporarily for the purpose of “rehabilitation”. “The magpie is currently under the care of Desi. Unfortunately, it has been highly habituated to human contact and is not capable of being released back into the wild,” a spokesperson said. Ms Wells and Mr Mortensen have signalled they will continue their campaign, arguing that Molly would have faced “certain death” had it not been housed.Australian magpies – which can live up to 30 years – are a protected native species and are considered vital to the nation’s ecosystem. Related TopicsQueenslandAustraliaMore on this storyInside the Australian magpie’s annual reign of terrorPublished28 September 2023Top StoriesDivers recover bodies in Baltimore bridge collapse watersPublished5 hours agoKing sends ‘hand of friendship’ recorded messagePublished6 hours agoPupil behaviour getting worse, say teachersPublished4 hours agoFeaturesThe Papers: Sewage ‘outrage’ and ‘King calls for kindness’ The families borrowing to pay for careFather of three among Baltimore bridge victimsUS guns pour into Haiti, fuelling surge in violenceBill Nighy on playing an England manager with a differenceI’m not ashamed of who I am any more, says LionessWhy some Tory MPs are stepping downLost IRA film shows planting and detonation of bombAfter Moscow attack, migrants from Central Asia hit by backlashElsewhere on the BBCDid The Terminator predict the future correctly?!Beth Singler explores the creation and enduring influence of the film, 40 years after its releaseAttributionSoundsBlowing the lid on a baffling online scamPolly Weston’s determined to get to the bottom of the con involving a £138 dehumidifierAttributionSoundsCan you sort these monarchs into the correct order?Test your memory and reorder ten royal faces, from the earliest to the most recentAttributionBitesizeThe dressing room killing which shook wrestling’Villain of the ring’ Bruiser Brody’s extraordinary life, legend and deathAttributionSoundsMost Read1Gogglebox star, 40, dies after fall from height2Pupil behaviour getting worse, say teachers3Man seriously injured after stabbing on London train4Son ‘numb’ as whole-life killer may be released5France to sue teen over headscarf row claim6King sends ‘hand of friendship’ recorded message7Sewage ‘outrage’ and ‘King calls for kindness’8Easter travel warning as millions set to hit roads9Divers recover bodies in Baltimore bridge collapse waters10Girl, 10, left inoperable after surgery axed seven times

[ad_1] The bird – known by millions online as “Molly” – was removed from its carers by wildlife officials.

BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & Canada’A long time coming’: Two Canadians switched at birth receive formal apologyPublished34 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Two men swapped at birth get apology from Canadian provinceBy Nadine YousifBBC News, TorontoIt was a simple at-home DNA testing kit, a Christmas day gift, that upended the lives of two Canadian men forever. Richard Beauvais, from the coastal town of Sechelt, British Columbia, grew up his whole life believing he was indigenous. But the test he took showed that he had a mix of Ukrainian, Ashkenazi Jewish and Polish ancestry. Around the same time and nearly 1,500 miles (2,400km) away, the sister of Eddy Ambrose from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who was raised in a Ukrainian family, also took a DNA test, and discovered that she was not related to Eddy.Rather, Mr Beauvais was her biological brother.This led to a life-changing revelation: that two men – Richard Beauvais and Eddy Ambrose – were born on the same day at the same hospital in the small town of Arborg, Manitoba, in 1955, but were switched at birth and taken home by each other’s biological parents.These people took DNA tests. The results changed their livesOn Thursday – nearly 70 years later – Mr Beauvais and Mr Ambrose received a formal apology in person from Manitoba’s Premier Wab Kinew, for the trauma they endured because of the mix-up. “I rise today to deliver an apology that has been a long time coming, for actions that harmed two children, two sets of parents and two families across many generations,” Mr Kinew said in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. “We are sometimes asked to understand empathy and compassion by considering what it is like to walk a mile in another person’s shoes,” the premier remarked. “If that statement is true, our honoured guests here today will perhaps understand compassion and empathy on a level very few of us will be able to approach.”In their early years, the two had led starkly different lives, their lawyer Bill Gange told the BBC. Mr Beauvais, 68, was raised Métis – an indigenous people in Canada of mixed indigenous and European ancestry. His father died when he was three years old, leaving him responsible for his younger siblings while his mother struggled with the loss. He attended a day school for indigenous children, and was later forcibly taken from his family in the Sixties Scoop – an assimilationist policy in Canada where indigenous children were placed either in foster care, or were adopted outside of their communities.Meanwhile, Mr Ambrose grew up on a farm in rural Manitoba, “with a very loving and very supportive Ukrainian ancestral family”, said Mr Gagne, where he listened to Ukrainian folk songs before bed. Though he, too, was later adopted after becoming an orphan at the age of 12. Throughout his life, Mr Ambrose was never aware of his indigenous ancestry. “They both have had who they thought they were stripped away because of this,” Mr Gange said.Image source, JOHN WOODS/The Canadian PressImage caption, Richard Beauvais (left) and Eddy Ambrose were switched at birth nearly 70 years agoFor many years, Mr Beauvais was proud to run the only all-indigenous fishing boat off the coast of British Columbia. “Now he realises that everybody’s indigenous but him,” Mr Gange said. “There is an enormous adjustment to their life stories.”In his apology, Mr Kinew shared that, remarkably, the two men’s lives slightly overlapped across the years.As a child, Mr Ambrose asked a girl from a few towns over to be on his baseball team at recess, Mr Kinew said, “not knowing that she was actually his biological sister”.And when he was a teenager, Mr Beauvais’ love of fishing brought him to the same shore as his biological sister, who was casting her rod beside him – the two unaware of their relation. Despite the losses, Mr Gange said that both are very proud of who they have become and of the families that raised them. They have also gained a new family through the discovery. Mr Ambrose has connected with his biological relatives, and has become a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation.Mr Beauvais, too, plans to connect with his biological family, and his two adult daughters have since tattooed “Ambrose” on their arms, to mark the last name their father would have had.The two men have also sought legal representation through Mr Gange to ask the province of Manitoba for both an apology and financial compensation. Mr Gange said that initially, the province did not comment on their ordeal and claimed that the hospital where the mistake occurred was municipally run, and therefore not its responsibility.But after a change in government that saw the election of Mr Kinew – Manitoba’s first indigenous premier since 1887 – the tone shifted.The apology is a significant admission “that a mistake was made, that has affected all of them”, Mr Gange said, referring to both Mr Beauvais and Mr Ambrose, as well as their families.”[It is] the premier, on behalf of the province, saying out loud and to their faces, ‘this should not have happened to you,’ and I think that is an important acknowledgement.”There has been no word, however, on whether the men will receive financial compensation, though Mr Gange said he will continue to push for it. The Winnipeg-based lawyer has successfully sought out compensation for other Canadians switched at birth in the past, but in those cases, the individuals were born in federally run hospitals.Mr Beauvais and Mr Ambrose are the third known case of a birth mix-up in Manitoba. Two other cases have been reported in the Atlantic province of Newfoundland. Mr Gange said it is difficult to know just how rare – or common – these stories are. He noted that Mr Beauvais and Mr Ambrose made the discovery “only through a fluke”, thanks to the DNA test kit. “This is just my own guess, but I believe that as [at-home DNA test kits] become more prevalent, you will find other cases like this.” Related TopicsManitobaBritish ColumbiaIndigenous CanadiansCanadaMore on this storySwitched at birth, then meeting aged 12Published24 October 2011Twins separated and sold at birth reunited by TikTokPublished26 JanuaryTop StoriesUS accuses Apple of monopolising smartphone marketPublished3 hours agoUK’s highest student loan revealed to be £231,000Published48 minutes agoConcerns raised over Steve Barclay’s role in waste projectPublished2 hours agoFeatures’I want the £45,000 state pension that was stolen from me’A museum tried reverse misogyny. 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[ad_1] A Christmas gift inadvertently revealed the secret of the mix-up in a rural Manitoba hospital in 1955.

BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaPalestinian president appoints long-time adviser as prime ministerPublished48 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, ReutersImage caption, Mohammed Mustafa (R) is a long-time economic adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas (L)By David GrittenBBC NewsPresident Mahmoud Abbas has appointed Mohammad Mustafa as the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, which runs parts of the occupied West Bank.Mr Mustafa, a US-educated economist and former senior World Bank official, is a long-time adviser to the president. His predecessor, Mohammed Shtayyeh, resigned three weeks ago, citing the “emerging reality in the Gaza Strip”.Mr Abbas is under pressure from the US to reform the PA so it can govern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war ends.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented last month a vision for the territory that made no mention of any role for the PA.The Israeli military launched a large-scale air and ground campaign in Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October and took 253 other people hostage.Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says at least 31,300 people have been killed in the territory since then.Palestinian PM resigns over new Gaza ‘reality’Netanyahu lays out plan for Gaza after the warThe presidential decree issued on Thursday appointing Mr Mustafa said his priorities included leading humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza and organising the reconstruction of what has been destroyed during the war. Another priority was to develop plans for the “reunification of institutions across the homeland’s governorates as a single geographical, political, national, and institutional unit”, it added.It also called for “continuing the reform process” of Palestinian institutions, with the aim of “a robust and transparent governance system subject to accountability, combating corruption, and ensuring good governance”.Mr Mustafa, who has a PhD in economics from George Washington University, has been chairman of the Palestine Investment Fund since 2015.Before that, he served for two years as deputy prime minister and economy minister and was involved in reconstruction efforts in Gaza following the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.The White House welcomed Mr Mustafa’s appointment and called for the formation of a “reform cabinet” as soon as possible.”The United States will be looking for this new government to deliver on policies and implementation of credible and far-reaching reforms,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said.”A reformed Palestinian Authority is essential to delivering results for the Palestinian people and establishing the conditions for stability in both the West Bank and Gaza.”However, Ramallah-based Palestinian political analyst Khalil Shaheen said Mr Mustafa’s closeness to the president might limit the prospects for reforms.”In the end, [he] remains the right-hand man of President Abbas,” he told AFP news agency. “Abbas wants to say that he supports reforms, but they remain under his control.”Another analyst said they would reserve judgement until they saw who Mr Mustafa named in his cabinet. Some reports have said he will appoint technocrats in the hope that Israel could be persuaded to let them govern Gaza after the war.The PA, which was established in 1994 under the Oslo accords, has limited governance powers in parts of the occupied West Bank not under full Israeli control and is dominated by Mr Abbas’s Fatah movement, Hamas’s rival.It lost control of Gaza in 2007, when Hamas ousted forces loyal to Mr Abbas a year after winning the last Palestinian elections, and is deeply unpopular among many Palestinians, both in the West Bank and Gaza.In November, US President Joe Biden said Gaza and the West Bank “should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalised Palestinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution”.Mr Netanyahu’s plan for post-war, “demilitarised” Gaza did not rule out a role for the PA. But it also did not specifically mention the body either. It instead talked about handing responsibility for civilian management and public order to “local elements with managerial experience”.Related TopicsIsrael & the PalestiniansIsrael-Gaza warPalestinian territoriesWest BankMore on this storyCrushed Palestinian hopes 30 years after Oslo accordsPublished13 September 2023Top StoriesRussians begin voting in election Putin is bound to winPublished5 hours agoPM under pressure over ‘new £5m’ from donor accused of racismPublished9 hours agoFather of US school shooter convicted of manslaughterPublished2 hours agoFeaturesRussians begin voting in election Putin is bound to winThe Papers: Hester ‘gave £5m more’ and Russia ‘jams Shapps jet’Trying to stay alive in a town of despairWeekly quiz: Which exclusive Oscars club did Emma Stone join?Trapped by gunfire at Gaza hospital, people risked death to help injuredVogue’s new editor says she has ‘big shoes to fill’Murder suspect stands for re-election in AustraliaWhat is the new extremism definition and who could be listed?Should Abbott have been able to speak at PMQs?Elsewhere on the BBCOpinionated and sharp conversations between friendsLily Allen and Miquita Oliver get together for transatlantic catch-ups with no holds barredAttributionSounds’It’s all consuming, it takes over your life’Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy’s insights into the making of Oppenheimer, from July 2023AttributionSounds’Difficult women’ who committed unspeakable crimesLucy Worsley and guests discuss the most contradictory cases featured in the latest seriesAttributionSoundsWhat motivates Lioness Ella Toone to keep going?The Manchester United attacking midfielder reveals all to Eddie HearnAttributionSoundsMost Read1Japanese baseball star unveils new wife’s identity2Father of school gunman convicted of manslaughter3Trying to stay alive in a town of despair4A ball of barnacles wins wildlife photo award5Hester ‘gave £5m more’ and Russia ‘jams Shapps jet’6Russians begin voting in election Putin is bound to win7HelloFresh denies taking money after accounts closed8Lenny Henry emotional ahead of final Comic Relief9Murder suspect stands for re-election in Australia10PM pressured over ‘new £5m’ from racism accused donor

[ad_1] Mohammed Mustafa is tasked with enacting reforms of the Palestinian Authority demanded by the US.

BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaNigeria abduction: At least 28 schoolchildren escape captorsPublished2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, A boy holds a sign to protest against the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolchildren this weekBy Chris Ewokor & Andre Rhoden-Paulin Kaduna and in LondonAt least 28 of the nearly 300 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen have escaped, Nigeria’s Kaduna state governor has told BBC News.Nigeria’s army is leading a desperate search for the children taken in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday. Troops are working with police and local search teams to comb the forests within Kaduna and neighbouring states. The kidnapping is the biggest mass abduction from a school since 2021. Gangs of motorcycle-riding armed men took nearly 300 primary and secondary school children between the ages of eight and 15, school authorities and parents said. Almost every family in the town is thought to have a child among those kidnapped.One pupil, believed to be 14-years-old, who had been shot by the gunmen and was being treated in hospital, has since died.The kidnappings followed women and children taken from a remote town in Borno state the day before. Kaduna state governor Uba Sani told the BBC the lack of boots on the ground was the main reason for increased kidnappings in the area. Parents and relatives of the abducted children have formed vigilante groups and are seeking help from neighbouring communities on the whereabouts of the children. Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima is visiting Kaduna and is due to meet the governor. President Bola Tinubu said on social media he was confident the victims will be rescued. He tweeted: “Nothing else is acceptable to me and the waiting family members of these abducted citizens. Justice will be decisively administered.”Searches are also being made in Katsina and Zamfara states. Why mass abductions have returned to haunt NigeriaWhat in the World Podcast- Nigeria’s kidnap crisisWhy Nigeria’s economy is in such a messThe Kaduna mass abduction has evoked memories of the nearly 300 girls in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014. In parts of northern Nigeria, parents are becoming weary of allowing their children to go to school over fear for their safety. Kidnappings for ransom by armed men have become endemic in northern Nigeria, keeping thousands of children from attending school. The last major abduction involving school children in Kaduna was in July 2021 when gunmen took more than 150 students. The students were re-united months later after their families have paid ransoms. In 2022, Nigeria passed a law banning ransom payments to kidnappers and imposed a 15-year jail term for making them.It also made abduction punishable by death in cases where victims die. 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[ad_1] Nigeria continues to search for nearly 300 schoolchildren taken in the northern town of Kuriga.

BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaAustralian man charged after allegedly using cable ties to detain childrenPublished45 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Children seen allegedly restrained by cable ties in AustraliaBy Hannah Ritchiein SydneyA Western Australian man has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly using cable ties to restrain three children.Police said the man had detained the six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after finding them swimming on a vacant property. Video circulated online appears to show two of the children tied up and crying. Top state officials say they are “appalled” by the footage and police have called for calm in the community. Authorities said the 45-year-old man had called them on Monday to report the incident in Broome, about 2,000km (1,200 miles) north of Perth, telling them he had found the children in an “unoccupied pool”.Officers arrived to see two children “physically restrained” with cable ties and later found the oldest boy who had fled the scene, WA Police said. Footage shared widely online shows two children – who appear to be Indigenous – in a driveway, while onlookers urge a man, who is white, to let them go. Paramedics assessed the two children at the scene and they were reunited with their families shortly after, according to authorities.Police said the “force used to restrain” the three children “was not proportionate” given their age and vulnerability. The state’s children’s commissioner, Jacqueline McGowan-Jones, said she was disturbed by the footage. “It would appear these are very young and small children. They appear to be quite frightened in the circumstances. He is quite a large man. And they appear to be very nervous,” Jacqueline McGowan-Jones told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday. “They don’t have the neurodevelopment to understand cause and effect and consequences and actions. And that is legally known,” she added. The man has been granted bail and is due to appear before the Broome Magistrates Court on 25 March. According to recent government data, Indigenous Australians aged 10-17 are 29 times more likely than non‑Indigenous children to be in detention nationally. Ten is the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Western Australia. Related TopicsAustraliaMore on this storyAustralian boy, 13, spent six weeks in solitaryPublished15 March 2023Top StoriesLive. Hunt expected to cut National Insurance by another 2p in BudgetChris Mason: One of the last chances to move the political dialPublished1 hour agoLive. Trump and Biden sweep Super Tuesday, as Haley scores Vermont surpriseFeaturesBudget among last chances to move the political dialThe Papers: Hunt’s £10bn ‘tax cut gamble’ and SAS murder inquiryKey takeaways from Super Tuesday resultsTrump or Biden: Who does China’s Communist Party want? VideoTrump or Biden: Who does China’s Communist Party want?17 facts you need to know about the 2024 OscarsMiners’ strike at 40: ‘We were robbed of our future’ VideoMiners’ strike at 40: ‘We were robbed of our future’Can the Panama Canal save itself?Why food airdrops into Gaza are controversialDo councils spend too much on diversity schemes?Elsewhere on the BBCA son’s journey into the heart of the Miners’ StrikeMark was 10 when he was caught in the middle of Britain’s biggest ever industrial disputeAttributionSoundsTracing the historical origins of British comedy tropesIan Hislop’s on the hunt for the earliest examples of enduring British jokesAttributionSoundsWhy wasn’t Harold Shipman caught sooner?Tim Harford explores how we can fail to see awful things happening right under our nosesAttributionSoundsHow does ageing influence people’s political views?Professor James Tilley examines the relationship between age and voting choiceAttributionSoundsMost Read1Hunt’s £10bn ‘tax cut gamble’ and SAS murder inquiry2Key takeaways from Super Tuesday results3Ban on FKA twigs Calvin Klein ad partially lifted4Health staff to start court fight over long Covid5Man charged over Clapham shooting6Hunt expected to cut National Insurance by 2p7SAS troops investigated over Syria war crime claims8Can the Panama Canal save itself?9Action demanded over Bristol ‘knife crime scourge’10Firth’s Pride and Prejudice shirt fetches £25,000

[ad_1] State officials say they are “appalled” by footage appearing to show two children tied up and crying.

BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureCopa 71: Film shows record-breaking women’s World CupPublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, New Black Films/Victor Crawshaw/Marina AmaralImage caption, The English players and manager took part without the permission of the footballing authoritiesBy Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporterIn 1971, an unofficial women’s football World Cup attracted crowds of more than 100,000, but was quickly erased from history. Now a new film tells the remarkable story of the tournament, and the disappointment that followed.For the English players, landing in Mexico was like being “launched into a parallel universe”, captain Carol Wilson recalls.She and other female footballers were used to being obstructed, overlooked and ridiculed at home. They played on park pitches to handfuls of spectators. A ban on the women’s game had only just been lifted by the Football Association after 50 years.So the players were unprepared for the reception they received in the tournament’s host country.Treated like superstarsHundreds of Mexican fans were waiting, as were photographers. “We went from nothing to flashlights that blinded you once we got off the plane,” Wilson recalls. “And it didn’t stop for the whole five weeks that we were there.”They were treated like superstars, with crowds waiting for autographs, camping outside their hotel and mobbing their team coach.”The public took us straight to their hearts,” Wilson continues. “They just followed us everywhere. We were so welcomed by everybody. I can’t personally put that into words to make you understand how that really was.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The squad attended the UK premiere at the London Film Festival in OctoberThe story of England’s “Lost Lionesses” was told in a BBC article in 2019. Now, a documentary called Copa 71 shines a light on the tournament. The film’s opening is narrated by tennis legend Serena Williams, who is an executive producer alongside sister Venus.The pair are “two of the greatest female athletes of all time and are both heavily involved in activism and in wanting to promote stories which deepen our understanding of the history of women’s sport”, the film’s co-director Rachel Ramsay says.Ramsay echoes the idea that the film shows a glimpse of a “parallel universe” in which women’s football had not been suppressed.”When we started researching the story and started speaking to the women, you realise that they have so much to say, and that they’ve had their voices taken away from them for 50 years.”Image source, New Black Films/TopFoto/Marina AmaralImage caption, The final is estimated to have been watched by more than 100,000 fansWomen from the different nations all recount similar stories of being told football was not for girls. So it’s sweeter for them when the Mexico tournament offers a taste of equality and popularity.Although no official attendance figures exist, estimates suggest the final was watched by more than 100,000 people – which would make it the best-attended women’s sporting event in history.Ironically, the tournament owed its success to the fact that world football’s governing body Fifa tried to block it.The documentary says Fifa’s ban forced organisers to find stadiums that were not controlled by the Mexican football federation. So the games ended up being played in the country’s two biggest venues, which were controlled by the country’s dominant media group – and the company heavily promoted the event in order to sell tickets.The matches were shown live on Mexican TV. Ramsay and her team have tracked down that footage, which has not been seen for more than 50 years, as well as home movies shot by fans. Image caption, Many players kept scrapbooks from the tournamentThe result is not a typical sports documentary, she says. For one thing, viewers don’t root for a particular team or player. For another, it’s about women.”There are whole films, series and books written and made about single men’s tournaments, matches, goals and players – and they’re done multiple times,” Ramsay says.”We hope that this film is the start of a whole genre of women’s sports films. Because when we started making this, it was very hard to find comparisons, to find other films that were similar, especially films told from the perspective of women in their 70s.”It was difficult to convince people at some points that these women should be on screen and should be telling their story.” That was a “deal breaker” for Ramsay, however.”The number of times I was told, ‘You can’t have a sports film where you don’t have one winner that you want to win’. I said, ‘Well actually I think we can because I think the winner is the tournament itself, the fact that it happened, and the shared experience of those women together is a huge part of the film’.”So being able to play with the genre, and tell stories in a different way and not feeling like we have to go with a cookie-cutter version of what people think sports film looks like, that was really important.”Once the tournament was over, however, the participants came back down to earth with a jolt.Image source, New Black Films/Mirrorpix/Marina AmaralImage caption, Manager Harry Batt was banned for life for going against the wishes of the Women’s Football AssociationThe English team’s manager, Harry Batt, was blacklisted by the fledgling Women’s Football Association, which was in the process of putting together the first official England team. Some players were also banned.Mexico 1971 had shown that women’s football could be popular and commercially viable, but the male footballing authorities saw that as a threat, the documentary claims. The memory of the event, and the potential for women’s football, were buried for decades.”The women involved themselves didn’t speak much about it, especially the England team,” Ramsay says.”When they came back after the tournament, they believed quite rightly that the world had shifted and that women’s football was here to stay. They saw a whole new dawn for women’s sport.”And then it was violently taken away from them. They lived with that trauma and that disappointment and that feeling of being gaslit by society.”And on an establishment level, a wildly successful record-breaking women’s football tournament did not work with the narrative of the international and national football associations around the world.”I think there was an understanding that it would dilute the power of men’s football to have women playing the same game. That is something that we’re only just recovering from now.”The growth in the women’s game has been extraordinary in the last couple of years. But we’re still playing catch-up.”Emotional memoriesThe documentary received glowing reviews after its premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, with Screen International’s Fionnuala Hannigan calling it “a crowd-pleaser, like those record-breaking matches”.The Hollywood Reporter’s Daniel Fienberg said it “exposes an obscured chapter in history and thrusts its heroes into a well-deserved spotlight”.He wrote: “I got teary at several points because the sense that these are stories that have been waiting for an outlet for decades is so very palpable.”For Wilson, watching the film was “very emotional”.”It took me straight back to 1971. I felt like I was there. I was transported, if you like.”Recent World Cups and Euros have started to fulfil the potential for women’s football, but “we could have been a lot further a lot sooner”, she says.Another English player, Chris Lockwood, agrees that it was “so good” to see the film.The memories it brought back are tinged with sadness, though. “The sadness of Harry being banned for life, and the sadness that the story was hidden.”But not any more.”Read the full story of 1971’s Lost LionessesCopa 71 is released in UK cinemas on Friday, 8 March.Related TopicsFilmMore on this story’Lost lionesses’ reunited 48 years onAttributionSportPublished26 June 2019Fate reunites World Cup trailblazersAttributionSportPublished15 June 2019England give ‘many answers to questions’ – WiegmanAttributionSportPublished5 days agoTop StoriesUS urges more aid for starving people in GazaPublished4 hours agoHunt hints at tax cuts ahead of BudgetPublished1 hour agoMystery of giant star sand dunes solvedPublished3 hours agoFeaturesDid the last Budget deliver what was promised?The Papers: Hunt looks for £9bn and German leaks on UkraineThe Ukrainian teenagers who returned for their school promMystery of giant star sand dunes solvedCan a rubberstamp parliament help China’s economy?’I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’ Video’I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’Why Macron hopes abortion rights are a political winner’There was heartache but we had to keep going’Kate, the King and three other big challenges for royalsElsewhere on the BBCExclusive access to two of F1’s biggest teams…Featuring star drivers Lewis Hamilton and Alex AlbonAttributionSounds’Thick smoke fills the air, and vehicles are damaged’Watch the moment a private jet crashes onto a highway in FloridaAttributioniPlayerCan you spot the real from the AI?See if you can get full marks…AttributionBitesizeA satirical poke at the world of pop musicRob Brydon narrates this six-part musical odyssey about a novelty band…AttributionSoundsMost Read1Nikki Haley defeats Trump in Washington DC primary2Mystery of giant star sand dunes solved3Hunt looks for £9bn and German leaks on Ukraine4’No option of life on benefits for young’ – Labour5Nissan accused of dumping its electric car pioneers6Haiti gangs free 4,000 inmates in mass jailbreak7Warning cost of living fund closure ‘catastrophic’8Israel agrees to change Eurovision song lyrics9Police to return Mia Janin’s lost phone to family10Hunt hints at tax cuts ahead of Budget

