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Child among three killed in Russian missile attacks near Kyiv | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7dy8gq99eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:23:33 GMT | 2026-08-08T05:03:14.862392 | Russia continued its overnight attacks after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Ukraine's dwindling supplies of missile interceptors. | At least three people, including a child, have been killed in overnight Russian attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
In the early hours of Saturday missiles hit east of the capital and witnesses reported hearing powerful explosions just days after strikes across Ukraine killed 21 people.
Falling debris damaged ap... | en |
'I ran because I knew I would die': Russian drones target medics in Ukraine | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r073eqvrjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:02:49 GMT | 2026-08-08T05:03:15.156104 | Ukrainian emergency workers warn of growing Russian attacks on hospitals and ambulances. | Inna Lytvynenko always puts on her bright orange body armour when she's out on an emergency call.
Last June, the paramedic was sent out in Kherson to treat a woman injured in a Russian drone attack, when an FPV drone smashed into her ambulance.
Seconds later, she heard a buzzing sound in the sky. Another drone was fl... | en |
The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyrzn8p94o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:23:12 GMT | 2026-08-08T09:02:36.412218 | How we tracked down "The Spider" who was once one of the most-feared men in Syria. | For months we drew a blank in our hunt for Luka.
And then we had our first breakthrough.
One of those listed in the book, who we tried calling again, finally answered the phone.
He had been the guard for Luka's apartment block, he told us, and eventually agreed to give us the number for someone he said had been Luka... | en |
Todd Blanche, Trump's ex-lawyer, confirmed as US attorney general | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewr898jy8go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:19:46 GMT | 2026-08-08T10:39:03.809912 | Republican Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote after a lengthy stand-off. | President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche has been confirmed as US attorney general - the nation's top law enforcement official.
Blanche won confirmation in a 50-49 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski opposing him.
Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote after announc... | en |
US pledges $1bn support to Colombia as Trump-backed president sworn in | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9wy3y0e5wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:01:42 GMT | 2026-08-08T12:58:36.872261 | Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism". | The US has pledged £1bn in assistance to Colombia, after the country's new right-wing president was sworn in on Friday.
Trump ally Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".
In a statement hailing a "new era in US-Colombia relations", the US state d... | en |
Madonna pays tribute to 'genius, otherworldly' producer William Orbit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewr8wel4z8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:44:08 GMT | 2026-08-08T16:40:12.390883 | The Queen of Pop worked with Orbit several times over the years, most notably on her genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning album Ray of Light. | Madonna has paid tribute to her longtime friend and acclaimed music producer William Orbit, who died last month at the age of 69.
"You pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealised dreams," the pop superstar wrote on Instagram on Saturday. "Your music gave me a magic carpet to fly on and I... | en |
Messi's father Jorge dies aged 68 after illness | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c70gn3w5ek5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:51:11 GMT | 2026-08-08T17:14:07.775450 | Lionel Messi's father and agent Jorge dies at the age of 68 following a long illness. | The Inter Miami forward, 39, also became an eight-time Ballon d'Or winner and won the Champions League four times with Barcelona, plus 10 La Liga titles in 17 seasons in their first team.
Jorge supported his local team Newell's Old Boys and Lionel joined the club when he was seven years old.
The family relocated to S... | en |
Hormuz talks positive, Oman says, as Iran warns deal would not open strait | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c934j5y2lq9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:18:57 GMT | 2026-08-08T19:55:41.919215 | Both sides suggest progress in talks to agree a new shipping route through the strait, but a breakthrough remains unclear. | Oman has said positive talks have been taking place with Iran over an agreement to secure a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warned that any deal would not see an immediate reopening of the vital waterway.
Both sides suggested on Saturday that discussions were progressing, but a timeline on any d... | en |
Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20d8qre98do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:43:44 GMT | 2026-08-09T05:10:51.731292 | Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank. | Up in the hills above the Roman columns of the ancient site of Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank, are olive fields that have been cultivated for generations by Palestinian families.
One of the landowners, Abu Mudif, says he has received notification that his land is part of a tranche of about 450 acres that the Isra... | en |
Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgxjn92x9jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:59:23 GMT | 2026-08-09T05:10:51.993597 | The government is trying to attribute blame for the unprecedented fires which tore through the country last month. | After wildfires caused more damage in France this year than at any time since World War Two, many are left asking a single question: Why?
A major driver is that climate is changing as a result of the well-documented way humanity is burning fossil fuels. Temperatures are only rising.
But with records showing that nine... | en |
Perez Hilton faces long recovery after self-harm livestream | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5lnqjz497o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:32:06 GMT | 2026-08-09T05:10:52.193875 | The US blogger is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital, according to his family. | The US blogger Perez Hilton is in a "serious but stable" condition after being admitted to hospital, according to his family.
Emergency services were called to his Miami home on Tuesday after members of the public reported concerns while watching a TikTok livestream.
The Miami sheriff's office confirmed they attended... | en |
Fifa criticises campaign to oust president Infantino | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj03drn965do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:06:44 GMT | 2026-08-09T10:45:05.375857 | Fifa strongly criticises what it calls a "concerted and ongoing effort" to "undermine" the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino. | Fifa has strongly criticised what it calls a "concerted and ongoing effort" to "undermine" the organisation and its president Gianni Infantino.
