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"The dads spreading love to stop fights in school

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Dads on Duty are a team of fathers who patrol Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. They got together after more than 20 students had been arrested for fighting.

With a friendly face and a few dad jokes they've helped to reduce the level of violence.

For more positive stories listen to the People Fixing the World podcast.

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"Ethiopia conflict: Looking for clues in video of forgotten massacre

Ethiopia conflict: Looking for clues in video of forgotten massacre

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The Ethiopian government has denied deliberately targeting non-combatants in a conflict that has led to many thousands of civilian deaths. BBC Reality Check look at a video showing a massacre of unarmed men and investigate who might have carried it out.

Warning: Contains distressing images of death and violence throughout.

Reporter: Peter Mwai

Producer: Soraya Auer

Additional reporting: Haimanot Ashenafi, Elias Hordofa

Open source investigators: Paul Myers, Josh Cheetham

Graphic design & illustration: Jacqueline Galvin

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"Foxconn: iPhone maker bets on electric truck firm Lordstown Motors

The major cash injection comes as the company aims to ramp up production of its debut model, the Endurance.

Lordstown recently began building the vehicle at a former General Motors plant in the US state of Ohio.

Under the deal, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics bought a more than 18% stake in Lordstown, making it the largest investor in the company.

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""Since announcing our first transaction with Foxconn more than a year ago, it has been our objective to develop a broad strategic partnership that leverages the capabilities of both companies,"" Lordstown's executive chairman Daniel Ninivaggi said.

""Foxconn's latest investment is another step in that direction,"" he added.

The two companies also said they would jointly develop an electric vehicle together, although they did not give further details of the plan.

The tie-up came after the world's biggest electric carmaker Tesla, which is owned by multi-billionaire Elon Musk, was earlier this month reported by the Reuters news agency to be planning to start mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023.

That would be two years after the original target for the highly-anticipated pick-up truck that Mr Musk unveiled in 2019.

Taiwan-based Foxconn's investment is the latest cash injection into Lordstown as it continues to run at a loss.

Separately on Monday, figures for the three months to the end of September showed a net loss of $154.4m, wider than the $95.8m loss the company reported for the same time last year.

Shares in Lordstown rose by almost 18% in extended trading in New York after the announcements.

Last week Foxconn agreed a deal with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to produce electric vehicles in the kingdom.

The joint venture will operate under the brand name Ceer, which sounds like the Arabic word for ""drive"".

Ceer will license technology from Germany's BMW and aims to start selling its electric vehicles from 2025.

The deal is part of Saudi Arabia's push to move its economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels.

Last month Foxconn's chairman Liu Young-way said he hopes the company will one day make cars for Tesla as it ramps up electric vehicle manufacturing operation.

Speaking at the company's annual Tech Day, he said the firm aimed to replicate its success in manufacturing consumer devices as it expands into making electric vehicles for major motor industry brands.

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Ukraine war: US confirms 'communications' with Kremlin

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has confirmed communication channels between Washington and Moscow remain open despite the war in Ukraine.

Speaking in New York, Mr Sullivan said it was "in the interests" of the US to maintain contact with the Kremlin.

But he insisted officials were "clear-eyed about who we are dealing with".

It comes as the White House refuses to deny reports that Mr Sullivan has been leading talks with Russia to prevent a nuclear escalation in Ukraine.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Mr Sullivan has held confidential discussions with his Russian counterpart, Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev, and senior Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, over the past several months.

Senior officials told the paper the men had discussed ways to guard against the risk of nuclear escalation in the war in Ukraine, but had not engaged in any negotiations around ways to end the conflict.

Last month, Mr Sullivan said any use of nuclear weapons would have "catastrophic consequences for Russia". He told the US broadcaster NBC that senior officials had "spelled out" the scope of the potential US response in private discussions with Russian officials.

US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson refused to confirm the story, telling the paper that "people claim a lot of things", while Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused Western newspapers of "publishing numerous hoaxes".

But White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said on Monday that the United States reserved the right to hold talks with Russia.

And Mr Sullivan - who is said to be one of the most senior advisers to US President Joe Biden still pushing for discussions with Russia - said maintaining contact with Moscow was in the "interests of every country who is affected by this conflict".

Last week, the Washington Post reported that senior US officials were urging Kyiv to signal an openness to hold negotiations with Russia and drop their public refusal to discuss an end to the war while President Vladimir Putin remained in power.

But Mr Sullivan told a public event in New York that the Biden administration had "an obligation to pursue accountability" and pledged to work with international partners to "hold the perpetrators of grave and grotesque war crimes in Ukraine responsible for what they have done".