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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureThe Ukrainian teenagers who returned to a war zone for their school promPublished9 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, POLLY BRADENImage caption, Sofiia (second left), Aliesia (third left) and Yuliia (front) with their friends at Lyceum No 2 school in Mykolaiv before the warBy Katie RazzallCulture and media editorSofiia, Yuliia and Aliesia, three school friends from Mykolaiv in Ukraine, were 16 years old when war broke out. They were regular teenagers looking forward to sleepovers and trips to the beach near their home city.But after 24 February 2022, the girls and their families scattered across Europe.For two years, they have connected almost entirely online, using Telegram and Snapchat. “Many of us feel overwhelmed by the loss of friends and the inability to meet them,” Yuliia says.Incredibly, though, they did see each other again in person last summer, in their bombed-out hometown for a school prom.Now, their stories, and those of other Ukrainian women, are being told in a photography exhibition in London.Image source, POLLY BRADENImage caption, Yuliia, Sofia and Aliesia talking over Zoom from Warsaw, Mykolaiv and Gipf-Oberfrick, SwitzerlandWhen they fled Ukraine, the teenagers hoped it would be temporary, as Yuliia tells me they thought “it would take just a few months and we would all go back to Ukraine and back to our lives”.She originally moved with her mother and grandparents to Bulgaria, where a friend lent them a holiday flat. They later moved to Poland.Aliesia’s journey was more intense. She spent weeks travelling by bus and train, staying in tents and hostels, moving from Romania to Switzerland, then France and Spain, before arriving in Krakow, Poland, in May 2022.The whole experience “was not as physically stressful as it was emotionally”, Aliesia says.With her mother, 13-year-old brother, 17-year-old cousin and aunt, they moved into a one-room dormitory. Image source, POLLY BRADENImage caption, Aliesia (second left) with her mum, brother, cousin and aunt, sharing a room in KrakowThe children did online schooling on their bunks, with teachers who had remained in Mykolaiv. Sofiia left Ukraine for Katowice in Poland first. The journey took several days. “There wasn’t a place to stay for the night, my mum wasn’t sleeping for three days, there was no food at the gas stations.”Seven of them, including her mother and her cousin, lived in one bedroom.”It was really difficult.”Image source, POLLY BRADENImage caption, Left-right: Sofiia with her new friends in Katowice in April 2022Sofiia loves dancing and music. She would practise on the outdoor public piano on a street in Katowice. “I didn’t have one at home. I’m really very extroverted, so it was great.”The family have since moved to Switzerland, where she is studying 10 subjects at a prestigious school.Her father died of Covid during the pandemic. Aliesia and Yuliia had to leave their dads behind in Ukraine because men over the age of 18 are banned from emigrating.Aliesia and her father were reunited when the family moved back to Ukraine at the end of 2022. Six months into the war, her mother and aunt found that the hotel cleaning jobs they had in Poland didn’t pay enough to cover rent and other bills.Teenage dreamsPhotographer Polly Braden has tracked the families’ experiences over two years and is about to tell their stories in an exhibition, Leaving Ukraine, at the Foundling Museum in London. After watching reports from inside Ukraine about the men going to war and what they faced, “it felt really important to see what the women were doing and what was happening outside Ukraine”, she says.So she followed the young people as they have built new lives to find out, “what would that be like for them?”They have had to grow up fast.Image source, POLLY BRADENImage caption, Sofiia putting on make-up after school in Katowice in April 2022Sofiia says “very quickly we stopped being teenagers and had to start our life as adults”.Aliesia tells me the “teenage dream”, the one you see “in American movies”, has been taken from them. “I have sometimes had pretty bad mental breakdowns… It was not fair that I can’t enjoy life the same way as people my age from other countries do.”Yuliia says it has “felt very isolating, especially as everyone else in the world is still living their lives like nothing happened”.Image source, POLLY BRADENImage caption, Yuliia at Poland’s Independence Day in Warsaw in November 2023But none of the girls come across as self-pitying. As Sofiia puts it: “It’s not only difficult for us.”Aliesia adds: “We have to sometimes just accept some things we cannot change.”With school friends spread far and wide, last year they began to talk about wanting to have a school prom when their Ukrainian schooling ended.”For such a long while, our friend group was separated, our whole class was separated,” Yuliia says. “So seeing everyone, almost everyone, was really important to all of us.”‘We all felt beautiful’Sofiia began planning her outfit. “If you want to get a prom dress in Switzerland or Italy, it’s very expensive.” She and her mum decided “it would be cheaper to go to Ukraine”. So after school one Friday, Sofiia took a 20-hour bus trip to Lviv, in western Ukraine. She found a gold dress that “was really perfect”, bought it, and took the long journey back to Switzerland.The prom couldn’t be held at their school, which had been bombed.Instead, they hired a local hall. Bombs fell on Mykolaiv a couple of days before the reunion, which made the decision to return difficult because they were “a bit scared”, Sofiia says.Image source, ReutersImage caption, The aftermath of a Russian missile strike in Mykolaiv in July 2023But about 20 teenagers went back for the prom, from new homes as far away as the UK, Austria, Poland, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. They came to dance, party and try to be normal teenagers for just one night.”It was actually much more special than just being a normal teenager, because a prom is quite a special day in anyone’s life,” Yuliia says. “We all felt beautiful and it was kind of magical.”She spent two days getting to Mykolaiv from Poland. “I was very excited.”She also got to see her father for the first time since she had left Ukraine.Sofiia’s mother drove for three days to get them back home, sleeping by the roadside when she felt tired. Everyone understood why it meant so much.Image source, Abramov SergeyImage caption, Left-right: Sofiia, Aliesia, their teacher Svetlana, Iryna and Yuliia at their prom in Mykolaiv in July 2023″The war wasn’t planned and so our lives stopped in one moment,” Sofiia says. “I think it was really very important to have the ending of our school lives, of our teenage lives.”It was an emotional evening, according to Aliesia. “Especially by the end, when we had to say goodbye to each other and realise that we won’t see each other for a long time again.”But for one night, they drank punch (“mildly alcoholic” and “so tasty”, according to Yuliia), danced and sang to Maneskin (Alesia’s “favourite band”), listened to speeches, and as the sun rose in the early hours, went out for a walk.”In the morning, we all felt sad,” Sofiia says, “because it was totally the end of school life.”Polly Braden’s exhibition Leaving Ukraine is at the Foundling Museum in London from 15 March.Related TopicsWar in UkrainePhotographyUkraineTop StoriesUS urges more aid for starving people in GazaPublished1 hour agoI will only cut taxes in responsible way – HuntPublished12 hours agoPolice to return Mia Janin’s lost phone to familyPublished8 hours agoFeaturesDid the last Budget deliver what was promised?Nadiya Hussain: A letter to my teenage daughterBrit Awards 2024: The real winners and losers’I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’ Video’I embrace my alopecia, but I’d love my old hair back’Kate, the King and three other big challenges for royalsJeremy on the Hunt for Tax Cuts. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityCultureOppenheimer: Cillian Murphy film dominates SAG Awards ahead of OscarsPublished54 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Cillian Murphy said it was “extremely special” to win an award voted for by fellow actorsBy Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterOppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday.Christopher Nolan’s film won best film cast, while Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr won individual acting prizes.Accepting the top prize on behalf of the cast, Sir Kenneth Branagh said they were all “grateful, humbled and proud”.The evening was peppered with remarks about the actors’ strike, which brought Hollywood to a standstill last year.Paying tribute to the US actors’ union, Sir Kenneth said: “Thank you for fighting for us, thank you for every Sag-Aftra member whose support and whose sacrifice allows us to be standing here better than we were before.”He recalled the night last July when the cast of Oppeheimer downed tools at the film’s London premiere as the strike began.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sir Kenneth Branagh (left) accepted the night’s top prize on behalf of the cast of Oppenheimer”We went from the red carpet, we didn’t see the film that night, we happily went in the direction of solidarity with your good selves, so this is a full circle moment for us,” he told the audience of actors.”We are grateful and humbled and proud not just to be in Mr Nolan’s masterpiece, but proud to be in your company.”The film, about theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, described as the father of the atomic bomb, is almost certain to win best picture at the Oscars next month following its success at SAG and other precursor ceremonies.The winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsSAG Awards: The red carpet in picturesThe prize for best film cast is seen as the top honour at the SAG Awards in the absence of a best picture category. Winners at the annual ceremony, held in Los Angeles, are voted for by other actors.Irish actor Cillian Murphy said his win was “extremely, extremely special to me, because it comes from you guys”.He recalled: “Twenty-eight years ago when I was trying to become an actor, I was a failed musician, and I felt extremely like an interloper, but looking out on all of you guys here today, I know I’m part of something truly wonderful, so thank you so much.”Best actor had been seen a two-horse race ahead of the Oscars on 10 March, but Murphy’s win gives him significant momentum over his nearest rival, Paul Giamatti of The Holdovers.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lily Gladstone’s best actress win gives her Oscars campaign a significant boostElsewhere, Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone was named best leading actress – giving her own Oscars campaign a significant boost.”This has been a hard year for all of us, those of us in this room, those not in this room, I’m so proud that we have gotten here in solidarity with all of our other unions,” she said in her acceptance speech.Lily Gladstone: The actress who could make Oscars historyBarbenheimer was wonderful for cinema, Cillian Murphy saysCan anything stop Oppenheimer’s march to the Oscars?”It’s truly a gift that we get to do this for a living. That’s the win, getting to be here, getting to be on set, getting to tell stories. We bring empathy into a world that so needs it.”She added: “It’s so easy to distance ourselves, to close off, stop feeling, and [actors] all bravely keep feeling, it brings people out of the shadows, it brings visibility.”Gladstone’s win leaves the Oscars category for best actress too close to call, following Poor Things star Emma Stone’s victory at last week’s Baftas.