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Families cram into Greek court for trial into deadliest train crash | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2wq13758no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:30:17 GMT | 2026-04-01T16:40:34.685934 | Fifty-seven people were killed when two trains collided in 2023 in the worst rail accident in Greek history, with 36 accused in a trial expected to last years. | Among those in the dock is a station master who failed - along with everyone else - to spot that the two trains had been travelling towards each other on the same line for 10 minutes. | en |
Watch the moment Artemis II blasts into space | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cwydnrmggnno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:00:39 GMT | 2026-04-02T03:27:41.121041 | After delays and technical issues, the first crewed Moon mission in 50 years finally took off from Florida and is now in Earth's orbit. | The Artemis crew are officially on their way in a historic 10-day mission around the Moon, which could take them further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.
The crew on the 10-day mission won't land on the Moon, but plan to circle it, while travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever been before. Follo... | en |
Trump says Iran war objectives 'nearing completion' in address to nation | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql72qk97gpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:49:26 GMT | 2026-04-02T03:27:41.286870 | Trump's first televised address of the conflict with Iran did little to quell uneasy markets. | "Donald Trump's actions in Iran will be considered one of the greatest policy blunders in the history of our country, failing to articulate objectives, alienating allies, and ignoring the kitchen table problems Americans are facing," Schumer wrote on X. "He is completely unfit to be Commander-in-Chief and the whole wor... | en |
Utah teen identified as victim of serial killer Ted Bundy | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lendp6390o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:35:54 GMT | 2026-04-02T03:27:41.428212 | New DNA testing has solved the 51-year-old case of murdered teenager Laura Ann Aime, according to investigators. | Before he was executed in Florida in 1989, Bundy confessed to Laura's killing, but since he would not elaborate or give any detail to his actual involvement in her death, "the Sheriff's Department elected to keep this case open until investigators could prove, without a shadow of doubt", that he was her killer, the she... | en |
US Supreme Court appears sceptical of US birthright citizenship challenge | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje47jk49k0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:00:17 GMT | 2026-04-02T03:27:41.598870 | Trump attended the oral arguments in person on Wednesday, a rare move by a sitting president that underscored the high stakes of the case. | Trump says US 'on the cusp' of ending Iran war in televised address
The president also called on countries reliant on the Strait of Hormuz to 'build up the courage' to secure it. | en |
Trump leaves key questions unanswered as he seeks to calm nerves over Iran war | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv81ven263o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:22:51 GMT | 2026-04-02T05:22:21.776404 | There were some glaring omissions in the president's primetime address, writes the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue. | One moment he is demanding Iran allow tankers through, and the next he is telling allies to go and sort it out for themselves. "Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves," he said on Wednesday. "The hard part is done, so it should be easy." | en |
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Indonesia, killing one | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn53krrrr24o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:00:48 GMT | 2026-04-02T05:22:21.959588 | The quake struck between the islands of Manado and Ternate. Tsunami warnings have now been lifted. | US 'suitcase murderer' deported from Bali after 11 years in jail
The 33-year-old will still face federal charges in the US and is due to appear in court on Thursday. | en |
'Oh my goodness, that is spectacular!': See BBC science editor react to launch | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c05d6pprdleo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:40:55 GMT | 2026-04-02T11:34:17.245782 | Nasa's Artemis II has blasted off and is now orbiting Earth, before continuing on to circle the Moon. | Nasa's Artemis II spacecraft has launched and is now orbiting Earth, where it will then head on to circle the Moon as part of a 10-day mission.
The crew onboard are "safe, secure and in great spirits", according to a Nasa official.
Rebecca Morelle, the BBC's science editor, was in Florida to watch the "spectacular" b... | en |
Man dies in storm as Saharan dust shrouds Crete | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c070d9g5k7jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:54:44 GMT | 2026-04-02T11:34:17.379127 | A man dies in flooding near Athens as rain lashes several regions in Greece, while a Saharan dust storm enveloped Crete. | Streets as well as the basement of the local police station in Nea Makri were flooded. A bridge was knocked down on the island of Poros and vehicles have reportedly been swept away. Some schools have also been closed. | en |
Brazil grants joint custody over pets in new law for separated couples | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8jzn180x2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:38:08 GMT | 2026-04-02T11:34:17.513701 | Lawmakers in the Brazilian Congress on Tuesday viewed the law change as a reflection on the importance people place on their pets. | Members of the congress said there had been an increase in pet custody disputes in courts, while noting the law responds to "changes that have occurred in Brazilian society in recent decades," according to a statement accompanying the law. | en |
Elon Musk's SpaceX set to go public in $1 trillion share listing | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k35lg92dpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:05:05 GMT | 2026-04-02T12:38:51.772029 | The company’s public stock debut is set to be one of the most valuable in history, and could make Musk the world's first trillionaire. | The company, which manufactures rockets, space exploration technology and Starlink satellites, is currently privately held. But on Wednesday it made a confidential filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering, which would allow shares to be traded in the stock market. | en |
Macron calls Trump's remarks on his marriage 'inelegant' | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70dxqp0q2do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:33:03 GMT | 2026-04-02T14:10:32.029084 | French President Emmanuel Macron has said Donald Trump's comments about his marriage were "neither elegant nor up to standard". | French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Donald Trump's comments about his marriage were "neither elegant nor up to standard".
