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Death toll from Bangkok bar fire rises to 30 as police probe safety lapses | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyxyzlp9p2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:47:41 GMT | 2026-07-14T05:58:41.321660 | Survivors and first reporters reported doors being locked and the lack of signage marking emergency exits. | As of Tuesday morning, 27 of the deceased victims have been identified, authorities said. More than 70 people are injured, 24 of them critically.
Preliminary investigations suggest the blaze was caused by a short circuit in an air conditioner, which quickly cut power throughout the bar.
But several people who had vis... | en |
Australian police reveal unseen photos 25 years after British backpacker murder | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlwln0gkzlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:26:45 GMT | 2026-07-14T05:58:41.592260 | Police hope the images could jog memories that will help them find the body of Peter Falconio. | Police in Australia have released previously unseen photographs from their investigation into the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio 25 years ago.
Falconio, from Huddersfield, was shot on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek, about 186 miles (300km) north of Alice Sprin... | en |
How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q28dlyxrzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:00:03 GMT | 2026-07-14T05:58:41.873272 | Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files. | A British man has told the BBC how he unearthed evidence indicating that his former employer, Howard Lutnick - now US commerce secretary - failed to disclose a business relationship with the paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
Simon Andriesz, previously a managing director at a Wall Street firm, discovered an email... | en |
US judge voids Donald Trump's $1.8bn settlement with IRS that gave him immunity from tax audits | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8q0e8d4ego?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:52:46 GMT | 2026-07-14T05:58:42.155112 | The judge said the suit was brought for 'improper purposes' and referred a Trump attorney for possible disciplinary action. | A US judge has voided a legal agreement between President Donald Trump and federal agencies that granted him immunity from tax audits and allowed his administration to create a since-abandoned $1.8bn (£1.3bn) "anti-weaponisation" fund.
The fund, intended to compensate individuals claiming they were unfairly targeted b... | en |
'If we die, we die together': Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8yjnw822o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:40:23 GMT | 2026-07-14T10:19:03.729541 | Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is "seriously injured and in shock". | A woman who held the legs of her husband as he was nearly sucked head-first out of a Ryanair cabin window on Friday said "half of his body was sticking out of the plane."
Svetlana Grković, who was travelling with her husband Ljubisa Karović from Greece's Thessaloniki to Germany's Memmingen, told Greek public broadcast... | en |
Yemen's Houthis launch missiles at Saudi Arabia after strikes on Sanaa airport | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9ldle3d3xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:02:43 GMT | 2026-07-14T10:19:04.006452 | The Iran-backed Houthis blame Saudi Arabia for the attack in Yemen's capital and say they targeted Abha airport in response. | Yemen's Houthis said they launched missiles at Abha airport in south-western Saudi Arabia on Monday in response to air strikes on Sanaa's airport that they blamed on the kingdom.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, which backs the country's internationally-recognised government, said its air defences "dealt with" the mi... | en |
New US Ebola patient arrives in Germany for treatment | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/american-ebola-patient-arrives-germany | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:27:06 GMT | 2026-07-14T14:03:04.274876 | <p>Aid worker flown to Berlin as Trump administration bars Americans from traveling to US on commercial flights</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news">US</a> national who contracted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola">Ebola</a> in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo">Democr... | A US national who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has arrived in Germany for treatment, the health ministry in Berlin said on Monday, weeks after another American infected with Ebola in the DRC was treated in Berlin.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration on Monday said it was blocking American c... | en |
Israeli strike on police post in north Gaza kills seven, officials say | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj1jqeyl5ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:46:14 GMT | 2026-07-14T15:47:51.529230 | A senior officer in the Hamas-run police force was among those killed in the strike, which Israel's military says targeted "terrorists". | An Israeli air strike on a post belonging to Gaza's Hamas-run police force has killed at least seven people, including a senior officer, health and police officials say.
Witnesses told the BBC that an Israeli drone fired four missiles at the post near a busy market in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza.
The Palestinia... | en |
Diamond giant De Beers halts work at flagship South African mine as demand plummets | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrgr7lr1ejo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:22:09 GMT | 2026-07-14T15:47:51.871473 | Production will stop for two years at the mine which employs more than 4,000 people. | Workers' unions have previously warned against job losses in South Africa's mining sector, which employs almost half a million people, external and accounts for more than 4% of national GDP, external.
De Beers is majority-owned by Anglo American, which is reportedly trying to sell it and shift focus to the growing cop... | en |
French MPs approve assisted dying law with strict rules after years of argument | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7g2z4pv3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:29:26 GMT | 2026-07-15T22:15:07.488510 | The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria. | France's National Assembly has voted to create a right to assisted dying under strict conditions, after years of debate and changes to the proposals.
MPs voted by 291 to 241 to back the bill, which had been rejected three times by the upper house of parliament, the Senate.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is set to r... | en |
US launches fresh strikes on Iran as Trump warns Tehran it 'better behave' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9323zgq6wvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:55:04 GMT | 2026-07-15T22:15:07.690730 | US President Donald Trump says he is yet to decide whether or not he will "finish off" Iran. | The United States said it had launched fresh strikes against Iran on Wednesday evening as President Donald Trump warned Tehran it "better behave".
The US military said "Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels" moving through the Strait of Hormuz had been targeted, and that it had separately fired on a s... | en |
Trump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests he is struggling to end Iran war | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crele3r8j19o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:17:27 GMT | 2026-07-15T22:15:07.996640 | The abrupt about-face from the US president was the latest twist in a conflict that has now lasted more than four months. | Donald Trump's latest Iran war demand lasted all of 24 hours and suggests a president searching for unorthodox ways out of a difficult position.
