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#China #US #BBCNews US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said her visit to Beijing has marked a "step forward" in efforts to stabilise relations between the two countries. Ms Yellen spoke at the end of a four-day trip, during which talks were held over issues including climate change. She described the talks as "direct, substantive and productive" and said both sides had learned more about each other. However, she admitted the US and China still had "significant disagreements".

U.S. Navy CONFRONTS Iran Near Strait of Hormuz, FOILS Oil Tanker Seizure | Watchman Newscast LIVE

U.S. Navy CONFRONTS Iran Near Strait of Hormuz, FOILS Oil Tanker Seizure | Watchman Newscast LIVE

#dwdocumentary #documentary #america Gun violence is on the rise in the United States. An estimated 400 million firearms are in private hands. Casualties are at a record high. But the dispute over stricter gun laws is dividing the country. Various initiatives call for tougher controls. But some people resist these, pointing to the Second Amendment and what they say is their constitutional right to defend themselves. For them, carrying a firearm is part of their American identity. This documentary paints a portrait of a heavily armed nation. The filmmakers visit places like the ‘Gunsite Academy’ in Arizona - the largest private shooting school in the world. Gun enthusiasts from all over the country practice their marksmanship here. They also meet people like Brandon Wolf, survivor of the devastating gun massacre at the Pulse nightclub. Since the tragedy, he has been fighting for gun law reform. Philip Smith, on the other hand, is the founder of the National African American Gun Association. The organization's declared goal is to get as many African American citizens as possible to take up arms. Physician Stephanie Bonne sees what firearms can do every day. She works for a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, with an intensive care unit that almost exclusively treats victims of shootings. In her eyes, gun misuse in the U.S. has long counted as a full-blown epidemic.

#iran #dwdocumentary #documentary Nasrin Sotoudeh has been fighting for children, women and the persecuted in Iran for nearly four decades. The lawyer and human rights activist risks her freedom again and again. Her commitment has made her a symbol of resistance and hope. 38 years and 148 lashes. Even in the face of barbaric punishments, Nasrin Sotoudeh continues her peaceful struggle. A covert camera accompanies her on her mission, showing viewers new sides of Iran. Nasrin has long been compared to other great human rights activists such as Nelson Mandela. Nasrin's 21-year-old daughter Mehraveh has also joined her mother's fight. With Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, Nasrin founded the Center for the Protection of Human Rights in Iran in 2006. In 2010, she was arrested for defending demonstrators from an opposition movement. A year later, she was sentenced to 11 years in prison. After worldwide protests and appeals to the Iranian government, she was released early in 2013. But since 2018, the winner of the Sakharov Human Rights Prize has been imprisoned yet again. She is accused of "anti-state propaganda." But even from the notorious Gharchak prison in southern Tehran, the 57-year-old continues her peaceful fight against injustice. Just one example: Nasrin protested the prison conditions for political prisoners during the Corona pandemic with a hunger strike lasting nearly 50 days.

#BBL #PlasticSurgery #aljazeeraenglish In this episode of Fault Lines, we look into Florida’s cosmetic surgery industry, which has made national headlines for its high incidence of patient death and disfigurement, especially with regard to the extremely popular Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgeries. The Florida Board of Medicine has spent years trying to place guardrails on the industry, particularly with regard to BBL surgeries, but our investigation reveals a pattern of surgeons engaging in unsafe practices and lobbying lawmakers to allow them to continue doing so.

#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".#Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack". A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv did not comment on responsibility but warned Russia that the conflict could soon move to its territory. Two more Ukrainian drones were shot down by anti-aircraft systems elsewhere in the Moscow region, Russia's defence ministry said, claiming to have thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack".

#BBCNews #Ukraine #Moscow A skyscraper in Russia's capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight, he said, but "one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex" that was targeted on Sunday. The building's glass facade was damaged but no injuries have been reported.Russia's defence ministry blamed Ukraine for the latest attack. Kyiv has made no comment.

#Niger #BBCNews Two of Niger's neighbouring countries, Burkina Faso and Mali, have issued a joint statement saying they would regard any military intervention in Niger as a declaration of war on them. On Sunday the regional organisation, Ecowas, threatened to use force to reinstate Niger's elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who was deposed in a coup on Wednesday.

#BBCNews #China #Floods At least 20 people have died in China as the country braces for its third typhoon in as many weeks. The remnants of super storm Doksuri continue to flood capital Beijing, where 50,000 people have been evacuated, according to state media. There is little relief with typhoon Khanun on the horizon. This third storm is expected to enter the East China Sea on Wednesday before moving to China's coastal provinces Zhejiang and Fujian.

