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TikTok urged to take action over Myanmar death threat videos

Videos posted to Chinese-owned site show men in military gear threatening to kill protestersTikTok has been urged to take action over a flood of videos shared in Myanmar that feature men in military uniform threatening to kill anti-coup protesters, at …

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‘I’d like to join Pixar one day’: meet Afghanistan’s first female animator

Born under Taliban rule, Sara Barackzay studied abroad and now hopes to start her own schoolA woman in traditional dress breaks open the bars of a prison. A young child dances, oblivious to a backdrop of tanks and explosions. The drawings by Afghanista…

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‘Falling off a cliff’: pandemic crippling world’s most fragile states, finds report

The world’s poorest are becoming poorer as the impact of Covid compounds existing crises, says Disaster Emergency ComitteeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands could starve in the world’s most fragile states as the pande…

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British Sikh ‘tortured’ in India after arrest must be freed, say MPs

Nearly 140 parliamentarians warn trumped-up charges could result in death penalty for Jagtar Singh JohalNearly 140 MPs and peers have written to Dominic Raab urging him to do more to secure the release of a young Sikh man facing the death penalty in In…

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