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thanks to danny savage for that.y little in freezing conditions would gather enshrines different parts of ruraljapan to take part in one of the country's oldest traditions. the naked festival is a ritual that is meant to bring in good luck and drive away evil spirits. this year one of those festivals is allowing women to take part for the first time. here is the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil. what you're looking is one of japan's most ancient traditions. this is the naked festival, essentially hundreds and hundreds of men, if not thousands, wearing next to nothing, they huddled together, they push and shove, all to try and touch the chosen man, a man chosen by the shrine. this is a man chosen to bring in good luck and drive away evil spirits. bring in good luck and drive away evilspirits. it bring in good luck and drive away evil spirits. it is freezing out here, i am wearing so many layers and i am shivering. but these diet d quys and i am shivering. but these diet d guys are doing it, they are barely dressed and to make th

danny savage, bbc news, knaresborough. fingernail — but the danionella cerebrum can produce noise that reaches 140 decibels in water. that's about as loud as a firecracker being set off, and it could be the noisiest fish for its size. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports. this fleet, yet fragile fish has long been cherished for its transparency. but scientists have now discovered there's far more to danionella cerebrum than meets the eye. squawking. intrigued by the squawking chatter coming from their fish tanks in their lab, researchers in berlin quickly recognized this see—through species was no small fry when it comes to making noise. squawk slowed down. this is the slowed—down sound produced by this fish. up close in the water, its as loud as a gunshot. when these muscles contract, they pull on the rib. the rib then creates tension with this piece of cartilage. and then suddenly the tension is released, and the cartilage strikes on the swim bladder. and this striking is like a drum. so it hits the swim bl

danny savage has the story.s alligator snapping turtle is now residing at a vets in cumbria. when they get larger, they can be fairly dangerous. they do have a nasty bite to them. the armoured turtle was taken out of urswick tarn near ulverston by a local who donned three pairs of builder's gloves for protection and put it in a shopping basket. she then passed it on to the vets. it wasn't in too great of a shape. it was cold and lethargic. they weren't able to move very well and the mouth was open, which is always what they do when they're in a sort of threat display or if they feel a little bit cornered or defensive. the alligator snapping turtle is native to freshwater in the united states, has immensely powerful jaws, and is so—called because of its shell, which looks like the rough ridged skin of an alligator. and they can weigh up to 12 stone. so what have its carers called it? fluffy, of course. it's not illegal to own, but the suspicion is it was dumped at the tarn where it would have eaten the wildlife i

our correspondent danny savage is there.tle for the last several years since he came to this country. it's understood as a refugee. we've talked to people here who know him today. he has moved from address to address, he had a transient lifestyle, worked in takeaways, and there are people who know him and he known particular in the byker area of newcastle. at the moment there is a high police presence from northumbria police in that part of the city. you can see patrol cars waiting around, but this is just one place where he could have come. it's where he is familiar with and it's somewhere the metropolitan police believe he could be heading for, so they are on particularly alert here but of course until there is a sighting of him, until he is found, police across the country are on alert for finding police across the country are on alert forfinding him. british alert for finding him. british transport alert forfinding him. british transport police, they don't believe he has a car, he could be travelling by coach or train or

danny savage has the story.wild here. but this alligator—snapping turtle is now residing at a vet's in cumbria. when they get larger, they can be fairly dangerous. they do have a nasty bite to them. the armoured turtle was taken out of urswick tarn near ulverston by a local who donned three pairs of builder's gloves for protection and put it in a shopping basket. she then passed it on to the vets. it wasn't in too great of a shape. it was cold and lethargic. they weren't able to move very well and the mouth was open, which is always what they do when they're in a sort of threat display or if they feel a little bit cornered or defensive. the alligator—snapping turtle is native to freshwater in the united states, has immensely powerful jaws, and is so—called because of its shell, which looks like the rough ridged skin of an alligator. and they can weigh up to 12 stone. so what have its carers called it? fluffy, of course. it's not illegal to own, but the suspicion is it was dumped at the tarn where it would have e

danny savage, bbc news, leeds.arching on delhi. they are demanding higher minimum prices for their crops. the capital is ringed by razor wire, cement blocks and fencing on three sides to keep protesters out. the government fears a repeat of the 2020 pharma protests, when dozens died. with big elections in the next 12 months both here and in the united states, there's plenty of concern about the way artificial intelligence and deepfakes could be abused and used to spread mistruths. in fact it has already happened. last year an ai—generated fake audio clip of the london mayor sadiq khan was shared hundreds of thousands of times online. the clip was so convincing that it sparked protests in the real world. our disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has tracked down the man who first posted the clip. she is here to tell us more. i've been investigating this case of deepfake audio. it's one of the first i've come across that's been linkedto real—world harm. it targeted the london mayor sadiq khan