The US president was delivering a national address in Washington on the war in Iran, when he claimed that Brigitte Macron, Macron's wife, treated her husband "extremely badly".
"He's st... | en |
US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan interim leader Delcy Rodríguez | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje4l9de0d1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:55:37 GMT | 2026-04-02T14:10:32.197207 | It is the latest sign of warming relations between the US and Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro was seized in a commando raid. | "It's not forever, but we have to be patient, but we also can't be complacent," he said without giving an indication as to when elections could be held in Venezuela. | en |
Baby shot dead in pram in New York City, police say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203w57pkn3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:43:35 GMT | 2026-04-02T14:10:32.356092 | The seven-month-old child is the unintended victim of a suspected gang-related shooting, officials say. | Footage from the scene shows two men driving against the flow of traffic through the Williamsburg neighbourhood when a man sitting on the back of the motorbike takes out a gun and fires "at least two rounds", New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a news conference. | en |
'Be serious... don't speak every day': Macron criticises Trump approach to Iran war | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevk0e4ykwko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:41:27 GMT | 2026-04-02T15:17:24.323106 | The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US-Israeli war against Iran. | He added he was unwilling to comment on an operation that the US and the Israelis "decided on by themselves", Macron said. "They then lament that they are alone in an operation they decided on alone. It's not our operation." | en |
Iran's two largest steel plants shut down due to strikes, companies say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w4pdexxqpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:01:08 GMT | 2026-04-02T17:37:06.590179 | The strikes, which Iran says were first launched by Israel in co-ordination with the US last week, could cause major damage to the Iranian economy. | There have also been attacks on health-linked facilities, with a spokesperson for Iran's health ministry confirming on Thursday that a medical research centre in Tehran - the Pasteur Institute of Iran - was attacked on 23 March. The spokesman described it as "a direct assault on international health security" and said ... | en |
Uganda receives first US deportation flight under third-country agreement | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/uganda-receives-first-us-deportation-flight-under-third-country-agreement | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:37:12 GMT | 2026-04-02T17:37:06.938419 | <p>Dozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with scheme criticised as ‘dehumanising process’</p><p>A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.</p><p... | A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration pushes on with its strategy of expelling migrants to countries they have no ties to.
The deported people would stay in the east African country as “a transition phase for potential onward transmission to other co... | en |
Trump removes US Attorney General Pam Bondi | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce843ge47z4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:26:56 GMT | 2026-04-02T20:19:52.914636 | Bondi's time as America's top law enforcement officer was overshadowed by the justice department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. | She is the second Trump administration official in recent weeks to be cut from her post, after Kristi Noem was ousted as homeland security chief in March. Bondi will be replaced by her former deputy, Todd Blanche. | en |
'I haven't slept for days': Iranians describe mounting desperation after a month of war | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1vj941x9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:09:24 GMT | 2026-04-02T21:54:11.453396 | Ordinary people from various parts of Iran describe expanding strikes, economic pain and fear of repression. | We cannot give Setareh's real name or say what kind of work she does - no detail that might possibly identify her to the regime's secret police. But we can say that she is a young woman from Tehran who loved going to work, where she could meet her friends, share stories of their lives and, of course, there was the guar... | en |
Judge dismisses most of Blake Lively's claims in Justin Baldoni harassment suit | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ex59yy4j2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:30:16 GMT | 2026-04-02T21:54:11.616104 | The judge dismissed all but three claims against Baldoni weeks before a trial date. | The case stems from interactions between Baldoni and Lively on the set of It Ends With Us, an adaption of a best-selling Colleen Hoover novel, which features Lively as the main character, Lily Bloom, a young woman who grew up witnessing domestic abuse and finds herself in the same position years later. | en |
Iran war could make beer and bottled water pricier for Indians | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ywqky5dd7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:16:37 GMT | 2026-04-03T00:00:45.855545 | Makers of plastic and glass bottles are struggling to access raw materials as the war squeezes supplies. | According to a study by Data for India, about 15% of urban households and 6% of rural households depend on bottled water for their drinking needs. Relying on bottled water is expensive, especially for people in rural areas. But access to clean water remains a challenge in many parts of India, especially in summer, due ... | en |
Artemis II blasts ever closer to the far side of the Moon | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c937g7nd5x4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:35:28 GMT | 2026-04-03T05:22:52.081142 | The mission's last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth's orbit for the first time since 1972. | In the event of an emergency, the U-turn is the fastest way home in the first 36 hours after the TLI. After that it can be just as quick, and often simpler, to stay on course around the Moon and fall back to Earth, Orion programme manager Howard Hu said before the launch. | en |
People of Burkina Faso should forget about democracy, says military ruler | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/people-burkina-faso-should-forget-about-democracy-military-ruler-ibrahim-traore | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:18:56 GMT | 2026-04-03T11:04:52.240545 | <p>Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’</p><p>People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the military president, Ibrahim Traoré, told the country’s state broadcaster.</p><p>Traoré took power in <a href="htt... | People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the military president, Ibrahim Traoré, told the country’s state broadcaster.
Traoré took power in a coup in September 2022, toppling another junta that had taken power just nine months earlier. He has since stifled opposition and in January b... | en |
Watch: Artemis II astronauts speak from space | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crl10127elgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:07:48 GMT | 2026-04-03T11:55:16.325109 | The crew on board the Artemis II spoke by video link, sharing messages for their families and experiences of the trip so far. | The Artemis II spacecraft has successfully left the Earth's orbit on its way to view the far side of the Moon.
