Iraqi father in legal first against BP over son's death


by BBC News

BBC News— Hussein Julood says the burning of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq caused his son's leukaemia.

ABC27—‘My son is a special son’: Central Dauphin father shares heartbreak as police investigate teen’s death. LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — A father in Lower Paxton Township is sharing his heartbreak and frustration as police are investigating the death of his 16-year-old son Justin Johnson. Ju

MMA INDIA—Gabriel Braga opens up on his mental state after his first win since his father’s death- “ready to make him proud, and ready to conquer the world”. With a heavy heart, Gabriel Braga stepped into the cage for the first time since his father’s tragic death. At the 2024 PFL 3 event, Braga (13-1) kicked off his featherweight season with a bout against Justin Gonzales. The emotional stakes were high as Braga fought to honor his late father. In the closing seconds of Round 1, Gabriel Braga unleashed a series of powerful punches that sent Gonzales (14-4) sprawling to the canvas. With just one second left on the clock, the referee stepped in to...

The Guardian—Sons, when did you last hold your father’s hand? Valery Poshtarov’s best photograph. ‘I have photographed fathers and sons holding hands from Bulgaria to Armenia and beyond. I approached these two as a stranger – and had just seconds before it got too awkward’A few years ago, while walking my sons to school, I found myself thinking that, although I held their hands daily, one day they wouldn’t need me alongside them, that we would lose that sense of physical closeness. I decided to photograph my own father and grandfather holding hands – but it was the start of the pandemic, my...