BBC News
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
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VIDEO: Philadelphia prepares for the Pope September 17, 2015
The final leg of Pope Francis' US tour is Philadelphia. It's being billed as one of the largest events in the City of Brotherly Love in modern times, and could attract up to a million and half people.
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VIDEO: 'Unfit' Italy migrant centre closed September 17, 2015
A migrants centre in Italy, investigated by the BBC, has been closed after Italian MPs said it "it was not fit for a rubbish dump".
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VIDEO: Exhausted Syrian 'to walk all night' September 17, 2015
A Syrian migrant explains why he will keep walking through the night to reach his destination.
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VIDEO: 'Is Jeb related to George Bush?' September 17, 2015
After the latest GOP debate, we look at the strange searches people are putting into Google about Republican candidates.
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VIDEO: Making a perfect pair of boots by hand September 17, 2015
Meticulously sewing kangaroo leather with a pig's bristle and a hand-rolled thread are just some of the traditional methods Duncan McHarg uses to create the perfect boot.
France
– ISIS HACKERS BREACHED INTO FRENCH TV5 NETWORK
French broadcaster TV5Monde, on late Wednesday 04/08/2015, was shut down for several hours after hackers claiming to be from the the Islamic state – I.S.I.S took over its channels and social media accounts. The hackers cut transmission of the… Continue reading
– DUTCH HOSTAGE FREED BY FRENCH COMMANDO
French commandos freed a Dutch hostage, Sjaak Rijke, from an al Qaeda-linked group AQIM in Mali in a pre-dawn raid on Monday 04/06/2015, more than three years after he was taken captive while on holiday with his wife,… Continue reading
– SABRI ESSID
On 03/110/2015 evening I.S.I.S distributed a footage purportedly showing a child executing an ‘Israeli spy.’ Twitter accounts linked with ISIS had published a preview clip earlier in the evening with Muhammad Said Ismail Musallam, a 19-year-old Israeli from East… Continue reading
– PARIS TERROR RAMPAGE INVESTIGATION
According to Christophe Crepin, a French police union representative, on Tuesday 01/13/2015, Investigations into the bloody Paris Terror Rampage suggest it was financed from abroad, was hatched as long as three years ago and involved a terrorist cell of as… Continue reading
– FRENCH ANTI-TERROR OPERATION
French police have arrested, on Monday 02/02/2015 night, 7 men and a woman suspected of recruiting fighters for Islamist militants in Syria, Interior Minister Barnard Cazeneuve said.
The arrests in the Paris and Lyon areas were not linked to the… Continue reading
– INCIDENTS IN FRANCE 2014-5
* Saturday 12/20/2014 – Tours stabing
French police have gunned down, on Saturday 12/20/2014. a knife-wielding assailant who allegedly attacked officers while shouting “Allahu Akbar -(God is great)” in Arabic.
The man had injured three officers, two… Continue reading
– AMEDY COULIBALY
Amedy Coulibaly, of Senegalese descent and the only son among ten siblings, was born in 02/1982, in a suburb of Paris, He had a history of violence dating back to his youth. He was convicted for a charge committed when… Continue reading
– HAYAT BOUMEDDIENE
Born in 1988 Hayat Boumeddiene grew up in Val-de-Marne, to the south of Paris, and has six sisters and brothers.Her mother died in 1994 when she was still a young girl and she was put into foster care after… Continue reading
– PARIS TERROR RAMPAGE – CHARLIE HEBDO
On Wednesday 01/07/2015 at about 10:30 AM, ,two masked gunmen, later identified as the brothers Said & Cherif Kouachi arrived to the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly magazine at the time of the weekly editorial meeting at 10… Continue reading
– SAID & CHERIF KOUACHI
Said Kouachi (1) was born in 1980 and Cherif Kouachi (2) in 1982 in the 10th arrondissement in Paris to parents of Algerian descent.. When they became orphans, few years later, they were raised in a foster care in… Continue reading