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Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/us-men-deported-hotel-equatorial-guinea | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:59:24 GMT | 2026-09-18T22:32:24.195753 | <p>Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence</p><p></p><p>Two men that the Trump administration expelled to Equatorial Guinea were bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a flight of stairs, all in plain view of other US deportee... | Two men that the Trump administration expelled to Equatorial Guinea were bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a flight of stairs, all in plain view of other US deportees, according to witnesses and human rights lawyers.
The men – one from Egypt and one from Eritrea – were then taken to a pr... | en |
Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c607l0k72rlvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:27:11 GMT | 2026-09-19T05:09:22.017354 | The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC. | Google's AI model Gemini autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities, the company has said, in what is thought to be the first known case of it carrying out such an act.
Gemini found "public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part... | en |
Saudi Arabia issues first air raid alerts for Riyadh since Houthis escalated attacks | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmed7el18dxpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:20:47 GMT | 2026-09-19T05:09:22.290111 | Residents later received the all-clear after explosions were reported in the capital. | Residents in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh have been given the all-clear after air raid alerts were issued and explosions were reported in the capital.
It was the first time alerts have been issued in Riyadh since the Houthis increased their attacks and declared a "maritime embargo" on the Saudis in July.
The Saudi Civil Def... | en |
Trump signs sweeping Russia sanctions bill | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvgy34ndj4eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:05:47 GMT | 2026-09-19T09:34:26.951704 | The bill is named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch advocate of aid for Ukraine. | US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping sanctions bill, taking aim at Russia's economy by punishing major purchasers of its oil and gas.
The bill, passed by the US House of Representatives earlier this week, gives Trump broad powers to levy tariffs of up to 100% on the top five purchasers of Russian oil and ga... | en |
Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjkg71e67k17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:04:41 GMT | 2026-09-19T09:34:27.253021 | Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women. | "What we are going to do, I have no idea," sobs Nokwanda Matshikiza, reflecting on the murder of her niece Dineo Motapane. "But something must give."
"For us, for all the other women. How many other bodies will be found before something happens?"
Nokwanda is speaking to the BBC from the family home near South Africa'... | en |
Houthis claim attack on Saudi capital after smoke seen rising near Riyadh airport | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwly5d9v7r43o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:50:14 GMT | 2026-09-19T19:00:09.764083 | The King Khalid International Airport incident caused hours of flight disruptions and comes amid an escalating conflict with Houthi rebels in Yemen. | Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and missile attacks on the Saudi capital Riyadh and energy sites on the country's Red Sea coast.
A column of black smoke was seen rising from what appeared to be fuel tanks near the Saudi capital's international airport on Saturday, hours after air raid ... | en |
Journalists denied White House access after Trump banned some media outlets | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4gklz9dxplo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:19:39 GMT | 2026-09-19T19:00:10.060662 | CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters' White House press badges were confiscated, the outlets reported. | "The officer asked me to hand over my badge. He said that it was disabled," MS NOW reporter Akayla Gardner said. "I asked why I was not able to get inside. He said it was above him."
Gardner added that while her and her colleague's badges were disabled, an MS NOW producer was still able to scan her badge to get in, th... | en |
Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyzj53pl1lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:05:01 GMT | 2026-09-19T19:00:10.344764 | Social media users say an image from the brand's Instagram account resembled a KKK hood and hanging. | American footwear brand Converse has pulled an advert that social media users said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery, saying it recognised "that we got this wrong".
The photo, posted to the company's Instagram account, received backlash online after critics described lighting in the image as looking like a white pointed hoo... | en |
Our head teacher was an abuser. We joined forces to get justice - now we're married | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4d9vly636o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:01:38 GMT | 2026-09-19T23:25:49.878146 | Students spent years collecting evidence against their Indonesian principal, before falling in love. | Sukma, for her part, told us she was called to Abah's house to discover two police officers and an NWDI lawyer waiting for her. They forced her to sign a document saying all her allegations were lies, she said. Her account is backed up by a secret recording she later made as she challenged Abah's wife, Hurmiati.