The four astronauts on board shared their thoughts about the mission so far and what the experience of space has taught them.
Victor Glover, the pilot on board, said: "Trust us you look amazing, you look bea... | en |
International law experts allege violations in Iran war | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy91x2n29nlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:53:40 GMT | 2026-04-03T11:55:16.470531 | The White House says it is making the entire region safer by eliminating short and long-term threats. | Cuba to release more than 2,000 prisoners, as pressure from US mounts
US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo. | en |
Cuba to release more than 2,000 prisoners, as pressure from US mounts | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3r3w4zl8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:35:53 GMT | 2026-04-03T11:55:16.604770 | US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo. | Eligibility for the release was based on "a careful analysis" of offences, along with "their good conduct while in prison, the fact that they had served a significant portion of their sentences, and their state of health," the embassy statement added. | en |
France's Muslim gathering ban overturned by courts | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyjekvwww0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:20:28 GMT | 2026-04-03T13:16:57.154196 | The Paris police department had argued that the four-day gathering was a security threat because it could be a target of terrorism. | "There are still some structures which we have been unable to reach," he told a radio station. "One issue is how we control collective childcare. We need to be able to control it, but right now we can't. | en |
Experts dispute US account of deadly Iran sports hall strike in Lamerd | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gx8e1x5j3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:16:33 GMT | 2026-04-03T14:24:03.100134 | Six weapons experts have contested the US claim that video evidence suggests an Iranian missile could have hit the hall. | The intended target on the day may have been an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound adjacent to the sports hall. BBC Verify has reviewed dozens of photos and videos of the aftermath of the strike and has not yet seen any on-the-ground footage of the IRGC base after the attack. The base also appeared to be... | en |
Burkina Faso must 'forget' about democracy, military leader says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly0zp1xgz3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:11:42 GMT | 2026-04-03T14:24:03.265764 | Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in 2023, says democratic rule would not work for his country. | While there has been a spate of military takeovers in recent years, most African countries do still hold regular elections, even if some are criticised as being rigged in favour of incumbents. Two military leaders - in Gabon and Guinea - have organised elections which they have gone on to win. | en |
Italy's famed Uffizi admits cyber-attack but denies security breach | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy51wzeq6g5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:04:39 GMT | 2026-04-03T15:10:45.475431 | Hackers were reported to have infiltrated IT systems - but the gallery says its works are safe. | Although it appeared to acknowledge the server had been taken down, it said that was necessary for the backup to be restored. That was now complete and no data had been lost, it said. | en |
Rapper Gucci Mane kidnapped and robbed by fellow artist, prosecutors say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c937kezj03vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:54:35 GMT | 2026-04-03T17:39:52.760574 | Officials say the hip-hop star was forced to sign papers releasing a rapper known as Pooh Shiesty from his record contract. | "Within hours of leaving the Dallas studio, a number of the defendants were on social media displaying some of the items that appeared to be the jewellery that had been robbed from the victims," Raybould said. | en |
Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8jzr423p9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:10:04 GMT | 2026-04-03T18:25:10.269630 | The snap was taken aboard the Orion capsule by its commander, Reid Wiseman, as the crew head towards the Moon. | Artemis II is now on a looping path that will carry the crew around the far side of the Moon and back again. It is the first time since 1972 that humans have travelled outside of the Earth's orbit. | en |
French-owned ship passes through Strait of Hormuz | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd8275jrrko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:45:46 GMT | 2026-04-03T18:25:10.410163 | It appears to be the first ship owned by a major European firm to go through the strait since the conflict began. | "The safety of the vessel and all crew members have been confirmed," MOL said. "We will continue to place the highest priority on ensuring the safety of our crew, cargo, and vessels as operations proceed." | en |
Meet the elite US teams tasked with combat rescues | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0le43jw8e9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:42:56 GMT | 2026-04-03T20:51:36.960908 | Air Force Pararescue units who specialise in CSAR missions are among the most highly trained in the US military. | Video appears to show US plane and search and rescue helicopters over southern Iran
Reports from the US, quoting unnamed officials, say a search is under way after the shooting down of a US fighter jet over Iran. | en |
After 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban finally be unseated? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd7y1n3jyjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:04:24 GMT | 2026-04-04T03:17:30.473514 | Hungary is going to the polls in nine days - after 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban be unseated? | He is no stranger to controversy himself. After becoming a politician, his ex-wife depicted him as an unstable figure, prone to bursts of anger and domestic violence. Anti-Tisza protesters once held banners featuring a shoe, which he allegedly once threw at her. More recent attempts by Fidesz to discredit him include c... | en |
Trump seeks $152m to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dlpk0zzy1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:17:10 GMT | 2026-04-04T09:52:02.243203 | Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a "stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars". | The plan has been met with scepticism by a number of politicians in California, with questions raised about the final cost of the project and the challenges of running Alcatraz as an active prison. | en |
Russia chose 'Easter escalation' over ceasefire, says Zelensky | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew70wjvv9do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:34:00 GMT | 2026-04-04T10:40:45.528896 | Six civilians were killed and 40 others injured as Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles. | There are also concerns here about a potential shortage of US defensive missiles to shoot down the ballistic missiles that Russia keeps firing at Ukraine, since so many US Patriot systems are now being used in the war with Iran. | en |
Russian attack on Ukraine market kills five | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp869m2gzr0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:13:36 GMT | 2026-04-04T14:00:38.783784 | A Russian drone hit a busy spot in the southern Ukrainian town on Saturday morning, injuring another 21 people. | They are happening as efforts to end the war, led by the US, have stalled since US President Donald Trump and his team shifted focus to the conflict in the Middle East. | en |
