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Jack FenwickPolitical correspondentFamily handoutHilary’s son Ben died from a heroin overdose in 2018, but his death was never included on official opioid death statisticsMore than 13,000 heroin and opioid deaths have been missed off official statistics in England and Wales, raising concerns about the impact on the government’s approach to tackling addiction.Research from King’s College London, shared exclusively with BBC News, found that there were 39,232 opioid-related deaths between 2011 and 2022, more than 50% higher than previously known.The error has been blamed on the government’s official statistics body not having access to correct data and it is understood ministers…

Who: Liverpool vs Atletico MadridWhat: UEFA Champions LeagueWhere: Anfield, Liverpool, United KingdomWhen: Wednesday, September 17 at 9pm (19:00 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 6pm (16:00 GMT) in advance of our live text commentary stream.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of listUEFA Champions League openers don’t come much bigger than mega club Liverpool pitted against Spain’s powerhouse outfit, Atletico Madrid.The reigning English Premier League champions, who have started their new domestic campaign with a perfect 4-0 record, will be looking to avenge their disappointing round-of-16 exit from last season’s Champions League, where they…

Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 home batteries in Australia after the company received reports of fires that led to “minor property damage,” according to the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission. The recall affects an unspecified number of Powerwall 2 units made in the U.S. and sold between November 2020 and June 2022. The cells were made by an unnamed third-party supplier. Despite the fires, no injuries have been reported, the ACCC said in a recall notice.  The Powerwall 2 contains 14 kWh of lithium ion batteries, and its usually installed alongside solar panels to store excess power generated during the…

new video loaded: Israel Bombards Gaza City as It Announces Ground OperationtranscriptBacktranscriptIsrael Bombards Gaza City as It Announces Ground OperationThe Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had started a ground incursion into Gaza City. The announcement came amid intensified Israeli bombing of the city, which local health officials say killed at least 20 people and injured dozens since midnight.The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a moral outrage and a legal emergency. Member states must act now. Israel categorically rejects the libelous rant published today by this commission of inquiry. It spreads malicious — the malicious genocide narrative.

Barbra Streisand is sharing her misty watercolor memories of “The Way We Were” co-star Robert Redford. “Every day on the set of ‘The Way We Were’ was exciting, intense and pure joy. We were such opposites: he was from the world of horses; I was allergic to them! Yet, we kept trying to find out more about each other, just like the characters in the movie,” Streisand wrote in a tribute post on Instagram. “Bob was charismatic, intelligent, intense, always interesting— and one of the finest actors ever. The last time I saw him, when he came to lunch, we…

Faith Kipyegon stormed to a historic fourth world 1500m title as the Kenyan great extended her streak of dominance with a fifth consecutive global gold in the event.The 31-year-old matched retired men’s world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj as the only other athlete in history to amass four 1500m titles at the championships.After securing her third consecutive Olympic triumph last year, this was also a third straight world gold for Kipyegon, who controlled the final from the start before bursting clear of her rivals on the final lap.Not only is the world record holder unbeaten in the past five global…

Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporterGetty ImagesA deal has been made between the US and China to keep TikTok running in the US, according to the US President Donald Trump.”We have a deal on TikTok, I’ve reached a deal with China, I’m going to speak to President Xi on Friday to confirm everything up,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a state visit to the UK.The social media platform, which is run by Chinese company ByteDance, was told it had to sell its US operations or risk being shut down.However, Trump has repeatedly delayed the ban since it was…

Crisis Group expert Alan Boswell writes on a breakthrough agreement among key outside actors that could help bring peace to Sudan n what could prove a critical step towards peace in Sudan, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on 12 September that they had agreed to a joint roadmap for bringing an end to the country’s civil war. The ad hoc group (known as the “Quad”) promised in the joint statement to push for a three-month humanitarian truce leading to an immediate permanent ceasefire. This would be followed by a nine-month political process among…

MUMBAI, INDIA — In August 2023, President Narendra Modi’s government enacted a law that critics say will make India’s much-lauded Right to Information Act all but irrelevant. The law, which amends the act by blocking public access to information deemed “personal data,” is expected to come into force any day now. In April, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Parliament that the law, called the Digital Data Protection Act, strengthens the privacy rights of individuals, but critics paint a bleaker picture of the law’s potential effects. Journalists, activists, lawyers and academics frequently use the Right to Information Act of…

The Unite the Kingdom Rally in central London drew wide attention, both for its size and for how it was reported. Official crowd size estimates suggested about 110,000, yet aerial views indicated that this figure might reflect only the most concentrated core near the BFI IMAX theatre. This was confirmed with a single frame grab around the IMAX and the initial area up Stamford Road. To test this idea, we undertook an independent analysis using sequential aerial photographs. The rally was organised by Tommy Robinson, (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon). Some news outlets described it as a “far-right rally.” On the ground and…