Hurmi... | en |
Ed Sheeran admits 'mistakes' as he addresses Macklemore controversy | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm780ll1de18o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 01:10:01 GMT | 2026-09-20T01:29:45.182966 | The mega-star singer spoke about the issue at his first concert since rapper Macklemore was removed from his tour and other artists dropped out. | Singer Ed Sheeran opened his latest concert alone onstage and apologised to his fans for making "mistakes" as he handled the fallout from the controversy over American rapper Macklemore being dropped from his tour over pro-Palestinian remarks.
"I never wanted to be an activist musician but this has put me in the middl... | en |
Two killed in 'massive' Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region, says Russia | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c34gdjk1ne8yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:37:46 GMT | 2026-09-20T06:55:08.810132 | An oil refinery was also reportedly hit in Moscow, and flights were suspended at two capital airports. | At least two people have been killed and six injured in a "massive" overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said.
Vorobyev said 249 drones had been shot down, and he reported fires in several residential houses. A local warehouse was also ablaze. In the capital Moscow, an oi... | en |
German elections under way which could decide fate of Chancellor Merz | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cme8xj6g2ny7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:57:32 GMT | 2026-09-20T12:10:19.436558 | The chancellor is facing intense political pressure which will increase if his party struggles in Sunday's polls. | Local elections are taking place in two German states on Sunday which could increase the political pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Opinion polls in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommerm suggest Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is at risk of damaging defeats, which would raise further questions about the chan... | en |
Trump says his planned triumphal arch will double as a military complex to store ammunition | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqdj4pez00dzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:50:51 GMT | 2026-09-20T16:10:35.190183 | Trump said the updated plans were at the request of the US military and for national security purposes. | US President Donald Trump has said his proposed triumphal arch will double as a complex to store military equipment, complete with the ability to deploy snipers and drones.
In a Sunday morning post, Trump said he is updating the plans at the "strong request" of the US military and for "national security purposes".
Th... | en |
German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvwyz29n0nn2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:32:55 GMT | 2026-09-20T18:51:06.195421 | Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. | Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay on despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.
In the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party was projected to only just scrape into parliament, while the... | en |
Man, 82, dies after beach fight with 76-year-old over sunlounger in Greece | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm27pnyd294o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:17:22 GMT | 2026-09-20T21:21:10.091032 | One eyewitness said the scene was so chaotic that screaming could be heard from the other end of the beach. | An 82-year-old man has died after getting into a fight with a man in his 70s over a sunlounger on a beach in Greece, local media is reporting.
Witnesses say a disagreement over the use of the loungers at Vouliagmeni beach, near Athens, escalated into a violent fight, which then further spiralled to involve other peopl... | en |
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/21/trump-deportation-deals | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:00:38 GMT | 2026-09-21T07:00:17.694799 | <p>After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers mi... | Nika’s story
No one would tell the shackled detainees onboard the US immigration plane where they were going. The officers in charge would taunt them when they asked, they said. It was only when the seat-back video screens finally showed a map that the 18 migrants worked it out.
Their destination was Central African ... | en |
Merz vows to keep coalition together for Germany's 'democratic future' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm27p8enwmko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:34:20 GMT | 2026-09-21T13:58:38.860905 | The chancellor has come under increasing pressure after resounding state election defeats, but says the results "go far beyond my own person" | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will keep his ruling coalition together for the sake of his country's "democratic future", following resounding defeats for his party in two state elections.
"We are determined to live up to the historic challenges our country is facing," Merz said, referring to the coalition b... | en |
Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx4gqv239043o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:05:11 GMT | 2026-09-21T13:58:39.095322 | Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg. | Many things about Russia are hard to predict.
The result of this election wasn't one of them.
In a political system tightly controlled by the Kremlin, the party of power – United Russia –had been widely expected to remain the largest in parliament by a large margin.
There were no upsets. No surprises. No other party... | en |
CNN, MS NOW and Politico to file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0e32rwvrryo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:21:02 GMT | 2026-09-21T13:58:39.326865 | The US media outlets say they are defending "the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes". | CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House.