Fugitive mafia boss wanted for murder arrested in Amalfi Coast luxury villa | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn437qkk80lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:10:28 GMT | 2026-04-04T14:47:22.245857 | Roberto Mazzarella has been on the run for more than a year and was living under a false name, police say. | The 48-year-old, arrested in the town of Vietri sul Mare, is considered a powerful figure within the Camorra organised crime group in Naples, and is listed as one of Italy's most dangerous fugitives. | en |
UN watchdog voices 'deep concern' as Iran reports new attacks on nuclear plant | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y90jl8veyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:19:25 GMT | 2026-04-04T16:54:48.637387 | The International Atomic Energy Agency urges restraint to avoid a nuclear accident at Iran's Bushehr plant. | On 27 March US President Donald Trump announced he was pausing attacks on energy plants for 10 days for Iran to "make a deal", and on Saturday he reiterated his threat on Truth Social that "all Hell will reign down on them" if they failed to do this, or to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours. | en |
US arrests relatives of deceased Iranian general Qasem Soleimani | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqkn4j48qdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:12:15 GMT | 2026-04-04T16:54:48.784092 | The niece and grand-niece of Qasem Soleimani are in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said. | "I killed Gen Qasem Soleimani in my first term. He was an evil genius, brilliant person, a horrible human being however, the father of the roadside bomb, and he lived just horrible, what he did," Trump said. | en |
What we know so far about the US fighter jet shot down over Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2k1dgz142o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:20:49 GMT | 2026-04-04T19:47:54.876936 | The pilot of the downed jet has been safely rescued, but a search and rescue operation is still under way for the jet's second crew member, US media reports. | The aircraft has two crew: the pilot in the front who flies the jet and a weapons systems officer in the back seat. The weapons officer, known as a "Wizzo", has four screens in front of them and is responsible for selecting targets and making sure the weapons are properly programmed for the appropriate attack. | en |
Search for missing airman presents serious test for US | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0le69de645o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:13:41 GMT | 2026-04-04T20:39:45.150208 | The stakes could rise further if the weapons system officer of the downed F15 Eagle plane is captured by Iran. | Publicly, the president has played down this entire incident and suggested it won't affect negotiations with Tehran to end the war that began with US and Israeli strikes on 28 February. But privately, this is likely to be of serious concern - particularly as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is said to have laun... | en |
German males under 45 may need military approval for long stays abroad | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3nr83xyvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:16:42 GMT | 2026-04-04T21:47:49.097036 | Under the law, travel approvals must generally be granted and it remains unclear how the rule would be enforced if breached. | The defence ministry spokesman said that the regulation was intended to "ensure a reliable and meaningful military registration system", adding: "In the event of an emergency, we must know who may be staying abroad for an extended period." | en |
Man charged over fatal shooting of baby in pram in New York | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx267dnex7ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:28:09 GMT | 2026-04-05T03:17:14.921342 | Two men have been arrested over the shooting of a seven-month-old baby in Williamsburg. | Footage from the incident appears to show two men on a motorcycle riding against the flow of traffic through the Williamsburg neighbourhood of Brooklyn, before a man on the back of the vehicle took out a gun and fired, police said. | en |
The man who became one of India's greatest stage queens | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0rl52z3dzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:20:51 GMT | 2026-04-05T05:26:01.308862 | Chapal Bhaduri was Bengal’s biggest stage queen - until women arrived and the spotlight moved on. | He did not openly identify as gay given the complication of social life in middle class Bengal in the times he lived in. Admiration was not lacking though. He received letters proffering affection and proposals for affairs and offers of relationships came from fans and lovers alike. | en |
AI videos fuel rhetoric as Orbán bids for four more years in Hungary | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj97yd6v5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:15:48 GMT | 2026-04-05T09:10:27.832003 | Videos have targeted Viktor Orbán's election rival, who could unseat him after 16 years in office. | "The video is an AI video, but the war is really horrible," the video says. "Péter Magyar doesn't want you to see this video. He doesn't want you to see what an irreversible tragedy it is to join a war." | en |
Pope Leo calls for global leaders to choose peace in his first Easter Mass | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk1zgjj7y1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:35:36 GMT | 2026-04-05T14:22:26.504662 | Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of worshippers gathered in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday in his first address as pontiff. | Referring to the Easter story of Christ's resurrection, three days after he was nailed to the cross, he said Jesus had been "entirely nonviolent" in the face of suffering. | en |
Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rx7xzd10xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:09:11 GMT | 2026-04-05T14:22:26.661308 | The statue honours the late African giant pouched rat who sniffed out more than 100 landmines during his lifetime. | In 2020, Magawa was awarded the PDSA Gold Medal – known as the George Cross for animals – for his "life-saving devotion to duty". He was the first rat to be given the medal in the charity's 77-year history. | en |
US airman injured but safe after rescue from inside Iran, Trump says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr41evk126go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:36:06 GMT | 2026-04-05T15:48:56.921318 | The recovery of the airman follows separate search efforts by both the US and Iran. | The search presented a serious test for the US, with the possibility of a prisoner of war situation if Iran found the missing airman - something which would have likely involved him being used as part of propaganda material. | en |
Hungary alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj60x206dx1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:38:06 GMT | 2026-04-05T16:44:03.979548 | The incident comes a week before the polls, and follow warnings of a potential operations staged to influence voters. | Balint Pasztor, president of the Vojvodina Hungarian Association, and another key Orban ally, posted on Facebook: "If the investigation proves that we were not the primary target after all, but rather Hungary's supply lines, then this makes it even clearer: the terrorist attack was planned with the aim of bringing down... | en |
