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class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, one of Sri Lanka&#39;s most prominent politicians and a veteran campaigner for the country&#39;s Tamil minority, has died at the age of 91.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sampanthan, a lawyer and one of the country&#39;s longest serving MPs, died in the capital Colombo late on Sunday. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;For the past 23 years, he had led a diverse coalition called the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - the main political group representing Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Since the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009 he continued to demand equal rights for his often marginalised ethnic group. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;His death was confirmed by TNA leader MA Sumanthiran on X, formerly known as Twitter. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2015, Sampanthan was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34136684&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;appointed leader of the opposition&lt;/a&gt;, making him the first member of the ethnic minority group to hold the parliamentary post in 32 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2022, Sampanthan sent a letter to the UN&#39;s Human Rights Council alleging that the Sinhalese-led government was continuing to oppress Tamils, indefinitely detaining political prisoners, preventing displaced civilians from resettling on their land in the former war zone and continuing to militarise the area. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He called on the international body to denounce what he said was the government&#39;s failure to investigate allegations of violations towards the minority group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sampanthan&#39;s death has seen tributes pour in from across Sri Lanka&#39;s political divide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Among those to pay tribute to him was former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who oversaw the bloody end to Sri Lanka&#39;s civil war in 2009. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; 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      <title>Why parents are locking themselves in cells at Korean &#39;happiness factory&#39;</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Recently, some South Korean parents have voluntarily entered these lonely rooms for their children&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Korea Youth Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;South Korean parents have voluntarily been spending alone time in cells&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Hyojung Kim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC Korean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-06-30T01:06:19.181Z&quot;&gt;30 June 2024&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;The only thing connecting each tiny room at the Happiness Factory to the outside world is a feeding hole in the door. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;No phones or laptops are allowed inside these cells, which are no bigger than a store cupboard, and their inhabitants have only bare walls for company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Residents may wear blue prison uniforms but they are not inmates - they have come to the centre in South Korea for a “confinement experience”. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Most people here have a child who has fully withdrawn from society, and have come to learn for themselves how it feels to be cut off from the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Solitaryconfinement-cell&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Solitary-confinement cell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Reclusive young people like these residents&#39; children are referred to as hikikomori, a term coined in Japan in the 1990s to describe severe social withdrawal among adolescents and young adults.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Last year, a South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare survey of 15,000 19- to 34-year-olds found more than 5% of respondents were isolating themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;If this is representative of the wider population of South Korea, it would mean about 540,000 people were in the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Since April, parents have been participating in a 13-week parental education programme funded and run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the Korea Youth Foundation and the Blue Whale Recovery Centre. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The aim of the scheme is to teach people how to communicate better with their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The programme includes three days in a facility in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province, where participants spend time in a room that replicates a solitary-confinement cell. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The hope is isolation will offer parents a deeper understanding of their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;‘Emotional-prison&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;‘Emotional prison’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Jin Young-hae&#39;s son has been isolating himself in his bedroom for three years now. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But since spending time in confinement herself, Ms Jin (not her real name) understands her 24-year-old&#39;s “emotional prison” a little better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“I&#39;ve been wondering what I did wrong... it&#39;s painful to think about,” the 50-year-old says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“But as I started reflecting, I gained some clarity.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Reluctance-to-talk&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Reluctance to talk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Her son has always been talented, Ms Jin says, and she and his father had high expectations of him. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But he was often ill, struggled to maintain friendships and eventually developed an eating disorder, making going to school difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When her son began attending university, he seemed to be doing well for a term - but one day, he totally withdrew. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Seeing him locked in his room, neglecting personal hygiene and meals, broke her heart. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But although anxiety, difficulties in relationships with family and friends, and disappointment at not having been accepted into a top university may have affected her son, he is reluctant to talk to her about what is truly wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-n0z6zx-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A boy sits on a bed with his head in his knees&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.0405191516302&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The term hikikomori originates from Japan (stock photo)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When Ms Jin came to the Happiness Factory, she read notes written by other isolated young people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Reading those notes made me realise, ‘Ah, he&#39;s protecting himself with silence because no-one understands him&#39;,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Park Han-sil (not her real name) came here for her 26-year-old son, who cut off all communication with the outside world seven years ago. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;After running away from home a few times, he now rarely leaves his room.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ms Park took him to a counsellor and to see doctors - but her son refused to take the mental-health medication he was prescribed and became obsessed with playing video games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Interpersonal-relationships&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Interpersonal relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;While Ms Park still struggles to reach her son, she has started to better understand his feelings through the isolation programme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve realised that it&#39;s important to accept my child&#39;s life without forcing him into a specific mould,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Research by the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare suggests there are a variety of factors driving young people to cut themselves off. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;According to the ministry&#39;s survey of 19- to 34-year-olds, the most common reasons are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;difficulties finding a job (24.1%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;issues with interpersonal relationships (23.5%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;family problems (12.4%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;health issues (12.4%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;South Korea has some of the highest suicide rates in the world and last year, its government unveiled a five-year plan aiming to address this. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ministers announced there would be state-funded mental health check-ups for people aged 20-34 every two years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-zbtkr0-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Japan is experiencing a prolonged hikikomori issue &quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.9261939218525&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Japan is experiencing a prolonged &quot;hikikomori&quot; issue, meaning elderly parents are still supporting their adult children (stock photo)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In Japan, the first wave of young people isolating themselves, in the 1990s, has led to a demographic of middle-aged people dependent on their elderly parents. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And trying to support their adult children on just a pension has caused some older people to fall into poverty and depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Prof Jeong Go-woon, from Kyung Hee University sociology department, says Korean society’s expectation that big life milestones should be reached at set times amplifies young people’s anxiety - especially in times of economic stagnation and low employment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The view that a child&#39;s achievements are a parental success contributes to entire families sinking into the quagmire of isolation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And many parents perceive their child&#39;s struggles as a failure in upbringing, leading to a sense of guilt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;In Korea, parents often express their love and feelings through practical actions and roles rather than verbal expressions,” Prof Jeong says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Parents financing their children&#39;s tuition fees through hard work is a typical example of a Confucian culture that emphasises responsibility.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This cultural emphasis on hard work may reflect South Korea&#39;s rapid economic growth in the second half of the 21st century, when it became one of the world&#39;s major economies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;However, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wid.world/news-article/income-inequality-in-south-korea-1933-2022/&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;World Inequality Database,&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the country&#39;s wealth inequality has worsened over the last three decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A woman sits on the floor reflecting&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Korea Youth Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Some parents say they have started to understand their isolated children better since being in the programme &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Blue Whale Recovery Centre director Kim Ok-ran says the view that self-isolating young people are a &quot;family problem&quot; means many parents also end up cutting off those around them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And some are so afraid of being judged they cannot even talk to close family members about their situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;They can’t bring the issue out into the open, leading to the parents themselves becoming isolated as well,” Ms Kim says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Often, they stop attending family gatherings during holidays.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Watching-over&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&#39;Watching over&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The parents who have come to the Happiness Factory for help are still eagerly awaiting the day their children can resume a normal life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Asked what she would say to her son if he came out of isolation, Ms Jin’s eyes fill with tears.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;You&#39;ve been through so much,” she says, voice trembling. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“It was hard, wasn&#39;t it? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll be watching over you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can find sources of help from &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health-self-harm&quot; 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It set off from Tangalle on 4 June.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The incident has reportedly prompted protests in the coastal town - located around 120 miles (193km) from the capital, Colombo - calling for the sailors who were still alive to be returned to land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Authorities are now investigating the contents of the bottles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0gxgt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Sri Lanka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Veteran Sri Lanka MP who fought for Tamil rights dies</title>