President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the organisations of writing "fiction or lies" about his team. The companies said their reporters were denied access ... | en |
Seven Ethiopian rebel groups form new alliance | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckp84pj8zpngo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:46:39 GMT | 2026-09-21T13:58:39.570412 | The groups have been active in Ethiopia's most populous regions for years and now say they will work together. | Several of the rebel groups which have been fighting the Ethiopian authorities in different parts of the country have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa.
The alliance brings together the Fano militia in Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Tigray People's Liberation Fron... | en |
US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5ye7v88qy7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:08:56 GMT | 2026-09-21T13:58:39.808224 | A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence. | A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity.
The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US ter... | en |
Yemenis flee across Red Sea as Houthis and Saudi-backed forces escalate war | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4gm7l742dmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:14:16 GMT | 2026-09-21T19:17:51.758716 | The BBC's Frank Gardner speaks to some of those who have fled the war by crossing the Red Sea to Djibouti. | As a fisherman, Ibrahim Issa already owned a boat large enough to bring out his family from Yemen.
He even brought several of the family's goats which I can now see nibbling at scraps nearby, foraging amidst the discarded canisters of cooking gas and empty plastic bottles. Some families have been able to bring small b... | en |
First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr2092216nywo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:48:23 GMT | 2026-09-21T19:17:52.016278 | Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday charged with seven offences. | A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.
Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, has been charged with one offence of conduct ancillary to genocide and s... | en |
Millions urged to evacuate as powerful Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm3wj2lexl97o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:06:12 GMT | 2026-09-21T19:17:52.287048 | The country's meteorological agency had warned of an "imminent threat to life," but this has now been downgraded in most areas. | Almost two million people are under evacuation orders in Japan as Typhoon Dujuan batters a number of the country's prefectures.
Japan's Meteorological Agency had warned of an "imminent threat to life", but several warnings have now been downgraded, with the danger to life warning remaining in place in Oshima Town.
St... | en |
Healthcare in Africa ‘under growing strain’ after US withdrawal from aid programs, report warns | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/africa-healthcare-aid-program-withdrawl | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:33:40 GMT | 2026-09-21T22:46:32.481794 | <p>Accra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacle</p><p>The United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put has put healthcare in Africa and the Global South “under growing strain” a new report warns.</p><p>The rep... | The United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put has put healthcare in Africa and the Global South “under growing strain” a new report warns.
The report says the Trump administration’s cuts to programs such as US Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs... | en |
Lithuania ready to 'fight back' but has evacuation plans in face of Russia threats, PM tells BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5yw8npxzrlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 01:04:16 GMT | 2026-09-22T06:49:47.679055 | Sinkevičius told BBC Newsnight Lithuanians feel "constantly threatened" by Moscow, but the nation was prepared to "fight back" if attacked. | Lithuania's prime minister has told the BBC his country has made evacuation plans in the face of threats from Russia, but added they "will not surrender" if attacked.
Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius told Newsnight that Lithuanians feel "constantly threatened" by Russia, in part because of drones entering the nati... | en |
Iran must stop arming Houthis in Yemen, G7 says ahead of UN General Assembly | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwm2qpmepmlzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:16:07 GMT | 2026-09-22T06:49:47.994190 | The G7 also condemns "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying that the escalation in fighting in Yemen jeopardises global energy security. | Iran must "end its arming of and support" for the Houthis in Yemen, the foreign ministers of G7 nations have said in a joint statement.
The G7 also condemned "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, adding that the recent escalation in fighting against Saudi-backed forces in Yemen represented a threat ... | en |
Major US outlets boycott shared Trump coverage in protest at media ban | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje3rezd92y3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:17:15 GMT | 2026-09-22T12:30:22.261199 | Regular coverage of the president has been disrupted after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. | Several other US outlets have also announced that they would not participate in coverage of pooled events, with some, including the New York Times and Washington Post, saying they would not share still images from Trump events on Monday.