The statement follows a Daily Telegraph report, external which claimed Infantino's alleged lover was given a severance payment by Uefa after he had an affair while he was its ... | en |
Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan returning to Ireland in high-security operation | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62qd5plzp6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:02:52 GMT | 2026-08-09T10:45:05.726167 | The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai. | The Irish government jet carrying suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan has departed Dubai for Dublin.
The 49-year-old was arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in April and is being extradited to the Republic of Ireland to face a charge of directing a criminal organisation.
Kinahan will be immediately charged upo... | en |
State of emergency declared as fast-moving Canada wildfire doubles in size | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25dkwk3e3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:46:40 GMT | 2026-08-09T10:45:06.070369 | The Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia, still considered "out of control", has spread over more than 36 sq miles (95 sq km). | "Homes have been lost, and properties have been destroyed. Some people became trapped as conditions changed very quickly, and needed to be rescued," the premier said.
A state of emergency allows the provincial government access to special powers including travel restrictions and supply protections to prevent price gou... | en |
Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, Netanyahu says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yw4lpe0yeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:12:10 GMT | 2026-08-09T13:01:58.386931 | Israel's PM says its military will not pull-out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.
Trump's Board of Peace said last month it had reached an agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups... | en |
Ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgx1kpz17go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:27:26 GMT | 2026-08-09T13:01:58.698097 | Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years. | Italian divers have discovered an ancient Roman shipwreck off the coast of Sicily, believed to be more than 2,000 years old.
The vessel was found piled high with hundreds of well-preserved containers, which were used to transport goods such as wine and olive oil.
Italy's Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli hailed the w... | en |
Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjeznj6979o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:34:04 GMT | 2026-08-09T16:57:17.268287 | Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio. | Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023.
José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign event in t... | en |
Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyeg1ljp2eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:18:10 GMT | 2026-08-09T20:39:02.702577 | Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts. | Two drones were spotted over a military base in western Germany just days after an explosive-laden device was found at Leipzig airport.
Germany's armed forces (Bundeswehr) confirmed they were seen on Thursday evening at a base in Mechernich, near Bonn, reportedly housing components for US-made Patriot air-defence syst... | en |
Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8djwgem0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:05:29 GMT | 2026-08-10T02:10:55.296598 | Frans Mathipa was shot while driving - we got access to the prosecution case against eight accused men. | The case Mathipa had been investigating was sensitive.
It centred on an Ethiopian man called Abdella Abadigga, an alleged so-called Islamic State [IS] militant. He had been granted temporary asylum in South Africa in 2008, but was arrested abroad in 2017.
Abadigga had then been smuggled back into the country, by the ... | en |
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rgzyplg2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:23:54 GMT | 2026-08-10T08:47:27.522593 | Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai. | Chinese authorities have evacuated more than a million people from their homes in eastern China including the financial capital Shanghai, as Typhoon Dolphin made landfall.
The typhoon brought heavy rain and halted transportation across the region. Nearly 1,000 flights were cancelled in Shanghai alone on Monday.
While... | en |
At least 13 killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia's Tatarstan region, officials say | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjvgv926po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:03:58 GMT | 2026-08-10T10:22:19.264435 | It is one of the deadliest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow's war on Ukraine. | At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, officials have said.
One child was among the victims with 75 more people injured, Russian authorities said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow's full-scale war in Ukraine.
Kyiv... | en |
Former Thai MP allegedly kills official and confesses on YouTube | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx7lje8l79o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:51:07 GMT | 2026-08-10T10:22:19.512387 | Chalong Riewrang called a YouTube livestream to say he had shot a government official. | A former Thai MP allegedly shot dead a local official in the southern province of Nonthaburi, then dialled into a YouTube livestream to inform the host - a political pundit - of what he had done.
Former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Reawraeng told the shocked host, Anchalee Paireerak, that he had shot Thongchai Yenprasert, a ... | en |
'Body in suitcase' found in Australia turns out to be lifelike doll | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqg4w3gz9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:16:40 GMT | 2026-08-10T10:22:19.763881 | Forensics revealed that the 'realistic' looking body was in fact not human. | Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the "victim" was in fact a lifelike doll.
The suitcase was discovered by two men on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney.
On Monday, police announced a murder investig... | en |
Alleged rebel leader killed in Colombia as president targets armed groups | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrljp9x9eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:23:21 GMT | 2026-08-10T12:34:11.130041 | The military operation against Hernando Forero Mosquera was carried out just days after as Colombia's new president was sworn in. | Military intelligence officers said that Forero led a group known as Frente 28, which is one of the many dissident factions to have sprung forth from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
The Farc, Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group, signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 but some of its me... | en |
World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvw8vmmgrwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:24:46 GMT | 2026-08-10T12:34:11.400227 | Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions, as wildfires continue to ravage western Europe. | The world's oceans hit their hottest ever recorded temperatures for July, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific, according to the EU's climate monitoring service.
The average sea surface temperature (SST) outside the world's polar regions - between 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south - was 2... | en |
Netanyahu's rejection of Trump's 15-point Gaza plan unlikely to be final word | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3q5282ep3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:43:08 GMT | 2026-08-10T15:18:29.168010 | The Trump administration is said to be unbothered by the Israeli prime minister's rejection of the deal, viewing it as campaign rhetoric ahead of a general election. | In July, after months of delicate negotiations, Trump announced a "major milestone" in the implementation of his plan to end Israel's war in Gaza.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that the Board of Peace had reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups i... | en |
'Total incinerated destruction': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homes | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2lwv032j9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:10:56 GMT | 2026-08-10T17:28:05.419835 | More than 12,000 people have been forced to evacuate over the weekend after a wildfire quickly tore through Canada's picturesque Okanagan region. | Earl Kurz and his wife have lived in Peachland, a town overlooking Okanagan Lake in Canada's British Columbia, for 30 years. In the last 10, he said he has grown used to wildfires threatening his community.
