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Pokémon’s CEO and fans reveal why they think the franchise is still so popular | BBC News

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It’s Pokémon Day! A day where fans across the world celebrate the release of the original games, Red and Blue.

We attended The Pokémon International Championships at the London ExCel and visited a Pokémon Centre in Singapore to see why fans still love the franchise after 29 years.

The BBC’s Mariko Oi also spoke to the CEO of The Pokémon Company Tsunekazu Ishihara about the future of the franchise, its lawsuit with Palworld and – what’s happened to Ash Ketchum.

Meanwhile, Mel Ramsay spoke to the Global Esports Director for The Pokémon Company, Chris Brown, about how the franchise still captures the imagination of fans today.

(Credit: The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, Getty Images, Pocketpair)

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Officials in Russia and Ukraine have both reported deaths and injuries following attacks.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country’s military had hit two Russian oil refineries in “long-range” attacks.

Russia’s Yaroslav region has counted four injured in an attack on the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery after huge clouds of smoke were seen over the city.

Russia’s regional governor in Yaroslavl called it the “largest ever attack by enemy drones”, saying 93 drones had been destroyed, but oil storage tanks had been hit by falling debris.

Across Russia, the military said it had intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian drones in multiple regions, including Yaroslavl.

In Ukraine, officials said three people had been killed in a Russian drone attack on a residential area.

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Several dead and injured after Thai teen shoots grandparents and schoolteachers | BBC News

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At least seven people have died after a teenage boy allegedly shot his grandparents and some teachers at a school in Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok.

The 14-year-old suspected shooter is also dead, authorities say.

More than 30 people have been injured with nine of them “severely injured”, according to Thailand’s prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

This is the second school shooting in Thailand this year – despite restrictions on ownership, people can acquire guns here with relative ease.

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An undercover investigation by the BBC into the rise of an unproven cancer treatment has found it could be putting patients at risk …

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They’re one of the world’s biggest K-pop superbands, and their YouTube views currently stack up to more than 6 billion. Recently …

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