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class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, one of Sri Lanka&#39;s most prominent politicians and a veteran campaigner for the country&#39;s Tamil minority, has died at the age of 91.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sampanthan, a lawyer and one of the country&#39;s longest serving MPs, died in the capital Colombo late on Sunday. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;For the past 23 years, he had led a diverse coalition called the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - the main political group representing Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Since the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009 he continued to demand equal rights for his often marginalised ethnic group. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;His death was confirmed by TNA leader MA Sumanthiran on X, formerly known as Twitter. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2015, Sampanthan was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34136684&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;appointed leader of the opposition&lt;/a&gt;, making him the first member of the ethnic minority group to hold the parliamentary post in 32 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2022, Sampanthan sent a letter to the UN&#39;s Human Rights Council alleging that the Sinhalese-led government was continuing to oppress Tamils, indefinitely detaining political prisoners, preventing displaced civilians from resettling on their land in the former war zone and continuing to militarise the area. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He called on the international body to denounce what he said was the government&#39;s failure to investigate allegations of violations towards the minority group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sampanthan&#39;s death has seen tributes pour in from across Sri Lanka&#39;s political divide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Among those to pay tribute to him was former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who oversaw the bloody end to Sri Lanka&#39;s civil war in 2009. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; 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      <title>Why parents are locking themselves in cells at Korean &#39;happiness factory&#39;</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Recently, some South Korean parents have voluntarily entered these lonely rooms for their children&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Korea Youth Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;South Korean parents have voluntarily been spending alone time in cells&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Hyojung Kim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC Korean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-06-30T01:06:19.181Z&quot;&gt;30 June 2024&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;The only thing connecting each tiny room at the Happiness Factory to the outside world is a feeding hole in the door. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;No phones or laptops are allowed inside these cells, which are no bigger than a store cupboard, and their inhabitants have only bare walls for company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Residents may wear blue prison uniforms but they are not inmates - they have come to the centre in South Korea for a “confinement experience”. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Most people here have a child who has fully withdrawn from society, and have come to learn for themselves how it feels to be cut off from the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Solitaryconfinement-cell&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Solitary-confinement cell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Reclusive young people like these residents&#39; children are referred to as hikikomori, a term coined in Japan in the 1990s to describe severe social withdrawal among adolescents and young adults.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Last year, a South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare survey of 15,000 19- to 34-year-olds found more than 5% of respondents were isolating themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;If this is representative of the wider population of South Korea, it would mean about 540,000 people were in the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Since April, parents have been participating in a 13-week parental education programme funded and run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the Korea Youth Foundation and the Blue Whale Recovery Centre. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The aim of the scheme is to teach people how to communicate better with their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The programme includes three days in a facility in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province, where participants spend time in a room that replicates a solitary-confinement cell. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The hope is isolation will offer parents a deeper understanding of their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;‘Emotional-prison&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;‘Emotional prison’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Jin Young-hae&#39;s son has been isolating himself in his bedroom for three years now. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But since spending time in confinement herself, Ms Jin (not her real name) understands her 24-year-old&#39;s “emotional prison” a little better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“I&#39;ve been wondering what I did wrong... it&#39;s painful to think about,” the 50-year-old says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“But as I started reflecting, I gained some clarity.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Reluctance-to-talk&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Reluctance to talk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Her son has always been talented, Ms Jin says, and she and his father had high expectations of him. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But he was often ill, struggled to maintain friendships and eventually developed an eating disorder, making going to school difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When her son began attending university, he seemed to be doing well for a term - but one day, he totally withdrew. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Seeing him locked in his room, neglecting personal hygiene and meals, broke her heart. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But although anxiety, difficulties in relationships with family and friends, and disappointment at not having been accepted into a top university may have affected her son, he is reluctant to talk to her about what is truly wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-n0z6zx-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A boy sits on a bed with his head in his knees&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.0405191516302&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The term hikikomori originates from Japan (stock photo)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When Ms Jin came to the Happiness Factory, she read notes written by other isolated young people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Reading those notes made me realise, ‘Ah, he&#39;s protecting himself with silence because no-one understands him&#39;,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Park Han-sil (not her real name) came here for her 26-year-old son, who cut off all communication with the outside world seven years ago. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;After running away from home a few times, he now rarely leaves his room.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ms Park took him to a counsellor and to see doctors - but her son refused to take the mental-health medication he was prescribed and became obsessed with playing video games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Interpersonal-relationships&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Interpersonal relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;While Ms Park still struggles to reach her son, she has started to better understand his feelings through the isolation programme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve realised that it&#39;s important to accept my child&#39;s life without forcing him into a specific mould,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Research by the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare suggests there are a variety of factors driving young people to cut themselves off. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;According to the ministry&#39;s survey of 19- to 34-year-olds, the most common reasons are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;difficulties finding a job (24.1%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;issues with interpersonal relationships (23.5%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;family problems (12.4%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;health issues (12.4%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;South Korea has some of the highest suicide rates in the world and last year, its government unveiled a five-year plan aiming to address this. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ministers announced there would be state-funded mental health check-ups for people aged 20-34 every two years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-zbtkr0-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Japan is experiencing a prolonged hikikomori issue &quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Japan is experiencing a prolonged &quot;hikikomori&quot; issue, meaning elderly parents are still supporting their adult children (stock photo)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In Japan, the first wave of young people isolating themselves, in the 1990s, has led to a demographic of middle-aged people dependent on their elderly parents. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And trying to support their adult children on just a pension has caused some older people to fall into poverty and depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Prof Jeong Go-woon, from Kyung Hee University sociology department, says Korean society’s expectation that big life milestones should be reached at set times amplifies young people’s anxiety - especially in times of economic stagnation and low employment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The view that a child&#39;s achievements are a parental success contributes to entire families sinking into the quagmire of isolation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And many parents perceive their child&#39;s struggles as a failure in upbringing, leading to a sense of guilt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;In Korea, parents often express their love and feelings through practical actions and roles rather than verbal expressions,” Prof Jeong says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Parents financing their children&#39;s tuition fees through hard work is a typical example of a Confucian culture that emphasises responsibility.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This cultural emphasis on hard work may reflect South Korea&#39;s rapid economic growth in the second half of the 21st century, when it became one of the world&#39;s major economies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;However, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wid.world/news-article/income-inequality-in-south-korea-1933-2022/&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;World Inequality Database,&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the country&#39;s wealth inequality has worsened over the last three decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A woman sits on the floor reflecting&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Korea Youth Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Some parents say they have started to understand their isolated children better since being in the programme &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Blue Whale Recovery Centre director Kim Ok-ran says the view that self-isolating young people are a &quot;family problem&quot; means many parents also end up cutting off those around them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And some are so afraid of being judged they cannot even talk to close family members about their situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;They can’t bring the issue out into the open, leading to the parents themselves becoming isolated as well,” Ms Kim says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Often, they stop attending family gatherings during holidays.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Watching-over&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&#39;Watching over&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The parents who have come to the Happiness Factory for help are still eagerly awaiting the day their children can resume a normal life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Asked what she would say to her son if he came out of isolation, Ms Jin’s eyes fill with tears.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;You&#39;ve been through so much,” she says, voice trembling. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“It was hard, wasn&#39;t it? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll be watching over you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can find sources of help from &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health-self-harm&quot; 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      <title>Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A glass bottle floating in the sea near La Digue Island in the Seychelles.&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; 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It set off from Tangalle on 4 June.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The incident has reportedly prompted protests in the coastal town - located around 120 miles (193km) from the capital, Colombo - calling for the sailors who were still alive to be returned to land.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Authorities are now investigating the contents of the bottles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0gxgt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Sri Lanka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Veteran Sri Lanka MP who fought for Tamil rights dies</title>