How rescue of US airman in remote part of Iran unfolded | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2vpz1kwreo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:00:20 GMT | 2026-04-05T20:51:41.125782 | The operation to extract him from the ground in hostile territory was hugely complex and involved multiple US government agencies. | CBS News also reported that two US transport planes tasked with flying out rescue crews were unable to take off from an Iranian airport, and were destroyed to stop them from falling into the hands of Iranian forces. | en |
Analysis: Trump declares victory in Iran war after rescue, but threats to US operation still loom | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy01vg7x5ppo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:02:01 GMT | 2026-04-05T20:51:41.285394 | The rescue could impact how Trump views a ground operation to take Kharg Island or to seize enriched uranium sites. | Also, Trump has suggested that he was willing to "leave" Iran even if a deal eluded him. But he now appears to have shifted course in the hopes that the threat of devastating attacks on a new set of Iranian targets can prompt Tehran's leadership to come to the table. | en |
Trump issues expletive-laden threat to Iran over Hormuz Strait blockage | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0q6wdzp1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:10:06 GMT | 2026-04-05T22:02:12.811125 | The US president says he will destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the vital waterway is not reopened. | He followed this up with a series of interviews with US media. He told Fox News there was a "good chance" a deal would be reached on Monday, but he was considering "blowing everything up and taking over the oil" if a deal to end the war was not reached quickly. | en |
Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC's Today show, as search for mother goes on | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04xqglg7xgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:16:36 GMT | 2026-04-06T10:38:18.954152 | Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in what authorities believe was an abduction. | Last month she said it was "part of my purpose right now" to return to work although she was unsure if she would still be able to do it. | en |
Nigerian army rescues 31 held after Easter church attack | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgld111d9jpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:08:45 GMT | 2026-04-06T10:38:19.091895 | Five civilians were killed by the gunmen and their bodies were recovered at the scene, the army said. | Five others were killed as gunmen targeted Easter celebrations at a church in Ariko, Kaduna state, according to a statement from the security forces. A local church official had earlier put the number of dead at seven. | en |
US Secret Service investigates reports of gunfire near White House | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0213dyj5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:40:04 GMT | 2026-04-06T10:38:19.219738 | Officials said "a heightened security posture is in place", but no injuries were reported and no suspects had been identified. | Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the area around Washington DC's Lafayette Park just after midnight local time (04:00 GMT) and conducted a search of the park, just north of the president's residence, and the surrounding area, the agency said. | en |
Emergency jabs after 100 children die of suspected measles in a month in Bangladesh | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevkz2z7dm8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:59:40 GMT | 2026-04-06T11:36:17.626643 | More than 100 people, mostly children, have been killed by measles since mid-March, officials suspect. | Cases of measles have risen in some countries in Asia and Africa, as well as in Europe, the US and the UK, where there is growing scepticism against vaccines, especially after the pandemic. | en |
DR Congo agrees to take deportees from the US | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20d35eejxgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:29:15 GMT | 2026-04-06T12:38:24.789947 | The country will start receiving deportees from this month but has not said how many they will accept. | The decision to receive what are known as third-country migrants - that is those who come from neither the sending nor receiving nation - aligns with DR Congo's commitment to human dignity, international solidarity and to protect the rights of migrants, the statement read. | en |
The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0vyzmmy50o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:02:53 GMT | 2026-04-06T16:02:37.677777 | As the astronauts pass behind the Moon they will experience a moment of silence and solitude as communication with the Earth is blocked. | "We're going to get slightly nervous as it goes behind the Moon, and then we'll be very excited when we see it again, because we know that they're all safe." | en |
'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgl0ng8z0do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:40:35 GMT | 2026-04-06T19:31:26.827531 | Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. | Kasra, who is in his 20s and lives in Tehran said: "It feels like we're sinking deeper into a swamp. What can we do as ordinary people? We can't do anything. We can't stop him [Trump]. I keep thinking about a scenario where, in a month, I'm sitting with my family with no water, no electricity, nothing. And someone blow... | en |
Ten killed in Israeli strikes and clashes between Hamas and militia in Gaza, local sources say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77md512n71o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:11:20 GMT | 2026-04-06T19:31:27.015218 | The Israeli strikes reportedly targeted Hamas security personnel after they clashed with an Israeli-backed militia near Maghazi camp. | The strikes reportedly targeted Hamas security personnel who had clashed with members of the militia east of Maghazi refugee camp. It is not clear how many of those died in the strikes or in the fighting on the ground. | en |
Kanye West's right to enter UK under review after festival outcry | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywnkdn3zno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:29:02 GMT | 2026-04-06T19:31:27.222575 | The rapper's appearance in London in July has caused controversy because of his past antisemitic comments. | "It's great that sponsors are now doing the right thing and withdrawing their support, but how it could have conceivably been considered the right thing to do to headline an artist who, less than a year ago, released a music video for a song called Heil Hitler?" he told BBC Radio 5Live. | en |
Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadline | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj8ep9w1pno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:55:50 GMT | 2026-04-06T23:22:44.147985 | The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline. | While much of Trump's remarks highlighted what he described as the "heroic" rescue of the crew, he once again repeated his warning that the US could launch attacks on Iran's energy and transportation infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened by Tuesday's deadline. | en |
Trump's deadline nears - with little indication Iran is on board | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czexw94rj5jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:04:23 GMT | 2026-04-06T23:22:44.328518 | The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down. | While Trump said that the Iranian people were willing to endure the ongoing US military campaign – and, in fact, welcomed the bombs falling on their cities – he also acknowledged that anything the US destroys now would eventually have to be rebuilt and that the US might ultimately contribute to that rebuilding effort. | en |