But this is the first time he's been forced to flee, and surveying the damage left behind by the Bald Range wild... | en |
We are chasing Ebola virus - it is ahead of us, WHO warns | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydx7m8gzeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:50:29 GMT | 2026-08-10T18:26:36.007993 | Infection rates are high, adding to concern that authorities are struggling to get to grips with the disease. | The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began at least three months before it was officially declared - meaning the health authorities are still playing catch-up, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
More than 1,900 people have died from the virus since that declaration on 15 May, maki... | en |
30 years later, a former rival will stand trial for Tupac's murder | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmkl1j3dwvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:52:47 GMT | 2026-08-10T19:33:34.032141 | It’s been three decades since Tupac was killed, and since then, his reputation has only grown. | It was ultimately the death of another legendary rapper that helped unravel Tupac's shooting death.
Months after Shakur was gunned down, Biggie Smalls or the Notorious BIG, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
Both rappers were the stars of their respective rival record labels - Shakur with Death Row Rec... | en |
Canada flight cancelled after child refuses to wear seat belt | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6307x3wdgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:06:27 GMT | 2026-08-10T22:08:49.956337 | The incident has sparked a debate over child safety and discipline on commercial planes. | The cancellation of a flight in Canada after a child refused to wear a seat belt has reignited a debate about the etiquette and safety procedures relating to children travelling on planes.
The Porter Airlines flight, which was preparing to depart from Victoria to Toronto on 6 August had to return to the terminal as a ... | en |
At least 132 killed in Colombia's largest earthquake in years | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e360lx0vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:59:40 GMT | 2026-08-11T02:54:30.901941 | The magnitude 7.4 quake had its epicentre in Chocó province, near the Pacific Coast, but could be felt in cities hundreds of kilometres away. | At least 132 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.
The death toll is likely to rise, with more feared trapped under collapsed buildings.
The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó p... | en |
Watch: What we know about Tupac murder suspect Duane 'Keffe D' Davis | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjd48zkg5n9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:45:29 GMT | 2026-08-11T04:24:00.081862 | The trial of the 63-year-old former gang boss kicked off on Monday, and he has entered a not guilty plea. | The only suspect ever charged for the drive-by shooting that killed rap superstar Tupac Shakur on 7 September 1996 is Duane "Keffe D" Davis. The 63-year-old former gang boss is due to stand trial in Las Vegas, where he is accused of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal ga... | en |
Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2g90vvy62o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:58:45 GMT | 2026-08-11T10:12:52.581355 | The US president was moved from the old Air Force One to a military plane as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, US media say. | Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report.
The US president boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras before being transported to a military aircraft with the help of a catering tr... | en |
Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c151dpzwnvxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:39:58 GMT | 2026-08-11T10:12:52.838693 | Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally. | Ukraine and Russia have continued striking each other overnight, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles.
The Ukrainian president said strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured at least 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.
In Voronezh, in southern R... | en |
Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce34dkpnyg7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:42:48 GMT | 2026-08-11T10:12:53.095266 | The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war. | A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.
Assad fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family's five-deca... | en |
Libyan authorities battle big blaze at major oil refinery | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp308z9pl30o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:28:24 GMT | 2026-08-11T10:12:53.376244 | Monday's drone strike on the Zawiya refinery was the third such incident in two days. | Libyan emergency services have been battling to contain a huge blaze at a major oil plant after it was targeted by unknown attackers.
The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening - the third such incident in two days.
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a tank cont... | en |
Russia releases former US Marine reported in poor health | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgj4m8e1ryo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:35:01 GMT | 2026-08-11T15:41:53.451354 | Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022 for kicking a police officer while drunk, had reportedly been in a catatonic-like state. | Russia has released a former US Marine who was jailed in 2022 and was reportedly in extremely poor health.
Robert Gilman, from Massachusetts, was freed "from detention for humanitarian reasons" and flying on a US plane to Washington, DC, on Tuesday, according to Kirill Dmitriev, special envoy for Russian President Vla... | en |
Watch: Family escapes home during Colombia earthquake | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwyl3w1e6zxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:12:21 GMT | 2026-08-11T17:43:30.748634 | At least 169 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years. | A family captured video of the moment they fled their home during an earthquake in Colombia.
Liliana Pérez Ocampo and her family escaped moments before their home was rocked by a 7.4 magnitude quake on Monday.
"At first, we thought it was just a mild tremor like the ones that usually happen in Colombia, but when more... | en |
Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20dqd9qwq4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:09:52 GMT | 2026-08-11T19:48:29.293829 | Colombia experienced a number of aftershocks on Tuesday, as efforts continued to free survivors trapped in rubble and buildings. | Rescue workers in Colombia are working against the clock to free survivors trapped in buildings and under rubble following Monday's powerful earthquake.
More than 180 people have been confirmed dead - most in the cities of Cali and Pereira.
The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) on Monday and was felt ac... | en |
Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8enj8p1xwgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:24:07 GMT | 2026-08-11T19:48:29.567775 | The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment. | Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment.
A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc voted against it.