On Monday morning, in a social media post announcing the resumption of an American naval blockade on Iranian shipping, he said that all vessels transiting the Strait of Hormu... | en |
More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd959q11g54o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:02:41 GMT | 2026-07-15T22:15:08.217932 | There is more confidence in Xi Jinping than Donald Trump, the US think tank's survey indicates. | China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. It is the first time the organisation has recorded such results.
The findings from the non-partisan, US-based think tank indicate that favourable views of China have reached record h... | en |
Russian attacks kill 14 as Ukraine hits Black Sea oil tankers | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8929jv8kdzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:21:19 GMT | 2026-07-15T22:15:08.510154 | Civilian casualties are reported in a number of Ukrainian regions, while Kyiv hits 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea. | Fourteen people have been killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight and on Wednesday, local officials say.
In the Black Sea port of Odesa, three people were killed in a "massive" drone and missile strike, regional head Oleh Kiper said. It was the fifth day in which Russia has hit the region.
Three people wer... | en |
Argentina face fine for Falklands banner in semi-final win | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c935pgr4dklo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:49:47 GMT | 2026-07-15T23:16:29.521677 | Argentina face the prospect of a Fifa fine after their players celebrate the World Cup semi-final win against England with a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands. | Argentina face the prospect of a Fifa fine after their players celebrated the World Cup semi-final win against England with a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.
The defending world champions produced a dramatic late comeback in Atlanta, scoring twice to defeat Thomas Tuchel's side 2-1... | en |
Families of 43 victims await verdict in Genoa bridge disaster | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20y00712ezo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:02:37 GMT | 2026-07-15T23:16:29.791234 | A large section of the giant Morandi motorway bridge crumbled and collapsed on to the railway tracks below. | On the morning of 14 August 2018, Claudia Possetti, 47, was in the car with her new husband Andrea, and her two children, aged 12 and 16.
The couple had just married and were driving to the Italian Riviera with the youngsters for a holiday when the Morandi bridge in the northern city of Genoa collapsed beneath them.
... | en |
How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa displacing thousands | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-global-heating-supercharged-floods-west-africa-displacing-thousands | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:01:08 GMT | 2026-07-16T00:57:34.302074 | <p>Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warn</p><p>Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.</p><p>Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused t... | Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.
Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused the floods were supercharged by climate breakdown. Global heating, they say, turned what should have been a routine weather... | en |
US military to start screening for testosterone deficiency, Hegseth says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0nlx18rz0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:33:40 GMT | 2026-07-16T04:15:30.138763 | Hegseth says he is authorising hormone screening to ensure US troops "operate at your absolute best". | Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that military personnel aged 30 and older will undergo testing for testosterone deficiency as part of annual health screenings.
In a video posted on X, captioned "High-T Department", Hegseth said he was authorising the screening programme for troops to ensure "you have the ... | en |
Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia, agent confirms | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddj7e8v767o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:28:22 GMT | 2026-07-16T06:36:09.929329 | Neill died in Sydney on Monday, with his family saying his death was 'sudden and unexpected'. | New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who passed away on Monday at a Sydney hospital, died from pneumonia, his agent has confirmed.
Best known for his roles in Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders, the 78-year-old's family described his death earlier this week as "sudden and unexpected".
Neill's long-time agent Philip Grenz relea... | en |
Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software | https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jul/16/morocco-intelligence-insider-reveals-widespread-use-hacking-software-pegasus | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:30:13 GMT | 2026-07-16T06:36:10.253708 | <p>Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets</p><p>A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to... | A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers and police officers.
Pegasus, wh... | en |
Iran targets military bases as US launches wave of strikes | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lq1ed28jxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:50:02 GMT | 2026-07-16T09:04:26.965289 | Explosions were heard across Iran overnight, shortly after neighbouring Gulf states began to report attacks. | On Tuesday, Trump threatened to target Iran's energy infrastructure if Tehran failed to return to talks.
Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, told state media Tehran had "no reason" to abide by any agreement that did not benefit the country.
He added that Iran's national security depended on maintaining w... | en |
Protests in Ukraine's cities against Zelensky's removal of defence minister | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx76069n3do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:11:22 GMT | 2026-07-16T11:13:33.551516 | Ukraine's president has not explained Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal, which is causing great upset among civil society and the military. | Protests have been taking place in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky's surprise dismissal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
A crowd of people - mostly young - gathered in Kyiv, holding up signs reading "Hands off Fedorov" and "Stop sabotaging victory!" and chanting "Shame!".
Ze... | en |
More than 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m7n427xd8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:09:13 GMT | 2026-07-16T12:54:06.579986 | The air quality in large parts of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota is deemed "hazardous" by authorities. | According to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, the vast majority of wildfires are burning out of control.
The large cluster of fires affecting western areas of Ontario are responsible for sending thick plumes of smoke and poor air quality across Thunder Bay and Toronto, with lower concentrations of smoke ... | en |
Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce97zd8yx1xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:44:26 GMT | 2026-07-16T12:54:06.884916 | President Macron said there would be no leniency for arsonists, as France - along with much of Europe - deals with a series of unusual heatwaves. | A volunteer firefighter has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of starting a fire in a forest south of Paris, officials say.
He is one of at least six people questioned over the Fontainebleau fire that has burned more than 2,000 hectares (some 5,000 acres) and led to about 1,000 people being... | en |
Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/16/uganda-travel-restrictions-last-ebola-patient-discharged | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:33:27 GMT | 2026-07-16T12:54:07.561853 | <p>Country begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to rise in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo</p><p>Uganda has started lobbying countries to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions after discharging its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital.</p><p>The di... | Uganda has started lobbying countries to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions after discharging its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital.
