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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Ione Wells

    South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC (opens the original)

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    South Africa's new ambassador to Washington has a personal reason to challenge Donald Trump's assertion that there is a genocide against white Afrikaners - he is "a born Afrikaner" himself. "Is he talking about us?", Roelf Meyer remembers thinking, when he first heard President Trump say it. His response to the US president's claim is blunt. The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa does not exist, he told the BBC, adding that his identity gave him the legitimac

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Ione Wells

    Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy murder case as jury deadlocks (opens the original)

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    Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy after jurors conceded they would not be able to unanimously decide whether she should be held criminally liable for killing her three young children after a week of deliberating. The case against Clancy has both captivated and heavily divided the American public, even spurring remarks from the US president. There was a sense

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Live ReportingEdited by Kathryn Armstrong, with Ione Wells and Pratiksha Ghildial reporting from court in Massachusetts

    Lindsay Clancy case declared a mistrial after jurors fail to reach an agreement (opens the original)

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    The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children, has come to a close after nearly seven weeks - at least for now. The judge declared a mistrial today after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Now prosecutors must decide if they want a retrial with a whole new jury. They could also try to reach a plea deal with Lindsay Clancy or choose not to refile the case at all - although that doesn't appear likely. The court will reconven

  4. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Ione Wells

    US revokes Brazil ambassador's visa as diplomatic tensions escalate (opens the original)

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    The US has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington, according to a state department official, marking another escalation in diplomatic tensions between the two countries ahead of Brazil's elections. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti's visa cancellation comes after the Brazilian government denied visas to two US state department officials who wanted to visit Brazil last month. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accused the officials of wanting to "meddle" in Brazil's elections, a

  5. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Ione Wells

    Brazil's President Lula confirms rejection of visas for US officials (opens the original)

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    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has confirmed that his government has denied visas to two US officials who planned to travel to Brazil, accusing them of trying to interfere in October's election. "We had to deny visas to two young folks they were sending to Brazil to meddle in Brazil's elections," Lula said on Wednesday. Two state department officials were due in Brazil in late July for what they said was a visit regarding freedom of expression and religion, and election integrity.

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