JD Vance due in Hungary to back Orban's re-election bid | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:45:41 GMT | 2026-04-07T05:30:16.603952 | The US vice-president's visit is the latest show of White House support for the Hungarian leader. | Orban's friendship with Trump goes back to 2016, when he was the first and only EU leader to back Trump in the US presidential election. That friendship has flourished since then. Orban strongly backed Trump for re-election in 2024, and was in Washington last October to secure an exemption for Hungary from US sanctions... | en |
China is winning one AI race, the US another - but either might pull ahead | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c145enxln0go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:13:12 GMT | 2026-04-07T05:30:16.833159 | Both sides don't want to let their rival dominate. And the competition may yet be transformed further. | Put simply, most of the world's high-end, powerful computer chips - the ones used by Silicon Valley firms to fuel the creation of LLMs - are controlled by America. In fact, most of them are designed by one California-based company: Nvidia. In October, Nvidia became the first company in the world to be valued at $5tn (£... | en |
Taiwan opposition leader makes first China visit since 2016 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0krnz7mmmjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:21:20 GMT | 2026-04-07T06:58:25.616263 | Cheng Li-wun said she "gladly accepted" Xi Jinping's invitation and hopes to be a "bridge for peace". | Although the US has formal ties with Beijing rather than Taiwan, it has for decades remained the island's biggest arms supplier. In recent years Trump has said that Taiwan should pay the US for defending it against China. | en |
Nine policemen sentenced to death in India over Covid custody killings | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8l0md9gl1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:21:13 GMT | 2026-04-07T06:58:25.759270 | The father and son died in jail after being arrested on suspicion of breaching Covid lockdown rules in 2020. | "They attacked unarmed people. They should not be forgiven. They should not be given lesser sentences based on their age or family background. They are all educated," the judge also said of the officers at sentencing. | en |
Lil Nas X assault case to be dismissed if he completes mental health programme | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew7nqn5rqgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:55:11 GMT | 2026-04-07T06:58:25.910937 | The judge said the musician's behaviour when he was arrested in LA last year was "aberrant from his normal conduct". | "For a 26-year-old to have to deal with what he's dealing with - to be a breadwinner for a lot of people, the inability to change his mother's situation and the pressure he puts on himself," said father Robert Stafford. "That can weigh heavily on your heart." | en |
Australia's most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr1jyk0qwjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:19:27 GMT | 2026-04-07T08:16:46.757201 | Ben Roberts-Smith, who denies all wrongdoing, previously lost a landmark defamation case over the alleged murders. | Anthony Besanko found that Roberts-Smith had twice ordered unarmed men be shot dead to "blood" rookie soldiers, and was involved in the deaths of a handcuffed farmer he kicked off a cliff and a captured Taliban fighter whose prosthetic leg was taken as a trophy and later used by troops as a drinking vessel. | en |
Music giant Universal gets $64bn takeover offer | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0ex432dmyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:35:36 GMT | 2026-04-07T10:43:54.297828 | The music giant behind acts such as Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter gets an offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square. | Under the terms of the deal, Universal's shareholders would receive a total of €9.4bn in cash (€5.05 per share) and 0.77 shares in the new company for each Universal share they owned. The new company would be listed on the New York stock exchange. | en |
One dead as high-speed train collides with lorry in France | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq590egv9vzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:18:36 GMT | 2026-04-07T10:43:54.416960 | More than a dozen people are injured, two of whom critically, in the incident in the Calais region. | "My thoughts are with his family, his loved ones and all the staff at who are mourning his loss," he wrote on X. | en |
One gunman killed and two injured in shooting at Israeli consulate in Istanbul | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3exp8j7yz4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:03:54 GMT | 2026-04-07T14:22:15.973925 | No Israeli diplomats are currently in Turkey and the Istanbul consulate has been empty for the past two-and-a-half years. | The two police officers injured in the shooting were not in life-threatening condition, the ministry's statement added, with one shot in the leg and the other in the ear. | en |
Earthset and a solar eclipse: Nasa releases first images from Moon fly-by | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv183v02j3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:10:00 GMT | 2026-04-07T14:22:16.106494 | The first two images show an 'Earthrise' and the solar eclipse the astronauts viewed. | "This continues to be unreal," he said. "The Sun has gone behind the Moon and the corona is still visible, and it's bright and creates a halo almost around the entire moon. | en |
Chilean woman accused of Pinochet-era kidnaps loses Australia extradition battle | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r40d4xdngo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:19:46 GMT | 2026-04-07T14:22:16.234614 | Adriana Rivas moved from Chile to Australia in the 1970s, working there as a nanny and cleaner. | Witnesses alleged in interviews given to documentary filmmaker Lissette Orozco that she was one of Dina's "most brutal torturers" who played a key role in the elite Lautaro Brigade, which was tasked with killing the leadership of Chile's underground Communist Party. Rivas has denied taking part in any torture sessions. | en |
WHO suspends Gaza medical evacuations after contractor killed by Israeli troops | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g8pzpw2g2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:55:19 GMT | 2026-04-07T15:57:06.406231 | Israel's military says troops fired at a vehicle driven by the Palestinian because they believed it posed "an immediate threat". | "The tank came out directly and targeted the driver so that he would stop. There were three people in the vehicle; the driver is the one who paid the price for the situation we are living in," Raed Aslan said. "What ceasefire is this? Every day we have someone killed." | en |
‘We still deserve due process,’ says Cambodian man deported by US to Eswatini | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/cambodian-man-pheap-rom-deported-us-eswatini | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:13:07 GMT | 2026-04-07T17:12:28.434022 | <p>Pheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentences</p><p>A Cambodian man deported by the US said he would have accepted being sent to Cambodia, but instead ended up imprisoned in Eswatini, a country he knew so little about that when he first read the name he th... | A Cambodian man deported by the US said he would have accepted being sent to Cambodia, but instead ended up imprisoned in Eswatini, a country he knew so little about that when he first read the name he thought it was another immigration detention centre in Louisiana.