danny savage, bbc news, leeds.lestinian health ministry since hamas launched its attacks on israel on october 7th, among them 339 health workers and paramedics who were killed by the begining of february. four days after the attacks on october 7th by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the british government, local journalist feras al—ajrami began filming the international red cross and red crescent society at work, many of them volunteers. since then bbc arabic has been following one of them. he's a father of three and a parademic for over 20 years. the israel defence forces have told the bbc that "any claim that we intentionally target red crescent or medical workers is baseless and untrue". a warning, there are distressing scenes throughout dalia haidar�*s report. sirens wail. the moment the israeli airstrikes begin, the paramedics begin their work. many of the paramedics' families, including rami's have fled to the south of gaza. shouting. 0n the 27th of october, israel cut off all communications and

danny danny savage there.series defeat under ben stokes' captaincy, and maintains india's unbeaten home record that dates back to 2012. joe wilson reports. monday morning, ranchi looks sedate — almost. india's chase would be controlled by the captain, rohit sharma, at his speed. well, if that was his approach to winning the game, england's captain could see himself in it. yashasvi jaiswal thrived, too, until... gone! england's best fielders had to excel, and yes, that's stilljames anderson. now rohit lured, edged, caught, also stumped. bowler tom hartley, remember in his first test series? same goes for shoaib bashir. he struck. gone! india still needed 92. ravi jadeja wiped that straight to a fielder. seriously. india four down , no, five. sarfraz out first ball. bashir made anything seem possible for a while. now a four was greeted like a lost friend, hours since the crowd had last seen one, and crucially, the wicket stopped, and even the most optimistic tourist saw reality. after extreme patience, shubman g

danny savage, bbc news, york. for road accidents and crime were similar to other parts of the country. nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking into this for us. insurance is a complicated world. there isn't a great deal of information available about exactly how insurance premiums are calculated. but bbc verify has been looking at some factors which appear to have a significant impact. if you live in an area with a lot of people from ethnic minorities, you're paying what's been dubbed by some as an ethnicity penalty. let me explain a bit about how we figured this out. we looked at thousands of addresses — in every local authority in england. all of the details we provided were the same — a 30—year—old teacher, driving a ford fiesta. the only thing we changed was the address. but on a price comparison website, if you're in an area where there are more people from ethnic minority backgrounds, your costs go up. and they go up a lot. have a look here at a specific example just outside of birmingham — sandwell. t

extradited from pakistan last year, denies all the offences. 0ur north of england correspondent, danny savageis case, that a pc sharon beshenivsky, and on duty west yorkshire police officer in november 2005, cold to a robbery at a travel agents outside bradford city centre but when she and her colleagues arrived at the scene, three armed men came out and shot her and her colleagues teresa milburn at almost point—blank range. sharon beshenivsky died at the scene, her colleague recovered. the prosecution says seven men were involved in the robbery, three of them in the building, for others acting as lookout and six of them were dry and arrested and are serving prison sentences but the seventh bomb the prosecution says is piran ditta khan who fled to pakistan the following january and was arrested and extradited to the uk last year, hence why he has gone on trial here. he was mercedes car, the prosecution say he organised the organised the robbery, the defendant was organised —— responsible for organising the robbery responsible for firearms being carried organising the robbery responsible forfi

the man police are looking for is from the newcastle area, danny savage is there for us tonight.ravelled from newcastle, he is their prime suspect, and he came down last night. there was a sighting of him in north london. they met are working on the possibility that he is trying to potentially return north, to newcastle. this is northumbria police's police station in newcastle. northumbria police are well aware of what is going on, they have resources out, looking for him, we have been in the byker area, which is where police believe he lived. we have talked to a few people who knew him, they didn't have much to say positive about him, but our understanding is that he lived in a refugee hostel for some time, before living in private accommodation, and he is known to some people in the byker area of newcastle. some people in the byker area of newcastle-— some people in the byker area of newcastle. 1, . ,, ., _ newcastle. back to lucy manning in claham, newcastle. back to lucy manning in clapham. we _ newcastle. back to lucy manning in clapham. we are — newcastle. back to lucy mann

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