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type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Rajavarothiam Sampanthan&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/96da/live/121a0160-3745-11ef-a316-abcbb3b2d855.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;1024&quot; height=&quot;576&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Rajavarothiam Sampanthan has died at the age of 91&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Kelly Ng &amp;amp; Charles Haviland&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-01T01:23:39.833Z&quot;&gt;1 July 2024, 02:23 BST&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, one of Sri Lanka&#39;s most prominent politicians and a veteran campaigner for the country&#39;s Tamil minority, has died at the age of 91.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sampanthan, a lawyer and one of the country&#39;s longest serving MPs, died in the capital Colombo late on Sunday. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;For the past 23 years, he had led a diverse coalition called the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - the main political group representing Tamils of Sri Lanka’s north and east.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Since the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009 he continued to demand equal rights for his often marginalised ethnic group. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;His death was confirmed by TNA leader MA Sumanthiran on X, formerly known as Twitter. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2015, Sampanthan was &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34136684&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;appointed leader of the opposition&lt;/a&gt;, making him the first member of the ethnic minority group to hold the parliamentary post in 32 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2022, Sampanthan sent a letter to the UN&#39;s Human Rights Council alleging that the Sinhalese-led government was continuing to oppress Tamils, indefinitely detaining political prisoners, preventing displaced civilians from resettling on their land in the former war zone and continuing to militarise the area. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He called on the international body to denounce what he said was the government&#39;s failure to investigate allegations of violations towards the minority group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sampanthan&#39;s death has seen tributes pour in from across Sri Lanka&#39;s political divide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Among those to pay tribute to him was former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who oversaw the bloody end to Sri Lanka&#39;s civil war in 2009. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; 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      <title>Kohli, Rohit and Jadeja retire from T20 internationals</title>
      <description>India legends Virat Kohl, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja retire from T20 internationals following their World Cup triumph in Barbados.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:37:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why parents are locking themselves in cells at Korean &#39;happiness factory&#39;</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Recently, some South Korean parents have voluntarily entered these lonely rooms for their children&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f0a5/live/15c2ab90-3467-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Korea Youth Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;South Korean parents have voluntarily been spending alone time in cells&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Hyojung Kim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC Korean&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-06-30T01:06:19.181Z&quot;&gt;30 June 2024&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;The only thing connecting each tiny room at the Happiness Factory to the outside world is a feeding hole in the door. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;No phones or laptops are allowed inside these cells, which are no bigger than a store cupboard, and their inhabitants have only bare walls for company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Residents may wear blue prison uniforms but they are not inmates - they have come to the centre in South Korea for a “confinement experience”. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Most people here have a child who has fully withdrawn from society, and have come to learn for themselves how it feels to be cut off from the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Solitaryconfinement-cell&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Solitary-confinement cell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Reclusive young people like these residents&#39; children are referred to as hikikomori, a term coined in Japan in the 1990s to describe severe social withdrawal among adolescents and young adults.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Last year, a South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare survey of 15,000 19- to 34-year-olds found more than 5% of respondents were isolating themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;If this is representative of the wider population of South Korea, it would mean about 540,000 people were in the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Since April, parents have been participating in a 13-week parental education programme funded and run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) the Korea Youth Foundation and the Blue Whale Recovery Centre. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The aim of the scheme is to teach people how to communicate better with their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The programme includes three days in a facility in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province, where participants spend time in a room that replicates a solitary-confinement cell. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The hope is isolation will offer parents a deeper understanding of their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;‘Emotional-prison&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;‘Emotional prison’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Jin Young-hae&#39;s son has been isolating himself in his bedroom for three years now. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But since spending time in confinement herself, Ms Jin (not her real name) understands her 24-year-old&#39;s “emotional prison” a little better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“I&#39;ve been wondering what I did wrong... it&#39;s painful to think about,” the 50-year-old says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“But as I started reflecting, I gained some clarity.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Reluctance-to-talk&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Reluctance to talk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Her son has always been talented, Ms Jin says, and she and his father had high expectations of him. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But he was often ill, struggled to maintain friendships and eventually developed an eating disorder, making going to school difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When her son began attending university, he seemed to be doing well for a term - but one day, he totally withdrew. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Seeing him locked in his room, neglecting personal hygiene and meals, broke her heart. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But although anxiety, difficulties in relationships with family and friends, and disappointment at not having been accepted into a top university may have affected her son, he is reluctant to talk to her about what is truly wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-n0z6zx-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A boy sits on a bed with his head in his knees&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f361/live/fd5661a0-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.0405191516302&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The term hikikomori originates from Japan (stock photo)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When Ms Jin came to the Happiness Factory, she read notes written by other isolated young people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Reading those notes made me realise, ‘Ah, he&#39;s protecting himself with silence because no-one understands him&#39;,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Park Han-sil (not her real name) came here for her 26-year-old son, who cut off all communication with the outside world seven years ago. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;After running away from home a few times, he now rarely leaves his room.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ms Park took him to a counsellor and to see doctors - but her son refused to take the mental-health medication he was prescribed and became obsessed with playing video games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Interpersonal-relationships&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;Interpersonal relationships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;While Ms Park still struggles to reach her son, she has started to better understand his feelings through the isolation programme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ve realised that it&#39;s important to accept my child&#39;s life without forcing him into a specific mould,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Research by the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare suggests there are a variety of factors driving young people to cut themselves off. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;According to the ministry&#39;s survey of 19- to 34-year-olds, the most common reasons are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;difficulties finding a job (24.1%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;issues with interpersonal relationships (23.5%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;family problems (12.4%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;health issues (12.4%)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;South Korea has some of the highest suicide rates in the world and last year, its government unveiled a five-year plan aiming to address this. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ministers announced there would be state-funded mental health check-ups for people aged 20-34 every two years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-zbtkr0-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8ccc/live/b0c84c40-3466-11ef-b897-13a310eae57b.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Japan is experiencing a prolonged hikikomori issue &quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Japan is experiencing a prolonged &quot;hikikomori&quot; issue, meaning elderly parents are still supporting their adult children (stock photo)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In Japan, the first wave of young people isolating themselves, in the 1990s, has led to a demographic of middle-aged people dependent on their elderly parents. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And trying to support their adult children on just a pension has caused some older people to fall into poverty and depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Prof Jeong Go-woon, from Kyung Hee University sociology department, says Korean society’s expectation that big life milestones should be reached at set times amplifies young people’s anxiety - especially in times of economic stagnation and low employment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The view that a child&#39;s achievements are a parental success contributes to entire families sinking into the quagmire of isolation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And many parents perceive their child&#39;s struggles as a failure in upbringing, leading to a sense of guilt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;In Korea, parents often express their love and feelings through practical actions and roles rather than verbal expressions,” Prof Jeong says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Parents financing their children&#39;s tuition fees through hard work is a typical example of a Confucian culture that emphasises responsibility.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This cultural emphasis on hard work may reflect South Korea&#39;s rapid economic growth in the second half of the 21st century, when it became one of the world&#39;s major economies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;However, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wid.world/news-article/income-inequality-in-south-korea-1933-2022/&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;World Inequality Database,&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the country&#39;s wealth inequality has worsened over the last three decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A woman sits on the floor reflecting&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/d42a/live/adbe7230-3467-11ef-9e6a-858b51f7415c.