#Newsnight #BBCNews In Tunisia, galloping inflation, the pressures of trans-Saharan migration, and an increasingly repressive government, are straining social cohesion. There are similarities to the situation that led to the country's Jasmine Revolution in 2010, which in turn triggered the wider Arab Spring protests. It's all being watched nervously across the Mediterranean by European countries that rely on the government there to control migration. Mike Thompson reports from Tunis for Newsnight.

#BBCNews #Ukraine #Russia The general in charge of Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south has said Russian defences are making it difficult for military equipment, including Western tanks and armoured vehicles, to move forward. Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said his forces are struggling to overcome multi-layered minefields and fortified defensive lines. It comes as Russia’s president Vladimir Putin confirmed there's been “intensified” fighting in southern Ukraine.

#BBCNews #Newsnight At 4.17am on 6 February a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey. In the days that followed, 50,000 people were killed. But what's been barely reported is that Google was operating an earthquake early warning system in the country. The company claims it sent out millions of warnings before the quake hit. But BBC teams in Turkey and Silicon Valley can't find evidence that this warning was widely received by people in the earthquake zone. In this special report for BBC Newsnight, Anna Foster is in Turkey and James Clayton is in San Francisco.

#BBCNews #Wales #England A teenager who helped jail her paternal grandfather after he sexually abused her as a small child is speaking out. Poppy hopes her story will change attitudes and help others. New data shows more cases of child sexual abuse are being reported to police in England and Wales than ever before.

#BBCNews #Ukraine #Russia A Russian missile has struck a multi-story residential building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, injuring at least three people. The strike also hit a building of Ukraine's security service, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelensky has described the attack as “Russian missile terror.”

#BBCNews #AI #Technology At Wimbledon, one of tennis’s biggest tournaments, artificial intelligence is being used to provide commentary for games which do not have a human voiceover. The technology can currently generate commentary in a matter of seconds after a point is played, and is used on replays rather than live coverage. But while it hasn’t yet ousted the human commentator, could we eventually be saying game, set and match to the AI?

#Niger #BBCNews Leaders from West Africa are set to meet at an emergency summit, after Niger’s army took power in a coup. It comes after the EU suspended all security cooperation with the nation, and the US declared its "unflagging support" for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum - seen as a key Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants. On Friday the head of the presidential guards unit Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani declared himself Niger's new leader, and there are concerns about which countries he will align with. The leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly described the coup as a triumph.

#Deepfake #AI #BBCNews Deepfake videos - a type of fake video that uses artificial intelligence to swap faces or create a digital version of someone - are on the rise, but one tech firm thinks it has the tool to catch it in the act. Intel’s “FakeCatcher” system analyses video, and uses a technique called Photoplethysmography (PPG), which detects changes in blood flow in a person’s face – because deepfake faces don’t give out these signals. The company claims it has an accuracy of 96%, but does it work, and can it actually be used to tell what’s real, and what isn’t?

#China #Uyghur #BBCNews China is pressuring Uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening families back home, researchers say. Refugees and activists tell the BBC intimidating tactics are tearing communities apart. The tactics employed by governments to police their diasporas abroad are known as transnational repression. Research suggests this particular kind - controlling access to family members in the home country through video calls, in exchange for compliance overseas - is commonly used by Chinese police.

#China #BBCNews China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post. Mr Qin had been seen as a close associate of President Xi Jinping. He is replaced by veteran Communist Party foreign affairs chief Wang Yi. Mr Qin's prolonged disappearance from public view - and official silence over it - has fuelled furious speculation.

#BBCNews US actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of all charges in his sexual assault trial in London. The jury returned not guilty verdicts for nine sexual offence charges relating to four men between 2001 and 2013. The 64-year-old Oscar winner had denied the allegations and previously called the case against him "weak".

#Russia #Ukraine #Wagner The UK government has been criticised for under-estimating the growth of Russia's Wagner mercenary group. The Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee accused the government of "a dismal lack of understanding" of Wagner's activities in Africa. A report itemised seven states where Wagner's military activity has been detected: Ukraine, Syria, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique and Mali.

#TikTok #Ecommerce #BBCNews TikTok plans to move into e-commerce, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The social media platform will reportedly set up the TikTok shopping centre later this year. This will be an Amazon-like marketplace where it will sell some Chinese-made goods to US customers. It comes as the platform faces heightened security over data security. In April, the state of Montana banned the app on personal devices.

#China #BBCNews China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post. Mr Qin had been seen as a close associate of President Xi Jinping. He is replaced by veteran Communist Party foreign affairs chief Wang Yi. Mr Qin's prolonged disappearance from public view - and official silence over it - has fuelled furious speculation.

#Apple #BBCNews UK app developers have brought a $1bn (£780m) lawsuit against Apple due to its App Store fees. Developers have alleged that Apple's current commission charges, between 15% and 30%, are excessive. More than 1,500 app developers in the UK are in the lawsuit against Apple.