The discharge of a Congolese national from the Mulago national referral hospital’s isolation centre in Kampala on Thursday triggered the start of a 42-day countdown required... | en |
Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dnz1zez5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:57:13 GMT | 2026-07-16T15:07:48.515811 | The ex-head of Italy's motorway operator Giovanni Castellucci was handed a 12-year term over the 2018 bridge collapse. | The former head of Italy's motorway operator has been given a 12-year prison sentence over the collapse of Genoa's Morandi bridge in August 2018.
Prosecutors had asked for a far longer jail term for Giovanni Castellucci, ex-chief executive of Autostrade per l'Italia (Aspi).
Forty-three people died when the motorway b... | en |
Teenager accused of carrying out sabotage actions in Poland for Russia | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp305dx493do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:08:28 GMT | 2026-07-16T15:07:48.783666 | Polish security services say the aim was to incite ethnic tensions between Poland and Ukraine. | The 18-year-old was also charged with making preparations to fly a drone over Polish president Karol Nawrocki's vehicle during last year's Polish Armed Forces' Day parade in Warsaw on August 15. He was arrested three days before the event took place.
The suspect, who faces life in prison if found guilty, allegedly rec... | en |
UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’ | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/uk-aid-cuts-bilateral-support-african-countries | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:20:58 GMT | 2026-07-16T16:43:22.225699 | <p>Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’</p><p>Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.</p><p>The department’s <a href="... | Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.
The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years... | en |
Fifa 'assessing reports' over Falklands banner | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c75gnkl30vlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:44:43 GMT | 2026-07-16T19:21:17.512664 | Fifa is "assessing the match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands. | Fifa is "assessing match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players celebrated their World Cup semi-final win against England with a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.
The defending world champions produced a dramatic late comeback in Atlanta, scoring twice to ... | en |
Blasts reported in Iran as US launches new wave of strikes | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c151gdjwd10o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:44:37 GMT | 2026-07-16T22:40:28.066987 | The US says its attacks aim to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities", as fighting continued for the sixth day in a row. | The US launched a new wave of strikes against Iran for a sixth night in a row, its military says, as the two sides continue to battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command (Centcom) said on Thursday that the attacks were intended to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities".
Iran's state media... | en |
More than 500 Rohingya vanished at sea - what happened? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr59n096mrmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:07:11 GMT | 2026-07-17T04:29:10.763399 | Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingyas have disappeared since leaving Myanmar on 29 June. | Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar's Rakhine state on 29 June, and have not been heard from since. The equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people has vanished.
It is very likely that they both capsized. The monsoon has started, the seas are rough, and the boats - usually old fishing... | en |
Trump alleges 'shocking vulnerabilities' in US election security ahead of midterms | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k9wvv5wyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:08:27 GMT | 2026-07-17T06:59:27.791463 | The president accuses China of meddling in the 2020 election, directly contradicting past findings from US intelligence. | US President Donald Trump has delivered a primetime address in which he accused China of interfering in the 2020 election and alleged "shocking vulnerabilities" in American voting systems.
Trump, who spoke from the White House on Thursday, has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud and foreign meddli... | en |
Japan relaxes royal succession rules - but ban on female emperors remains | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy07rz79zg9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:16:34 GMT | 2026-07-17T06:59:28.063741 | The law now allows the adoption of male distant relatives aged over 15 back into the imperial family. | The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the imperial family.
The bill, passed by the upper house on Friday, allows the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives over the age of 15 and lets women keep their royal status after marryin... | en |
Philippines condemns monkey video on Chinese media as racist | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj632307934o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:37:45 GMT | 2026-07-17T06:59:28.353506 | The AI video on China Daily showed a monkey in Philippine garments singing its claims to the South China Sea. | The Philippines has condemned the "dehumanising and racist" portrayal of the country as a timid monkey strong-armed by the US and Japan to take Beijing on over the South China Sea.
Last week, China Daily posted an AI-generated video featuring a monkey in a Filipino shirt. It screams as arms bearing the Japanese and US... | en |
Seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid group | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/ebola-us-aid-workers-kenya | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:17:14 GMT | 2026-07-17T17:19:35.314693 | <p>Aid workers are first known people to quarantine at facility, which sparked huge opposition in Kenya </p><p>Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced travel restrictions, the head of a US cha... | Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced travel restrictions, the head of a US charity employing them told Reuters.
The aid workers are the first known people to quarantine at the facility, w... | en |
EU proposes slowing down cuts to carbon emissions for businesses | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgv0zd497zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:34:04 GMT | 2026-07-17T18:36:12.161571 | Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output. | The European Union has unveiled proposals that would slow cuts to businesses' greenhouse gas emissions limits, as part of a major climate policy overhaul.
The reforms would relax the rules of the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS) to give businesses more time to reduce their carbon output than previously planned.
... | en |
Air conditioner sparked deadly blaze at children's orphanage - police | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d8ylw60e9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:20:45 GMT | 2026-07-17T18:36:12.427625 | Eleven people, including children, died in the fire that also injured 19 others. | A fire that killed 11 people at an orphanage in Algeria's capital was caused by an electrical spark from a faulty air-conditioning unit, police in the North African country have said.
Amid the summer heat, the air conditioner had been running continuously before the blaze broke out in the early hours of Thursday morni... | en |
China hits out at British Steel nationalisation | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd4kvxpd3do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:44:22 GMT | 2026-07-17T18:36:12.616486 | The UK government said taking the firm into public hands would safeguard "a vital national capability". | The nationalisation came after Parliament on Wednesday passed legislation allowing the government to bring the steel industry into public ownership under circumstances where it met a public interest test.