The legislation will now go... | en |
US says helicopter fired missiles to disable ship breaking Iran blockade | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg8lyyyjedo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:04:11 GMT | 2026-08-11T20:52:44.503146 | US Central Command says its helicopter hit the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman. | The US military says one of its helicopters has fired missiles to disable "the steering gear" of a cargo ship attempting to violate the US blockade of Iranian ports.
In a statement, US Central Command (Centcom) says its MH-60 aircraft on Tuesday fired two hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged M/... | en |
Inside the Secret Service 'shell game' to hide US presidents in plain sight | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d84874dzjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:39:42 GMT | 2026-08-11T21:54:44.366144 | Elaborate deception operations and decoys are often used to deceive potential threats to the US president. | The exact nature of the perceived threat to the aircraft in this latest case remains unclear.
The Secret Service has so far not commented on the incident, while the White House has neither confirmed nor denied it, saying only that it uses every tool available to protect the president.
While contingency plans for a va... | en |
These seaside apartments were a ghost city - then police say scammers moved in | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kvlye1k5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:31:18 GMT | 2026-08-11T23:49:01.441489 | Malaysia's Forest City was pitched as "paradise" but last month police raided it over alleged scam operations. | From a distance, Malaysia's Forest City looks 3D-printed: a bristle of identical white blocks clustered on an otherwise unremarkable coastline.
When it was unveiled by Chinese developers in 2016, the $100bn mega-project was pitched as "a dream paradise for all mankind": a special financial zone that could house some 7... | en |
Trump's dramatic plane swap hints at personal stakes of Iran war | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly8jexn1z9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:14:42 GMT | 2026-08-12T02:22:45.879265 | It marks another striking episode in the turbulent history of his relationship with Iran, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher. | "I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well, I got him first."
That was President Donald Trump's observation, made to ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl, in a phone conversation the day after he launched the US military campaign against Iran in February
An Israeli airstrike, conducted with US approval and co-ord... | en |
Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c980r4wpl9lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:05:30 GMT | 2026-08-12T02:22:46.125009 | The president says the Secret Service wanted him to go on a different flight after the Nato summit in Turkey. | President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat.
"I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane," Trump told reporters on Tuesday. "I just have to do what they say."
The r... | en |
Baby Shark Boy set to make K-pop debut | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvg7zrxknvno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:26:32 GMT | 2026-08-12T04:24:33.317472 | The boy from the most-watched YouTube video of all time is now 17 years old, and wants to be a K-pop star. | At just seven years old, Park Geon-roung starred in the Baby Shark music video that went on to become the most-watched YouTube clip of all time, with 17 billion views - and counting. Now, Baby Shark Boy wants to be a K-pop star.
He's backed by Pinkfong, the South Korean kids entertainment company that made Baby Shark ... | en |
Singapore and S Korea pull Trader Joe's seasoning over poppy seeds | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdewpklnzwxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:44:44 GMT | 2026-08-12T08:54:22.271146 | Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning contains poppy seeds which are banned in both countries. | Singapore and South Korea have pulled Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning from e-commerce platforms because it contains poppy seeds.
While they do not naturally contain opiates, poppy seeds are banned in both countries because they can get contaminated with opiates by fluid in the poppy plant during harves... | en |
Wisconsin result halts winning streak for Democratic Party's left wing | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9347ezzwljo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:55:40 GMT | 2026-08-12T10:11:59.538914 | Centrist David Crowley is projected to have beaten democratic socialist Francesca Hong, breaking a recent nationwide trend. | David Crowley is projected to have won a primary election to become the Democrat's candidate for Wisconsin governor, in a surprise result that halts a winning streak for the party's left wing.
With almost all votes counted in the Midwestern state, Crowley, the more centrist candidate, has secured a narrow victory over... | en |
Halting the march of the armyworm: fungus discovery offers hope to African farmers | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/12/african-armyworm-crop-pest-discovery-fungus-science-hope-farmers | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:27 GMT | 2026-08-12T11:12:21.106693 | <p>South African scientist’s breakthrough research shows soil fungus could be used in fight against devastating crop pest</p><p>Hearing about fields full of dead caterpillars enveloped in a mysterious white substance intrigued the South African scientist Letodi Luki Mathulwe. Something was killing off the African armyw... | Hearing about fields full of dead caterpillars enveloped in a mysterious white substance intrigued the South African scientist Letodi Luki Mathulwe. Something was killing off the African armyworm – one of the most devastating pests for farmers in east and southern Africa.
The white substance was a naturally occurring ... | en |
At least 15 dead after overcrowded ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/zimbabwe-lake-kariba-ferry-capsize | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:34:40 GMT | 2026-08-12T11:12:21.323020 | <p>Operation under way to rescue dozens missing after boat overturned by waves at world’s largest human-made lake</p><p>At least 15 people have died and 27 are missing after an overcrowded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe.</p><p>The boat had a capacity of 90 people, but was carrying 114 adult passengers, five ... | At least 15 people have died and 27 are missing after an overcrowded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe.
The boat had a capacity of 90 people, but was carrying 114 adult passengers, five crew members and an unknown number of children, Zimbabwe’s civil protection unit (CPU) said, citing ticket sales.
A crew mem... | en |
Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7d2e5wlgno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:28:02 GMT | 2026-08-12T13:49:48.895801 | Following a 10-hour rescue operation, emergency workers pulled the 32-year-old from beneath slabs of concrete. | A 32-year-old woman, who had been trapped under rubble for 36 hours following the 7.4-magnitude quake which shook western Colombia, has been rescued alive.