Pheap Rom, who had been convicted of attempted murd... | en |
Tracking recent US-Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2w0v19gw8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:15:34 GMT | 2026-04-07T18:12:11.407155 | Attacks have targeted bridges, steel plants and pharmaceutical facilities, verified videos show. | Mum of twins who says home was bombed in Lebanon speaks to BBC
More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced since the start of the war as Israel expands its ground operation there. | en |
Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gxk3kxjr0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:10:51 GMT | 2026-04-07T18:12:11.604124 | West was due to headline the festival in July but drew criticism over past antisemitic comments. | "Antisemitism in all its forms is abhorrent, and we recognise the real and personal impact these issues have had. As Ye said today, he acknowledges that words alone are not enough, and in spite of this still hopes to be given the opportunity to begin a conversation with the Jewish community in the UK." | en |
Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj60nkd8nrko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:23:05 GMT | 2026-04-07T18:12:11.816996 | The Artemis II mission has been near flawless to date, but has the test flight shown Nasa is ready to send humans to the lunar surface? | Artemis II a story of inspiration and a story of science. The events of last night had echoes of the Apollo programme. At a time when this world has not enough optimism, just as there was so little in the 1960s with wars across the world and civil unrest at home in the US, this was a moment in time when we could for on... | en |
US journalist Shelly Kittleson to be released after kidnap in Iraq, militia says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1xjp08k3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:50:17 GMT | 2026-04-07T18:12:11.982467 | Kataib Hezbollah says the release comes on condition that she leave Iraq immediately. | At the time of the 49-year-old's abduction, the Iraqi government said security forces had chased the suspects in a pursuit that led to one of the kidnappers' cars overturning and the arrest of one person. | en |
French couple leave Iran after more than three years in jail | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxk5640wko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:08 GMT | 2026-04-07T21:25:33.519654 | Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are on their way home after being allowed to leave the country, the French president says. | Iran said at the time that Kohler and Paris could be released as part of that agreement, but the French government did not confirm the existence of such an arrangement. | en |
US seeks to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia despite new Costa Rica deal | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/kilmar-abrego-garcia-liberia-deportation | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:06:51 GMT | 2026-04-07T23:52:02.039480 | <p>Man born in El Salvador has been fighting removal to series of ‘third’ countries after mistaken deportation last year</p><p>US government attorneys on Tuesday told a federal judge the Department of Homeland Security still intends to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia, despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to a... | US government attorneys on Tuesday told a federal judge the Department of Homeland Security still intends to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia, despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot legally be returned to their home countries.
