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Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off the Canary Islands A boat carrying at least 200 African migrants remains missing almost a week later. Spanish rescuers are continuing their search off the Canary Islands. Walking Borders – an aid group – says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal. It departed on 27 June and was heading for the Canary Islands. The group says many children are on…

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China kindergarten stabbing leaves six dead, 3 children A stabbing at a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province has left six people dead, including three children. A 25-year-old man has been arrested. The other victims are a teacher and two parents, AFP reported, quoting a local official. Another person remains injured. The attack happened on Monday at 07:40 local time just as parents were dropping their children off for summer classes. The suspect was arrested by…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Many of Sunday’s front pages lead with the allegations that have been made against a ‘top’ BBC presenter, which claims he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. BBC star crisis over sex photos The Sunday Telegraph says the BBC has been accused of “mishandling the complaint.” The Sunday Times leads with the thoughts of Nazir Afzal, who led the prosecution in the Rochdale grooming gang cases. He told…

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Threads: Kim Kardashian and the Dalai Lama among celebrities joining Meta’s new app THE INDEPENDENT SAYS Kim Kardashian, Rylan Clark and the Dalai Lama are among some of the celebrities to have signed up for the new social media platform Threads. The app from Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta – the company behind Facebook and Instagram – has a text-style format which encourages users to post updates and join public discourse. Threads launched on Wednesday (5 July),…

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