US wildfires: What are the health risks of smoke pollution?

A look at the impact of wildfire smoke, as it increasingly becomes a source of air pollution.


West Coast fires: How we outran a California wildfire

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Image caption Four hikers found themselves trapped by the quick-moving Creek Fire
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Kim Kardashian West joins Facebook and Instagram boycott

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Image caption Kim Kardashian West said she would join a boycott of Facebook and Instagram

Kim Kardashian West and dozens of other celebrities have announced they will freeze their social media accounts to protest against the spread of "hate, propaganda and misinformation".

"Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact," Kardashian West wrote in a statement on Tuesday.

The move is part of the #StopHateforProfit campaign which was organised by civil rights activists.

The celebrities will freeze their accounts for 24 hours on Wednesday

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Trump on Israel-UAE-Bahrain deals: 'We mark the dawn of a new Middle East'

The UAE and Bahrain sign agreements fully normalising their relations with Israel at the White House.


Trump hails 'dawn of new Middle East' with UAE-Bahrain-Israel deals

The president hosts a ceremony marking deals between Israel and Gulf states Bahrain and the UAE.


Breonna Taylor: Mother reacts to $12m settlement over police shooting

Breonna Taylor's mother gives her reaction to Louisville officials agreeing to pay $12m over her death.


Breonna Taylor: Louisville to pay family $12m over police shooting

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Media caption "It's only the beginning of getting full justice": Breonna Taylor's mother reacts to the settlement

Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have agreed to pay $12m (£9.3m) to the family of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed in her home by police.

Taylor was 26 when she was shot at least five times and killed on 13 March during a mistaken drugs raid.

Her name has featured prominently in

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ICE whistleblower: Nurse alleges 'hysterectomies on immigrant women in US'

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Image caption The federal complaint was filed on behalf of a whistleblower nurse and detained immigrants

Advocacy groups have filed a complaint against a migrant detention centre in the US, alleging medical neglect and a lack of virus safety measures.

The complaint condemns the practices and conditions at the private Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia.

It is based on the allegations of a whistleblower, a nurse identified as Dawn Wooten.

She worked at the centre, which houses immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

As

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Greece arrests five over Lesbos migrant camp blaze

Most of the 12,000 who fled the fire on the Greek island last week are still sleeping rough.


Jewish New Year: Virus restrictions thwart pilgrims on Ukraine-Belarus border

Ukraine's coronavirus restrictions thwart a pilgrimage of Hasidic Jews, with hundreds stuck.