| | | | | | | Hello. Today I'm sharing with you an investigation on last month's raid of the Nasser hospital in Gaza, one of the most significant operations of Israeli troops in the Strip. Medics have told the BBC they were beaten and humiliated by Israeli soldiers. We're also covering the crisis in Haiti, where Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, as well as the arrest of influencer Andrew Tate. More stories are coming from Wales, New Mexico, and an African state that does not exist. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | Medics say they were ‘humiliated’ in raid | | | | Verified footage shows people detained by Israeli troops after Nasser Hospital raid. |
| | For several weeks, Alice Cuddy and several of our colleagues have been investigating what went on when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raided Gaza's Nasser hospital last month. It was at the time one of the few medical facilities still functioning in the Strip. Intelligence, the IDF said, indicated the presence of Hamas operatives - a claim denied by Hamas. Some hostages who got out of Gaza said they had been held at Nasser. Since the raid, Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli soldiers. Doctor Ahmed Abu Sabha, whose account closely matches those of two medics who wished to remain anonymous, described being detained for a week. Muzzled dogs were set upon him and his hand was broken by an Israeli soldier, he said. The three men told the BBC they were beaten, doused with cold water, and forced to kneel in uncomfortable positions for hours. The IDF did not comment on the specific allegations, but said "any abuse of detainees is contrary to IDF orders". It denied that medical staff were harmed during the operation. Read Alice's full investigation here. | | | | |
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| | | | | | World headlines | | • | Haiti crisis: Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure from neighbours and increasing violence in the impoverished country. | | • | A controversial law: India's government has announced plans to enact a citizenship law that has been criticised for being anti-Muslim. Here's why it's contentious. | | • | Influencer arrest: Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been detained in Romania after European arrest warrants were issued by the UK, his representative has said. | | • | Aviation: A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US - from a "self-inflicted wound", a coroner said. | | • | Big Brother no more: Airbnb says it is introducing a worldwide ban on the use of security cameras inside rental properties - a week after comedy show Saturday Night Live made a skit skewering the practice. |
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| | AT THE SCENE | New York City | | The empty desks of New York | | Manhattan's Midtown used to be the bustling heart of corporate America. But since Covid gave a taste of remote working to professionals around the world, its offices are emptier and less valuable. The snub is causing headaches for many, from deli owners to regional banks. | | | | Natalie Sherman, BBC News |
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| | New York City deli owner Jimmy Yavrodi looks grimly out of the shop that he opened 27 years ago in one of the city's prime business districts. "Everything is empty," he says. "I don't understand it." From his perch on Park Avenue South, the 61-year-old sent two children to university and employed 12 people, slinging sandwiches and salads for the office workers that streamed in from nearby buildings. These days it offers a window from which to watch what some are calling America's office "apocalypse". |
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| | | | Beyond the headlines | | The strike that changed the role of women | | | | For many women, the miners' strike was their first foray into politics. Credit: Glamorgan Archives |
| | Forty years ago, miners across the UK started one of the largest strikes in British history, a year-long dispute ultimately won by Margaret Thatcher's government. But the movement also changed the lives of many women in Welsh mining communities. They became fundraisers, organisers and spokeswomen for their sons and husbands. “For the first time really, these men were sitting and listening to the women," one recalls. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Oppenheimer's inspiration | | Many of the places the physicist loved in New Mexico can still be viewed today. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | He calls himself the overseer of the non-existent "Federal Republic of East Africa Government". He claims to have been appointed as the ambassador for an unknown, and probably fictitious, European dukedom. Yet Moses Haabwa managed to get social media platform X to give his Government of East Africa account a grey tick of authority, which helped a fake specimen of a single East African currency go viral. Mr Haabwa talked to the BBC about his surprisingly successful antics. |
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