Jingye is seeking compensation, having previously said the business was losing £700,000 a day. The BBC has been un... | en |
Many Ukrainian soldiers outraged over removal of defence minister, troops tell BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg8w4dpjkwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:04:09 GMT | 2026-07-17T21:02:06.645039 | Protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday after Mykhailo Fedorov's removal - and now soldiers are also criticising the move. | "My operation is scheduled for tomorrow," says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries.
"I hope when I wake up after the anaesthetic, Fedorov will be back at the Ministry of Defence," the unnamed soldier says in a video posted on Telegram. "Otherwise, everything I was fighting for will have... | en |
One anti-war critic fined, another held as Russia clamps down on opponents | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0n3y6ewn4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:00:54 GMT | 2026-07-17T21:02:06.947720 | While Boris Nadezhdin is barred from running for parliament, blogger Ilya Remeslo is remanded in custody. | Russian authorities have continued to clamp down on what little domestic opposition remains in the country by detaining a well-known blogger and moving to prevent a local politician from running for parliament.
Blogger Ilya Remeslo was a staunch supporter of Vladimir Putin until he staged a dramatic about-turn last Ma... | en |
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake quake strikes off Mexico coast | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjv3815yxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:12:54 GMT | 2026-07-17T21:02:07.237528 | The US Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning and has recorded waves 0.3m (1.1 feet) high in Puerto Madero and Chiapas in Mexico. | A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Mexico on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific.
No fatalities or significant damage have been reported in Mexico or Guatemala from the quake, which was also felt in El Salvador.
Mexico's navy secretary Admiral Raymundo Moral... | en |
Trump threatens to tariff Canada over wildfire smoke choking northern US cities | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyq93j34lgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:14:02 GMT | 2026-07-17T22:08:19.693089 | Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions. | US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada after hundreds of wildfires have left much of the northern US choked by a blanket of smoke.
The threat follows complaints by US lawmakers over the wildfires and Ontario's premier Doug Ford asking the US to send support to fight the fires, rather ... | en |
White House defends Argentina team over Falklands banner | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rmjk0740o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:54 GMT | 2026-07-17T23:10:29.367522 | The comments could further fuel the row over the incident, which has seen Downing Street back calls for Fifa to investigate. | The White House has defended the Argentinian football team's right to free speech after they controversially waved a banner in support of their country's territorial claim to the Falkland Islands while celebrating their World Cup win against England.
Argentina face potential disciplinary action from Fifa over the inci... | en |
US strikes hit Iran for seventh consecutive night | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy748n8zx8ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:02:01 GMT | 2026-07-18T03:34:49.632348 | The US command says it is conducting more strikes to degrade Iran's armed forces, as Iran reports explosions near the Strait of Hormuz. | The US military said it carried out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was "over".
In a statement shared on X, US Central Command (Centcom) wrote that its forces "hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons sto... | en |
‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/ghana-sensationalist-film-posters-collectible-art | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:00:47 GMT | 2026-07-18T05:53:09.081407 | <p>Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped</p><p>Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his ... | Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an outline of a skull.
Heavy J was creating a poster, but not as you might have expected... | en |
Space start-up launches India’s first commercial rocket designed for orbit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyekv7rld3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:05:19 GMT | 2026-07-18T08:01:02.575359 | India's first space-tech unicorn Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1 on Saturday. | The rocket - named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India's space programme - is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC before the launch.
Chandana says today, access to space remains "a major bottleneck, with satellit... | en |
Russian online retail warehouses hit by deadly Ukrainian strikes | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyxlm877p2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:06:25 GMT | 2026-07-18T13:38:36.614501 | Drones targeted Wildberries facilities near Moscow and in Tambov. Ukraine's leader called them "major logistics facilities" supplying "sanctioned components". | Serhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, told the BBC that Wildberries was a "vital component" of Russian logistics, and that its website had been used by Russian volunteers to purchase military equipment including walkie-talkies, body armour and drone components.
"The primary rationale... | en |
Two US troops killed and one missing after Iranian attack in Jordan | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8nynv8ze8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:32:30 GMT | 2026-07-18T18:39:15.021675 | The announcement comes after Jordan said it intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight into Saturday. | Two US service members were killed and one remains missing after Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks in Jordan on Friday, military officials said.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said four US service members were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan but have since been discharged. Others who suffered mi... | en |
Hungary's president agrees to stand down after parliament backs removal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd7q7eev7po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:33:28 GMT | 2026-07-18T18:39:15.323582 | Tamás Sulyok, seen as an Orbán loyalist, had until Saturday night to agree to end his term. | Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has agreed to step down, signing an amendment to the country's constitution which will end his presidency at midnight on Sunday.
Prime Minister Péter Magyar's Tisza party had used its majority to steamroll the law change through parliament to oust Sulyok - widely seen as a loyalist of ... | en |
German politician resigns over surrogacy child controversy | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq56e9n1ddzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:23:31 GMT | 2026-07-18T18:39:15.660016 | Jens Spahn faced criticism over his use of a surrogate, a ban on which he previously backed. | German centre-right politician Jens Spahn has resigned as parliamentary group leader of the country's governing coalition after being accused of hypocrisy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US to have a child.
Surrogacy is prohibited in Germany - a policy backed by his Christian Democrat party (CDU) and, severa... | en |
Andrew Tate and brother arrested in US after more charges laid against them in UK | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwymly9yd33o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:17:07 GMT | 2026-07-19T03:56:52.059942 | The Crown Prosecution Service says it has requested their extradition from the US, while their lawyer says they are "innocent". | Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in the US after British authorities announced they were bringing further charges against them.
