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Concern for Saudi student jailed for 34 years over tweets – BBC News
A university in the UK has expressed deep concern for one of its students who has been jailed for 34 years in Saudi Arabia over critical tweets. Salma al-Shehab, 34, a Saudi citizen and mother of two, who was studying for a PHD in Leeds, England, was arrested in 2021 while on holiday in the kingdom. Before the trip she had called for reforms and…
600-year-old statues revealed as China’s Yangtze river dips to lowest level in 150 years
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Three statues estimated to be around 600 years old have emerged from the Yangtze River in southwestern China as water levels in Asia’s largest river fall. The river level at Chongqing is the lowest seen at this time of year in at least 50 years as the nation struggles with heatwaves and drought. Initial estimates indicate…
India and Pakistan 75 years on from partition – BBC News
Seventy-five years on from partition, people in India and Pakistan have reflected on the divisions and rivalries between the two nations. When India gained independence from Britain in 1947, the territory was divided into India and the new state of Pakistan (with East Pakistan later becoming Bangladesh). This created an upsurge of violence, in which approximately 15 million people were displaced and an estimated one…
Afghanistan one year later: Taliban at its strongest in over 20 years
Retired U.S. Army Lt Col. Bob Maginnis reacts to the one-year anniversary of the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan on ‘Your World.’ #FoxNews Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vaBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in…
India-Pakistan partition: Brothers reunited after 75 years | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Two brothers have been reunited 75 years after they were separated in the chaos of partition, when modern-day India and Pakistan were created. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
BP sees biggest profit in 14 years as energy bills soar – BBC News
Energy giant BP has reported its biggest quarterly profit for 14 years after oil and gas prices soared. The energy giant saw underlying profits hit $8.45bn (£6.9bn) between April and June – more than triple the amount it made in the same period last year. It comes as typical UK household energy bills have been forecast to hit more than £3,600 a year this winter….