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France street harassment: Strasbourg woman attacked 'for wearing skirt'

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 8:09 a.m. | Original

The woman in Strasbourg says she was attacked in broad daylight by three men for wearing a skirt.

Google removes Uluru virtual walk from Street View

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 7:35 a.m. | Original

Parks Australia had requested user-generated images from the sacred site be immediately removed.

Belarus: Video shows protester's 'taxi escape' from police

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 7:19 a.m. | Original

Demonstrations have continued in Belarus since the president declared victory in last month's election.

Breonna Taylor: Two officers shot during Louisville protests

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 6:43 a.m. | Original

Large crowds demonstrated in Louisville over the decision not to prosecute police for Breonna Taylor's killing.

Rwandan genocide orphan's 'miracle' WhatsApp reunion

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 5:05 a.m. | Original

Grace Umutoni grew up not knowing her birth name, only that her parents had been killed in the Rwandan genocide.

Breonna Taylor: Two officers shot during Louisville protests

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 2:27 a.m. | Original

Two officers have been shot amid huge protests in the US city of Louisville after a grand jury decided no officers would face charges for killing unarmed black woman Breonna Taylor.

Ms Taylor, 26, a hospital worker, was shot multiple times as three officers stormed her home on 13 March.

One, Brett Hankison, has been charged, not with Ms Taylor's death, but with "wanton endangerment" for firing into a neighbour's apartment in Louisville.

Two other officers face no charges

North Korea 'killed and burned South Korean official'

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 1:28 a.m. | Original

Image caption The South Korean island of Yeonpyeong sits near the border with the North

A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, said the South's defence ministry which condemned the "brutal act".

Seoul said the man had disappeared from a patrol boat near the border and was later found in the North's waters.

North Korean soldiers shot him, then poured oil over his body and set it alight, the ministry said. It had come to this conclusion

US election: Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power

BBC World News | Sept. 23, 2020, 11:38 p.m. | Original

Media caption When asked, President Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election

US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's election.

"Well, we'll have to see what happens," the president told a news conference at the White House. "You know that."

Mr Trump also said he believed the election result could end up in the US Supreme Court, as he again cast

Pilot whales Tasmania: Rescuing whales in Australia's worst stranding

BBC World News | Sept. 23, 2020, 10:54 p.m. | Original

Nearly 400 whales have died in Australia's worst stranding. Jools Farrell told the BBC how rescuers help those still alive.

Trump on Meghan Markle: 'I'm not a fan of hers'

BBC World News | Sept. 23, 2020, 10:01 p.m. | Original

The US president spoke out after Prince Harry commented alongside his wife on the looming election.

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