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph continued her sweep of the best supporting actress categoryThe Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress, a prize she has won consistently throughout awards season and she is almost certain to take at the Oscars.”I wake up every day overwhelmed with gratitude to be a working actor,” she said. “In what other profession are people able to live so many lives and touch so many hearts of those they have never gotten to meet?”She added: “For every actor out there still waiting in the wings for their chance, let me tell you your life can change in a day, it is not a question of if, but when – keep going.”Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr, who has similarly been dominating his category, was named best supporting actor.He described the award as “incredibly meaningful”, and acknowledged his Oscar front-runner status by asking: “Why me, why now, why do things seem to be going my way?”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Alan Ruck (centre) accepted the top prize in the TV categories on behalf of the cast of SuccessionWinners in the television categories included Ali Wong and Steven Yeun for Netflix’s road rage series Beef, and Pedro Pascal for post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us.Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White were also recognised for kitchen comedy The Bear, while Elizabeth Debicki won best drama actress for playing Princess Diana in The Crown.The Bear was named best ensemble comedy cast, while Succession won best ensemble drama cast for its critically-acclaimed fourth and final season. “Not only did we all get to work on one of the best television shows, maybe ever, but we made friends for life,” said actor Alan Ruck as he accepted the prize on behalf of the cast. Tributes were paid to Matthew Perry, Harry Belafonte, Sir Michael Gambon, Tina Turner, Angus Cloud, Glenda Jackson, Alan Arkin, Julian Sands, Lance Reddick, Lee Sun-kyun, Tom Wilkinson, Andre Braugher and Chita Rivera in the show’s In Memoriam segment.The Devil wears Prada reunionImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Devil Wears Prada stars Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway reunited to present an awardThe Devil Wears Prada stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway were reunited to present the first award of the night. Streep initially appeared to accidentally walk straight into the microphone stand – before explaining to the audience she did not have her glasses with her, or the envelope containing the winner.The two actresses who played her on-screen assistants in the 2006 film then appeared with the envelope and glasses, before the trio delivered a joyous sketch featuring several of the movie’s most famous lines.Presenting another category, Melissa McCarthy asked Billie Eilish to sign her forehead as she told the singer what a huge fan she was, and the casts of Modern Family and Breaking Bad reunited to present the awards for best comedy and drama ensemble cast respectively.Idris Elba played hostImage source, Getty ImagesThe SAG Awards were streamed around the world on Netflix for the first time, something host Idris Elba referred to as he opened the ceremony.”Personally, I can’t wait to get home, and have Netflix recommend this show to me,” the Wire star joked.He also acknowledged what a “difficult time” it had been for actors during the recent strike, adding: “I want to take a moment to honour and appreciate all of you, both here and watching at home, who stood up in solidarity and support.”Elba said the ceremony being streamed instead of broadcast on a TV network meant actors could swear in their acceptance speeches – but he urged them not to go “full Succession level”.”Here’s a good rule of thumb, don’t say anything you wouldn’t say in front of Oprah,” he said, to an audience which included Oprah Winfrey herself. Barbara Streisand wins lifetime achievementImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Streisand said it was “a privilege to be part of this profession” as she collected her lifetime achievement prizeThe Morning Show star Jennifer Aniston and Maestro’s Bradley Cooper presented this year’s lifetime achievement prize to veteran singer and actress Barbara Streisand.”All of us in this room and far beyond have been inspired by Barbara’s magic,” Aniston said. “Barbara did not just pave the way for us women, she bulldozed it.” Accepting her award, Streisand joked it was “such a wonderful award to get, because you know in advance you’re going to get it”.Recalling her childhood, she said: “I didn’t like reality, I wanted to be in movies. Even though I knew I didn’t look like the other women on screen. My mother said ‘you’d better learn to type’. But I didn’t listen. And somehow, some way, it all came true.””It’s a privilege to be part of this profession. For a couple of hours, people can sit in the theatre and escape their own troubles – what an idea.”She paid tribute to her fellow actors and directors, concluding: “I’ve loved inhabiting that magical world of the movies with you.”Related TopicsTelevisionLos AngelesFilmMore on this storySAG Awards: The red carpet in picturesPublished3 hours agoThe winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsPublished6 hours agoCan anything stop Oppenheimer’s march to the Oscars?Published14 JanuaryBarbenheimer was wonderful for cinema, Murphy saysPublished7 FebruaryLily Gladstone: The actress who could make Oscars historyPublished30 JanuaryTop StoriesTrump easily wins South Carolina but Haley fights onPublished1 hour agoTories suspend MP over ‘Islamists’ commentsPublished8 hours agoUS and UK carry out new strikes on Yemen’s HouthisPublished5 hours agoFeatures’Bodyguards for MPs’ and Starmer turns on ToriesThe winners and nominees at the SAG AwardsThe price of political opposition in RussiaKim Petras on sexual liberation and fighting TiKTokInside the long-abandoned tunnel beneath the ClydeThe man who tried to eat every animal on Earth. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & Canada’Dad, please don’t go out’: The Gazans killed as Israel freed hostagesPublished2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Al-Najjar familyImage caption, Abed-Alrahman al-Najjar was killed on 12 FebruaryBy Fergal KeaneBBC News, JerusalemWhen Israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas, there was relief for their families and a boost for national morale. But the rescue on 12 February has left angry feelings in Gaza, where more than 70 people were reported killed on the night.Warning: Readers may find some of the details below distressing.Nawara al-Najjar was asleep in the tent that had been her family’s home in Rafah for the last five weeks, just a few hundred metres away from the site of the rescue raid. Lying on the ground were Nawara, who is six months pregnant, her six children – ranging in age from 13 to four – and her husband Abed-Alrahman. They had fled from their home in Khan Younis, about 9km (6 miles) north, following the instructions of the Israel Defense Forces who said Rafah was a safe area. Before falling asleep, the couple discussed what to do about two of their children who had been injured. Their son had been burned by scalding food, and their daughter was recovering from facial paralysis caused by trauma in the early stages of the war. Before they became refugees, Abed-Alrahman did whatever work he could find to support his family, often as a labourer on farms. They were a strong couple who always tried to solve problems together. “My husband was anxious, thinking about how he would find a way to treat them and where to take them,” Nawara says. “Our neighbours said they wanted to take my daughter to a doctor for treatment… So, we decided that he would be in charge of our son, and I would be in charge of my daughter.” Then something unusual happened. Nawara usually slept surrounded by the children. But that night, Abed-Alrahman asked to change the arrangement. “Before he went to sleep, he asked me to come and sleep next to him. It was the first time he said, ‘Come sleep with me’.” They fell into the exhausted sleep of refugee life. Then shortly before 02:00 (00:00 GMT), Nawara woke to the sound of shooting. Abed-Alrahman said he would go out and see what was happening. Nawara says: “Our oldest son was telling him, ‘Dad, please don’t go out’. [Abed-Alrahman] was trying to reassure him that nothing would happen; my son was telling him not to go out, that he would die.” Then she felt a searing pain in her head. Shrapnel from an explosion had ripped into the tent.Nawara started screaming. At first she could not see anything. After some minutes her vision returned in time to see Abed-Alrahman in his death throes. She remembers the “rattle” of his final breaths. “When my children first saw him, they were screaming, ‘Oh, father, oh father, don’t leave us, don’t leave us’. I told them, ‘Stay away from your father. Just pray for him’.” Daughter Malak, aged 13, was hit in the eye by a splinter of shrapnel. Four other children sustained minor wounds. They also endured the trauma of what they heard and saw – the explosions and their father being carried away to hospital. Later that night, in a hospital filled with other victims, it was confirmed to Nawara that Abed-Alrahman was dead. What we know about Israel’s Rafah hostage rescue raid‘Without painkillers, we leave patients to scream for hours’Relief and guilt after Gazans find safety in EgyptWeeping, she asks: “What was his sin? What was his children’s sin? What’s my sin? I became a widow at 27.Malak says she was taken to three different hospitals to try and get treatment, but she lost her eye.”I was not treated immediately. Only after three days was my surgery performed. I was injured in the eye and I was also shot in my waist. I’m in pain, pain, pain.” Then Malak became distraught, and cried out: “I lost my dad. Enough!” Image caption, Malak al-Najjar, aged 13, lost an eye on the same night of the Israeli military raidAccording to the health ministry, run under the direction of the Hamas government in Gaza, at least 74 people were killed during the raid in the early hours