The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew Tate was being charged with seven further counts of rape, as well as other charges relating... | en |
Russians turn to cash, putting more strain on slowing wartime economy | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglj255jk8ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:59:26 GMT | 2026-07-19T03:56:52.348378 | Russians have been hit by mobile internet shutdowns and more businesses are seeking to dodge tax after more than four years of war with Ukraine. | Russians are returning to cash, as mobile internet shutdowns disrupt card payments, and more businesses seek to dodge tax under mounting financial pressure more than four years into the war with Ukraine.
Russia has added 1.56tn roubles (£14.8bn; $20bn) in cash into circulation since the start of the year - the biggest... | en |
US and Iran exchange strikes after two US deaths in Jordan attack | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk417jp83po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:10:57 GMT | 2026-07-19T06:38:00.359451 | US forces target Iranian sites for the eighth night in a row, while Iran says it fired drones at the US military in Kuwait. | The US launched another round of air strikes against Iran on Saturday night, targeting its coastal surveillance and air defence facilities, US military officials said.
US Central Command (Centcom) said forces successfully hit Iranian military capabilities, while Iranian state media said Qeshm Island in the Strait of H... | en |
São Tomé and Príncipe heads to polls in tense presidential election | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/19/sao-tome-and-principe-presidential-election | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 04:00:16 GMT | 2026-07-19T06:38:00.695087 | <p>Incumbent Carlos Vila Nova hopes to defeat his former party and secure second term as independent</p><p>Voters in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/sao-tome-and-principe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to burn... | Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to burnish its democratic credentials.
According to the National Election Commission, about 142,000 people are registered to vote in the tiny African state’s elections, approximately ... | en |
Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k77p2r1xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:47:02 GMT | 2026-07-19T08:58:12.807493 | He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years in prison. | One of Cuba's most prominent dissidents has gone into exile in the US, after leaving Cuba where he had served a five-year prison sentence.
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, 38, is the leader of the San Isidro Movement (SIM), a group of artists, journalists and intellectuals who have campaigned for freedom of speech and dem... | en |
Russia launches major ballistic missile attack on Kyiv | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2el7xpnzrpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:54:50 GMT | 2026-07-19T10:40:18.555225 | One death is reported in what President Zelensky calls "one of the most massive ballistic attacks" on Ukraine's capital. | Russia has carried out a wave of ballistic missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing one person and wounding at least 14, officials say.
A number of areas in the region were hit overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it "one of the most massive ballistic attacks on Kyiv" since the start ... | en |
New EU border system tripling time at passport control, airport boss says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg5gg6n9x3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:47:59 GMT | 2026-07-19T10:40:18.836349 | Ryanair has also warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits. | The EU's new border system has nearly tripled the time it's taking for Brits to get through passport control even after improvements have been made, a boss at Rome's main airport has said.
It comes as Ryanair has warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits.
Border police at Portug... | en |
The 1975's Matty Healy marries model Gabbriette Bechtel in Los Angeles | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ywxp2d826o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:50:11 GMT | 2026-07-19T15:18:49.627216 | The newlyweds were first linked in 2023 after Healy's brief relationship with Taylor Swift. | The 1975's frontman Matty Healy and model Gabriette Bechtel have tied the knot in Los Angeles.
The couple announced their engagement in 2024, after dating for nine months, and got married on Saturday.
A statement shared from the couple's representatives said the pair were married "at a private ceremony in Los Angeles... | en |
Norway opens new memorial for victims of 2011 massacre | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07r9m22gyyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:11:08 GMT | 2026-07-20T04:09:19.794798 | The artwork in the capital Oslo was unveiled on Sunday ahead of the 15th anniversary of the attack. | Norway has opened a new memorial for the 77 victims of the country's deadliest terror attack in peacetime, days before its 15th anniversary.
On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi Anders Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot dead another 69 - mostly teenagers - at a youth camp on Utoeya island. Hundreds more... | en |
Food delivery rider wins China's top literary prize | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydr3xd0kvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:53:07 GMT | 2026-07-20T07:31:57.336502 | Wang Jibing is among blue-collar Chinese workers gaining wider attention for their literary works. | A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China's top literary honours.
Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize - named after a writer who has been referred to as the father of modern Ch... | en |
Boy, 13, dies during World Cup celebrations in Spain | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qvdy0jv05o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:02:44 GMT | 2026-07-20T10:31:40.559047 | Two other young people were injured after a fountain partially collapsed in Salamanca's Ciudad Rodrigo. | Emergency services for Castilla y León said it had received several calls about the collapse of the fountain. Part of the structure gave way after several people climbed on it to celebrate Spain's win, local media reported.
The emergency service said it had notified the city's local police, as well as Salamanca's Civi... | en |
Trump says US strikes hit Iran in 'honour' of American soldiers killed | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly52xzjd3qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:31:55 GMT | 2026-07-20T10:31:40.809783 | Iran responded with attacks in Syria and Jordan, as two ships reportedly exploded in the Strait of Hormuz. | President Donald Trump says the latest strikes by the US hit Iran "very hard", adding that the attacks were "in honour" of three US soldiers killed in recent days - two in Jordan, one in Iraq.
In the early hours of Monday local time, US Central Command (Centcom) said it had launched a "new wave" of strikes for the nin... | en |
Scores feared dead after passenger ferry capsizes off Guyana | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2gm99nrm7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:37:32 GMT | 2026-07-20T12:56:35.428306 | Sixty-seven people have been rescued but the ferry is thought to have had more than 130 people on board. | Scores of people are feared to have drowned after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana on Saturday night local time.
Sixty-seven people were rescued on Sunday, officials said, but since then rescue workers have been unable to locate any more survivors.
