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The BBC News Quiz of the Year 2025 challenges readers to recall key events from October to December, including a mysterious Fedora man outside the Louvre, Dolly Parton's health reassurance, Bella Culley's release, and the Epstein files release, as part of a four-part year-end review.
The article is about a BBC News quiz covering notable events from April to June 2025, including a question about what Katy Perry sang on an all-female space flight, as part of a year-end quiz series.
An undercover BBC journalist spent a year infiltrating a violent migrant-smuggling gang in northern France, posing as a migrant to gather evidence and expose their operations, which led to an arrest in Birmingham. The report details the risks, methods, and encounters during the covert operation, highlighting the dangerous world of human trafficking.
Maryam Moshiri, a BBC News TV anchor, apologized after accidentally flipping the middle finger on live television while joking around with the production team. The incident went viral on social media, prompting Moshiri to explain that it was a private joke meant for a small group of colleagues. She expressed regret for any offense caused and clarified that it was not directed at viewers or anyone in particular.
BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri was caught giving the middle finger to the camera during an on-air gaffe, which she explained was a "private joke" gone wrong. The incident has gone viral on social media, prompting Moshiri to issue an apology. She clarified that she was counting down with her fingers as part of the joke, and it was not her intention to offend or upset anyone. Moshiri is one of the chief presenters for the BBC News channel and has been with the broadcaster for over 20 years.
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is spreading on social media, making it difficult to discern fact from fiction. False claims include a video falsely attributed to Qatar's emir threatening to cut off the world's natural gas supply, a fabricated BBC News report alleging Ukraine provided weapons to Hamas, a video from a short film being misrepresented as propaganda for the war, a false claim that a top Israeli general was captured by Hamas, and old videos of Russian President Vladimir Putin being miscaptioned as warnings to the US about the conflict.