of 12 February. It is not possible to say precisely how many of the dead were civilians and how many were fighters. But witnesses and medical sources suggest a high proportion of the dead were non-combatants. The independent Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, based in Gaza, using details obtained from hospital lists, says 27 children and 22 women were among those killed. Mohammed al-Zaarab, 45, a father-of-10 from Khan Younis, also fled to Rafah believing it would be safe. He remembers being woken in his tent by the intensity of the assault. “They were shelling with helicopters, with F-16 jets …My son was shot in his hand. Our neighbour was shot in the head.”The following day, Mohammed’s elderly father felt unwell. He took him to the doctor, but soon after the old man died of a heart attack. “I buried him. Today is the third day in his grave. Why is this happening to us?” he asks. The International Medical Corps – which provides emergency aid in crisis zones around the world – runs a field hospital near the scene. Dr Javed Ali, a surgeon from Pakistan, was jolted awake by the first strikes and went to shelter in a safe room in the staff quarters near the hospital. “Aside from the air strikes, we were hearing tanks in the background, there was active exchange of fire from small firearms, as well as a helicopter gunship that was going over the hospital fighting and firing in all directions. So, it was very, very scary. We thought that this was it.” Hearing the sound of ambulances, the medics decided to leave the safe room and help. Along with the wounded came women and children seeking shelter.”The hospital itself is a tent structure. So there were a lot of concerns. Obviously, if there is any strike towards the hospital it will be devastating, but we had to make a decision to save as many patients as possible.”Image caption, Nawara al-Najjar, sitting with some of her children, was injured by shrapnel that ripped into her tent on 12 FebruaryMany of the dead were thought to be still lying under the rubble of destroyed houses. Another doctor – from the international agency Médecins Sans Frontières – sent a series of anguished voice messages to colleagues in London after sunrise on 12 February. She described lying across her children’s bodies to protect them as shrapnel flew through the windows of the room where they were sheltering. The doctor has given the BBC permission to quote the messages but wants to remain anonymous. Her account of what she found after the raid is harrowing.”At our home when we were checking, I found pieces of human flesh. We found a whole lower limb belonging to a human that we don’t know who he is. When I saw the pieces of flesh on the floor, I cried.”Since the beginning of the IDF incursion into Gaza, the military has accused Hamas of using the civilian population as human shields, and using medical facilities to conceal military operations and hide hostages. The rescue of two hostages – Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70 – in Rafah this month was a rare success for the Israeli teams searching for more than 130 people, including two children, still believed to be held captive. In a statement to the BBC about the events of 12 February, an IDF spokesman said it was “committed to mitigating civilian harm” during military operations. Military lawyers advised commanders so that strikes complied with international legal obligations.The statement says: “This process is designed to ensure that senior commanders have all reasonably available information and professional advice that will ensure compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict, including by providing ‘Target Cards’ which facilitate an analysis that is conducted on a strike-by-strike basis, and takes into account the expected military advantage and the likely collateral civilian harm, amongst other matters. “Even where circumstances do not allow for a targeting process involving this level of deliberate pre-planning and pre-approval, IDF regulations emphasise that commanders and soldiers must still comply with the Law of Armed Conflict.”Image source, @bringhomenowImage caption, Israeli hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har were reunited with their families shortly after being rescued on 12 FebruaryHuman rights organisations have previously accused Israel of using disproportionate force. In a statement on 8 February – four days before the hostage raid – Human Rights Watch warned that Israel “might be carrying out unlawfully indiscriminate attacks. When it comes to the question of whether Israel is violating the law in Gaza, there is enough smoke to suspect a fire”. In December US President Joe Biden warned Israel against “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.Any legal deliberation on whether the raid constituted a disproportionate use of force, and therefore a war crime, must await an independent investigation. With no end to the war in sight, that process may take a long time. The anonymous MSF doctor who found body parts in her home is deeply pessimistic. “To be honest, the one who died is the one who is lucky… the one who is left has been cursed and abandoned by all people around the world. It’s not fair… I don’t know how anybody can sleep knowing that our kids are suffering for nothing. We are only civilians.” Her message comes from inside the frightened, claustrophobic confines of Rafah, where 1.5 million people – six times its normal population – have sought shelter. Israel is threatening an invasion of Rafah in the next few weeks, necessary, it says, to destroy Hamas. The fear for the refugees is that the horror of 12 February will soon be overtaken by new miseries, and forgotten by the international community. “I know that this message means nothing to a lot of people,” the MSF doctor says, “and will change nothing”. With additional reporting by Alice Doyard, Haneen Abdeen and Gidi Kleiman.Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warIsraelGazaMore on this storyWhat we know about Israel’s Rafah hostage rescue raidPublished12 FebruaryRelief and guilt after Gazans find safety in EgyptPublished3 days agoTop StoriesLive. Government to ‘play no further part’ in vote on Labour call for Gaza ceasefire’Dad, please don’t go out’: The Gazans killed as Israel freed hostagesPublished2 hours agoKing seen at work for first time since cancer diagnosisPublished57 minutes agoFeaturesNew images show British ship in Red Sea has not sunk’Dad, please don’t go out’: The Gazans killed as Israel freed hostages’Premier League caught my online troll. Should I forgive him?’Chris Mason: Gaza vote exposes awkward choices for LabourThe strangers who saved each other’s livesWatch Big Keith’s iconic scotch egg scene from The Office. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaTwo teenagers charged over shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl paradePublished3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fans embrace shortly after gunshots rang out after a Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, MissouriBy Mike WendlingBBC NewsTwo teenagers have been charged over a shooting at a Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City that left one person dead and 22 others injured.The two suspects, both aged under 18, are being held on gun and resisting arrest charges, a court statement said.Police earlier said the shooting was the result of an argument and was not connected to terrorism. A third person who was detained after the shooting has been released.A statement from the Jackson County Family Court on Friday said that additional charges were “expected in the future as the investigation by the Kansas City Police Department continues”.The names of the juvenile suspects have not been released. Juvenile court cases are kept private under Missouri law, and hearings are not open to the public.Kansas City Police have continued to appeal for information about the shooting, which occurred near the city’s Union Station just after a parade and rally for the Super Bowl champions. On Thursday, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said the injured victims ranged in age from eight to 47 years old and that at least half were under 16. The deceased victim was identified as Lisa Lopez-Galvan, 43, a local DJ. Ms Lopez-Galvan hosted Taste of Tejano, a Tex-Mex music show, on community radio station KKFI. Her son was shot in the leg but has been discharged from hospital. Two other family members were also injured in the shooting, according to the radio station.Ms Lopez-Galvan was hailed as a community leader who used her media profile to fundraise for Latino community events and organisations, toy drives for children with cancer and college scholarships.An online fundraiser in support of the DJ’s family raised more than $230,000 (£180,000) – including $100,000 from Taylor Swift.Further details have also emerged about the reaction of the crowd and the Kansas City Chiefs players, who were celebrating their second straight NFL championship. The parents of a 13-year-old who got separated from his father during chaos following the shooting praised a player who helped shelter their son.Zach Cotton got separated from his father inside Union Station and found himself behind the station, near where buses were waiting to pick up players after the victory rally. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Super Bowl Parade route in downtown Kansas CityChiefs’ running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and other members of the team sheltered the teenager before he was reunited with his family. Responding to a thank you note posted by Zach’s mother on Facebook, Mr Edwards-Helaire wrote: “Sorry the family and all of Chiefs Kingdom had to experience this. Just wanted to thank Zach for trusting me and knowing I’ll protect him.”Another teenager, Gabe Wallace, told the Kansas City Star that he and others were comforted by the Chiefs’ head coach in the panic after the shots rang out. “Andy Reid was trying to comfort me, which was nice,” Gabe said. “He was kind of hugging me, just like, ‘Are you OK, man? Are you OK? Just please breathe.’ He was being real nice and everything.”This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: The moment gunfire erupted in Kansas City shootingRelated TopicsMissouriUnited StatesMore on this storyA dispute led to gunfire in Kansas City, police sayPublished1 day agoOne dead and 21 injured in Super Bowl parade shootingPublished1 day agoTop StoriesLive. ‘Putin is responsible’ – Biden speaks out after report of Navalny’s deathNavalny was often asked: ‘Do you fear for your life?’Published2 hours agoLive. Trump ordered to pay $354m in New York fraud caseFeaturesAlexei Navalny: What we know about reports of his deathArrested and poisoned: See Navalny’s moments of defiance. VideoArrested and poisoned: See Navalny’s moments of defianceIs Russia about to win another victory in Ukraine?John Curtice: By-elections leave Tories ‘with mountain to climb’ Two by-elections, two Labour wins… in two minutes. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityUKEnglandN. IrelandScotlandAlbaWalesCymruIsle of ManGuernseyJerseyLocal NewsFirst product of Meghan’s lifestyle brand revealedPublished11 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Meghan pictured at a polo match in Florida last weekBy Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentA first glimpse of the new business venture from the Duchess of Sussex has been teased on social media, with pictures of a jar of strawberry jam.In a bid to preserve a sense of mystery, the jam from the new American Riviera Orchard brand seemed to be spread among friends and influencers.Fashion designer Tracy Robbins posted a picture of the jam on Instagram.It was numbered “17 of 50”, suggesting the number of recipients of this first fruit of the new business.The arrival of Meghan’s new California-based lifestyle brand had been signalled on social media last month and this suggests that it will be selling food products.What do we know about Meghan’s new brand?Five things about Harry and Meghan’s brand revampWhy did Harry and Meghan leave the Royal Family?There seemed to be have been something of a re-launch for Meghan and husband Prince Harry’s brands and businesses this year, beginning with the overhaul of their regal-looking website under the sussex.com label.Their latest projects seem to be moving away from a previous focus on their time as working royals, such as their Netflix film Harry and Meghan and Prince Harry’s memoir Spare.The hint about the strawberry jam from Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard brand seems to fit with the couple’s latest Netflix plans.Meghan is going to launch a Netflix show which will “celebrate the joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining, and friendship”.Prince Harry will be involved in another Netflix venture showing the inside track on the world of polo. That’s the equestrian sport, not the mints.Delfina Blaquier, married to Prince Harry’s polo-playing friend Nacho Figueras, also posted a picture of the new jam, with hers labelled “10 of 50”.The social media trail for American Riviera Orchard evokes a sense of the couple’s home in California – and this soft launch for the jam show pictures of the jars in a sunny basket of lemons.It’s not known how much items from the new lifestyle brand will cost. Although there are already plenty of other royals getting into jams. Visitors to the gift shops in royal palaces can get a Buckingham Palace Strawberry Preserve for £3.95 or Windsor Castle Fine Cut Seville Orange Marmalade, also for £3.95.On both sides of the Atlantic they seem to be conserving their finances.Related TopicsUK Royal FamilyMeghan, Duchess of SussexMore on this storyWhat we know about Meghan’s regal lifestyle brandPublished16 MarchMeghan launches surprise new lifestyle brandPublished14 MarchTop StoriesMPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009Published8 minutes agoMuslim student loses school prayer ban challengePublished2 hours agoBowen: Iran’s attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifelinePublished7 hours agoFeaturesJeremy Bowen: Iran’s attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifelineIranians on edge as leaders say ‘Tel Aviv is our battleground’A really, really big election with nearly a billion votersWhat is the smoking ban and how will it work?Martin Tyler: I nearly lost my voice foreverWho are the millions of Britons not working?How to register to vote for the local elections ahead of midnight deadlinePlaying Coachella after cancer emotional, says DJHow the Alec Baldwin fatal film set shooting unfoldedElsewhere on the BBCFrom weight loss to prolonging lifeIs intermittent fasting actually good for you? James Gallagher investigatesAttributionSoundsCould Nina shake up the unspoken rules of modern dating?Brand new comedy about love, friendship and being your own selfAttributioniPlayerWill the UK introduce tough anti-tobacco laws?Under new plans, anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettesAttributionSoundsCan William Wisting find the truth?The Norwegian detective returns, tackling more grisly cold casesAttributioniPlayerMost Read1Nursery boss ‘killed baby she strapped to beanbag’2Birmingham Airport flights disrupted by incident3Muslim student loses school prayer ban challenge4First product of Meghan’s lifestyle brand revealed5MPs back smoking ban for those born after 20096Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels conference7Historic Copenhagen stock exchange goes up in flames8Bowen: Iran’s attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifeline9Marten a ‘lioness’ who ‘loved her cubs’, court told10Sons of McCartney and Lennon release joint single

BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaSupreme Court hears 6 Jan case that may hit Trump trialPublished2 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS Capitol riotsImage source, Brent StirtonImage caption, Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol after holding a “Stop the Steal” rally on 6 January, 2021By Nadine YousifBBC NewsThe US Supreme Court have begun hearing a case that could undo charges for those who stormed the Capitol in 2021. It focuses on whether a 2002 federal law created to prevent corporate misconduct could apply to individuals involved in the 6 January riots. More than 350 people have been charged in the incident under that law, which carries a 20-year prison penalty.Donald Trump faces the same charge in the pending federal case accusing him of election interference. The law makes it a crime to “corruptly” obstruct or impede an official proceeding. On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justices heard two hours of arguments over the law’s interpretation. However, it remained unclear how they would rule. A lawyer for a man who stormed the Capitol and was prosecuted under the law argued before the Justices that “a host of felony and misdemeanour” crimes already exist to prosecute his clients actions.The 2002 law passed in the wake of the Enron accounting scandal, Jeffrey Green said, was not one of them. US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar counterargued that rioters deliberately attempted “to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the election,” therefore obstructing an official proceeding. Both fielded sceptical questions from the Justices. At one point, Mr Green argued that there is no historical precedent in which the law was used to prosecute demonstrators.Justice Sonia Sotomayor replied: “We’ve never had a situation before where (there was an attempt) to stop a proceeding violently, so I am not sure what a lack of history proves.”On the other hand, Ms Prelogar fielded questions from Justice Neil Gorusch on whether the law could then be stretched to apply to a “sit-in that disrupts a trial” or “a heckler” at the State of the Union Address. “Would pulling a fire alarm before a vote qualify for 20 years in federal prison?” he asked, appearing to reference an incident in which Jamaal Bowman, Democrat House representative, pressed a fire alarm in the Capitol.How the top court rules could have wide-ranging effects on the hundreds of people charged, convicted or sentenced under the law, as well as the prosecution of Mr Trump. Here is a breakdown of the key players and the law being argued: What is the 2002 federal law at the centre of the trial?The law is called the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It was passed in response to the Enron scandal in the early 2000s, after it was exposed that those involved had engaged in massive fraud and shredding documents. It criminalizes the destruction of evidence – like records or documents. But it also penalises anyone who “otherwise obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so.” How has it been used in response to the 6 January riots?Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has brought obstruction charges against those who participated in the storming of the Capitol. Federal prosecutors argue they did so to impede Congress’ certification of the presidential electoral vote count to cement Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. Therefore, the latter portion of the law that deals with obstructing an “official proceeding” would apply, the DoJ says. Who is challenging the law’s use in this case, and why? The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the law’s application brought forward by a former Pennsylvania police officer.Joseph Fischer was charged under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with obstruction of a congressional proceeding on 6 January, as well as assaulting a police officer and disorderly conduct. His lawyers argue that prosecutors overreached with applying the Act, which they say deals explicitly with destroying or tampering with evidence integral to an investigation. Those who challenge the law’s application in 6 January cases also argue that a broad interpretation of the law would allow the prosecution of lobbyists or protestors who disrupt matters in Congress.How could the Supreme Court ruling impact Trump?The former president is charged under the very same law in a federal case accusing him of working to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Mr Biden.If Supreme Court justices rule that the law does not apply to the 6 January rioters, Mr Trump could seek dismissal of half the charges he faces in that case.It also could be seen as a political win for the former president, who is seeking re-election in November, as he repeatedly has accused prosecutors of overreach. A final ruling is not expected until June. