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Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle, raping her and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her over nearly a decade, along with other charges. Pelicot had admitted…
As French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mayotte to survey the damage caused by Cyclone Chido, the BBC’s Mayeni Jones says the devastation wrought by the storm is immediately visible to visitors. President Macron has pledged his support to the…
Several children have been killed in a crush at a funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan, with many others hospitalised. The exact number of casualties is not clear. The event was advertised as free entry and drew a…
Gisèle Pelicot has told a crowd of journalists outside court that she is thinking about her children and grandchildren and all the other families and the victims of stories “often in the shadows”, saying “we have the same struggle”. She…
Getty Images Mayotte residents survey the damage after Cyclone Chido tore through the French territory, destroying homes made of metal sheets Landing over Petite-Terre, Mayotte’s smaller island, the level of destruction from Cyclone Chido is immediately apparent. It’s hard to…
Reuters The Israeli military said it had targeted energy infrastructure in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa Israel has said its fighter jets conducted a series of strikes against military targets in Yemen belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi movement. An Israeli military spokesman…
A state of exceptional natural disaster has been declared in Mayotte as the French Indian Ocean territory reels from the devastation of Cyclone Chido. At least 31 people are reported by French officials to have died, while thousands are still…
For the uninitiated, sorting one’s trash can be a convoluted process in Japan – a country that boasts one of the world’s strictest garbage disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are about to get even tougher. Starting…
An American citizen has pleaded guilty to helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government. Prosecutors say Chen Jinping and his co-defendent Lu Jianwang opened and…
Getty Images At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Ukraine war since entering combat on the Russian side earlier this month, a South Korean MP has said. Lee Sung-kwon, speaking to reporters after parliament…