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Korea Youth Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Some parents say they have started to understand their isolated children better since being in the programme &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Blue Whale Recovery Centre director Kim Ok-ran says the view that self-isolating young people are a &quot;family problem&quot; means many parents also end up cutting off those around them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;And some are so afraid of being judged they cannot even talk to close family members about their situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;They can’t bring the issue out into the open, leading to the parents themselves becoming isolated as well,” Ms Kim says. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Often, they stop attending family gatherings during holidays.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;subheadline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 id=&quot;Watching-over&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ipj56t-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&#39;Watching over&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The parents who have come to the Happiness Factory for help are still eagerly awaiting the day their children can resume a normal life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Asked what she would say to her son if he came out of isolation, Ms Jin’s eyes fill with tears.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;You&#39;ve been through so much,” she says, voice trembling. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“It was hard, wasn&#39;t it? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I&#39;ll be watching over you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can find sources of help from &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NGvFrTqWChr03LrYlw2Hkk/information-and-support-mental-health-self-harm&quot; 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      <title>Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A glass bottle floating in the sea near La Digue Island in the Seychelles.&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11e4/live/6ce83240-3643-11ef-be61-85a25a402c6d.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; 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      <title>Millionaire &#39;surprised&#39; at allegations over Greek fire</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-ywuxrq-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A photo of a luxury yacht on the water, with a raging fire on the land in the distance&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/658/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/193e/live/5a121ba0-378c-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.png 976w&quot; width=&quot;658&quot; height=&quot;369&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-01T14:22:02.681Z&quot;&gt;32 minutes ago&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;One of Kazakhstan&#39;s richest men has denied wrongdoing after organising a party on a superyacht that is suspected of igniting a forest fire with a fireworks display.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Daniyar Abulgazin is one of eight Kazakh nationals who were on board the luxury vessel last month, and who are being prosecuted for complicity to arson by the Greek authorities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The businessman rented the yacht Persephoni and was in the area when the blaze burnt through 300 acres on the island of Hydra, south of Athens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Greece is grappling with its first heatwave of 2024, and firefighters have been battling several wildfires every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Initially, authorities alleged that fireworks were launched directly from the yacht, but now Greek media report they may have been launched from a beach on the island after people on Persephoni took a boat to shore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The case has sparked outrage in Greece, further fuelled by reports that the yacht&#39;s passengers flew home shortly after the 21 June fire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In a statement, Mr Abulgazin said he had rented Persephoni for a week, and flew home the following day - which was always the plan. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He said he had spoken to &quot;representatives of the Greek authorities, who did not make any claims against me or my guests in connection with this incident&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He was &quot;surprised&quot; to later learn of the allegations being made, Mr Abulgazin said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722p1ljlk9o&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;Crew arrested after yacht fireworks spark Greece blaze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv220l89evyo&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;Volunteer firefighter dies battling Greece blaze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He added that he was “very saddened&quot; by the fire, but that neither he nor his guests did anything that could have led to it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;We strictly followed the fire safety rules established on the yacht. Neither I nor my guests asked the crew of the yacht or any other third parties to take any actions that could lead to a fire,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He also promised full co-operation with the Greek authorities in their investigation. Kazakhstan has no extradition agreement with Greece so they are unlikely to have to go there to face questioning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The yacht’s captain and first mate are still being detained, while 15 other crew members who were initially arrested have been released on bail with restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Mr Abulgazin is a major figure in the Kazakh petroleum industry, with a personal fortune estimated at $400m (£315m).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world/europe&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c40rjmqdqrlt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Greece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/ce2gz9mdde3t&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Wildfires&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Hurricane Beryl: Airports shut as Caribbean residents urged to shelter</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-87440-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A man screws a board onto the window of a shop in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 30, 2024.&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/4567/live/8f02e1c0-378a-11ef-a044-9d4367d5b599.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;1024&quot; height=&quot;683&quot; 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datetime=&quot;2024-07-01T13:52:26.716Z&quot;&gt;Updated 1 hour ago&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;Airports and businesses have shut down and residents across the Caribbean have been urged to seek shelter as a potentially devastating storm hits the region.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Hurricane Beryl, which has regained strength in the past hours, has sparked warnings of life-threatening winds and dangerous storm surges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A hurricane warning is in effect in Barbados, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Dozens of flights were cancelled across the region as Beryl approached on Sunday night, while leaders urged the public to heed warnings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;It is not a joke,&quot; said the prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, reminding people of the devastation caused by past hurricanes in the Caribbean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In a national address from his official residence, Mr Gonsalves said he was seeking shelter in his basement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;The roof, certainly the old part of the roof, may not survive winds at 150mph (241 km/h). I am making preparations to go downstairs,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Beryl&#39;s strength has been fluctuating. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The hurricane was upgraded to a category four on Monday after slightly weakening earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The NHC said fluctuations in strength were likely to continue but warned that portions of the Windward islands should prepare for &quot;potentially catastrophic wind damage&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It said St Vincent and the Grenadines as well as Grenada were at the highest risk of damage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Hurricane shelters opened at 18:00 local time (22:00 GMT) on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, also urged citizens to be alert. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;We need to be ready. You and I know when these things happen, it is better to plan for the worst and pray for the best,&quot; she said. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Do not let your guard down,&quot; she added. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Meteorologists say that it is unusual for a hurricane of this strength to form this early in the year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Only five major (Category 3+) hurricanes have been recorded in the Atlantic before the first week of July,&quot; hurricane expert Michael Lowry posted on X, formerly known as twitter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Beryl would be the sixth and earliest this far east in the tropical Atlantic,&quot; Mr Lowry wrote. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has warned that the North Atlantic could get as many as seven major hurricanes this year - up from the average three in a season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It said record high sea surface temperatures were partly to blame.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;video-block&quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Meteorologists have also remarked on how quickly Beryl developed. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The storm strengthened from a tropical depression into a major hurricane - category three or above - in only 42 hours, hurricane expert Sam Lillo told Associated Press news agency. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Much of the region has heeded the warnings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Shops have closed and people have stocked up on fuel and groceries. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Grenada issued a state of emergency and St Lucia imposed a &quot;national shutdown&quot;, ordering schools and businesses to remain closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; 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      <title>France&#39;s parties launch new push after far-right success</title>
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type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, arrives at the RN party headquarters in Paris&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/81ae/live/1402b590-37a8-11ef-bdc5-41d7421c2adf.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;999&quot; height=&quot;562.4369999999999&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;REUTERS/Benoit Tessier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Jordan Bardella has vowed only to be prime minister if his party wins an absolute majority&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Paul Kirby&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC News in Paris&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-01T13:48:12.476Z&quot;&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;France&#39;s political rivals barely had time to digest the results of National Rally (RN)&#39;s election success, before they had to kick-start a new campaign for the final vote.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The anti-immigration party secured one in three votes in the first round of parliamentary elections. They have now set their sights on winning an absolute majority.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;RN leader Jordan Bardella, who hopes to be France&#39;s next PM, appealed to voters to make a choice between a left-wing alliance he called &quot;an existential threat to the French nation&quot; and a party of patriots ready to leap into action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;PM Gabriel Attal, who may be days from losing his job, says the stakes are clear - to stop the far right winning an absolute majority.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Emmanuel Macron, who called the election and propelled France into political crisis, still has three years as president and has vowed not to resign.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But the centrist movement he founded came only third in the first round and now finds itself eclipsed by a left-wing alliance called New Popular Front, as well as the National Rally of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Of the 577 seats in the National Assembly, RN needs 289 to form an absolute majority and put through its programme on immigration, law and order, and tax cuts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It wants to restrict social welfare to French citizens, abolish the automatic right to French citizenship - &lt;i class=&quot;ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2&quot;&gt;droit du sol&lt;/i&gt; - for people who came to France as children, and prevent 3.5 million people with dual citizenship from holding sensitive, strategic jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-8n218s-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Marine Tondelier (EELV) gestures during the New Popular Front Rally after the first round of the early parliamentary elections at Place de la Republique in Paris&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/993/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/97f7/live/7cd60950-37a8-11ef-ab85-f9c31a382b43.