#BBCNews - Patronato: My mum was a 17-year-old free spirit in Franco's Spain - so she was locked up and put in a coma
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Patronato: My mum was a 17-year-old free spirit in Franco's Spain - so she was locked up and put in a coma
Marina's mother was held against her will in a convent in 1960s Spain under Franco's regime.
#BBCNews - US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
Sudan conflict: Marco Rubio calls for international action to cut weapons supplies to RSF
"They're committing acts of sexual violence and atrocities," says the US secretary of state, "and it needs to end immediately".
"cutting back on journalism and resources has ramifications and this is where we are at. The crisis at the BBC is a crisis around Media Freedom too; it’s a crisis about cutting to bare bones and a crisis about listening to external forces."
The BBC is a behemoth but don't forget it's made up of human beings
We talk of it in the abstract but
 By Dhruti Shah
#BBCNews - Trump threatens BBC with legal action over Panorama speech edit
BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for Panorama Trump edit
The BBC's director general and head of news both resigned on Sunday after criticism of the programme.
#BBCNews - Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran
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Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran
The government is pleading with Iranians to save water as reservoirs dry up and rainfall is at a record low.
#BBCNews - Fung-wong: Typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million people evacuate
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Fung-wong: Typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), hit the Philippines as a super typhoon and later weakened.
#BBCNews - 'No help, no food, no water': Hurricane-hit Jamaican towns wait for aid
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'No help, no food, no water': Hurricane-hit Jamaican towns wait for aid
Days after Hurricane Melissa hit, communities are isolated with little food, no water, and no idea of when normalcy will return.
#BBCNews - Rob Jetten's Dutch centrist liberal party wins neck-and-neck election race, vote analysis says
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Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims victory over Wilders in neck-and-neck election race
Jetten said his D66 liberal party had achieved a historic result after vote analysis indicated it could not be beaten.
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