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Father fights oil giant BP over son's death in legal first | BBC News
A father has started legal action against UK oil giant BP over the death of his 21-year-old son. Hussein Julood alleges the burning off of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq – a practice known as flaring – caused his son Ali’s leukaemia. A BBC World Service investigation in 2022 found Ali’s village, which lies within the field, had high levels of cancer-causing…