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Covid-19 in China: Shanghai getting used to 'new normal'

The city had been in lockdown for two months as China imposed its "zero Covid" policy on the population of 25m. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-61659141?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/l2yjD8t

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Top Gun betrays Hollywood's weakness in China

Some claim that the Tom Cruise flick is standing up to Beijing, but it's too early to cheer. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61710500?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/cDKPbut

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'It is all about raising the profile of carers'

The UK economy cannot afford to have more of its 10.5m army of carers quit the workforce for good. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61716859?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/93h1gzJ

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Cost of living: The shock of rising prices in Japan

Why making Japan's favourite snack more expensive was so controversial it prompted an ad campaign. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61718906?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/chqKIGR

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Boris Johnson tries to reset leadership with housing pledges

He is expected to give a new right-to-buy pledge and suggest benefits should count towards mortgages. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61739816?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/0YS3VEn

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Ros Atkins On... Saudi Arabia’s $2 billion golf series

Ros Atkins looks at the controversy surrounding the new Saudi-funded golf tournament. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-61737567?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/c71oPvh

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Severodonetsk: Zelensky ties fate of east Ukraine to battle for city

Ukraine's president says fighting for Severodonetsk may prove decisive in the battle for the east. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61740692?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/beFaA6g

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If I go back to Iran, my husband will kill me

Human rights activists say the number of reported so-called 'honour killings' in Iran is rising source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-61722849?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/QlmZJio

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How Margaret Thatcher's secret Brahms phone was invented

Brahms was the UK's first portable encrypted communications system designed to allow talk securely. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-61712621?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/pXbsZWv

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Fuel prices: Why is petrol so expensive in the UK?

Why are UK pump prices at record highs, and when might they fall? source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52188448?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/F48EcIW

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Falklands War: The bombing of the Sir Galahad

Survivors and bereaved families remember the biggest loss of life in the Falklands War, 40 years on. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61551116?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/oE9RB37

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Tove Styrke is sick of the Spotify song formula

The Swedish star explains why she's rejected the slick, corporate Spotify sound to follow her gut. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61717373?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/g9QhaYZ

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The Papers: 'Tory MPs plan vote strikes' and 'rail shutdown'

Rebel plans to paralyse the government and a rail workers' vote for industrial action lead the papers. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-61727168?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/PdYOMm1

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Buy now, pay later: Warning over use of credit cards to cover payments

Millions of young shoppers are borrowing money to make buy now pay later repayments, says Citizens Advice. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61719592?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/JynKYxS

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Donbas WW1 warfare and Britons in Ukraine rebel court - round-up

Fighting in Donbas said to resemble WW1 trench warfare, and Britons appear in court in rebel-held territory. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61725527?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/jU4NFvz

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Veteran British journalist Dom Phillips missing in Amazon

The journalist was travelling with a Brazilian indigenous expert in Brazil when they went missing. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-61714232?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/FGABegH

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Harry and Meghan share photo of Lilibet on first birthday

The Sussexes release an image of their daughter at a picnic in Windsor. source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61711164?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA via Blogger https://ift.tt/mPACN3B