According to the ferry's passenger list, it was car... | en |
JD Vance says wife Usha and son 'happy and healthy' after birth of fourth child | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj63kngxpxpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:28:30 GMT | 2026-07-20T12:56:35.730992 | The couple welcomed their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance, on Sunday morning. | US Vice-President JD Vance has announced the birth of his fourth child, a boy, with his wife Usha Vance.
Alec Neel Vance was born on Sunday morning, the vice-president said in a statement on social media.
“Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother,” he added, als... | en |
Ten killed as Russian attacks on merchant ships in Black Sea intensify | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gvpv3ewv2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:14:08 GMT | 2026-07-20T15:15:32.714090 | Russian strikes on the Odesa region have killed 28 people in July alone, local authorities say. | The death toll of a Russian strike on a cargo ship off the coast of the Ukrainian city of Odesa has risen to 10.
The Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship was hit by Russian cruise missiles on Sunday, the Ukrainian Air Force said, causing a fire.
A search and rescue operation was launched and lasted all night. By Monday morning... | en |
Hamas names Khalil al-Hayya as new overall leader | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25nzkyj50o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:02:31 GMT | 2026-07-20T15:15:32.984659 | The Palestinian armed group's Qatar-based chief negotiator replaces Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2024. | The Palestinian armed group Hamas has elected Khalil al-Hayya as its new leader, according to a statement.
He replaces Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the Israeli military in Gaza in October 2024.
Hayya, who already headed the movement in Gaza from exile, was widely seen as representing the more hardline faction that... | en |
Police block thousands of 'cockroach' protesters marching on India's parliament | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9w9dxd7lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:31:10 GMT | 2026-07-20T15:15:33.235631 | Some protesters demanding education reforms said they were injured in clashes with police who banned the march. | Thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led protest movement, took to the streets of Delhi, defying a police ban to march to parliament and demand the resignation of India's education minister.
Police blocked the march with barricades, sparking scuffles as protesters tried to push through. ... | en |
Yemen's Houthis announce 'maritime embargo' on Saudi Arabia | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2gmddx1ldo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:33:02 GMT | 2026-07-20T18:57:20.297729 | The Houthis say the embargo begins immediately and is a response to a Saudi blockade of ports and airports in Yemen. | It comes a week after the most significant escalation in the largely dormant conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia since an informal truce took effect in 2022.
The Houthis said they had launched missiles at Abha airport in south-western Saudi Arabia in response to air strikes on Sanaa's airport that they blame... | en |
Rare identical quadruplets born in Australia | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jnj3428lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:57:32 GMT | 2026-07-20T18:57:20.548935 | The parents of the four naturally-conceived girls were taken by "immense surprise" with the pregnancy, the hospital said. | An Australian woman has given birth to rare, naturally-conceived identical quadruplets after a pregnancy described as "extremely high risk" by the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
The four girls, who were delivered via caesarean section at 28 weeks and four days on 14 July, were monozygotic quadruplets - where a s... | en |
Notorious drug cartel leader Ismael Zambada sentenced to life in US prison | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3q1d1ed5do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:21:27 GMT | 2026-07-20T18:57:20.812618 | Known as "El Mayo", the co-founder the Sinaloa Cartel was also ordered to pay $15bn after he admitted to sending vast amounts of drugs to the US. | One of the most notorious figures in Mexico's drug cartels, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, will spend the rest of his life in prison, a US judge ruled has ruled, two years after Zambada was lured to the US in an elaborate sting operation.
The 76-year-old, who founded the violent Sinaloa Cartel with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmá... | en |
Tate brothers appear in US court for extradition proceedings | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6294y87wk6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:05:50 GMT | 2026-07-20T20:26:39.438154 | They were arrested on Saturday after the UK announced dozens of new charges, including rape and sex trafficking, which they deny. | Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have appeared in a federal courtroom in Miami, marking the beginning of extradition proceedings to the UK over a slate of new charges that includes rape and sex trafficking.
Speaking outside the court after the hearing, a lawyer for the brothers said they wo... | en |
Trump imposes 50% tariff on Canadian imports | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4dzq3x3e1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:35:33 GMT | 2026-07-20T21:46:04.991613 | The duties take effect within 30 days and mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours. | US President Donald Trump has signed an order imposing a 50% tariff on a wide range of goods imported from Canada, in retaliation for what he called "unequal treatment" of US cars, dairy and alcohol.
The duties take effect on 19 August and mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours... | en |
US launches fresh strikes on Iran, as Trump warns of retaliation for death of soldiers | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25wg2x26do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:09:31 GMT | 2026-07-20T21:46:05.299686 | The US says the attacks were aimed at degrading Iran's capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. | The US military says it has begun a new round of strikes against Iran to "further degrade" its capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The strikes - the 10th consecutive night of attacks - come after US President Donald Trump vowed to punish Iran for the deaths of US soldiers, saying it would pay "many t... | en |
'Anti-ICE' army veteran started fire outside Manhattan federal building, say officials | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m1rr90dzxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:16:05 GMT | 2026-07-21T10:04:52.014584 | Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was armed with two axes, a machete, three knives and fireworks, says the FBI. | A former US Army soldier has been arrested after igniting a fire in front of a federal building in New York City, says the FBI.
Andrew Arrabaca, 43, allegedly shot a pellet gun and set off fireworks on Monday morning at 26 Federal Plaza, where the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and US Citizenship and ... | en |
Lebanese army says troops deploying in 'pilot zone' after Israeli withdrawal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8mynlmn55o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:43:48 GMT | 2026-07-21T12:02:45.376400 | A US-brokered agreement should see Israeli troops pulling out of a small part of Lebanon occupied during their conflict with Hezbollah. | Lebanon's army says its troops have begun deploying to a "pilot zone" in the south of the country following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered agreement reached last month.