"I was just in Kyiv on Friday. and I had the opportunity to meet with President [Volodymyr] Zelensky and my counterpart Andriy Yermak, with the military leadership and also to get a briefing on just what level of death and devastation has been erupted by Putin's war on that country," Mr Sullivan said.

Concerns have been heightened in recent months that Russia could resort to using nuclear weapons in a desperate attempt to defend four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine that it illegally annexed.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has invoked its war-time martial laws to take control of the assets of five strategically important companies.

Some of the companies - which include two energy companies and firms that make engines, vehicles and transformers - Are linked to oligarch Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, who was arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Russia.

President Zelensky said the move would help Ukraine's defence sector meet the needs of the military, which is currently engaged in counteroffensives in southern and eastern Ukraine.

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"COP27: Ukraine a reason to act fast on climate change - Rishi Sunak

The war in Ukraine is a reason to act faster to tackle climate change, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told the UN climate summit COP27.

""Climate and energy security go hand-in-hand,"" he said in his first international appearance since taking office.

Leaders from 120 countries are meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to discuss next steps in curbing climate change.

Key topics are compensation and support for the most-affected countries.

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""Putin's abhorrent war in Ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change. They are a reason to act faster,"" Mr Sunak said.

""We can bequeath our children a greener planet and a more prosperous future [...] There really is room for hope,"" he added.

In a series of speeches, leaders urged rich countries to stay the course in stopping further climate change, despite the war in Ukraine and global financial problems.

Nations on the front line of climate change laid out the stark impacts of higher temperatures, drought, and floods on people and the environment.

""We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,"" UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the summit.

His stark warning was echoed by former US vice-president and environmentalist Al Gore who said nations must ""stop subsiding the culture of death"" of fossil fuels.

In an energetic speech French President Emmanuel Macron urged world leaders to deliver climate justice.

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also in Egypt and said countries should not ""go weak and wobbly"" on climate action.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said switching to renewable energy was ""a security policy imperative"", while Italy's new prime minister Giorgia Meloni said her country remained ""strongly committed"" to its climate goals.

US President Joe Biden is due to arrive at the summit on Friday, while John Kerry, his special envoy for the climate, is already in attendance.

Though Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg is staying away from the summit, after she accused the UN of ""green-washing"", many other youth activists are in Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Xiye Bastida is an indigenous climate activist from Mexico

Xiye Bastida, a 20-year-old activist from Mexico, is there to tell decision-makers that ""nature must be protected"".

She told BBC News she's pleased with progress so far in Egypt - including getting the words ""loss and damage"" on the agenda. The terms refer to money - as some form of compensation or reparations - for the effects of climate change on developing countries that did little to cause the problem.

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But 24-year-old Mikaela Loach, from Scotland, said she's worried leaders are not fully committed to climate action that prioritises justice or human rights.

""Not all climate solutions are good for people. It's not just about cutting emissions, we must frame all our work about people and the world we are creating,"" she told BBC News.

Barbados PM Mia Mottley spoke of ""horror and the devastation wrecked upon this Earth"" in the past year.

""Whether the apocalyptic floods in Pakistan, or the heatwaves from Europe to China, or indeed in the last few days in my own region, the devastation caused in Belize by tropical storm Lisa, or the torrential floods a few days ago in St Lucia. We don't need to repeat it,"" she said.

The fact that the summit is taking place in Africa, a continent that is extremely vulnerable to climate change, was repeated through the day.

Kenyan President William Ruto said time is of the essence: ""Further delay will make us busy spectators as calamity wipes out lives and livelihoods.""

Up to 700 million people in Africa will be displaced due to lack of water by 2030, he explained.

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"Philippines prison chief behind journalist killing, say police

Police in the Philippines have accused the head of the country's prison service of ordering the killing of a prominent radio journalist.

Percival Mabasa, 63, was shot dead last month as he drove to his radio studio in a suburb in the capital Manila.

He had earlier aired allegations of corruption against Bureau of Corrections director general Gerald Bantag, said officials.

Mabasa was also an outspoken critic of former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Mr Bantag, who is currently suspended from duty, will ""probably be the highest official of [the] land ever charged with a case of this gravity"", said Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla, according to an AFP report.

Police have also filed a murder complaint against his deputy security officer Ricardo Zulueta. The alleged gunman, Joel Escorial, surrendered to authorities earlier in October after his face was captured from security footage.

Mr Bantag and Mr Zulueta have also been accused of ordering the killing of another prison inmate, who allegedly passed on the kill order to the gunman.

Mr Bantag allegedly ordered Mabasa's murder following ""the continued expose by the latter against the former on his show"", Eugene Javier of the National Bureau of Investigation told reporters.

Earlier last month, Mr Bantag, who had been hired by former president Rodrigo Duterte, had reportedly told broadcaster DZRH that he had nothing to do with the killing.

