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| | At least 46 people found dead in abandoned Texas lorry | |  | | | | | | | | | At least 46 people, all believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry in a remote area on the outskirts of San Antonio in Texas. They were discovered, along with 16 survivors including four children, by emergency services following reports of a dead body on Monday. "We're not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there," San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said. The vehicle, he said, had no working air conditioning and no drinking water inside, and was found as temperatures hit 39.4C. The survivors, including two Guatemalans, were suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion, and the lorry driver was missing when police, fire, and ambulance services arrived at the scene.
San Antonio is a major transit route for people smugglers. It is 250km (150 miles) from the US-Mexican border, and this discovery has reignited the row over immigration in the US. Texas’s Republican Governor Greg Abbott has blamed US President Joe Biden for the deaths, saying they were as a "result of his deadly open border policies", while Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate running against Mr Abbott, is calling for "expanded avenues for legal migration". But these deaths are "nothing short of a horrific, human tragedy", said San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, adding: "They had families...and were likely trying to find a better life." Three people have been arrested and the investigation has been handed over to federal agents. | | | | | |
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| | Missile strike hits Ukrainian shopping centre | | | | | | | | | A shopping centre engulfed in flames, with thick smoke billowing into the sky were the scenes after a busy mall in Ukraine was hit by a missile. At least 18 people have died and more than 59 were injured in the attack, which happened in the central-eastern city of Kremenchuk where some 1,000 civilians were estimated to be inside. All that is left is the mangled shell of the building, says our journalist Sophie Williams, and there are fears that the death toll could rise.
Russia has been blamed for what leaders of the G7 group of richest nations described as an "abominable" attack. "Indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians constitute a war crime," they said in a joint statement. Russia is yet to respond but has always denied targeting civilians. This latest deadly strike comes as Nato is due to hold a summit in Madrid, which our security correspondent Frank Gardner says comes at a critical time in its 73-year history. He has taken a look at five challenges the military alliance faces. | | | | | |
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| | MPs give initial backing to Brexit agreement changes | | | | | | | | | Despite warnings and escalating tensions between the UK and the European Union, plans to override part of the Brexit agreement relating to Northern Ireland have had initial backing from MPs. The proposed legislation, which aims to remove checks on some goods arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, has passed the first hurdle in Parliament by 295 votes to 221. It would allow ministers to scrap parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, a move which has prompted legal action from the European Union. Read more here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | After the Supreme Court overturned citizens' constitutional right to abortion in the US, there has been concern about data protection, particularly in the 13 states which have already made ending a pregnancy illegal. But what sort of data might incriminate someone, how could the authorities get hold of it, and what are the tech firms doing?
Gina Neff, professor of technology and society at University of Oxford, tweeted the day after the ruling: "Right now, and I mean this instant, delete every digital trace of any menstrual tracking." Her message has so far received more than 200,000 likes and been retweeted 54,000 times. Like a number of other high-profile apps, Natural Cycles, which is billed as a digital form of contraception, insisted last month that all the data it stored was "safe and will be protected". However, on Monday it told the BBC it is working on "creating a completely anonymous experience for users". | | | | | | | | | | | | Zoe Kleinman | | Technology editor | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | The Russian missile strike that hit a shopping centre in Ukraine, killing at least 18 people, leads many of this morning's newspapers. Pictures of the scene are carried in some of the papers including the Metro and the i newspaper, which describes the strike as "murder at the shops". The Times reports on reaction from world leaders, who have condemned the "barbaric" attack, while the Daily Express focuses on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s response. Meanwhile, the growing prospect of doctors striking over pay and photographs of Emma Raducanu winning her Centre Court debut at Wimbledon also make the front pages. Read the newspaper review in full here. | | | | | |
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| | | | | London Man arrested after woman dies in suspected stranger attack | | | | | | | | | | | Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to set out independence referendum plan | | | | | | | Wimbledon Murray wins opener under floodlights | | | | | | |
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| | Need something different? | | | | | | | | | "Pens down, stop writing." It’s a familiar phrase heard at the end of an exam, but what happens once all the papers have been collected? They’re taken to a purpose-built factory, sorted by subject, chopped up and scanned. Don't worry, they’ve got a clever system so nothing gets lost. Take a look at the mammoth operation.
Let’s get back to the classroom for the next one. Children at a primary school in Northern Ireland are getting to grips with a new language. They're learning sign language so Callum, whose hearing is impaired, can be one of the gang. It's proving so popular that children are using it outside the classroom too. Watch to find out more.
And finally, teachers have an urgent message for parents. They want them to know about online safely when it comes to their children. One head teacher warns silence is often misleading. Here’s everything you need to know. | | | | | |
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| | On this day | | | | | | | 1960 Forty-five miners are killed in a gas explosion at Six Bells Colliery in Monmouthshire, Wales. Watch our report, which includes details of the rescue operation. | | | | | | | | |
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