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;993&quot; height=&quot;559&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt; JULIEN MATTIA/EPA-EFE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Marine Tondelier of the Greens was visibly upset by the Macron camp&#39;s recommendation not to back the main leftist party&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;RN and its allies already have 38 confirmed seats, won outright with more than half the local vote in Sunday&#39;s first round. The Popular Front have 32 and the Macron alliance just two, an indication of how far behind the governing party has fallen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Another 501 seats have yet to be decided and the big three party blocs have big decisions to make within the next 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Candidates who have qualified for Sunday&#39;s second round for the Macron camp or the Popular Front now have until 18:00 on Tuesday to decide whether or not to withdraw, to maximise the chances of a political rival defeating National Rally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Both the Popular Front and the Macron Ensemble camp have pleaded with voters not to vote for the far right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But tensions between the two burst out into the open on Monday, an indication of the high stakes of this election and the intensity of such a brief campaign.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Greens leader Marine Tondelier was on the verge of tears during a radio interview, when she reacted angrily to a Macron minister&#39;s call not to back the biggest party in the left-wing alliance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire had said moments earlier that voters should steer clear of France Unbowed, whose critics denounce it as extremist, as much as they should not vote for Mr Bardella&#39;s party.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ms Tondelier said for 10 years she had lived in a town held by National Rally&#39;s Marine Le Pen, and that the Macron alliance had misunderstood the issue and had chosen dishonour and cowardice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Does National Rally have a chance of winning an absolute majority in the National Assembly? The answer is yes. Is France Unbowed in the position of winning an absolute majority, the answer is no.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;embed-flourish-block&quot; id=&quot;18568040&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-vwy109-FlourishContainer eockrme0&quot;&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;include-html&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/18568040/embed?auto=1&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; height=&quot;575&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; style=&quot;width:100%;&quot; title=&quot;Interactive or visual content&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;What is so unusual about this election is that more than 300 of the local races are run-offs between three candidates. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sunday&#39;s turnout of 66.7% was the highest since 1997, which meant more candidates than ever qualified for the second round.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But by Monday afternoon a large number of third-placed candidates had pulled out of the race, according to Le Monde, including those standing for Ensemble and the individual parties in the Popular Front.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;One of RN&#39;s leading figures, Sébastien Chenu, said he was confident that even if his party did not reach the 289 seats it would succeed in &quot;finding supporters&quot; in the new National Assembly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He said there might be MPs keen on preventing the Assembly from becoming blocked, and if that was possible &quot;we will assume our responsibilities before the French people&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world/europe&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c302m85qenyt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cjnwl8q4nv3t&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Emmanuel Macron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cz4pr2gd5qxt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Marine Le Pen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>The winners and losers in South Africa&#39;s historic new government</title>
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in breach of the constitution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Mr Ramaphosa further diluted the DA&#39;s influence in the new cabinet by giving a another six posts to smaller parties - from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) to the Afrikaner nationalist Freedom Front Plus, making it the most ideologically diverse government in South Africa&#39;s history. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In keeping with tradition since the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994, the government also represents all race groups, with a significant number of ministerial or deputy ministerial posts given to members of the white, coloured - as people of mixed race are referred to in South Africa - and Indian communities. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This comes after an election in which voters showed that they &quot;don’t care if the cat is black or white, but whether it catches the mice”, political analyst Thembisa&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Fakude told the BBC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;However, there is still resistance to Mr Ramaphosa&#39;s decision to sign a coalition deal with the DA. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Led by John Steenhuisen, the party is often accused of trying to protect the economic privileges that white people built up during apartheid - a charge it denies. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Oil and water do not mix,&quot; a black security guard told the BBC. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Billing his cabinet as a government of national unity, Mr Ramaphosa also gave a deputy ministerial post to the Muslim Al Jama-ah party, in a clear sign that he intends to continue backing the Palestinians over Israel, despite opposition from the DA. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This perception was strengthened by the appointment of former Justice Minister Ronald Lamola as foreign minister.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A lawyer, Mr Lamola led South Africa&#39;s opening arguments in the genocide case it brought against Israel at the International Court of Justice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He takes over from Naledi Pandor, who failed to be re-elected to parliament. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Apart from backing the Palestinian cause, she also strengthened South Africa&#39;s ties with the Brics club of nations, which is seen as a rival to the West, and Russia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Political analyst Prince Mashele told the BBC he doubted that South Africa would remain a major force internationally, as the ANC had lost its political dominance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He argued that South Africa&#39;s partners in Brics - which includes Brazil, Russia, Indian and China - would &quot;see that they are dealing with a weak partner&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; 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dzx-dzx commented Jul 5, 2024

@TonyRL Maybe you know the difference between the requests the two invocation generates?

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ofetch.native the native fetch API.
https://github.com/unjs/ofetch?tab=readme-ov-file#native-fetch

Besides that, it doesn't fix any errors but hiding the rejected Promise instead.

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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:18:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Anger over jobs reserved for war heroes&#39; children</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pj5idg-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Students and job seekers demand the end of discriminatory quotas for coveted government jobs in Dhaka, Bangladesh.&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/7451/live/bc6d0230-3f32-11ef-a554-9952e638003c.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1151.513718868721&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;University students have been protesting since early July&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Annabelle Liang&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-11T06:20:52.743Z&quot;&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;Thousands of university students in Bangladesh have been staging protests against a recruitment system that they say favours children of war heroes and certain groups for high-paying government jobs.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The protesters say the system is discriminatory and they are calling for recruitment to be based on merit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A third of posts are kept for the children of those who fought to win the country independence in 1971. Some are also reserved for women, ethnic minorities and the disabled.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Critics say the system unfairly benefits the children of pro-government groups that support Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67889387&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;won her fourth straight election in January&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ms Hasina is the daughter of Bangladesh&#39;s founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Earlier this week, students blocked roads and highways in the capital Dhaka and other major cities, bringing traffic to a halt. The protests have been called the Bangla Blockade.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Some laid logs on a railway track in the capital, disrupting train services to northern parts of the country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Bangladesh&#39;s top court temporarily suspended the system on Wednesday, but protests are expected to continue until it is permanently removed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The system was reinstated by a separate court just last month. It had been halted since 2018, following weeks of protests.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;We will not return to classrooms until our demand is met,&quot; protest leader Rasel Ahmed told the AFP news agency. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1oue7yn-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Protesters have blocked roads and highways in the country&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/892/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f7b3/live/22ba97a0-3f42-11ef-b140-b3ae315cb192.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;892&quot; height=&quot;501.99999999999994&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The protests have been called the &#39;Bangla Blockade&#39;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;My demand is not to cancel the system. My demand is for quota reform,&quot; one protester told BBC Bangla.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Another student said he would keep protesting until a &quot;permanent solution&quot; is found.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Government jobs are highly coveted in Bangladesh because they pay well. In total, more than half of the positions - amounting to hundreds of thousands - are reserved for certain groups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Earlier this month, Ms Hasina condemned the protests, saying students were &quot;wasting their time&quot;, while adding there was &quot;no justification for the anti-quota movement&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Bangladesh, which was once one of the poorest countries in the world, is now one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Its per capita income has tripled in the last decade and the World Bank estimates that more than 25 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the last two decades.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;But its economy spun into turmoil in mid-2022 following the pandemic and the global economic slowdown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c5rznn0nvvyt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Asia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c77jz3md7grt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/ckgj739plxnt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Employment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmmqx9w8k5wt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-5i1hhv-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-5i1hhv-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Australian dad charged with killing his children in fire</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0fc1h-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Police at the Lalor Park fire&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/689/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0298/live/3f3f28c0-3f1d-11ef-9f5c-f516e57c7a58.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;689&quot; height=&quot;388.00000000000006&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The fire has schocked the country&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Hannah Ritchie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC News, Sydney &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-11T00:54:48.764Z&quot;&gt;11 July 2024, 01:54 BST&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;An Australian father has been charged with murdering three of his children and attempting to kill the rest of his family in a house fire.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A five-month-old girl, a two-year-old boy and a six-year-old boy died in the blaze. Three boys and a girl - aged between four and 11 - survived, along with their mother.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The 28-year-old man is facing three counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder and one charge of destroying property with the intent to endanger life. He remains in hospital under police guard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The fire has horrified the country and comes at a time when Australia&#39;s government has declared domestic and family violence a &quot;national crisis&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The father - who police allege started the inferno in the early hours of Sunday morning and then blocked rescue attempts - was represented by his lawyer in a local Sydney court on Thursday and did not apply for bail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Speaking to media afterwards, New South Wales Det Supt Daniel Doherty said the incident is &quot;one of the worst cases of filicide&quot; - which is when a parent intentionally kills their children - to take place in the state.