It will be up to prosecutors at the justice department to decide if there is enough evidence to file charges in court.

Mabasa, who went by the name Percy Lapid on his radio show, was killed on 3 October - the second journalist to be killed since current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr took office.

""That the incident took place in Manila indicates how brazen the perpetrators were, and how authorities have failed to protect journalists as well as ordinary citizens from harm,"" the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines had earlier said.

At least 187 journalists have been killed in the past three decades in the Philippines, according to international watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF).

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RSF ranks the Philippines 147 out of 180 countries on its Press Freedom Index, down nine places from 2021.

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"US midterms: Millions of Americans to vote with Congress at stake

Millions of Americans will vote in the midterm elections on Tuesday, with the balance of power in Congress at stake.

The entire US House of Representatives, about a third of the Senate and key state governorships are up for grabs.

President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and ex-President Donald Trump, a Republican, made their closing arguments in duelling rallies.

Mr Biden's ability to pass laws will be stymied if Republicans take the House, as most projections expect.

Democrats currently control the White House and - by razor-thin margins - both chambers of Congress.

The party in power typically sheds an average of two dozen or so seats in the midterms, which fall midway through a president's four years in office.

While Mr Biden himself is not up for re-election on Tuesday, midterms are often seen as a referendum on a president's leadership.

Despite delivering on promises to lower prescription drug prices, expand clean energy and revamp US infrastructure, Mr Biden has seen his popularity suffer following the worst inflation in four decades, record illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border, and voter concerns about crime.

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A political thumping for Democrats on Tuesday could embolden murmurs within the party about whether Mr Biden, who turns 80 this month, should run for re-election in 2024.

He went to Maryland on Monday night to campaign for Wes Moore, who is expected to make history as the third black governor ever elected in the US.

Wes Moore (centre) would become only the third black governor in the US if elected

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""Today we face an inflection point,"" Mr Biden told a cheering crowd at a historically black university outside Washington.

""We know in our bones that our democracy's at risk and we know that this is your moment to defend it.""

According to a tally by the BBC's US partner, CBS News, more than half of Republican midterms candidates have raised doubts about the integrity of the 2020 White House election, echoing Mr Trump's unfounded claims of widespread fraud.

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"Trudeau accuses China of 'aggressive' election interference

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused China of attempting to interfere in the country's elections.

Mr Trudeau accused Beijing of playing ""aggressive games"" with democracies and of targeting Canadian institutions.

It comes as local media report that Canadian intelligence identified a ""clandestine network"" of Beijing-backed candidates at recent elections.

At least 11 candidates were supported by China in the 2019 federal elections, officials reportedly told Mr Trudeau.

Citing unnamed intelligence officials, local broadcaster Global News reported that Beijing had directed funds to the candidates and that Chinese operatives had acted as campaign advisers to many candidates.

In one case, funding of C$250,000 (£160,000) was directed through the office of an Ontario-based provincial MP.

The operation, which was reportedly directed from China's consulate in Toronto, also sought to place operatives within the offices of serving MPs in an attempt to influence policy, the outlet alleged.

And efforts were also made to ""co-opt and corrupt"" former Canadian officials in a bid to gain influence within political circles.

The attempted interference is believed to have targeted both major political parties - Mr Trudeau's Liberal party and the opposition Conservative party. However, it is unclear whether the operation was successful.

Chinese officials in Canada did not respond to questions from Global News about the allegations.

""We have taken significant measures to strengthen the integrity of our elections processes and our systems, and will continue to invest in the fight against election interference, against foreign interference of our democracies and institutions,"" Mr Trudeau told reporters on Monday.

""Unfortunately, we're seeing countries, state actors from around the world, whether it's China or others, are continuing to play aggressive games with our institutions, with our democracies,"" he added.

The reports come after authorities said they were investigating accusations that China had opened unofficial ""police"" stations on Canadian soil.

Last month, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they were investigating reports of ""criminal activity in relation to so-called 'police' stations"", which have also been reported in a number of European countries.

Several EU states, including Ireland and the Netherlands, have already ordered China to close the police posts, which have reportedly been used to pressure opponents of the government to return to China and face criminal charges.

Dutch media found evidence that the so-called overseas service stations, which promise to provide diplomatic services, were being used to try to silence Chinese dissidents in Europe.

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"Foxconn: iPhone maker bets on electric truck firm Lordstown Motors

Foxconn, which makes iPhones for Apple, says it is deepening its investment in a US electric pick-up truck firm, which could challenge Tesla's Cybertruck.

The technology giant is spending up to $170m (£147.8m) on shares in the loss-making start-up Lordstown Motors.