Daniela Largo was pulled from beneath a collapsed building in the city of Pereira after a 10-hour-long rescue operation.
Firefighters finally managed to reach her... | en |
Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0npjkqrleo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:16:22 GMT | 2026-08-12T13:49:49.176326 | Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday. | Israeli settlers have been besieging two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday, with the families saying their supplies were running out and rights groups urging the authorities to step in.
On Wednesday Israeli security forces were reported to have withdrawn from the Jewish settler... | en |
US inflation eases as food costs cool | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qv2nn1gpeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:40:51 GMT | 2026-08-12T13:49:49.424333 | Annual US inflation dipped to 3.4% in July, with food costs slowing and housing keeping prices slightly higher. | US prices rose 3.4% in the year to July, slightly lower than the 3.5% in the year to June, new figures show.
Energy remained volatile as the Middle East conflict has continued, with gasoline up 24.6% over the year. The sharp rise reflects ongoing strains in global energy markets, even as overall energy costs dipped in... | en |
Members of Trump's cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president's quiet exit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g306eln8wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:57:18 GMT | 2026-08-12T16:11:15.291498 | Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran. | It is also unclear what the cabinet secretaries and other officials, along with the Air Force members working on the plane, knew of the operation. Members of the press have said they were not aware that they were on a decoy flight.
Various ruses, often referred to as "shell games" by Secret Service personnel, are comm... | en |
Danube river's low water levels reveal remains of WWII soldiers and motorcycle | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2gp3zmkpmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:28:05 GMT | 2026-08-12T16:11:15.589401 | A remarkably well-preserved motorcycle and identification tags were found alongside the bodies. | The bodies of two World War Two German soldiers have been found in Budapest's Danube river, due to record-low water levels after an intense drought.
Found alongside their remains were the identification tags of the two soldiers, a largely intact German army Wehrmacht motorcycle, a wedding ring and a Kuban shield - a c... | en |
LA Lakers to be sold in record $12.5bn deal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/articles/c04k2dn422xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:11:04 GMT | 2026-08-12T17:14:28.411823 | The Los Angeles Lakers is to be sold for a reported record $12.5bn - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise. | The Los Angeles Lakers are to be sold for a reported record-breaking $12.5bn, external (£9.3bn) - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.
Josh Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared, and former Disney chief executive Bob Iger are buying the controlli... | en |
Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y49xp2wrno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:47:01 GMT | 2026-08-12T18:10:13.916546 | Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other's shipping facilities and ports. | A "massive" Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia's port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say.
Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local official... | en |
US immigration officers to be equipped with gloves that deliver electric shocks | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20d292gdp4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:21:22 GMT | 2026-08-12T20:11:47.898943 | The US immigration agency is buying enforcement officers and agents $20m worth of gloves, which the maker says are safe when properly used. | US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers may soon be equipped with gloves that can deliver electric shocks as they carry out their law enforcement duties.
ICE plans to spend up to $20m (£14.8m) to buy the Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter (GLOVE), according to a note published on Monday by the Departme... | en |
Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave post | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglzrvyrz3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:09:37 GMT | 2026-08-12T20:11:48.144079 | Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says. | White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down from her position at the end of the month, President Donald Trump has announced.
Leavitt, whom the president called one of his "most trusted aides", will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family - "a decision I totally understand ... | en |
Why are 'human fridges' being sold in Japan? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjej4y3gvzlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:07:47 GMT | 2026-08-12T23:03:32.370171 | As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down. | Japan is facing worsening summer heat. In the past two months more than 53,000 people have been treated for heatstroke, with 79 reported deaths.
Now, the Do Hiemon - which roughly translates to "The Cooling Box" - is being rolled out in public spaces and sold to businesses. A unit costs 1.5m¥ each ($9,407; £6,973). Th... | en |
Vultures are disappearing in Nigeria - but the 'Vulture King' is fighting to reverse the trend | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx256pp33l3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:19:28 GMT | 2026-08-12T23:59:52.733715 | Some see them as sinister or hunt them for ritual use but these birds play a vital role in nature's cycle. | "People fear the environment where the shrine is. No evil will ever happen here. So, nobody fights vultures that perch here," a man they call the Vulture King tells the BBC.
Mostly associated with death and decay, perhaps it is not surprising that when vultures disappeared from the skies across many West African citie... | en |
Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk4pex4mn8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:31:21 GMT | 2026-08-13T02:39:05.440779 | The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases. | The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that the 2026 outbreak, "at its current pace", would "eclipse" that of the... | en |
Three men will be executed on the same day as death penalties rise in US | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5n399n6zvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:52:20 GMT | 2026-08-13T02:39:05.659331 | Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, one state is behind the rising numbers. | President Donald Trump has long been a major supporter of the death penalty, describing capital punishment as "an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens".
In 2020, during his first term, he ended a nearly two-decad... | en |
Zambia elections haunted by ghost of incumbent president’s arch-rival | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/zambia-elections-hakainde-hichilema-haunted-ghost-incumbent-president-arch-rival-edgar-lungu | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:00:49 GMT | 2026-08-13T04:31:36.668302 | <p>Hakainde Hichilema is bidding for second term, but feud between him and family of Edgar Lungu, who died in 2025, continues</p><p>As Zambians go to the polls, the ghost of the current president’s predecessor hangs over the elections.</p><p>Hakainde Hichilema, 64, is bidding for a second term leading the southern Afri... | As Zambians go to the polls, the ghost of the current president’s predecessor hangs over the elections.
