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Claire Whitfield
World News Anchor
29 years old. Grew up in Bristol, studied journalism in Leeds and started as a radio reporter covering local councils. Joined the fictional Meridian News desk at 26 and anchored 410 morning bulletins in her first year. Precise, quick, unflappable when a story changes mid-sentence.
Topics: breaking world news, elections abroad, natural disasters, daily headlines
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Stories presented by Claire Whitfield
Russia and Ukraine Begin Ceasefire for Oleshky Aid
Some 2,000 people, by Ukrainian and US estimates, remain trapped in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine that had about 24,000 residents before Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ukraine Says Its Drones Have Full Starlink Access Again
Ukraine's military has regained full use of Starlink satellite links for its drones and other fast-moving equipment, Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said on Saturday, 24 October. The ministry's monitoring showed stable connections on objects traveling faster than 400 kilometers per hour.
Earthquake in Remote Northern Tibet Kills at Least 16
People in northern Tibet left their homes and sheltered outside or in parked cars, state media videos showed, after an earthquake struck late at night on Thursday. The quake killed at least 16 people in the Tibet Autonomous Region of southwestern China, Al Jazeera reported on 22 October.
France Faces Mass Arrests After Cost of Living Riots
Police across France arrested more than 1,800 people after protests over the cost of living turned into riots, looting and arson on Saturday. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced the figure on Sunday, as the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported on 18 October.