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Around 1,800 people were arrested after nationwide protests saw outbreaks of violence and vandalism. Police arrested about 1,800 people on Saturday as some 550,000 demonstrators took to the streets for protests that were largely peaceful. They were demonstrating against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services, including schools. Groups of rioters, some dressed in black and wearing masks and balaclavas, also came out in Paris, Marseille.

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A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch When she was seven years old, Bayo Randle’s great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta was presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle as a “diplomatic gift” from an African king. Victoria would go on to pay for Bonetta’s education, approve her marriage to one of west Africa’s.

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BBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as the country battles with a deadly new drug epidemic. The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville joins officers at Cook County as they carry out an early morning raid Warning: This story contains descriptions of drug-taking from the start and discusses suicide The few grains of fentanyl sit in the silver foil as a straw, held between Mike's lips, hovers above a.

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Defence Minister David McGuinty says there are casualties in what the prime minister called a "serious incident". The Canadian Armed Forces were working with local authorities to manage the fire and were looking into what caused it, David McGuinty said, describing the situation as "very, very active and delicate". Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on X that a "serious incident creating a major fire" had occurred, adding his "thoughts.

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Satellite images give clues about how Kim spends his holidays - something far out of reach for most North Koreans. Image source, Vantor/BBCBySoram Cheon, BBC Korean and Aghnia Adzkia, East Asia Visual JournalismPublished8 hours agoAn 80m (263ft) luxury vessel has been repeatedly spotted in satellite images off North Korea's Wonsan coast from July to mid-October this year. What stands out is the 50m swimming pool along the deck, with a.

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There were violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police throughout Saturday in the capital Tirana. Watch: The BBC reports from Tirana, where violent protests grew on Saturday Demonstrators and riot police fought pitched battles in the centre of Tirana on Saturday for the fifth day in a row. Masked protesters, many of them high school and university students, hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police trying to defend the.