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BBC News In Colombia, where FGM is still practised by some members of an indigenous group, a landmark bill banning the practice has been enacted. #039My #grandmother #subjected #baby #female #genital #mutilation #back039, Source link

BBC News News that the recent deaths of 15 elephants may have been caused by pesticides sprayed on tomato crops surrounding Amboseli National Park has raised concerns and questions in Kenya. Last week, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said that some of the elephants that had died between 24 June and 24 July had shown […]

BBC News The ASA told the brand to stop using the ad and “ensure that their future marketing communications were socially responsible”. Founded by siblings Jade Camber and Grant Goulden in 2013, Jaded London has amassed 1.5 million Instagram followers and is particularly popular among young people. Its clothes are stocked in shops including Selfridges […]

BBC News When Leanne split up with her partner in her late 20s she thought she’d have to put her dream of a buying a home in the area where she grew up on hold. She was earning a good salary but the properties she was hoping for – with a garden and parking space […]

BBC News The latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Anthropic and OpenAI went to new extremes in trying to undermine a popular platform during testing by the UK’s AI Security Institute. The AISI said on Tuesday that Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s Sol models engaged in a level of “autonomy and deception” it had not seen […]

BBC News “In terms of arch support and joint support, it’s not the best style, but people are investing a bit more, getting their flip-flops customised, because it’s something that is just so easy to wear,” Baidoo says. Podiatrist Dr Helen Branthwaite, who is also chief clinical adviser at the Royal College of Podiatry, says […]

BBC News Single-sex spaces open to the public, such as toilets and changing rooms, should be organised based on biological sex, according to official guidance that has come into force. The code, published by Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), says trans people should use either gender-neutral facilities or the ones that match their biological […]

BBC News Catherine Peacock from the charity KidzKlub in Leeds has organised about 100 Play Streets across her city in the past few years. “Originally I just started as a mum, doing it on my own street because I wanted my own kids to be able to play out safely. “But because my work is […]

BBC News Authorities in California have arrested a man who was seen near a golf course owned by President Donald Trump in the Los Angeles area, just ahead of the president’s visit for a fundraising dinner there. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was found with a pistol and armour-piercing ammunition in his vehicle at the Trump […]

BBC News Temperatures and humidity are set to drop but, as Matt Taylor reports, respite from high heat is likely to be short-lived. #Temperatures #drop #briefly #ahead #heatwave, Source link