Oceans running out of oxygen Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group IUCN. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/13E5/production/...

Rescued cows say thank you Direct link to Video of Happy Cows: https://youtu.be/kUZ1YLhIAg8 Twenty-five cows destined for slaughter were given a rare second chance. Watch as they greet the beginning of Spring — and the start of their new lives — in a display of some of the purest joy you will ever ...

Factory Farming Threatening Our Planet Last week the BBC’s documentary Meat: A Threat to Our Planet included presenter Liz Bonnin hoisting herself up a rope into one of the heights of the Amazon rainforest to visit a harpy eagle chick in her nest. The view from the nest at the top of the tree revea...

Three men fatally stabbed in London in 12 hours Three men have been stabbed to death in London in little over 12 hours A man in his 20s was attacked in Hackney, east London, on Thursday afternoon. A 14-year-old boy and a 26-year-old man have been arrested. Overnight, a man was found fatally wounded...

Deadly car bombs target Western Kurdistan A car bomb exploded Thursday afternoon in the northern town of Sari Kani (Ras al-Ain), killing at least one civilian and injuring one other. A rights group reported a second explosion in the town – recently taken from Kurdish forces by Turkey and its Syrian...

Syria Kurds killed by Turkey proxies Syrian Kurdish mother Shara Sido says the news came to her via a messaging application. She received an image of a bullet-riddled corpse with the instruction: “Come collect your son.” Sitting inside a modest house in the de-facto Syrian Kurdish capital of Qamish...

Three Yazidi women rescued from ISIS captivity Three Yazidi women have been rescued from ISIS captivity in Iraq and Syria this week, some nine months after the defeat of the terror group’s caliphate A 17-year-old woman was found by Iraqi security forces in a desert hideout used by the jihadi group ...

Times Christmas Appeal 2019 : Captured by Isis, sold into slavery the forgotten Yazidi girls of Iraq Five years after the first survivors escaped, many are still emerging, but face stigma, the squalor of refugee camps and psychological trauma. A refugee camp near Duhok in northern Iraq. It is home ...

Inheritance tax unpopular Labour and Corbyn are coming after your home with inheritance tax wealth grab Jeremy Corbyn's tax assault includes a second homes tax, reversing inheritance tax cuts made by the Conservative Party, a transaction tax on bankers, VAT on private schools and a windfall tax on ...

Greta Thunberg: People underestimate 'angry kids' https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/AB2B/production/_109991834_mediaitem109991833.jpg Climate activist Greta Thunberg said that adults should stop making young people "angry" over global warming Ms Thunberg was speaking after her a...

In the UK we have a name for men who chase young girls

We call it grooming

Grooming is befriending and establishing trust and an emotional connection with a child or vulnerable younger person to lower the child/young person's inhibitions with the objective of a sexual relationship

Thanks to Piling for the link: :ymapplause: Fears grow over missing Zakho teen The fate of Hannan Wushyar remains uncertain following the death of her lover, who was shot by her father a month ago Wushyar, 19, from Zakho, had fallen in love with Idris Sulaiman, a 32 year old man who had two wives a...

There's A Rise In Polar Bear Hunts Animal experts are saying there has been a rise in trophy hunters seeking out polar bears in the Canadian area of the Arctic Circle through organised trips In fact, the surge has been so extreme that more than 5,000 polar bears have been killed for sport in the ar...

Betrothed from birth: a Kurdish woman’s fight to end child marriage This broken contract between the families had to be rectified in the next generation with Huzga and her cousin. Traditions like these were once common throughout the Kurdistan Region, but they are fading with time. Exchange and chi...

Zakho villages emptied amid Turkey-PKK conflict Villages in Zakho have been emptied as a result of PKK-Turkey clashes, crippling life in the mountainous region "The Turkish state and PKK guerrillas have caused massive damages to our villages, especially the agriculture sector," Zeravan Mu...