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Dozens of employees at Italian fashion house Gucci staged a strike on Monday to protest the company’s decision to move its design office from Rome to Milan. Although a Gucci spokesperson told CNN the proposed relocation “does not involve any staff reductions,” a regional branch of labor union CGIL described the move as “disguised collective redundancy.” Writing on its website last week, the union said the move “conceals the desire to soon cease all activity in Rome.” A later post was accompanied by photos from Monday’s demonstration in Rome, where protesters held placards with messages including “Gucci cuts but doesn’t sew.” The…

At 10-months-old, Kfir Bibas has now spent more than a fifth of his young life in captivity, his doe-eyed face and bright red hair a vivid symbol of the pain and suffering endured by Israel’s hostage families. More than 50 days since his abduction by Hamas militants from their home in southern Israel, Kfir’s family say they are no closer to knowing whether he is safe – or even alive. “We are really, really worried about him,” Eylon Keshet, a cousin of the family, told CNN, holding a photograph of the baby boy. “We are not sure if he can make…

An elephant christened by activists as one of the world’s “saddest” has died at a Philippine zoo, where she lived almost all her life alone in a pen. Tributes have poured in for Mali, who was the star attraction at Manila Zoo for four decades and much beloved. But the lonely plight of the country’s only elephant was a long-running concern for animal rights activists. One of them was Sir Paul McCartney, who asked authorities to transfer Mali to an elephant sanctuary. Mali’s death on Tuesday was announced in a Facebook video by Manila mayor Honey Lacuna, who said visits…

A US military aircraft with eight personnel on board has crashed off Yakushima Island in Japan. Japan’s coast guard told the BBC that rescue workers have found a passenger who was “not breathing”. Local media also quoted officials who said the remains of the plane have likely been found off Yakushima. Japanese broadcaster NHK said the CV-22 Osprey was trying to land at Yakushima Airport and that its left engine was on fire. The aircraft was thought to be heading from Iwakuni base in the Yamaguchi region to Kadena base in Okinawa. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the…

A picture of one of the workers, who was rescued from a collapsed tunnel after 17 days, being kissed by his father has won many hearts in India. Manjit Chaudhary was among 41 workers who were trapped in the tunnel since 12 November after a landslide. Mr Chaudhary, 50, who goes by only one name, had travelled 600km (372 miles) from his village in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, to be closer to his son. On Tuesday, he was waiting outside as rescuers pulled out his son. The workers got trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand state while they were…

Sir Elton John is heading to Parliament to urge ministers to do more to hit a 2030 target of eliminating new HIV cases in England, the BBC has learned. The rock legend will address MPs at a meeting on Wednesday evening. It comes as more than 580 previously undiagnosed cases have been identified by a pioneering new testing scheme. Under the scheme, anyone having a blood test in selected hospital A&E units has also been tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, unless they opted out. According to NHS figures seen by the BBC, the “opt-out testing” pilot project…

In the wake of three sex assault lawsuits against him, rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has stepped aside as chairman of a TV network he co-founded. Revolt said on social media that the hip-hop star had no “day-to-day role in the business”. R&B artist Cassie accused Mr Combs of rape and abuse, but the two settled the lawsuit soon after it was filed. Then two other accusers came forward. Mr Combs has denied the claims, saying the latest ones are “a money grab”. Revolt shared a post on social media on Tuesday about him stepping down, writing: “While Mr Combs…

Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says. Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are widespread among children in overcrowded UN facilities where almost 1.1 million people are sheltering. Patients with chronic illnesses like cancer are also receiving no treatment. The warning comes as a truce between Israel and Hamas entered a fifth day, after a 48-hour extension was agreed. The deal mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States should see an additional 20 Israeli women and children held hostage in Gaza being released in exchange…

Australia’s prime minister has given a national apology to survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families. It comes over 60 years after the morning sickness drug started causing birth defects in babies globally. “This apology takes in one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history,” Anthony Albanese told parliament on Wednesday. It is the first time the government has acknowledged its role in the tragedy. “To the survivors – we apologise for the pain thalidomide has inflicted on each and every one of you each and every day. We are sorry. We are more sorry than we can…

Ex-President Jimmy Carter has attended a memorial service for his wife Rosalynn in Georgia, in a rare public appearance since entering hospice care 10 months ago. Mr Carter, 99, arrived at the service in a wheelchair and dressed in a dark suit, flanked by his four children. “My mother was the glue that held our family together,” the couple’s son, Chip Carter, told guests – who included President Joe Biden. Mrs Carter died aged 96 this month. She was diagnosed with dementia in May and entered hospice care in Georgia in the days before her death. Her 77-year marriage to…