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| Hello. While the Trump administration has brushed off global markets' reaction to their tariffs announcement, my colleagues speak to auto workers in Canada who fear for their future. BBC medical editor Fergus Walsh and global health producer Camilla Horrox witness the assisted death of a man in California who wanted to show the world what the procedure is like. And finally, scientists find out how alcohol affects fruit flies' chances of mating. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Canada's auto workers on edge over tariffs |
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| | Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would hit back with its own tariffs. Credit: Ali Abbas Ahmadi/BBC | US stocks recorded the sharpest drop since 2020 on Thursday in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's tariffs announcement. Vice-President JD Vance told Newsmax that it was just “one bad day”, while Trump told reporters he expects a "boom". Workers in tariff-affected sectors don't share the optimism. In Canada, automobile industry workers are bracing for the impact of a 25% tariff on foreign cars that kicked in this week. Nadine Yousif and Ali Abbas Ahmadi heard workers' concerns from a Stellantis plant in Ontario that temporarily shut down for the week over the new tariffs. |
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| South Korean president removed from office | South Korea's constitutional court has unanimously voted to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. | How his presidency unravelled > |
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| Denmark and Greenland show unity against Trump | Greenland's outgoing and incoming prime ministers appeared next to the Danish PM in a show of support. | What happened > |
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| US tourist arrested after visit to restricted island | Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov allegedly attempted to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe, filming his visit. | Get the details > |
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| Tom Cruise pays tribute to Val Kilmer | The Top Gun actor led a crowd in Las Vegas in a moment of silence to "honour a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer". | Read his tribute > |
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| Twinkle, twinkle, little... carrot? | King Charles played a popular nursery rhyme using a carrot at a reception to celebrate community music. | What it sounded like > |
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| BEYOND THE HEADLINES | California man invites BBC to see his death |
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| | | California introduced assisted dying in 2016. | Wayne Hawkins was terminally ill with heart failure. The 80-year-old had less than six months to live, qualifying him for assisted death in California. He invited the BBC to witness his death as the UK and other countries debate legalising the controversial practice. |
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| | | April's story: The BBC also travelled to Canada to speak to 39-year-old April Hubbard, a performance and burlesque artist who has been approved for assisted dying under the country's increasingly liberal laws. Warning: These articles contain details and descriptions some readers may find disturbing. | |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | 'It was really wrong' | A film explores Maria Schneider's life and that notorious Last Tango in Paris scene. | |
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And finally... | Scientists have been trying to study why fruit flies are attracted to alcohol. Previous research suggested the flies were seeking a substitute for the high of mating among males rejected by females. But according to a new study, alcohol makes male fruit flies more attractive, increasing their chances of mating. | |
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US Politics Unspun newsletter | No noise. No agenda. Just expert analysis of the issues that matter most, from North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher. | |
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