Andrew Tate prosecution files reveal graphic claims of coercion - BBC News
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Details of graphic evidence compiled by Romanian prosecutors, alleging that Andrew Tate coerced women into sexual acts, have been seen by the BBC.
The case file summary, containing hundreds of pages of testimony and transcripts, includes an allegation of sexual violence which is said to have left one woman with eye and breast injuries.
And in what prosecutors say are transcribed audio messages, Mr Tate's brother Tristan appears to say that he will "slave these bitches".
Both men are facing trial in Romania for human trafficking and forming an organised criminal group with two other defendants.
Andrew Tate is also facing a charge of rape. They deny all the charges against them. A spokeswoman for the brothers said they "vehemently denied" the allegations and claimed, without elaboration, that there is "substantial new evidence pointing to their innocence”.
The BBC cannot verify whether the messages have been accurately transcribed or whether they were sent by the defendants as claimed, because the original evidence is not included in the summary document.
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Fukushima: Japan releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific Ocean - BBC News
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Japan has begun releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean - 12 years after the meltdown at the site.
The UN's atomic regulator says the discharge meets safety standards and will have a "negligible" impact on humans and the environment.
But the decision has fuelled protests locally and in South Korea - while China has imposed a ban on all Japanese seafood.
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Pakistan cable car rescue under way for eight people trapped - BBC News
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A military rescue in Pakistan is under way for six children and two adults trapped in a cable car over a ravine in the country’s north-west.
The group were on their way to school when one of the cables snapped, leaving it dangling 274m (900 ft) above ground, officials said.
Pakistan's acting prime minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar has ordered rescuers to attend to the "alarming" incident in Battagram.
Helicopters have reached the car but the rescue's status is unclea
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