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Multinational car manufacturer Stellantis announces it will lay off 900 workers across five of its U.S. factories and will pause production at assembly plants in Canada and Mexico in response to the tariffs.
2025-04-3

A two-year-long investigation conducted by the BBC accuses Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture.
2024-01-8

Amnesty International says "widespread torture" is taking place inside detention centres in Belarus, with more than 6,700 people detained since protests against Lukashenko broke out following the disputed presidential election result. Amnesty International says detainees described being stripped naked, beaten and threatened with rape. The BBC also reports evidence of torture, including at the Okrestina detention centre in Minsk.
2020-08-14

A man and a woman are taken ill after a medical incident in Salisbury, United Kingdom. Police seal off a restaurant as a precautionary measure. According to "The Guardian", tensions are high due to recent Novichok poisonings. According to the BBC, "there's no suggestion that this is connected". According to Sky News, at least one of the individuals who fell ill is a Russian.
2018-09-16

BBC says that an edition of "Panorama" filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger.
2013-04-15

The BBC appoints Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, as the new Director-General of the corporation after the resignation of George Entwistle earlier this month due to the Newsnight controversy. He is expected to start in the role in early March 2013.
2012-11-22

The Sex Pistols' song "God Save the Queen", which was banned by the BBC, is to be re-released 35 years after its debut, in time for June's Diamond Jubilee.
2012-04-16

The BBC airs a special edition of its "Crimewatch" programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots.
2011-08-18

The BBC apologises to clothing retailer Primark for a "Panorama" documentary showing boys in a Bangalore clothing workshop.
2011-06-16

The BBC condemns the treatment given to one of its reporters, who has been deliberately assaulted by police while doing his work in Cairo. He was beaten up with steel bars, "the ones used here for slaughtering animals".
2011-01-29