Hakainde Hichilema, 64, is bidding for a second term leading the southern African country after defeating his arch-rival Edgar Lungu by a landslide in 2021.
A feud between the two men, their families and supporters... | en |
Putin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74grmy2v7ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:55:58 GMT | 2026-08-13T06:07:17.658388 | In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, Dmitry Muratov says the Kremlin leader can only "destroy Ukraine, not conquer it", with the war now in its fifth year. | What the Kremlin had assumed in 2022 would be a short, successful "military operation" has become the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.
Yet a confident President Putin continues to predict victory for Russia.
"There will never be 'victory'," counters Dmitry Muratov. "Because what has been going... | en |
Indian actor's video with endangered gibbon sparks investigation | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q9351yp1xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:05:35 GMT | 2026-08-13T07:55:31.715480 | A deleted video of Tamil star Vikram cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an inquiry into how the animal entered India. | A video posted by a Tamil film star showing him cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an investigation by Indian wildlife officials over how he came into contact with the animal.
Vikram, an award-winning actor from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, was seen hugging and playing with a lar gibbon in a now-deleted ... | en |
More troops to be sent to West Bank village besieged by Israeli settlers | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4kppdk2qwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:12:53 GMT | 2026-08-13T09:18:02.988883 | Two Palestinian families in the village of Qusra say they have been trapped in their homes, with water and power cut off, since Sunday. | The Israeli military says it will deploy additional troops to the occupied West Bank after failing to force away Israeli settlers who have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes since Sunday.
The Abu Ridi and Hassan families - who live on the outskirts of the village of Qusra, south of Nablus - made appeals f... | en |
UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0npn249qvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:52:30 GMT | 2026-08-13T10:38:05.183573 | The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law. | The UK government has defended its seizure of a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the English Channel, after Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to "respond in kind".
The Smyrtos was taken to be anchored off Weymouth after Royal Marines Commandos intercepted and boarded it in a first-of-its-kind operation t... | en |
Travis Kelce shares first details from his wedding to Taylor Swift: 'Best night of my life' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2r179e232o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:19:23 GMT | 2026-08-13T11:32:09.054996 | In the comments, Kelce called Swift his "wife" for first time and said it was a "childhood dream" to wed at Madison Square Garden. | American football player Travis Kelce has reflected on his wedding to Taylor Swift, telling US media that their nuptials were "the best night of my life".
Kelce and Swift tied the knot on 3 July at New York's Madison Square Garden in a star-studded event that was largely kept private.
Few details from the ceremony ha... | en |
Four Canadian hockey stars remain suspended after sexual assault acquittal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9dpdmr77do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:51:44 GMT | 2026-08-13T15:16:56.565181 | A fifth has been reinstated, though an appeals board found that the whole group broke Hockey Canada's code of conduct. | Four ice hockey players who were acquitted of sexual assault last year should remain barred from representing Canada at international level because they broke Hockey Canada's code of conduct, an independent appeals board has ruled.
The board recommended that four of the five acquitted players remain suspended from all... | en |
French ambassador to CAR investigated over claims he hosted dozens of women | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/france-ambassador-car-central-african-republic-investigation-bruno-foucher | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:21:52 GMT | 2026-08-13T15:16:56.976586 | <p>Disciplinary proceedings under way after security concerns raised over reported visits to official residence</p><p>France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to Central African Republic over allegations of misconduct, after claims he brought dozens of women into his official residence, raising... | France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to Central African Republic over allegations of misconduct, after claims he brought dozens of women into his official residence, raising potential security concerns.
The investigation comes as Paris seeks to rebuild relations with CAR after their sharp ... | en |
Person fined after using foghorn to wake sleeping polar bear | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k1r97vx7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:30:57 GMT | 2026-08-13T16:27:48.948714 | Under local regulations in the region, "it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear". | A person has been fined for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, a local official said.
The incident happened earlier this month after someone sounded the alarm from onboard a vessel, which was sailing in a fjord in northwestern Svalbard - about 1,000 km (620 miles) from the ... | en |
DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/ebola-drc-democratic-republic-congo-sixth-province | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:17:13 GMT | 2026-08-13T16:27:49.435728 | <p>Man dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest ever</p><p>The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track t... | The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people.
Jean Kaseya,... | en |
Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl2d5j52lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:21:00 GMT | 2026-08-13T17:31:56.900926 | There are reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and other potential harms aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since November. | Concern about living conditions on a US aircraft carrier that has been deployed in the Middle East for more than 250 days is leading a US senator to demand answers from the military about the vessel and putting more pressure on the Trump administration over the Iran war.
Reports suggest US military members aboard the ... | en |
Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlxpq5q799o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:05:35 GMT | 2026-08-13T18:38:56.833286 | The Cernavodă plant, which produces 20% of Romania's electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days. | Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe.
The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce about 20% of Romania's electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days.
Earlier ... | en |
Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr59j4z3vl8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:43:47 GMT | 2026-08-13T22:49:46.529497 | A preliminary report by US investigators says an engine fan blade broke on last month's flight from Greece to Germany. | Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane last month causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole, US investigators have said.
In a preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said this happened after an engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff ... | en |
US says dozens of countries helped China dodge Trump's tariffs | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78gy6ep3n5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:09:48 GMT | 2026-08-14T04:24:19.172981 | A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies. | The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries have helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties.
