The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.
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Category: International
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'We're having a moment' – fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial
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Gaza peace doubts deepen as attention shifts to Iran
At the UN on Tuesday, Nikolay Mladenov, High Representative for Gaza on the Board of Peace, laid out what he said was a comprehensive framework to decommission the weapons of Palestinian armed groups – starting with “the most dangerous weapons, rockets, heavy munitions, explosive devices and assault rifles.”
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House Republicans reject Senate deal, prolonging partial government shutdown
Airport security agents have not been paid in more than a month due to a congressional impasse, causing travel chaos across the US.
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'Memory of a generation': China mourns the sudden death of a controversial education influencer
The divisive 41-year-old was among the country’s most prominent influencers.
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'The gravest crime against humanity': What does the UN vote on slavery mean?
African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be straightforward.
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BBC speaks to displaced families in Lebanon
More than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon as the US-Israel war with Iran continues to impact the wider region.
It comes after Israel issued evacuation orders for large parts of the south. Israel intensified its campaign against the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah in Lebanon after it fired rockets into northern Israel earlier this month. Hezbollah has continued firing rockets at Israel since then.
With shelters overwhelmed, many families are sleeping in their cars or in open areas in makeshift tents, under extreme weather conditions. Among them children and pregnant women.
Most of the families have come from areas where Hezbollah enjoys significant support including Beirut’s southern suburbs known as Dahieh.
One child told the BBC he felt “ashamed” to be sleeping in the streets after his family were forced to flee their home in Beirut.
The BBC’s Middle East Correspondent, Hugo Bachega, spoke to some of the hundreds of displaced families about the reality of living in Lebanon amid the conflict.
Filmed and edited by Neha Sharma
Produced by Samantha Granville, Neha Sharma and Angie Mrad
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From jammed broadcasts to a blocked website: BBC Russian's 80 years of defiance
For half a century, BBC Russian had to fend off jammers. Now its website is blocked, but millions still read it.
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Nepal's ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown
More than 70 people were killed during an uprising last year which ousted Oli’s government.
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Palestinian man killed as death toll from West Bank settler violence climbs
Mohammad al-Malhi is the seventh Palestinian killed by a settler in a surge of violence since the start of the war with Iran.
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BBC journalist caught in travel chaos at Houston Airport
Travellers across the US are facing unusually long lines at airports, as hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents have quit while others continue to miss paychecks and call out of work amid a partial government shutdown.
BBC journalist Christal Hayes was returning home after her honeymoon and was caught in the chaos, reporting wait times of over four hours. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were onsite to provide crowd control.
US President Donald Trump has declared that he will sign an executive order to ensure that TSA agents are paid “immediately” which could provide temporary relief, but it remains unclear what authority the White House could invoke for such a move. Late on Thursday night, the US Senate passed a partial funding bill to pay TSA but it still has to be passed in the House.
Read more on the funding crisis here.