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| | | Hello. We bring you an exclusive report from Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where there have been violent clashes during protests. Ukraine has carried out another attack on a warehouse belonging to "Russia's Amazon". And the new Spider-Man film has nearly set a box office record... | | | | | | |
| TOP OF THE AGENDA | | 'My only son was shot standing up for justice' | | | | | One makeshift clinic is unable to deal with seriously injured protesters. | | Across Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a region of 4.5 million people, elections are taking place - and deadly protests have broken out. The BBC is the first media organisation to access the city of Rawalakot and speak to those at the heart of the demonstrations. Clashes are occurring between security officials and protesters from a group who say they have concerns about electricity prices, education and health care. Dozens have been killed over the past two months, our Pakistan correspondent Caroline Davies says, many reportedly under 35. The group say they are the victims and that Pakistan's security forces have been firing on them. "We were only asking for our rights," said a mother whose only son was shot. "We are not terrorists." But the local government says the group is armed and their aim is to disrupt the ongoing polls. | | | | | | | - Deadly toll: Why have so many people died in the build-up to the elections? We explain.
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| | | BEYOND THE HEADLINES | | The teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe | | | | | | | Atilla Azimov was hired to shoot a man in Stockholm - and killed the wrong person. Credit: Swedish Police | | It starts with an approach on social media. The teens are recruited by the Foxtrot Network, a notorious organised crime group, to carry out a violent attack for cash. Their instructions are given in a "gamified" way, imitating how computer games work. Since 2022, the Iran-linked gang is thought to have been behind about 35 murders as well as a number of attacks and attempted attacks on Israeli targets in Europe. As our correspondent Daniel Sandford reports, the teens are rarely paid - because they are often caught. | | | | | | |
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