The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China evade tens of b... | en |
'Unprecedented' rains in Japan kill four people | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq561gpen8lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:54:13 GMT | 2026-08-14T05:58:55.857007 | The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport. | Japan's Meteorological Agency said the most recent deluge was brought by warm, humid air flowing into the country's east that combined with cold air above to make atmospheric conditions extremely unstable.
The rains are expected to last through late on Friday.
"This case was an extremely unusual situation, even by Ja... | en |
American missionary kidnapped in Niger freed after 9 months in captivity | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/american-missionary-kevin-rideout-niger-released-kidnapping | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:48:11 GMT | 2026-08-14T10:09:07.887229 | <p>Kevin Rideout, who was abducted by unknown assailants in Niamey, said to be in good health and in care of US officials</p><p>An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organisation has said.</p><p>Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of US officials,” SIM Internationa... | An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organisation has said.
Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of US officials” and would soon be reunited with his extended family, SIM International said in a statement.
Rideout was kidnapped in the west African country’s capit... | en |
Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1ym96ydvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:55:39 GMT | 2026-08-14T11:09:59.511251 | A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo. | Eight illustrations by French artist Henri Matisse that were stolen from a library in São Paulo have been recovered by police in Brazil.
The works, which have a combined estimated worth of about $200,000 (£148,000), were found on Thursday at a home in the town of São Bernardo do Campo, a suburb to the south of the cit... | en |
Builders unearth €9m gold loot sealed in walls of Belgian property | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydzg0dnz7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:18:08 GMT | 2026-08-14T13:25:19.689885 | Construction workers found the stash in the walls of a cellar while drilling to lay sewage pipes. | Builders renovating a house in Belgium have discovered a stash of gold reportedly worth some €9m (£7.6m) sealed into the walls of its cellar.
The construction workers stumbled across the hidden trove of gold bars and coins while drilling to lay new sewage pipes in the property in east Flanders earlier this week, local... | en |
Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89n20wj9kko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:19:21 GMT | 2026-08-14T14:32:41.129617 | BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence. | This weekend, Mohammed wants to travel from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the northern tip of Africa.
He's a Moroccan man in his twenties and wants to emigrate to Europe - not least because he's been seeing lots of videos on Instagram that make the trip look easy.
He contacts several of the... | en |
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ballroom work to continue | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v0yz2r4wlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:10:41 GMT | 2026-08-14T16:35:11.279652 | Forcing the US president to go "hat-in-hand to Congress" for permission would be "dangerous", the administration says. | US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue building a $400m (£295m) ballroom at the White House without congressional permission.
The emergency application comes one week after an appeals court ordered construction to stop until Congress approves, upholding a ruling won by the Natio... | en |
Activists try to deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlers | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w1ylw0p3no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:03:17 GMT | 2026-08-14T17:40:19.550574 | Two families have been trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank for several days. | Activists have tried to delivered supplies to Palestinians whose homes in the occupied West Bank have been besieged for days by Israeli settlers.
The group left water and food near one of the houses in Qusra where two Palestinian families have been trapped since Sunday, with their power and water supplies cut off.
Tw... | en |
Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyje43dz4eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:25:38 GMT | 2026-08-14T19:39:19.909451 | Women across the country speak of public floggings, losing their jobs, and barriers to healthcare that endanger lives. | Five years on from the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, women and girls have told the BBC their lives are unrecognisable under the rule of the regime.
The hard-line Islamist group has been eroding the rights of the 22 million women in the country since it re-gained control in 2021- two decades after being removed from... | en |
Mangione admits killing healthcare CEO and pleads guilty to federal charges | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0nlq1l2wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:20:43 GMT | 2026-08-14T23:39:02.772194 | "I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," the 28-year-old said after pleading guilty to charges of stalking resulting in death. | Luigi Mangione has admitted to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after pleading guilty to federal charges of interstate stalking resulting in death.
"I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," the 28-year-old admitted in Manhattan federal court on Friday.
Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, was shot f... | en |
US aircraft carrier on way to relieve USS Lincoln after issues reported on board | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c171yp5zdrxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:36:27 GMT | 2026-08-14T23:39:03.040656 | Thousands of sailors on the Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some considering jumping overboard. | A US aircraft carrier is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, on which thousands of sailors have reportedly faced food shortages and difficult conditions on an extended, nine-month deployment.
The USS George Washington, which was near Malaysia on Thursday, could arrive in the region in about n... | en |
BBC seeks to subpoena Trump's family members in Panorama lawsuit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd69ely319eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:01:53 GMT | 2026-08-15T05:29:48.211731 | The BBC's lawyers argue Trump's family members "have personal knowledge" of his intentions in the speech he gave outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. | In the latest filing, the BBC's lawyers argue Trump's family members "have personal knowledge" of his intentions in delivering the speech, making their testimony and documents relevant to the president's defamation claim.
Drawing on evidence previously gathered by a US congressional committee, the filing says Donald T... | en |
Five dead after 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0zz63gero?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:12:55 GMT | 2026-08-15T05:29:48.499888 | The earthquake struck off Flores island in the country's east early on Saturday morning. | At least five people have died after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia early on Saturday morning, according to the provincial governor.
The governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, told a press conference they were killed in their sleep by collapsing rubble.