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He said police will allege the father lit fires throughout the house with the use of an &quot;accelerant” such as petrol, and then locked all the doors inside to prevent his family from escaping.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;They also intend to argue that he disrupted rescue efforts by concerned neighbours and first responders who helped the four surviving children and their mother from the burning house. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In one instance, Det Supt Doherty said the man was “holding on to” one of the children as he tried to escape, which meant first responders had to “wrestle the boy from his grasp”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The five-month-old baby girl was found by paramedics, already deceased. The two- and six-year-old boys made it out of the house in a critical condition but died in hospital a short time later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Police have commended the residents who assisted the family for their bravery, including Jarrod Hawkins, a man living across the road who pulled three of the children from the flames.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The mother has been released from hospital and police say her four surviving children are all in a stable condition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world/australia&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:54:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>China rocked by cooking oil contamination scandal</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1l5248m-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Stock image of cooking oil in warehouse.&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/ae58/live/1b53ab70-3e87-11ef-b9bf-355123e5252a.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.1747837960856&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;João da Silva&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;Business reporter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-11T00:12:23.600Z&quot;&gt;11 July 2024, 01:12 BST&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;The Chinese government says it will investigate allegations that fuel tankers have been used to transport cooking oil after carrying toxic chemicals without being cleaned properly between loads.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The controversy has spread online as social media users express concerns about potential food contamination.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Tankers used for transporting fuel were found to be carrying food products, like cooking oil and syrup, and were not decontaminated correctly, according to state-run Beijing News.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Transporting cooking oil in contaminated fuel trucks was said to have been so widespread it was considered an “open secret” in the industry, according to one driver quoted by the newspaper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The case is the latest blow to public trust in the Chinese government&#39;s ability to enforce food safety standards.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The controversy has been the top trending topic on Chinese social media in recent days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;On Weibo - the country’s equivalent to X, formerly known as Twitter - there have been tens of thousands of posts about the scandal, which have racked up millions of views.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Food safety is the most important issue,” a comment liked more than 8,000 times said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Another comment said: “As an ordinary person, surviving in this world itself is an amazing thing already.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Many compared it to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7845545.stm&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;the 2008 Sanlu milk scandal&lt;/a&gt;, in which some 300,000 children became sick and at least six died after drinking powdered milk contaminated with high levels of the industrial chemical melamine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“This is much worse than the Sanlu scandal, it can’t be settled with just [a] statement,” a user commented.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In China, tankers are not limited to any particular type of goods so can, in theory, carry food products straight after transporting coal-based oils.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The claims involve several major Chinese companies including a subsidiary of state-owned Sinograin and the Hopefull Grain and Oil Group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Sinograin has said it is investigating whether food safety regulations were being followed correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The company also said it will immediately suspend the use of any trucks that are found to have fallen foul of the the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A Hopefull Grain representative told government-controlled newspaper Global Times that it was conducting a &quot;thorough self-inspection&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The Chinese government has said food safety officials will carry out the investigation into the allegations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;They have promised to punish any companies and individuals involved in wrongdoing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;They have also vowed to immediately publish the findings of their investigation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Illegal enterprises and relevant responsible persons will be severely punished in accordance with the law and will not be tolerated,&quot; state broadcaster CCTV said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;At the local level, both the Hebei and Tianjin provincial governments have said they are also looking into the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2&quot;&gt;Additional reporting by Fan Wang&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c4nrdv135zet&quot; 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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Will K-pop&#39;s AI experiment pay off?</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-hivmmd-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Members of the K-pop band Seventeen stand in a line&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/901/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/f8df/live/fe65bc20-3de5-11ef-86bf-f580f212694c.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;901&quot; height=&quot;506.99999999999994&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;K-pop band Seventeen are now using AI, admits member Woozi, who is standing third from the right&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Megan Lawton&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;Business reporter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-10T23:02:36.962Z&quot;&gt;11 July 2024, 00:02 BST&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;There’s an issue dividing K-pop fans right now - artificial intelligence.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Several of the genre’s biggest stars have now used the technology to create music videos and write lyrics, including boy band Seventeen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Last year the South Korean group sold around 16 million albums, making them one of the most successful K-pop acts in history. But it’s their most recent album and single, Maestro, that’s got people talking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The music video features an AI-generated scene, and the record might well include AI-generated lyrics too. At the launch of the album in Seoul, one of the band members, Woozi, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.filmfare.com/news/hollywood/woozi-on-using-ai-for-maestro-from-seventeens-new-album-17-is-right-here-65711.html&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;told reporters&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; he was &quot;experimenting&quot; with AI when songwriting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“We practised making songs with AI, as we want to develop along with technology rather than complain about it,&quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;This is a technological development that we have to leverage, not just be dissatisfied with. I practised using AI and tried to look for the pros and cons.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;On K-pop discussion pages, fans were torn, with some saying more regulations need to be in place before the technology becomes normalised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Others were more open to it, including super fan Ashley Peralta. &quot;If AI can help an artist overcome creative blocks, then that’s OK with me,&quot; says the 26-year-old.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Her worry though, is that a whole album of AI generated lyrics means fans will lose touch with their favourite musicians.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;I love it when music is a reflection of an artist and their emotions,&quot; she says. &quot;K-pop artists are much more respected when they’re hands on with choreographing, lyric writing and composing, because you get a piece of their thoughts and feelings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;AI can take away that crucial component that connects fans to the artists.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ashley presents Spill the Soju, a K-pop fan podcast, with her best friend Chelsea Toledo. Chelsea admires Seventeen for being a self-producing group, which means they write their own songs and choreograph them too, but she’s worried about AI having an impact on that reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“If they were to put out an album that’s full of lyrics they hadn’t personally written, I don’t know if it would feel like Seventeen any more and fans want music that is authentically them”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-s06xjf-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Ashley Peralta (left) and her friend Chelsea Toledo&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/671/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9177/live/f71bf900-3de7-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.png 976w&quot; width=&quot;671&quot; height=&quot;448.00000000000006&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Ashley Peralta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Ashley Peralta (left) and her friend Chelsea Toledo make a K-pop podcast&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;For those working in K-Pop production, it’s no surprise that artists are embracing new technologies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Chris Nairn is a producer, composer and songwriter working under the name Azodi. Over the past 12 years he’s written songs for K-pop artists including Kim Woojin and leading agency SM Entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Working with K-pop stars means Chris, who lives in Brighton, has spent a lot of time in South Korea, whose music industry he describes as progressive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“What I&#39;ve learned by hanging out in Seoul is that Koreans are big on innovation, and they&#39;re very big on ‘what&#39;s the next thing?’, and asking, ‘how can we be one step ahead?’ It really hit me when I was there,” he says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“So, to me, it&#39;s no surprise that they&#39;re implementing AI in lyric writing, it&#39;s about keeping up with technology.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-9jh1o1-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Chris Nairn &quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0ad7/live/2cfedff0-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.4988308651598&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Chris Nairn &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Chris Nairn says that K-pop bands generally like to keep up with technology&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Is AI the future of K-pop? Chris isn’t so sure. As someone who experiments with AI lyric generators, he doesn’t feel the lyrics are strong enough for top artists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“AI is putting out fairly good quality stuff, but when you&#39;re at the top tier of the songwriting game, generally, people who do best have innovated and created something brand new. AI works by taking what’s already been uploaded and therefore can’t innovate by itself.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;If anything, Chris predicts AI in K-pop will increase the demand for more personal songs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;There&#39;s going to be pressure from fans to hear lyrics that are from the artist&#39;s heart, and therefore sound different to any songs made using AI”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Seventeen aren’t the only K-pop band experimenting with AI. Girl group Aespa, who have several AI members as well as human ones, also used the technology in their latest music video. Supernova features generated scenes where the faces of band members remain still as only their mouths move.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Podcaster and super-fan Chelsea says it &quot;triggered&quot; a lot of people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“K-pop is known for amazing production and editing, so having whole scenes made of AI takes away the charm,&quot; she adds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Chelsea also worries about artists not getting the right credit. “With AI in videos it’s harder to know if someone’s original artwork has been stolen, it’s a really touchy subject”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-14cm44b-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Girl group Aespa&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2731/live/8ebd0000-3de9-11ef-8041-0f2c122d2b54.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;999&quot; height=&quot;562.246290801187&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;K-pop girl group Aespa are also experimenting with AI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Arpita Adhya is a music journalist and self-titled K-pop superfan. She believes the use of AI in the industry is demonstrative of the pressure artists are under to create new content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;“Most recording artists will put out an album every two years, but K-pop groups are pushing out albums every six to eight months, because there’s so much hype around them.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt

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type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Smoke billows from the spire of Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, northern France.&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/733/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1689/live/633b5110-3f75-11ef-a854-a7321699d697.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;733&quot; height=&quot;412&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, local officials say.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Images &lt;a href=&quot;https://x.com/Prefet76/status/1811347881334382947/photo/1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;posted on X by the prefecture&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; show black smoke billowing from a canopy and scaffolding at the top of the building, which is about 150m (495ft) tall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The blaze has now been contained, according to officials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The fire&#39;s &quot;origin is unknown at this point&quot;, mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said, adding that &quot;all public resources&quot; had been mobilised in response.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Around 70 firefighters and 40 fire engines were part of the efforts to tackle the &lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;blaze&lt;/b&gt;, fire brigade chief Stephane Gouezec told local media.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The Our Lady of the Assumption cathedral has been evacuated and a security perimeter is in place, the prefecture said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;There are no reports of casualties, according to local authorities, and the extent of the damage to the building is unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Fire broke out at the tip of the spire, which isn&#39;t made of wood, but rather metal,&quot; the prefecture of the Seine-Maritime department told AFP news agency.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Rouen cathedral, featured in several 19th Century artworks by impressionist artist Claude Monet, is undergoing extensive restoration. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It was constructed over several centuries, with parts of the building dating back more than 900 years to the 12th Century, according to its official website. Between 1876 and 1880, it was the tallest building in the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2019, a blaze in the wooden roof frame &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-68795809&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;caused massive damage to the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris&lt;/a&gt;. 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type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;US Navy file pic of launch of Tomahawk cruise missile&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9287/live/e7c54250-3f76-11ef-aab4-abea2b917c4b.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;999&quot; height=&quot;562.0616302186878&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; 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class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;missiles have a significantly longer range than existing missiles&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the US and Germany said in a joint statement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Such missiles would have been banned under a 1988 treaty between the US and former Soviet Union, but the pact fell apart five years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would react with a &quot;military reponse to the new threat&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;This is just a link in the chain of a course of escalation,&quot; he argued, accusing Nato and the US of trying to intimidate Russia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The joint US-German statement made clear the &quot;episodic&quot; deployment of the missiles was initially seen as temporary but would later become permanent, as part of a US commitment to Nato and Europe&#39;s &quot;integrated deterrence&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, who was speaking at the Nato summit in Washington, said the idea behind the US plan was to encourage Germany and other European countries to put their own investment into developing and procuring longer-range missiles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The temporary deployment of US weapons would give Nato allies the time to prepare, he explained: &quot;We are talking here about an increasingly serious gap in capability in Europe.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Such missiles were banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF), which was signed at the end of the Cold War and covered ground-launched missiles that could travel between 500-5,500 km (310-3,400 miles).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Russia&#39;s Vladimir Putin felt it was too restrictive and in 2014 the US accused him of violating the pact with a new type of nuclear-capable cruise missile,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The US finally pulled out of the treaty in 2019, and Russia followed suit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Politicians from Germany&#39;s Greens were critical of Chancellor Olaf Scholz&#39;s agreement to allow US missiles on German soil.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The Greens are part of Mr Scholz&#39;s ruling coalition, and their spokeswoman on security Sara Nanni made clear their frustration that he had made no comment about the decision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;It can even heighten fears and leaves room for disinformation and incitement,&quot; she told the Rheinische Post newspaper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world/europe&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c77jz3md4rdt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/ce1qrvlegnyt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Russia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg01xyt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-5i1hhv-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:31:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Europe facing &#39;wave of antisemitism&#39;, survey finds</title>
      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-e7kr2e-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Man and boy wearing kippahs sitting on benches in a synagogue&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/2048/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/b58b/live/8a01e5a0-3f6d-11ef-abf4-9dcdb3140a6f.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;1152.181388757676&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;More than half of the Jewish people surveyed expressed concern for their own safety or that of their family&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-j4gvkq-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02&quot;&gt;&lt;li role=&quot;listitem&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Published&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1&quot;&gt;&lt;time data-testid=&quot;timestamp&quot; datetime=&quot;2024-07-11T10:36:39.281Z&quot;&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;Jewish people in the EU continue to face high levels of antisemitism, according to the latest survey from the bloc&#39;s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;More than 8,000 Jews in 13 EU countries, including Germany and France, were interviewed - with 96% saying they had encountered antisemitism in their daily life. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The vast majority had experienced harassment online. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The FRA&#39;s director, Sirpa Rautio, warned that Europe was facing a &quot;wave of antisemitism&quot; - driven partly by the conflict in the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;She warned that this was severely limiting the ability of Jewish people in EU countries to &quot;live in safety and with dignity&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The survey, which looked at participants&#39; experiences in the year before it was carried out, took place in the first half of 2023 - before the 7 October Hamas attacks and Israel&#39;s resulting military campaign in Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;However, the FRA said there had been a dramatic rise in reported antisemitic attacks since the Gaza war began.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It was sparked when gunmen from Hamas and other Palestinian groups attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage on 7 October last year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Israel&#39;s retaliatory attacks have since killed 38,295 people in Gaza, according to the territory&#39;s Hamas-run health ministry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The FRA said its research over the years had found that antisemitism tends to increase in times of tension in the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It added that 75% of those who took part in their latest survey felt that they were held responsible for the Israeli government’s actions because they are Jewish.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;While 90% of respondents said they had encountered antisemitism on the internet, the FRA said &quot;antisemitic harassment and violence mostly take place in streets, parks, or shops&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;More than half of those surveyed expressed concern for their own safety or that of their family, while 76% said they hid their Jewish identity at least occasionally, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The organisation also collected responses from 12 Jewish organisations in January and February this year and found a dramatic increase in the number of reported antisemitic attacks across all surveyed countries. These attacks included personal harassment, intimidation and violence. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In Austria and Sweden, antisemitic incidents had increased by more than 400% in October to December last year compared to the same period in 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In 2022, Denmark had reported only nine antisemitic incidents, but this increased to 121 last year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The FRA warned that the safety concerns and the protection of Jewish people and institutions had become urgent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;It has called on governments to do more to fund the security needs of Jewish communities such as at schools and synagogues.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;We need to build on existing laws and strategies to protect communities from all forms of hate and intolerance, online as well as offline,&quot; Ms Rautio said. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The FRA also called on governments to use the EU&#39;s Digital Services Act to remove antisemitic content online, and step up efforts to prosecute antisemitic hate crimes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;topic-list&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-smoc0a-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Related Topics&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1&quot;&gt;&lt;ul role=&quot;list&quot; spacing=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world/europe&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c2vdnvdg6xxt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Israel-Gaza war&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cjxv139p43dt&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-z69h1q-StyledLink ed0g1kj0&quot;&gt;Antisemitism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;links-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-5i1hhv-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:36:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>&#39;Hard to imagine&#39; Biden serving full term, says Michael Douglas</title>
      <description>&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u9a4pt-HeadingContainer elwf6ac2&quot;&gt;&lt;h1 id=&quot;main-heading&quot; type=&quot;headline&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1n3um2v-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;&#39;Hard to imagine&#39; Biden serving full term, says Michael Douglas&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-io4o4m-StyledMediaContainer elwf6ac5&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1brnckj-Container e1vp1lnn8&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1klppb8-Sentinel e1vp1lnn6&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-lu5ura-PinnableItem e1vp1lnn0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1tsp5a0-ContainerWrapper e1vp1lnn1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div data-chromatic=&quot;ignore&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-dtyrnv-MediaPlayerWrapper e1h75hkw4&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1gbbeoy-ErrorMessage eitf6462&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1b7cqa9-StyledInnerContainer eitf6461&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This video can not be played&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; 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      <title>Moment slackline record attempt goes wrong</title>