The major cash injection comes as the company aims to ramp up production of its debut model, the Endurance.

Lordstown recently began building the vehicle at a former General Motors plant in the US state of Ohio.

Under the deal, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics bought a more than 18% stake in Lordstown, making it the largest investor in the company.

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""Since announcing our first transaction with Foxconn more than a year ago, it has been our objective to develop a broad strategic partnership that leverages the capabilities of both companies,"" Lordstown's executive chairman Daniel Ninivaggi said.

""Foxconn's latest investment is another step in that direction,"" he added.

The two companies also said they would jointly develop an electric vehicle together, although they did not give further details of the plan.

The tie-up came after the world's biggest electric carmaker Tesla, which is owned by multi-billionaire Elon Musk, was earlier this month reported by the Reuters news agency to be planning to start mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023.

That would be two years after the original target for the highly-anticipated pick-up truck that Mr Musk unveiled in 2019.

Taiwan-based Foxconn's investment is the latest cash injection into Lordstown as it continues to run at a loss.

Separately on Monday, figures for the three months to the end of September showed a net loss of $154.4m, wider than the $95.8m loss the company reported for the same time last year.

Shares in Lordstown rose by almost 18% in extended trading in New York after the announcements.

Last week Foxconn agreed a deal with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to produce electric vehicles in the kingdom.

The joint venture will operate under the brand name Ceer, which sounds like the Arabic word for ""drive"".

Ceer will license technology from Germany's BMW and aims to start selling its electric vehicles from 2025.

The deal is part of Saudi Arabia's push to move its economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels.

Last month Foxconn's chairman Liu Young-way said he hopes the company will one day make cars for Tesla as it ramps up electric vehicle manufacturing operation.

Speaking at the company's annual Tech Day, he said the firm aimed to replicate its success in manufacturing consumer devices as it expands into making electric vehicles for major motor industry brands.

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"Hushpuppi: Notorious Nigerian fraudster jailed for 11 years in US

A notorious Instagram influencer from Nigeria has been jailed for more than 11 years in the US for his role in an international fraud syndicate.

Hushpuppi, whose real name was Ramon Abbas, flaunted his wealthy lifestyle on his page which had 2.8 million followers until it was disabled.

The judge in Los Angeles also ordered him to pay $1,732,841 (£1,516,182) in restitution to two fraud victims.

Abbas will serve his sentence of 135 months in a federal prison.

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Last year he pleaded guilty to money laundering.

Abbas admitted to attempting to steal more than $1.1m from someone who wanted to fund a new children's school in Qatar, court documents in California say.

The fraudster tricked his victim into providing funds for the school ""by playing the roles of bank officials and creating a bogus website"", according to a statement from the then-acting US Attorney Tracy Wilkinson on the US justice department's website. Other suspects were allegedly also involved, the US justice department said, with Abbas playing a key role.

Abbas also admitted to ""several other cyber and business email compromise schemes that cumulatively caused more than $24 million in losses"", the US justice department said.

""Ramon Abbas... targeted both American and international victims, becoming one of the most prolific money launderers in the world,"" said Don Alway, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, in a court document on Monday.

""Abbas leveraged his social media platforms... to gain notoriety and to brag about the immense wealth he acquired by conducting business email compromise scams, online bank heists and other cyber-enabled fraud that financially ruined scores of victims and provided assistance to the North Korean regime.

""This significant sentence is the result of years' worth of collaboration among law enforcement in multiple countries and should send a clear warning to international fraudsters that the FBI will seek justice for victims, regardless of whether criminals operate within or outside United States borders.""

Abbas apologised for his crimes to Judge Otis D Wright in a handwritten note, saying he would use his personal funds to pay back his victims. He also said he had only made $300,000 from the crime he was being tried for.

Abbas' luxurious lifestyle came to an abrupt end in 2020, when he was arrested while living in Dubai.

His Instagram account, which featured pricey cars and designer clothing, was worlds away from his humble beginnings.

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Those who knew Abbas as a child had told the BBC that his father was a taxi driver and his mother a market trader, but as he grew older he developed a weakness for splashing the cash. ""He was generous. He used to buy beer for everyone around,"" a local driver called Seye said.

According to Seye, he allegedly started his fraudulent lifestyle as a ""Yahoo boy"", which in Nigeria, refers to men who commit romance fraud by stealing other people's identities online and swindling their none-the-wiser lovers out of money.

In 2019, one of Abbas' fraud schemes, which at this point had become worldwide affairs, had plunged the European island of Malta into chaos as payment systems shut down after Abbas tried to launder €13m ($13m) stolen by a gang of North Korean hackers from the Maltese Bank of Valletta in 2019.

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