Headscarf with a beret: Muslim designers showcase floral dresses and boxy streetwear in Paris

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French designer Fatou Doucouré (centre) said exhibiting her designs in Paris made her feel women who wear headscarves could "take on any role in society"

Paris has held its first ever Modest Fashion Week - hosting nearly 30 designers whose collections include loose, long-cut garments and headscarves.

It's the kind of clothing many Muslim women choose to wear in line with their religious principles - covering their arms, legs and sometimes hair.

There was a particular significance to setting it in

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US soldier charged after winning $400,000 betting on removal of Maduro

Getty Images Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on 5 January 2026 in New York City. Getty Images

A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested after he allegedly bet on the removal of Venezuela's former leader before the information was publicly available.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke after he allegedly made trades on Polymarket, a crypto-powered platform, on the basis of classified information.

"That is clear insider trading and is illegal under federal law," justice department officials said.

Van Dyke,


A rumour, a lynching in India and a long wait for justice

BBC Abhijeet Nath (left), wearing a blue shirt and sporting sunglasses, smiles for a photo, standing in front of a black SUV; Nilotpal Das, wearing a white kurta, a pendant tied to a thread around his neck and sporting dreadlocks, poses for the camera, behind him one can see a turquoise-coloured building. BBC
Abijeet Nath (left) and Nilotpal Das were beaten to death by a mob in Assam's Karbi Anglong in 2018

One summer afternoon in 2018, two men set out on a road trip into the Karbi Anglong region of India's northeastern Assam state. They never came back.

Abhijeet Nath, a 30-year-old businessman, and Nilotpal Das, a 29-year-old musician, were driving from the city of Guwahati. By evening, their journey

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Ringo Starr: 'I made all my mistakes on stage'

Ringo Starr talks Beatles, Barry Keoghan and country music with the BBC

"Call me Ringo." That's what the former Beatles drummer says when asked if we should call him Sir.

He joins us at the swanky Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood where rock stars have gathered for decades in a luxury oasis behind the Sunset Strip.

We're here to talk music – specifically Ringo Starr's new country album, Long Long Road.

But first we deal with the honorifics because although he was knighted in 2

Ringo Starr in the foreground as he sits on the couch speaking to a woman whose back is to the camera.
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Meta says it will cut 8,000 jobs as AI spending soars

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Meta will cut thousands of jobs next month as it spends more than ever on artificial intelligence (AI) projects.

The company told employees in a memo on Thursday that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce - roughly 8,000 staff. It said it would also not fill thousands more open jobs it had been hiring for.

A key reason for the layoffs is Meta's in other areas of the company, including AI, for which it will this year spend $135


Relatives of 10 scientists who died or vanished grapple with impact of wild speculation

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The killing of Carl Grillmair, a renowned astronomer, is one of several cases spurring conspiracy theories online

The disappearances and deaths of at least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have drawn scrutiny from online sleuths and now federal investigators. But for grieving relatives, all the wild speculation is "disgusting".

Carl Grillmair "would laugh" at the conspiracy theories about his killing, says his widow.

"I think it's absolute nonsense," says Louise Grillmair. "I mean,

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Singer D4vd had 'significant amount' of child sex abuse images when arrested, prosecutors say

Watch: "Every parent's nightmare" - What we learned from the charges against D4vd

US singer D4vd has been accused of having "a significant amount" of images depicting child sex abuse on his phone and iCloud account when he was arrested over the death of a 14-year-old girl found in his car, prosecutors say.

The discovery was made through search warrants in the case as police investigated how Celeste Rivas Hernandez died and ended up in the singer's

Getty Images US singer D4vd looks on from behind a clear screen as his defence attorney Marilyn Bednarski appears with him in court during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on 20 April 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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US boards ship carrying Iran oil as Trump threatens mine-laying vessels

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The US says its forces have boarded a sanctioned ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean in the country's latest naval move against Iran.

The US Department of Defence (DoD) said in a statement it had carried out a "maritime interdiction" - the interception or inspection of a vessel by a navy on ships suspected to be hostile or in violation of the law - on the M/T Majestic X.

The US has intercepted multiple ships after imposing a blockade on maritime

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US government watchdog to investigate Epstein files release

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The inspector general at the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is opening an investigation into whether the agency is complying with a law passed by Congress forcing the release of files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

The announcement by the DoJ's internal watchdog comes amid criticism from lawmakers over how the files were released, and millions of other files that have not been made public.

The statement on Thursday said the watchdog would examine the "identification, collection, and production of responsive material"


Hundreds of wildfires burn across Florida and Georgia

Officials in both states cite dry conditions, high winds and drought as key factors making the fires difficult to control.