      <description>&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u9a4pt-HeadingContainer elwf6ac2&quot;&gt;&lt;h1 id=&quot;main-heading&quot; type=&quot;headline&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1n3um2v-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;Moment slackline record attempt goes wrong&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-io4o4m-StyledMediaContainer elwf6ac5&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1brnckj-Container e1vp1lnn8&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1klppb8-Sentinel e1vp1lnn6&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-lu5ura-PinnableItem e1vp1lnn0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1tsp5a0-ContainerWrapper e1vp1lnn1&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div data-chromatic=&quot;ignore&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-dtyrnv-MediaPlayerWrapper e1h75hkw4&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1gbbeoy-ErrorMessage eitf6462&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1b7cqa9-StyledInnerContainer eitf6461&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This video can not be played&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-aspymx-PinnableControls e1vp1lnn5&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1q123kn-PinnableBar e1vp1lnn3&quot;&gt;&lt;span aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-qz81l6-PinnableTitle e1vp1lnn2&quot;&gt;Moment slackline record attempt goes wrong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;button data-testid=&quot;pinnable-media-close&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; tabindex=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-13uixcu-StyledCloseButton e2n3ago0&quot;&gt;&lt;svg viewBox=&quot;0 0 32 32&quot; width=&quot;1em&quot; height=&quot;1em&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=&quot;m30 4.6-2.8-2.8L2 27.4l2.8 2.8L30 4.6zM4.8 1.8 1.9 4.7l25.2 25.5 2.9-2.9L4.8 1.8z&quot;&gt;&lt;/path&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Close&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/button&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-d727eb-Placeholder e1vp1lnn7&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1wzmsg8-StyledSummary elwf6ac4&quot;&gt;&lt;div data-testid=&quot;reveal-text-wrapper&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-vqraiq-RevealTextWrapper eaicxnf1&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1s1kjo7-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A man has made history by becoming the first person to cross the Strait of Messina in Italy on foot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The journey across the 3.6km (2.4 mile) slackline took Estonia&#39;s Jaan Roose almost three hours. He covered a distance longer than 30 football fields on webbed fabric that was only 1.9cm (0.75in) wide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;His record attempt started from a 265m (870ft) tower and he managed to cover a distance surpassing the previous longest slackline walk world record of 2,710m (8,943ft).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;A fall from the slackline just 80m (262ft) from the finish meant that his record couldn&#39;t be validated. 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      <description>&lt;div data-component=&quot;image-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ssrcss-fmt1c3-Placeholder etlorgc0&quot;&gt;&lt;picture&gt;&lt;source srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg.webp 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg.webp 976w&quot; type=&quot;image/webp&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;George Clooney&quot; loading=&quot;eager&quot; src=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg&quot; srcset=&quot;https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/a599/live/c01b6c30-3eda-11ef-bc90-15318ac50ac3.jpg 976w&quot; width=&quot;1024&quot; height=&quot;576&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;no-referrer&quot;&gt;&lt;/picture&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span role=&quot;text&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image source, &lt;/span&gt;Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Image caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Clooney said the Democrats will not win in November with Mr Biden&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;byline-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hbb5i-BylineComponentWrapper e8mq1e90&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-qt5zqv-BylineWrapper e8mq1e917&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-h3c0s8-ContributorContainer e8mq1e916&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1u2in0b-Container-ContributorDetails e8mq1e913&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-68pt20-Text-TextContributorName e8mq1e96&quot;&gt;Brandon Drenon and Bernd Debusmann, at the Nato summit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-84ltp5-Text e8mq1e910&quot;&gt;BBC News, Washington&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-jlwt2c-Divider e8mq1e915&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;metadata-block&quot; 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datetime=&quot;2024-07-11T09:41:40.603Z&quot;&gt;Updated 2 hours ago&lt;/time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3&quot;&gt;George Clooney has issued a damning call for Joe Biden to quit the US presidential race, hours after senior Democrat Nancy Pelosi swerved questions about whether he should continue.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The actor and prominent Democratic fundraiser said the president had won many battles in his career, &quot;but the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Another Hollywood star and fundraiser, Michael Douglas, later told the BBC he was &quot;worried&quot; about Mr Biden&#39;s electoral chances.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The president has stated, repeatedly, that he is determined to remain as the Democratic party&#39;s candidate and beat Donald Trump, 78, in November. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The celebrities&#39; comments came after Mrs Pelosi, the former House Speaker, joined growing disquiet in the party, saying time was &quot;running short&quot; for Mr Biden, 81, to decide whether to stay in the race after his stumbling debate against Trump.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Clooney wrote in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0&quot;&gt;the New York Times&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;, &lt;!-- --&gt;external&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that it was &quot;devastating to say it&quot;, but the Joe Biden he met at a fundraising event three weeks ago was not the Biden of 2010. &quot;He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020,&quot; added the actor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate,&quot; Clooney said. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The fundraising event, co-hosted by Clooney in Los Angeles and also featuring Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, brought in a single-night record of roughly $30m (£23m) for the Biden campaign. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The Biden camp has hit back at the Hollywood star, with an unnamed source telling US media: “The President stayed for over 3 hours [at the fundraiser], while Clooney took a photo quickly and left.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The president&#39;s campaign also pointed out that when he attended the fundraiser he had just arrived in Los Angeles from Italy, where he had been at the G7 summit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In his op-ed, Clooney wrote: &quot;Our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;This is about age. Nothing more,&quot; he continued. &quot;We are not going to win in November with this president.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Clooney added that his concerns matched those of &quot;every&quot; member of Congress with whom he had spoken.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;In his own comments, Michael Douglas said he had concerns about Mr Biden&#39;s capabilities during a potential second term: &quot;I am worried not this week or next week, but let&#39;s say next year.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The actor said he had held a fundraiser in April for Mr Biden, who he believed had done an &quot;incredible job&quot;. But, citing the debate with Trump, he said it was important for a candidate to be &quot;articulate&quot; during such a &quot;combative&quot; political era.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Asked to respond to Clooney, Mr Biden&#39;s campaign referred to a letter the president sent Democrats in Congress that said he was &quot;firmly committed&quot; to his candidacy and beating Trump.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Yet public dissent continues to grow within Mr Biden&#39;s party as he faces scrutiny while hosting the Nato summit in Washington.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;video-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;div data-chromatic=&quot;ignore&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-dtyrnv-MediaPlayerWrapper e1h75hkw4&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1v8jg0a-ErrorMessage eitf6462&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1b7cqa9-StyledInnerContainer eitf6461&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;This video can not be played&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 type=&quot;normal&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-1hh51ad-Heading e10rt3ze0&quot;&gt;To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;figcaption class=&quot;ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0&quot;&gt;Media caption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div spacing=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Nancy Pelosi says it&#39;s the president&#39;s decision to continue&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;text-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Mrs Pelosi, a highly influential voice among Capitol Hill Democrats, on Wednesday appeared to disregard Mr Biden&#39;s insistence that he was determined to forge on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;When asked if he should stay in the election race, she told MSNBC&#39;s Morning Joe: &quot;I want him to do whatever he decides to do. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;It&#39;s up to the president to decide if he&#39;s going to run. We are all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Acknowledging the demands on the president during the Nato summit, Mrs Pelosi told MSNBC: &quot;I said to everyone - let&#39;s just hold off. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;&quot;Whatever you&#39;re thinking, either tell somebody privately, but you don&#39;t have to put that out on the table until we see how we go this week. But I am very proud of the president.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Around a dozen elected Democrats have suggested he abandon his campaign since his 27 June debate with Trump.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;On Tuesday night, Michael Bennet of Colorado became the first Democratic senator to publicly dissent. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Although he did not call for Mr Biden to quit outright, he said Trump would win the election, possibly by a &quot;landslide&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;On Wednesday afternoon, Peter Welch of Vermont became the first Senate Democrat to openly call on Mr Biden to withdraw, &quot;for the good of the country&quot;, as he wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;He was joined by the eighth and ninth congressional Democrats to make similar calls: Pat Ryan from New York and Earl Blumenauer from Oregon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The Biden campaign repeated the president&#39;s statement that he was &quot;running this race to the end&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries plans to speak to Mr Biden by Friday to discuss the concerns brought by several congressional party members.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Overall support from elected Democrats remains robust, however. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Gavin Newsom, the California governor who was named by Clooney as a potential replacement, said he was still “all in” with Mr Biden. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;The Congressional Black Caucus, a group of roughly 60 politicians, and progressive House members like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, have publicly backed Mr Biden. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;On Tuesday, Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the Senate, said: &quot;I&#39;m with Joe.&quot; Axios, however, reports that Mr Schumer has been privately telling donors he is open to dumping Mr Biden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Two unnamed senior Democrats, speaking to CBS News, the BBC&#39;s US partner, said there had been a &quot;convergence&quot; of opinion over the last 24 hours between elected Democrats, donors and groups that support the president&#39;s party. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;One of the sources said all of the interests have reached “a near consensus” about what Mr Biden should do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10&quot;&gt;Questions about the Democrat&#39;s campaign were also swirling at the Nato summit in Washington DC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div data-component=&quot;video-block&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1&quot;&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;ssrcss-8589xk-StyledFigure e34k3c23&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21&quot;&gt;&lt;div data-chromatic=&quot;ignore&quot; class=&quot;ssrcss-dtyrnv-MediaPlayerWrapper e1h75hkw4&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ssrcss-1v8jg0a-ErrorMessage eitf6462&quot;&gt;

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