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2025-07-12

Ten children were killed when an Israeli air strike hit people queueing for food at a clinic in Gaza. The Israeli military said it targeted a "Hamas terrorist" and that it regretted any harm to what it called "uninvolved individuals”, while adding that the incident was under review. Project Hope said the strike was "a blatant violation of international humanitarian law, and a stark reminder that no one and no place is safe in Gaza". Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read what happened. #Gaza #Israel #BBCNews

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2025-07-12

Fuel to the engines of Air India Flight 171 - which crashed killing 260 people in June - was cut off moments after take-off, a preliminary investigation report has found. According to data from the flight recorder, both of the plane's fuel control switches moved from the run to the cut-off position in the space of a second, shortly after take-off. In recovered cockpit voice recordings, the report said one of the pilots can be heard asking "why did you cut off?" - to which the other pilot replied he "did not do so". It is not clear which pilot said what. The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed less than a minute after taking off on 12 June from Ahmedabad airport in western India, killing 260 people, most of them passengers. One British national miraculously survived the crash. Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to find out what else the report said. (📷 Reuters, EPA) #AirIndia #Aviation #BBCNews

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2025-07-12

Liam and Noel Gallagher took to the stage hand-in-hand in Manchester, UK, as Oasis played their home city for the first time in 16 years. After the group kicked off their comeback tour last week, their greatest hits compilation Time Flies has gone back to the top spot of the UK album chart, followed by 1995 album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? at number two. Tap the link in @BBCNews's bio to read more about the tour. #Oasis #Manchester #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

US President Donald Trump is visiting flood-ravaged central Texas with First Lady Melania Trump. At least 120 people have died with more than 160 people still missing, according to authorities. But their visit comes as questions mount over the response from authorities, and what warnings residents received. Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to follow the latest Trump’s visit. #DonaldTrump #Texas #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

A child was rescued after becoming trapped inside a claw machine filled with stuffed animals. The police department were called to Mason, in the US state of Ohio after the child tried to climb into the game through the prize door. Tap the link in @BBCNews's bio to read more about this story. #Rescue #ClawMachine #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

When Julia Garner was announced among the cast of Fantastic Four: First Steps, some people believed she would be playing a “genderswapped” Silver Surfer - which came under some criticism.    However, it was later confirmed her role will be that of Shalla-Bal, not the character of Norrin Radd as seen in the 2007 movie adaption.    However, the actress says her reaction to the initial backlash was that she would just “do her job.”    Tap the link in @BBCNewsUK’s bio to find out more about the role.    #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

Victims of the Srebrenica massacre are being remembered on the 30th anniversary. In July 1995, Bosnian-Serb forces overran Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, where thousands of Bosniaks, who are mostly Muslim, had taken refuge, believing they were safely under the protection of the United Nations. Instead, Dutch soldiers stood aside as Bosnian-Serb General Ratko Mladić directed his troops to place women and the youngest children on buses for transport to majority-Bosniak areas. Then, over the following days, Mladić oversaw the systematic murder of around 8,000 people – most, but not all of them, men and boys. Mladić's troops dumped the bodies in mass graves. But later, to cover up their crimes, they exhumed then reburied the remains in multiple sites. Many families are still searching for their relatives' remains decades later, though DNA testing has helped thousands of families to bury their family members at Potočari Cemetery, adjacent to the former UN base. Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read why tensions are still felt 30 years on. (📸 Getty Images) #Srebrenica #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

In a sweltering city in Afghanistan, taxis have been spotted with scrubby barrels and exhaust tubes mounted to their roofs. These are the handmade air coolers that taxi drivers have cobbled together in their desperate efforts to beat the heat. In the southern city of Kandahar, air-conditioning units inside cars often break down. Passengers have applauded the creative solution. One of the poorest countries in the world, Afghanistan is also among the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Afghanistan recorded its warmest-ever spring from April to June this year. A severe drought has also been spreading nationwide. Experts have repeatedly warned that the fallout from climate change would deepen Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis. The country has been left out of United Nations climate negotiations since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, after US-led forces left the country. Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read how high temperatures have reached. (Reuters, Getty) #Afghanistan #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

Imagine flying all the way to Manchester for a gig you don’t actually have tickets for... yet.   Well that’s what this couple did, venturing from Ireland and only finding out they had bagged a pair of tickets for Oasis in the middle of an interview with the BBC.   This lucky pair will be two of the thousands of people lining up in Heaton Park tonight to watch the Gallagher brothers perform in their home city for the first time since 2009.   Tap the link in @bbcnewsuk’s bio to read about the girl who offered fans a place to camp in her back garden in exchange for a ticket to tonight’s gig.   #Oasis #Manchester #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

Today is gonna be the day that Oasis are gonna return home. 🎸🇬🇧 The countdown is almost over… Oasis are bringing their Live '25 reunion tour home to Manchester for their first show in the city where it all started. About 80,000 fans are expected at Heaton Park later to watch the Gallagher brothers perform. Are you going to see them? Head to @bbcnewsuk’s bio for more on what we know about the gig. (📷 Reuters/ Getty Images) #Oasis #Manchester #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

It's a dance, a viral meme, and now a trend among elite athletes - but who is the ultimate 'aura farmer'? Over the last few weeks, social media feeds all over the world have been flooded with videos of a boy wearing sunglasses in Indonesia, balancing on the tip of a long racing boat and dancing. Big sporting names like American Football player Travis Kelce, F1 driver Alex Albon, and the Paris Saint-Germain football team have all jumped on the trend. And behind it all is 11-year-old Rayyan Arkan Dikha, who told the BBC that the viral moves came to him on the spur of the moment, saying: "It was just spontaneous." While his dream is to become a police officer, his tip for anyone who wants to follow in his footsteps is: "Stay healthy, friends, so you can become like me." Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read where he has been named a cultural ambassador. (TIKTOK/LENSA RAMS / Getty Images / BBC/DICKY KURNIAWAN) #Aura #AuraFarming #BBCNews

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2025-07-11

“She’s a working superhero mother.”    Vanessa Kirby is expecting her first child, after playing a pregnant Sue Storm in Fantastic Four: First Steps.    She says the role helped her, with the character teaching her that you can “have it all.”    Tap the link in @BBCNewsUK’s bio to find out more about the role.    #FantasticFour #BBCNews