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| Hello. After a deadly crush at a religious festival in India, we have the latest reporting from the scene. In the US, the national security implications of China's DeepSeek AI are under scrutiny. And we have the best pictures from around the world as people celebrate the Lunar New Year with a spectacular array of dancing, music and fireworks. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Eyewitnesses describe India festival crush |
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| | BBC reporters have described 'absolute chaos' on the ground. Credit: AFP | Families are desperately searching for their missing relatives following a crowd crush at the Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India. Eyewitnesses and hospital sources tell the BBC that at least 12 people have been killed, although an official death toll has yet to be released. Eyewitnesses describe being trampled by huge swells of people coming towards them in the darkness. Umesh Agrawal, a visitor from Delhi, told the BBC how the crowd began falling on top of each other after a few people tripped. The BBC's Samira Hussain describes scenes of "absolute chaos", with clothes, shoes, blankets and backpacks strewn on the ground as crowds tried to escape. Officials had predicted up to 100 million people were expected to attend the bathing day on the banks of the river Ganges. |
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| China's DeepSeek on US national security radar | Officials are considering the national security implications of China's new AI, says the White House's press secretary. | Here's the latest > |
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| Australian sect members guilty of girl's death | Fourteen members of a religious group have been convicted of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl. | Read the full story > |
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| Meloni investigated over war crimes suspect release | Italy's PM is being probed after the surprise release of a Libyan citizen accused of war crimes. | What we know > |
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| Breathtaking Lunar New Year pictures | Fireworks, music, dragon and lion dancing have begun to fill streets across Asia to welcome the Lunar New Year. | See the best pictures > |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | The future of Trump and Kim Jong Un's curious relationship |
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| | | Washington will be dealing with a very different Kim now. Credit: Getty | North Korea's Kim Jong Un is not the same leader US President Donald Trump encountered when he was last in office. Kim has advanced his missile programme - despite US objections - and he is has made a new friend in Vladimir Putin. Our Seoul correspondent Laura Bicker asks whether Trump and Kim's relationship can be rekindled - or will it be a very different picture this time around? |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Growing cucumbers in empty offices | Start-ups are giving unused office space a second life as indoor farms. | |
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And finally... | Thousands of visitors have travelled to the streets of Lerwick in Shetland for the famous Up Helly Aa fire festival. The spectacular torchlit procession, which celebrates Norse heritage in the UK’s most northerly islands, saw a replica of a Viking ship set on fire and people wearing custom-made armour, axes and shields. Youngsters also got a chance to set their very own small replica ship alight. | |
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