bbcnews 1 year ago

BBC hears of horror and hunger in Sudan massacre town

Sudan conflict: BBC hears of horror and hunger in massacre town El Geneina

Massacres scar the Sudanese town of el-Geneina, now a near-empty city as the 19-month war grinds on.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Global plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel

Global plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel

Two years of negotiations to reduce global plastic production have collapsed amid a split between countries.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match - reports

Guinea football crush kills dozens in Nzérékoré

Prime Minister Oury Bah pays tribute to the victims and announces an inquiry into the "tragic" disaster.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Woman searching for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook

Georgian woman looking for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook

Tamuna Museridze has reunited hundreds of families torn apart by a baby trafficking scandal – now she has found her own birth parents.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Why Russia's Africa propaganda warrior was sent home

Maxim Shugalei: Why Russia's Africa propaganda warrior was sent home from Chad

A shadowy operative appears to overstep his mark in the battle for Russian influence in Africa.

bbcnews 1 year ago

K-Pop group NewJeans split from agency in mistreatment row

K-Pop group NewJeans split from agency in mistreatment row

The split is the latest in a year-long controversy that has involved a workplace harassment hearing.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Relations appear to have improved markedly from Trump's threat earlier this year to throw the Meta boss in jail.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Drake takes legal action over song's 'sex offender' claim

Drake files second legal action over Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us

The star says Universal Music failed to stop the release of rival Kendrick Lamar's hit Not Like Us.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Three Americans released in US-China prisoner exchange

Three Americans released in US-China prisoner exchange

The exchange was reportedly months in the making, and included the release of at least one Chinese citizen in US custody.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Africa's incoming health boss dies aged 55

Faustine Ndugulile: Tanzanian incoming WHO Africa director dies at 55

Faustine Ndugulile was elected WHO African director months ago and was due to take over from February.

bbcnews 1 year ago

BBC sees destruction in southern Beirut suburb

BBC sees destruction in southern Beirut suburb

BBC Arabic’s Rami Ruhayem went to Dahieh, in southern Beirut, to see the damage caused by Israel's attacks.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Key Russian air defence system hit in Ukraine Atacms strike

Key Russian air defence system hit in Ukraine Atacms strike

In a rare admission, Russia's defence ministry says its equivalent of the US Patriot system was damaged.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Russia expels British diplomat over espionage claims, media reports say

Downing Street denies Russian claims expelled UK diplomat a spy

A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says the British ambassador had also been summoned.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial

Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot

Dominique Pelicot, 72, is facing the maximum sentence for rape in a case that has horrified France.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Angela Merkel defends ties with Russia and blocking Ukraine from Nato

Angela Merkel rejects criticism over Russia gas deals

The former German chancellor, who quit politics three years ago, speaks to the BBC in a rare interview.

bbcnews 1 year ago

The 13-year-old Indian cricketer who won a $130,500 IPL deal

Vaibhav Suryavanshi: The 13-year-old Indian cricketer who won a $130,500 IPL deal

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest player to get a deal in the world's richest cricket competition.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Search for 17 missing from Red Sea boat enters second day

Red Sea sinking: Five survivors found in second day of search

Seven people remain unaccounted for after a tourist boat sank on Monday after leaving the Egyptian port of Marsa Alam.

bbcnews 1 year ago

Rod Stewart to play Glastonbury's legends slot

Glastonbury 2025: Rod Stewart to play festival's legends slot

The Scottish rock star will follow in the footsteps of Kylie Minogue, Dolly Parton and Shania Twain.

bbcnews 1 year ago

New Zealander returns home after suspected poisoning in Laos

Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths

Police continue to investigate the deaths of six tourists in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

bbcnews 1 year ago

New Zealander returns home after suspected poisoning in Laos

Laos hostel staff detained after suspected methanol deaths

Police continue to investigate the deaths of six tourists in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.