Search and rescue te... | en |
Tributes paid to Jason Arday after ex-Cambridge professor found dead | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9982znvyk4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:53:48 GMT | 2026-08-15T08:00:56.985017 | His family said they were "in shock" to have lost him, adding a "campaign of misinformation" had been too much. | Tributes have been paid to Jason Arday, the former Cambridge professor, after he was found dead at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.
In a statement issued by his publisher Simon & Schuster UK, Prof Arday's family said they were "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, unc... | en |
'I shot Mr Thompson'- What it was like inside court as Mangione pleaded guilty | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gkyez7195o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:54:58 GMT | 2026-08-15T08:00:57.249153 | It marked the first time a court had heard Mangione describe how he committed a crime that garnered worldwide attention. | After more than a year-and-a-half of intense spectacle and legal wrangling, Luigi Mangione appeared in a federal courtroom in New York on Friday as rumours swirled that he may plead guilty.
The 28-year-old, accused of shooting dead UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street in December 2024,... | en |
South Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8en2z9jp2xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:35:23 GMT | 2026-08-15T09:42:45.189035 | Lee Jae Myung offers chance to end the conflict, which has been frozen since an armistice in 1953. | South Korea's president has proposed talks with its northern neighbour on officially ending the war between the two that is technically still active.
Lee Jae Myung suggested a "multi-layered security system" to avoid flare-ups along the countries' de-facto border, known as the demilitarised zone (DMZ), and offered to ... | en |
Seven killed in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, country's PM says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjygx4gjeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:24:24 GMT | 2026-08-15T11:35:17.607637 | Among those killed in the strike on Ansar included three children and two women, state media reports. | An Israeli air strike has killed seven people in southern Lebanon, the nation's prime minister has said, in one of the deadliest attacks since an agreement aimed at reducing hostilities was announced in June.
The strike hit a house on the outskirts of Ansar at about 04:30 (01:30 GMT), in the Nabatieh district, where a... | en |
Moroccan police arrest more than 100 people as they attempt to enter Ceuta | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/moroccan-police-arrest-more-than-100-people-as-they-attempt-to-enter-ceuta | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:08:21 GMT | 2026-08-15T18:41:17.531567 | <p>Border security tightened after social media posts call for another mass crossing into Spain’s north African territory</p><p>Moroccan police have arrested 111 people as they tried to enter Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides after social media posts called for another ma... | Moroccan police have arrested 111 people as they tried to enter Spain’s north African territory of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides after social media posts called for another mass crossing.
The attempted crossing on Saturday came two weeks after more than 72,000 migrants surged into Ceuta, causing tensi... | en |
Morocco detains dozens of migrants trying to cross into Ceuta | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg44x2ey1ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:16:40 GMT | 2026-08-15T19:36:22.847040 | Security had been stepped up amid suggestions on social media of a second mass crossing on Saturday. | Moroccan authorities intercepted dozens of migrants seeking to cross into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta on Saturday.
More than 100 people were blocked trying to make their way to the border on the outskirts of the town of Fnideq, according to Moroccan security sources cited by Spanish media and the Reuter... | en |
Liechtenstein changes succession rule to allow women to ascend the throne | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9nnxrxg4qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:41:57 GMT | 2026-08-15T19:58:33.481182 | The declaration was made on the national day of the central European country, which has a population of just 44,000. | Liechtenstein has announced that it has changed royal succession rules to allow women to ascend the throne.
The declaration was made on the national day of the central European country, which has a population of just 44,000.
Liechtenstein's current ruler, Prince Hans-Adam II, has been the head of their royal family s... | en |
Twenty-two more bodies recovered after Zimbabwe boat accident | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/more-bodies-recovered-after-zimbabwe-boat-accident | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:39:07 GMT | 2026-08-15T19:58:33.740931 | <p>Death toll now stands at 68, with 18 children being among the killed after ferry capsized on Lake Kariba</p><p>Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe, taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday.</p><p>The ferry <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/zim... | Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe, taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday.
The ferry capsized on Tuesday on Lake Kariba, on the border with Zambia. An investigation has suggested it was overloaded when it went over during heavy winds.
Eighteen children were amo... | en |
Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after downing fighter jets | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4kk8kz271o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:03:57 GMT | 2026-08-15T21:31:10.197217 | Iran claims they have been held since Qatar downed two fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war. | Iran has called for the release of three Iranian pilots it said were captured by Qatar after two fighter jets were hit by air defences during a military operation at the start of the US-Iran war.
In a letter to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Iran's Brig Gen Mohammad Bagherzadeh said t... | en |
Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v00w5ylw9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:49:12 GMT | 2026-08-15T21:52:18.907411 | Officials say a rapid assessment into the impact of the earthquake that destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed 47 is under way. | Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday's major earthquake which left at least 47 people dead.
The magnitude 7.7 quake struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 (22:00 GMT on Friday) and had a depth of 15km, Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency stated.
Preliminary repor... | en |
Hawaii battles strong winds and rain as Hurricane Lala threat looms | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmrr7kjy9vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:53:22 GMT | 2026-08-16T07:35:19.547315 | If the storm makes landfall, it will be Hawaii's first direct hit by a hurricane in 34 years. | Hawaii is grappling with strong winds and torrential rain as category one Hurricane Lala lashes against its southern point.
With wind speeds as high as 80mph (130km/h), Lala gained hurricane strength on Saturday. It could dump up to 25in (63cm) of rain on Big Island and produce a 3ft storm surge.
A hurricane warning ... | en |
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