Isabella Jewell
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The tradition of bullfighting goes back centuries in Mexico, with crowds flocking to arenas to watch fighters known as matador de toros who taunt bulls with colourful capes while trying to injure and then kill them. But the blood sport has been increasingly under the spotlight in recent decades, with animal rights activists across the country calling for a ban.
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Now the Mexican capital has joined a handful of other states in prohibiting the sport. The decision was overwhelmingly approved in the city's congress and campaigners are celebrating. Jesus Sesma is a member of the Green Ecologist Party and supported the bill.
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Mexico's city is home to the biggest bullfighting ring in the world, which seats 42,000 people. Under this new law, the fights there will continue, only with strict rules against violence and shorter rounds of fighting to protect the bull's welfare. But it's not just the potential economic impact that worries supporters of the sport. Many fear the erosion of Mexican culture.
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Marbella Romero is a bullfighter. This country would be dead without its traditions. They are what make us great. Since 2013, five of Mexico's 31 states have banned bullfighting. The battle around the sport has come to symbolise a larger culture war between tradition and more modern views on animal rights.
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Israel attacks Gaza in ground offensive
So this survival manual that's been put together by the French government is aimed at encouraging citizens to develop their resilience in the face of different crises that could arise in the future. The Prime Minister's office said that it was particularly focused on natural disasters, technological and cyber incidents, the risk of another COVID-19-style pandemic...
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and security incidents like terrorist attacks and armed conflict. Now, this last point's particularly important. Earlier this month, the French President Emmanuel Macron announced a major overhaul of France's security forces. All of this, of course, in the context of the rising threat of Russia with the war in Ukraine.
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and the United States under President Donald Trump suggesting that it would disengage from Europe and NATO. The 20-page booklet's being looked at by the French Prime Minister François Bayrou at the moment, and once approved by him, it should be sent out to all French households before the summer. Well, tell us about the survival manual. What's in it?
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So the booklet will build on an already existing French government website that was launched a couple of years ago with advice on how to prepare for emergencies. And the book's got three different sections. The first with advice on how to protect yourself and those around you. Then a section on what to do if a threat is imminent.
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Here there'll be a list of emergency phone numbers, radio channels and a reminder of how to seal your home in the event of a nuclear threat. There's also a section on how to get involved in actively defending your community through signing up as an army reserve, for example, or a volunteer firefighter.
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And there'll also be a guide on how to put together an emergency survival kit with a list of suggested items which should help in the first 72 hours of an emergency. Well, go on, tell us about the items.
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So the booklet suggests that everyone has several bottles of water, several tins of non-perishable food, a first aid kit and medicines, batteries and a radio and a torch, of course, in the case of power outages. All things you might bring on a camping trip. But there are also some more unusual suggestions.
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A copy of your house and car keys, a spare pair of glasses and copies of your important documents because... Who wants to be searching for those down the back of the sofa if an evacuation order comes in?
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And my personal favourite suggestion is to bring games, for example a pack of cards to occupy your time which might not go down quite as well with Gen Z when the internet connection inevitably drops off.
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The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life
Karina Chikitova was just four years old when she got lost in a bear and wolf-infested forest in the Siberian wilderness. She had been following her father, who had no idea she was behind him. The pair became separated and for the next 12 nights, Karina braved the extreme landscape alone, except for the company of her pet dog, Naida.
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The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life
She survived by eating berries, drinking water from streams and by sleeping in the long grass, curled up with Naida for warmth. It's this that led to her nickname Mowgli, the protagonist of The Jungle Book, who was separated from his human family as a baby and raised by a pack of wolves. But her dog didn't just keep Karina warm. Naida was also central to her discovery.
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The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life
After several days in the wilderness, it found its way back to their village and alerted rescuers to her rough location. When she was eventually found in the long grass, the rescuers were amazed that she was still alive. Ten years on, the now teenager appeared on Russian state's TV for an interview. She says she has no memory of her time in the wilderness, but credits neither with saving her.
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The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life
Over the last few years, Karina has won a child beauty pageant and joined a prestigious ballet school. When asked about her future plans, Karina says she hopes to one day become a doctor.