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaNational Conservatism Conference: Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels eventPublished4 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Nigel Farage said the decision to shut the conference down was as an attempt to stifle free speechBy Nick Beake in Brussels and Laura GozziBBC NewsBrussels police have been ordered to shut down a conference attended by right-wing politicians across Europe, including Nigel Farage and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.Organisers say the National Conservatism Conference in the Belgian capital is continuing, but guests are no longer allowed to enter. Local authorities had raised concerns over public safety.A UK spokeswoman called reports of police action “extremely disturbing”. She said that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was a “strong supporter and advocator for free speech” and that he was “very clear that cancelling events or preventing attendance and no-platforming speakers is damaging to free speech and to democracy as a result”.Alexander De Croo, the Belgian prime minister, said that the shutting down of the conference was “unacceptable”.Referring to the fact that it was the local mayor, Emir Kir, who opposed the conference, Mr De Croo added that while municipal autonomy was a cornerstone of Belgium’s democracy it could “never overrule the Belgian constitution guaranteeing the freedom of speech”. “Banning political meetings is unconstitutional. Full stop,” Mr De Croo wrote on X.In a message to organisers, Mr Kir had said some of the attendees of Tuesday’s conference held anti-gay and anti-abortion views. “Among these personalities there are several particularly from the right-conservative, religious right and European extreme right,” his statement said.Mr Kir also wrote on X: “The far right is not welcome.”Nigel Farage, who took to the stage this morning, told the BBC the decision to close down the conference because there were homophobes in the audience was “cobblers”, and that he condemned the decision as an attempt to stifle free speech. “Thank God For Brexit”, he said.Organised by a think-tank called the Edmund Burke Foundation, the National Conservatism Conference is a global movement which espouses what it describes as traditional values, which it claims are being “undermined and overthrown”. It also opposes further European integration.The conference said it aimed to bring together “public figures, journalists, scholars and students” who understood the connection between conservatism and the idea of nationhood and national traditions. French far-right politician Eric Zemmour, arriving for the conference after police had blocked the entrance, told journalists that Mr Kir was “using the police as a private militia to prevent… Europeans from taking part freely”.Organisers said Mr Zemmour was not allowed into the venue and that his address would be postponed.Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman and far-right French politician Eric Zemmour were listed as keynote speakers. The National Conservatism Conference reportedly started around 08:00 (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday and carried on for three hours until police showed up and asked the organisers to make attendees leave.Later, organisers wrote on X: “The police are not letting anyone in. People can leave, but they cannot return. Delegates have limited access to food and water, which are being prevented from delivery. Is this what city mayor Emir Kir is aiming for?”Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki were due to speak tomorrow. Earlier, the organisers said on X that they would challenge the order to shut the conference down. “The police entered the venue on our invitation, saw the proceedings and the press corps, and quickly withdrew. Is it possible they witnessed how peaceful the event is?,” they wrote on X.The Claridge event space – located near Brussels’s European Quarter – can host up to 850 people. Around 250 people were in attendance on Tuesday afternoon.Mohamed Nemri, the owner of Claridge, told the BBC he had decided to host the event because “we don’t reject any party…. even if we don’t have the same opinion. That’s normal”.”I am Muslim and people have different opinion and that’s it. We are living in a freedom country. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaNasa says part of International Space Station crashed into Florida homePublished40 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, NASAImage caption, The recovered object was part of a stanchion used to mount batteries to a cargo palletBy Max MatzaBBC NewsUS space agency Nasa confirmed that an object that crashed into a home in Florida earlier this month was part of the International Space Station (ISS). The metal object was jettisoned from the orbiting outpost in March 2021, Nasa said on Monday after analysing the sample at the Kennedy Space Center.The 1.6lb (0.7kg) metal object tore through two layers of ceiling after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Homeowner Alejandro Otero said his son was nearly injured by the impact. Nasa said the object was part of some 5,800lbs of hardware that was dumped by the station after it had new lithium-ion batteries installed. “The hardware was expected to fully burn up during entry through Earth’s atmosphere on March 8, 2024. However, a piece of hardware survived and impacted a home in Naples, Florida,” the agency said.The debris was determined to be part of a stanchion used to mount batteries on a cargo pallet. The object, made from metal alloy Inconel, has dimensions of 4in by 1.6in (10.1cm by 4cm).Mr Otero told CBS affiliate Wink-TV that the device created a “tremendous sound” as it blasted into his home.”It almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all,” he said.”I was shaking. I was completely in disbelief. What are the chances of something landing on my house with such force to cause so much damage,” Mr Otero continued.”I’m super grateful that nobody got hurt.”According to Nasa, the ISS will “perform a detailed investigation” on how the debris survived burn-up.What’s the risk of being hit by falling space debris?Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s more space junkSpace junk has been a growing a problem. Earlier this month, sky watchers in California watched mysterious golden streaks moving through the night sky.US officials later determined that the light show was caused by burning debris from a Chinese rocket re-entering earth’s orbit.In February, a Chinese satellite known as “Object K” burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere over Hawaii.Last year, a barnacle-covered giant metal dome found on a Western Australian beach was identified as a component of an Indian rocket. There are plans to display it alongside chunks of Nasa’s Skylab, which crashed in Australia in 1979. This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Object thought to be a satellite burns up on re-entering Earth’s atmosphereRelated TopicsSpace debrisNasaFloridaUnited StatesMore on this storyIs it a bird? Is it a plane? 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaFormer Marine jailed for nine years for bombing abortion clinicPublished7 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS abortion debateImage source, CBSBy Max MatzaBBC NewsA former US Marine has been jailed for nine years for firebombing a California Planned Parenthood clinic and plotting other attacks to spark a “race war”.Chance Brannon, 24, pleaded guilty to the March 2022 attack on the healthcare clinic, which provides abortions in some of its locations.He also plotted to attack Jewish people and an LGBT pride event taking place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. At the time of his arrest, he was an active duty member of the US Marines. Prosecutors said Brannon was a neo-Nazi who frequently spoke of “cleansing” the US of “particular ethnic groups”. In November, Brannon pleaded guilty to conspiracy, destruction of property, possession of an explosive and intentionally damaging a reproductive health services facility.Kristen Clarke, the assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, said the attack “was designed to terrorise patients seeking reproductive healthcare and the people who provide it”.The explosion damaged the front entrance to the clinic in Costa Mesa, Orange County. No one was injured.However, Mehtab Syed, of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said Brannon’s “deep-rooted hatred and extremist views… could have killed innocent people”. Mr Syed added that Brannon plotted to rob Jewish residents in the Hollywood Hills, and had also discussed plans to attack the power grid. Further to this, in 2022, Mr Syed said Brannon, of San Juan Capistrano, placed calls to two US “adversaries” hoping to offer himself as a “mole” providing US intelligence.Two co-defendants, Tibet Ergul and Xavier Batten, have pleaded guilty to similar charges and will be sentenced next month.According to the National Abortion Federation, a group representing US abortion providers, there was a “sharp increase” in violence against clinics in 2022. Related TopicsAbortionUS abortion debateUnited StatesCaliforniaMore on this storyWhat is Planned Parenthood?Published25 September 2015Top StoriesMuslim student loses school prayer ban challengePublished53 minutes agoBowen: Iran’s attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifelinePublished3 hours agoLive. Israel demands sanctions on Iranian missile projectFeaturesJeremy Bowen: Iran’s attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifelineIranians on edge as leaders say ‘Tel Aviv is our battleground’A really, really big election with nearly a billion votersWhat is the smoking ban and how will it work?Martin Tyler: I nearly lost my voice foreverWho are the millions of Britons not working?How to register to vote for the local elections ahead of midnight deadlineMeteorite ‘repeatedly transformed’ on space journeyHow the Alec Baldwin fatal film set shooting unfoldedElsewhere on the BBCFrom weight loss to prolonging lifeIs intermittent fasting actually good for you? James Gallagher investigatesAttributionSoundsCould Nina shake up the unspoken rules of modern dating?Brand new comedy about love, friendship and being your own selfAttributioniPlayerWill the UK introduce tough anti-tobacco laws?Under new plans, anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettesAttributionSoundsCan William Wisting find the truth?The Norwegian detective returns, tackling more grisly cold casesAttributioniPlayerMost Read1Muslim student loses school prayer ban challenge2Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels conference3Superdry boss hits back at ‘not cool’ criticism4First product of Meghan’s lifestyle brand revealed5Bowen: Iran’s attack on Israel offers Netanyahu a lifeline6Historic Copenhagen stock exchange goes up in flames7MPs to vote on smoking ban for those born after 20098Stabbed TV presenter ‘feeling much better’9William to return to duties after Kate diagnosis10Baby hurt in Sydney stabbing out of intensive care