Category: World

Listen to article US President Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine on Monday, and threatened to hit buyers of Russian exports with sanctions unless Russia agrees a peace deal in 50 days, a major shift in policy brought on by frustration with Moscow. Sitting side-by-side with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that he was disappointed in […]

Thomas Copeland BBC World Service BBC Desiree Hagan broadcasts across a coverage area the size of Indiana A gale-force storm hit north-eastern Alaska last winter. Residents of Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000, are used to polar conditions, so Desiree Hagan still had to get to work. “The snow was so intense you could not see in front of you,” Ms Hagan […]

An association of Indian pilots has defended the crew of the Air India Flight 171 which crashed in June, killing 260 people. The Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA) said the crew “acted in line with their training and responsibilities under challenging conditions and the pilots shouldn’t be vilified based on conjecture”. “To casually suggest pilot suicide without verified evidence is a gross […]

The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the besieged city of el-Fasher on Friday in a battle that raged for seven hours, witnesses told the BBC. RSF fighters managed to capture a cattle market, a prison and a military base while broadcasting videos of themselves walking around empty stockyards. It was the first time RSF fighters had entered the city […]

Will Grant Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent BBC Water levels in Lake Toronto, a reservoir in the north of Mexico, are said to be critically low After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention. On the shores of Lake Toronto, the reservoir […]

Nick Thorpe BBC Budapest Correspondent BBC Hungarians have a popular saying: “Visszanyal a fagyi”. Translation: “The ice-cream licks back.” In other words, watch out, because what you enjoy devouring, might enjoy devouring you. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has assiduously attacked a liberal world view for at least two decades, transforming the country into what he has variously called an “illiberal democracy” […]

Threatened or actual tariff increases are largely focused on taxing imports into the United States and will make the products made by factories outside the country more expensive – a situation which may drive down demand. The ILO’s Better Work programme, a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has supported garment factories, many of which export their products to the United […]

Getty Images Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have travelled to the UK in April for a routine medical check-up but subsequently fell ill Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who has died age 82 in a London clinic, was a former military ruler and self-styled converted democrat who returned to power through elections but struggled to convince Nigerians he could deliver on the change […]

Mark Poynting and Erwan Rivault BBC Climate & Data teams Getty Images Shading from the midday Sun during a recent heatwave in southern France Warmer water at the seaside might sound appealing for your holiday dip, but a recent ocean heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so intense scientists fear potentially devastating consequences for marine life. The temperature of the sea […]

Kayleen Devlin, Julie Yoonnyung Lee and Kevin Nguyen BBC Verify Getty Images A new beach resort in North Korea, criticised by human rights groups for the harsh treatment of construction workers, has welcomed its first group of Russian tourists this week. The Wonsan Kalma resort was opened in a grand ceremony last month by North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, who hailed […]

Basillioh Rukanga BBC News, Nairobi Bloomberg via Getty Images William Ruto has faced mounting public resentment since he became president Kenya’s William Ruto rode into office on a wave of enthusiasm among ordinary people who hoped he would live up to his promises to improve their lives. Instead, he is facing unrelenting criticism – seen as unmatched in the country’s history. Seemingly frustrated […]

Air India plane descending moments before crash Investigators have made a chilling discovery in the preliminary investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash which killed 260 people in June. Just seconds after take-off, both of the 12-year-old Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the “cut-off” position, starving the engines of fuel and triggering total power loss. Switching to “cut-off” […]

Paul Njie BBC News, Rubaya Hassan Lali / BBC More than 10,000 people work at the Rubaya mine digging up coltan ore M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world’s mobile phones – and over its vast expanse not one […]

Courtesy: Vinay Gupta Kundanlal (right) with an unidentified person at Berlin zoo in 1928 “Let me tell you a secret. Your nana (grandfather) helped Jewish families escape the Nazis.” That single sentence from his mother set Vinay Gupta off on a journey into his grandfather’s past. What he unearthed was a tale more gripping than fiction: a little-known act of heroism by […]

Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AFP via Getty Images Valery Gergiev seen conducting an orchestra at Moscow’s Red Square in 2018 Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been barred from European stages ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A close ally of Vladimir Putin for many years, the director of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Russian state theatres has never […]

Listen to article A preliminary report depicted confusion in the cockpit shortly before an Air India jetliner crashed, killing 260 people last month, after the plane’s engine fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped, starving the engines of fuel. The Boeing (BA.N) 787 Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad immediately began to lose thrust and sink, according to the report on […]

Tiffanie Turnbull and Katy Watson BBC News Reporting fromMorwell, Australia Watch: Australia’s mushroom murder case… in under two minutes For years, from behind a computer screen, Erin Patterson built up a reputation in an online true crime community as a “super sleuth”. Today, she herself has become a true crime obsession. When three people died – and another fell gravely ill – […]

Listen to article Following a deadly militant attack in Kashmir, Indian authorities launched a deportation campaign targeting Muslims, allegedly expelling nearly 1,900 people to Bangladesh, many without legal process, according to a report by The Washington Post. Testimonies and documents indicate that some deportees were even Indian citizens. Victims describe police brutality, destruction of identity papers, and forced deportation by sea or foot. Human […]

AFP Palestinians look on as a fire burns on a hilltop seized by Israeli settlers near Sinjil on 4 July Two Palestinians have been killed in an attack by Israeli settlers on a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old dual US citizen from Florida, was beaten to death during […]

UN News visited the farm to mark the first-ever World Horse Day, established this year by the UN General Assembly. By creating the Day, Member States sent a clear message: animals deserve to be treated with care and respect. A faithful companion From ancient battlefields to modern therapeutic programs, horses have been by humanity’s side for millennia—but in today’s high-tech world, few […]

Listen to article At least 60 Palestinians have been killed and 180 wounded in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn, including 27 people reportedly seeking humanitarian aid, according to health officials. In Gaza City, four people were killed and 10 injured when an Israeli air strike hit a residence on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah area, in the city’s east. Nasser Hospital […]