A statement from the army command said units had entered the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh district on Tuesday morn... | en |
Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/21/healthy-diet-too-expensive-for-one-in-three-people-globally-un-report-finds | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:42 GMT | 2026-07-21T12:02:45.684939 | <p>Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well</p><p>One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on ... | One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on food affordability.
There are 2.69 billion people unable to afford a diverse diet that meets their energy and nutrient needs, and it will take “immense” amounts of work to achieve the global target of ... | en |
Row escalates in Ukraine over army chief's future | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vgel8374yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:33:15 GMT | 2026-07-21T14:25:03.144955 | Protesters are demanding Oleksandr Syrskyi be removed and former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov reinstated by Friday. | As discussions continue to resolve the crisis caused by President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision last week to part ways with Ukraine's popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, those organising daily protests in support of the minister have issued a threat.
"If, by Friday July 24th [commander-in-chief Oleksandr] Syrsk... | en |
Dozens hurt in Bologna protests after man dies while being restrained by police | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86nwgw148xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:48:37 GMT | 2026-07-21T14:25:03.429838 | Thousands of people took to the streets demanding justice for a Moroccan-born man who died on Sunday. | Protests have taken place in Italy after the death of a Moroccan-born man while being forcibly restrained by two police officers in the northern city of Bologna.
Several thousand people took to the streets on Monday night demanding "justice for Abderrahim Fakir".
A smaller group then splintered off and clashed with p... | en |
Zelensky sacks Ukraine's top army commander after days of protests | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl35z3917o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:57:38 GMT | 2026-07-21T20:50:17.725955 | Oleksandr Syrskyi is dismissed after days of unrest over the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
His dismissal comes just days after the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov - a move that triggered street protests across the country.
Initial rumours that the end of Fedorov's tenure was related t... | en |
Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/health-worker-being-monitored-for-ebola-in-london-hospital-after-working-in-drc | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:39:00 GMT | 2026-07-21T23:14:36.542606 | <p>UK resident was evacuated from Democratic Republic of the Congo where there is an outbreak of the disease</p><p>A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus.</p><p>The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Co... | A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus.
The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the worker had been treating patients with the disease, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.
UKH... | en |
US renews strikes on Iran as Trump threatens to attack underground nuclear site | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrv0p37k8jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:05:08 GMT | 2026-07-22T06:34:57.789441 | The US president's threat to target a key Iranian nuclear site came ahead of the 11th consecutive night of attacks. | The US launched strikes on Iran for the 11th consecutive night late on Tuesday, as Tehran warned the US against targeting its nuclear facilities.
US Central Command (Centcom) said the wave of strikes were "designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping" in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian ... | en |
France passes law banning under-15s from social media | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq56l9p4y93o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:50:55 GMT | 2026-07-22T06:34:58.069846 | The law will require social media platforms in France to verify all users age from January. | France's parliament has approved a law to ban social media for under-15s from January 2027, making it the first European country to block young people from the platforms.
The law will mean everyone in France must verify their age to access social media and comes as the UK and EU are developing their own limits in resp... | en |
Tokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but some women say it's 'leg hair harassment' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgwp513jpvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:26:19 GMT | 2026-07-22T06:34:58.329836 | The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts. | As temperatures rise this summer, Japanese men are baring more leg at work than ever before.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is pushing company employees to ditch their usual suit and tie for more casual attire, featuring t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike introduced "Tokyo Cool Biz" in Ap... | en |
Michelin-starred restaurateur faces jail for using ants as dessert garnish | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62qw1qk95eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:32:56 GMT | 2026-07-22T06:34:58.601284 | Officials say the restaurant in South Korea used some 49,000 ants in various dishes over four years. | South Korean prosecutors sought a one-year jail term for the owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant accused of using ants as a dessert garnish, local media reported.
Ants are not among the 10 insect species approved for human consumption under the country's laws. The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and tw... | en |
Ukrainian drones hit more sites of Russian online retailer Wildberries | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36de9n4pxpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:37:13 GMT | 2026-07-22T09:17:02.531148 | Logistics hubs belonging to Wildberries in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions were struck overnight. | Ukrainian drones have hit warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer again, injuring 15 people, according to the company's founder and regional governors.
Logistics hubs run by Wildberries in two south-west cities were impacted by overnight attacks and workers were evacuated, the founder said.
It is the... | en |
Iran war has cost US $37.5bn so far, Hegseth says, as Pentagon seeks billions more | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70gek2kqyno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:15:05 GMT | 2026-07-22T09:17:02.823859 | The hearing was disrupted by protests and a shouting match as Hegseth testified at a pivotal time in the war. | The war with Iran has cost the US some $37.5bn (£28bn) so far - an increase of nearly $8bn since the last estimate in May, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee it was urgent that lawmakers approve another $87bn in congressional funding for the Pentagon, with $67bn o... | en |
India's Modi government under growing pressure as 'cockroach' protests intensify | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d8p88lyjdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:02:04 GMT | 2026-07-22T09:17:03.083766 | The CJP got a boost on Tuesday when the opposition Congress party demonstrated outside the PM's house. | On Monday, tens of thousands of protesters flooded central Delhi after the CJP called for a march to parliament as the monsoon session began. At least 60 people were injured after police used batons and tear gas to disperse the crowds.
Officers also dismantled the stage and makeshift tents at Jantar Mantar, the protes... | en |
Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris suburbs | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8en38vpd3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:40:14 GMT | 2026-07-22T11:26:55.227669 | Daniel Siad, whose name appears in the Epstein files thousands of times, had previously denied knowledge of the threat Jeffrey Epstein posed. | A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home.
Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor's office confirmed to the BBC.
"An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monda... | en |
US to announce deal allowing Saudi Arabia a nuclear programme | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj03r59z73po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:49:12 GMT | 2026-07-22T15:18:08.234575 | The agreement would fulfil a long-held Saudi ambition but could attract concern in Israel and from some US lawmakers. | The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme.
An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
The agreement could be worth billions of dollars to t... | en |
Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0n127lpzgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:42:49 GMT | 2026-07-22T15:18:08.532889 | All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows. | At least seven oil tankers have made U-turns close to Yemen since the Iran-linked Houthi group announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia on Monday, ship-tracking data shows.
All of the ships were travelling either to or from Saudi ports and made sharp changes of course after the embargo was announced.
Nearl... | en |
British woman jailed for blackmail after accusing banker of rape in Hong Kong | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz97gdjgezno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:14:16 GMT | 2026-07-22T16:57:58.751579 | Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice. | According to local press reports, Judge Adriana Tse sentenced her to five years in prison for blackmail and three years for perverting the course of justice, with one year to be served consecutively.
Prosecutors argued that Rose fabricated the allegation in an attempt to extort £100,000 ($134,000) from the man, whose ... | en |
Wreckage of Pan Am plane that shaped aviation safety found 74 years on | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrvyllxj71o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:50:17 GMT | 2026-07-22T16:57:59.045750 | The deaths of 52 people on the Clipper Endeavor led to the introduction of mandatory pre-flight safety briefings. | The wreckage of a Pan American Airways plane has been found 74 years after it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in a crash that prompted mandatory airline safety briefings.
The Clipper Endeavor was found 2,000ft (610m) below sea level off the coast of Puerto Rico with a sonar-equipped drone. It went down on 11 April 195... | en |
Fire kills 10 members of same family in Peru, police say | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2g11ng7j2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:56:26 GMT | 2026-07-22T22:28:48.245117 | Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze in Lima as local media report
it may have been arson. | A fire has killed 10 members of the same family, including five children, at a home in Peru's capital Lima, police say.
The blaze ripped through the property in the southern La Victoria district early on Wednesday, Gen Oscar Arriola from the Peruvian National Police told local media.
Five children, aged between three... | en |
Russia's businesses under strain from Ukraine's attacks on Wildberries | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg9n2y61w6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:06:08 GMT | 2026-07-22T23:33:17.247503 | Ukrainian drones have hit several retail warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries in a matter of days. | Ukrainian drones have hit several retail warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, in a matter of days, dealing a blow to a large number of small and medium-sized businesses.
After months of drone attacks on oil depots and refineries, Kyiv says it is now targeting logistics hubs used by Ru... | en |
Houthis claim attack on oil tankers as US launches more strikes on Iran | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw9xzx9r4ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:48:27 GMT | 2026-07-23T04:41:03.618667 | The Houthi attacks would be the first in the Red Sea since the Iran-backed group announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia. | Yemen's Houthis say they have attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea as the US launched its 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
Iranian state media said two people had been killed in the US strikes on Wednesday, and a tanker caught fire in an explosion in a mined route in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ahead of ... | en |
Around 12,000 people evacuated in France fires | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4kmr82n44o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:56:36 GMT | 2026-07-23T10:01:19.447115 | A third firefighter has died in Europe while tackling ongoing wildfires across the continent. | Around 12,000 people have been evacuated from the south-west of France as the country battles ongoing wildfires days after two firefighters died near Bordeaux airport, French media reported.
The Gironde region government said more than 2,000 hectares (4,000 acres) of land have been destroyed.
The use of internal comb... | en |
'I am still alive': Indian activist on hunger strike for 26 days loses 11kg | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce34n7kqr5ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:37:23 GMT | 2026-07-23T10:01:19.743384 | Sonam Wangchuk has been the main draw at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in Delhi. | The violence has stirred public anger and galvanised India's opposition, posing a challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
Modi has not commented directly on the protests or engaged with the protesters, but on Thursday, he posted a statement on X that is being seen as an attempt to reach out to student... | en |
Saudis must recognise Israel for nuclear deal, says Trump | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye71yq8wwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:56:35 GMT | 2026-07-23T14:26:38.109222 | The US president says the landmark agreement to help Saudis develop nuclear energy is dependent on it joining the Abraham Accords. | The landmark nuclear deal between the US and Saudi Arabia is dependent on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords recognising the State of Israel, President Donald Trump has said.
"The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)... which pertains only to non-military use... will be approved, but is totall... | en |
Canada's 'powerful' dairy sector is in Trump's trade crosshairs | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8kvm84lxmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:15:12 GMT | 2026-07-23T14:26:38.351959 | Canada's dairy supply management system is in the spotlight after the US president singled it out as one of three main irritants used to justify new tariffs. | Canada's dairy industry policy is among the most politically sacrosanct in the country. It has also long been a thorn in the side of Donald Trump.
Now, Canada's dairy supply management system is back in the spotlight after the US president singled it out as one of three main irritants used to justify a 50% tariff on $... | en |
MoD cancels army training in Kenya over powers to prosecute British soldiers | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/23/british-army-cancel-training-kenya-defence-agreement-dispute | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:06:01 GMT | 2026-07-23T14:26:38.833678 | <p>September exercise called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offences</p><p>The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement.</p><p>While the UK government wanted to renew th... | The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement.
While the UK government wanted to renew the existing agreement, Kenyan lawmakers had sought changes to give local authorities greater powers to hold British soldiers ... | en |
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