The Salvadorian national’s case has become a focal poi... | en |
Iran ceasefire deal a partial win for Trump - but at a high cost | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyvp55xrlro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:58:00 GMT | 2026-04-08T02:55:36.252975 | The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US. | The US and Iranians now will engage in negotiations over the next two weeks, buying some time to try to reach a permanent settlement. It is likely to be a bumpy ride, but in after-hours trading, the price of a barrel of oil dropped below the $100 mark for the first time in days and US stock futures soared. There appear... | en |
Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r40erdj6mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:33:45 GMT | 2026-04-08T02:55:36.387936 | He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, which ends in January 2027. | Newlywed wife of US soldier freed by ICE after detention at military base
Annie Ramos, an undocumented immigrant who came to the US as a toddler, had gone to the base to complete paperwork so the couple could move in together. | en |
Oil plunges after US-Iran ceasefire deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r40y3rv75o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:01:58 GMT | 2026-04-08T02:55:36.516966 | The agreement was announced not long before Trump's Tuesday evening deadline was reached. | Trump condemned over threat that Iran's 'civilisation will die'
The UN's chief says he is "deeply troubled" by such statements, as the US president ramps up pressure on Iran to agree a deal to end the war. | en |
What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84z6y3ke4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:58:55 GMT | 2026-04-08T05:19:00.300926 | The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran. | This comes after he earlier warned the US could take Iran out "in one night" and that a "whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again" - threats that drew condemnation from the United Nations chief and the Pope. | en |
Israel strikes southern Lebanon after US-Iran ceasefire | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j6d538l6qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:04:36 GMT | 2026-04-08T10:46:22.170149 | Air strikes hit the Tyre and Nabatieh areas hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced. | The displacement crisis triggered by the war has put further pressure on the crisis-hit country. Schools that have been turned into shelters are full, and many are sleeping in improvised tents in public spaces and even in cars. The arrival of families to other communities has led to a rise in sectarian tensions, with p... | en |
Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgx1x742x5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:39:43 GMT | 2026-04-08T15:59:07.552571 | It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain. | "But the addictive design of certain applications, and a business model based on capturing your attention - on how long you stay in front of a screen - takes away your innocence and your freedom. That has to stop somewhere." | en |
Prosecutors seek Woods' prescription drug records after Florida arrest | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77mz26ed80o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:46:58 GMT | 2026-04-08T22:51:52.685080 | A legal order seeking the golfer's medications - including dosage and warnings about driving on pill bottles - will be issued later this month, court record shows. | In 2017, he was discovered asleep in a haphazardly parked car 15 miles from his Florida home. A toxicology report at the time found that he had five drugs in his system, including prescription pain medications and sleep aids, at the time of his arrest. | en |
He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjwp1vjn9lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:10:14 GMT | 2026-04-09T00:55:08.924144 | Ben Roberts-Smith's case is not only unprecedented for Australia but "extraordinary" for the globe too, historians say. | "For Roberts-Smith to now be charged with war crimes - and not just one, but multiple war crimes - is a very significant cultural and social moment for a country that, for much of its history… has placed a lot of store in the exploits and contributions of the members of its defence forces," Professor Donald Rothwell to... | en |
Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as 'very frank' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05d8j9r5ejo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:59:34 GMT | 2026-04-09T03:50:35.616344 | The US president says Nato "wasn't there when we needed them" during the Iran war. | What is clear, however, is that Trump still has deep misgivings about the alliance and the member countries that he believes did not help the US enough before and during Operation Epic Fury. | en |
Artemis crew returning to Earth with 'all the good stuff' from Moon discoveries | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70dr45dj1lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:57:18 GMT | 2026-04-09T07:46:51.880619 | The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories". | The spacecraft was not planning to land on the Moon but fly around its far side, the side which is never visible from Earth. Satellites have photographed the far side before, but the astronauts were the first human eyes to see some parts of the far side's surface and its vast craters and lava plains. | en |
Trapped miner rescued from flooded Mexican tunnel after 14 days | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9z8w4q55o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:04:40 GMT | 2026-04-09T11:39:40.428297 | The 42-year-old gold miner was standing in waist-high water when rescuers found him in a flooded tunnel. | Wrapped in a thermal blanket and sitting on an electric cart he emerged from the mine on Wednesday and was taken by helicopter to hospital, where he was able to reunite with his family. | en |
A day in the life of a 19-year-old in ICE detention: ‘I feel that this nightmare is not going to end’ | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/day-in-the-life-19-year-old-ice-detention | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:48 GMT | 2026-04-09T11:39:40.865061 | <p>Olivia has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas. She has lost 20lbs, and wakes up every day with a headache</p><p>Each day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia.</p><p>The 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been at the Dilley Immigration Processi... | Each day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia.
The 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas for more than four months.
“Another day passes, another night comes,” she said. “And sometimes I feel that this nightmare is not g... | en |
Israeli strikes in Lebanon 'grave violation' of ceasefire, Iran minister tells BBC | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp849k4j0y1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:46:19 GMT | 2026-04-09T12:48:35.424457 | Iran's deputy foreign minister says the US must choose between 'war and ceasefire'. | The minister was also asked about Tehran's warning that ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz without its permission "would be targeted and destroyed" despite the ceasefire, during which ships are meant to be allowed through the vital waterway - and whether this could be considered an act of war. | en |
Al Jazeera condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in Gaza | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg40nqzvwq2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:39:56 GMT | 2026-04-09T12:48:35.554074 | The Israeli military claims Mohammed Wishah was a "Hamas terrorist" - which the Qatar-based network has previously denied. | The CPJ said a total of 260 journalists had been killed across the Middle East since the start of the Gaza conflict. At least seven of them have been killed in Lebanon, where Israeli forces are fighting Hezbollah, since the start of the US and Israel's war with Iran on 28 February. | en |
'Endless fears': Even if fighting stops, the damage to Iran's children will endure | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84ngmjz8zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:06:39 GMT | 2026-04-09T16:23:12.804177 | The BBC has been able to obtain testimony from parents and those trying to help children deal with the distress that comes with war. | "When the fighting started about a month ago, the very first thing I did was leave the city, because I was stressed and worried that my son might go out into the streets and something might happen to him, let alone allowing him to go to war." | en |
Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/civil-war-chimpanzee-group-closer-to-human-condition-aoe | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:02 GMT | 2026-04-09T18:40:35.410048 | <p>New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself</p><p>On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange. As other member... | On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange. As other members of the chimpanzees’ wider group moved closer through the forest, the chimpanzees in front of him began to display ner... | en |
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