Women from Syria's Alawite minority have reported being kidnapped and raped, according to a BBC World Service report, while young job seekers in the UK are facing a tough labor market, and illegal skin lightening products are being sold in UK shops. These are among the latest developments covered by the BBC.
In Syria, a teenager named Ramia, whose name was changed to protect her identity, recounted being abducted by armed men claiming to be government security forces in Latakia province. She described being beaten and insulted based on her Alawite identity, as reported by BBC World. The report contains accounts of sexual assault and violence.
Meanwhile, in the UK, young people are struggling to find work. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that 16.1% of people aged 16 to 24 are unemployed, significantly higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.1%. Lucy Gabb, a young job seeker, described the search as "soul-destroying," according to BBC Business. Businesses, particularly in sectors like retail and hospitality, are cutting staff due to higher costs, impacting young workers the hardest.
Also in the UK, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has warned that illegal skin lightening products are being sold in butchers and specialist food shops, as well as online. Tendy Lindsay, a CTSI member, stated, "the sale of illegal skin lightening products is not only dangerous, it is unlawful." The CTSI has urged the public to avoid these products and report shops selling them.
In other news, a specialist online investigator, Greg Squire, used dark web clues to rescue an abused girl. Squire was able to find the girl's location by spotting a clue on a bedroom wall, according to BBC Technology.
Finally, the next release in the Silent Hill video game franchise will be inspired by the small fishing village of St Monans in Fife, Scotland. The game, titled Silent Hill: Townfall, is being developed by Screen Burn, a Glasgow developer, and is set in a fictional village based on St Monans.
AI Experts & Community
Be the first to comment