It meant there was no network TV footage of Trump boarding Air Force One or arriv... | en |
Eleven injured in shooting outside Turkish school | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6y0z4gv0le4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:42:47 GMT | 2026-09-22T12:30:22.523992 | Footage appears to show a male in the area carrying a firearm, while officials say the attacker has been captured. | Eleven people have been injured in a shooting outside a high school in Turkey, with police detaining a 15-year-old male suspect.
Two people were left in critical conditions after a gunman opened fire before fleeing on Tuesday morning,
It happened at the Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in the... | en |
Sri Lankan court to deliver verdict on deadly Easter bombings | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw8r687nedzgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:01:29 GMT | 2026-09-22T12:30:22.787953 | Co-ordinated suicide attacks killed 270 people across several churches and hotels in Colombo in 2019. | A Sri Lankan court is set to rule on 24 people accused of plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed 270 people and injured more than 500.
The case against Naufer Moulavi, named as the main mastermind of the attacks, and 23 others has dragged on for years.
The co-ordinated suicide attacks on multiple lo... | en |
Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over deadly Easter Sunday bombings | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqy7z275yx65o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:03:20 GMT | 2026-09-22T17:14:36.167082 | Three churches and three luxury hotels were targeted in the 2019 attacks which killed 270. | Sri Lanka's High Court has convicted 15 men who had been charged with plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed 270 people and injured more than 500.
Those found guilty include Naufer Moulavi, who prosecutors said masterminded the suicide bombings. Nine other men were acquitted.
The co-ordinated blasts... | en |
Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak | https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cmvgy4nv9d62o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:54:14 GMT | 2026-09-22T17:14:36.285630 | Scientists say the developing El Niño is now the strongest on record with weather impacts already being felt around the world. | The developing El Niño climate phenomenon is now the strongest on record, according to scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures.
Daily sea surface temperatures in a key region of the central-eastern Pacific were 3.05C above average on 19 September - exceeding the previous record of 3.02C set during the very st... | en |
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to investigate juror and check his phone | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4gvyw80dp2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:58:42 GMT | 2026-09-22T17:14:36.501426 | The attorney wants the court to look at the juror's mobile phone use and answers on questionnaires. | The defence lawyer for a Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children has asked a judge to investigate a juror in the case.
The proceedings against Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial and acrimony this month after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, wants the c... | en |
Top South African policeman charged with sexual offences | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwjdvgx77n0zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:54:41 GMT | 2026-09-22T17:14:36.704783 | Shadrack Sibiya, who has made no comment, is alleged to have groomed a 16-year-old and raped an 18-year-old. | One of South Africa's highest ranking police officers has been charged with sexual offences at a brief appearance at a court north-west of Johannesburg.
The charges relate to allegations that Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya sexually groomed a 16-year-old girl and raped an 18-year-old woman. He is also facing a charge of traffi... | en |
US to build two military bases in Greenland under new deal with Denmark | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dr74g32g8go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:43:29 GMT | 2026-09-22T20:14:25.636992 | The defence deal signed at the UN General Assembly also re-affirms Denmark's sovereignty over its semi-autonomous Arctic territory. | Speaking at the signing ceremony, Trump said: "We going to have a tremendous relationship, a secure relationship."
"This is tremendous for Europe and for the United States, for everybody, and for Greenland it's going to be incredible."
Meanwhile, Frederiksen described the signing of the deal as a "milestone in our lo... | en |
Ukraine anger as EU removes Russian oligarchs from sanctions list | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6dj4k98107do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:06:06 GMT | 2026-09-22T20:14:25.913555 | Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman both have close ties to President Putin, and Kyiv said the move sent Moscow the wrong signals. | The European Union is to remove sanctions on two oligarchs imposed after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to reports, prompting anger in Ukraine.
France had campaigned for Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be taken off the list, citing "national security concerns". Luxembourg calle... | en |
Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c52e0ywl9pr7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:50:31 GMT | 2026-09-22T23:01:12.488200 | In his speech, the US president pondered whether a peace deal would be agreed or whether he would have to take extreme action against Iran. | The US president argued that the conflict had prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and demonstrated the value of what he described as peace through strength - ultimatums rather than deal-making or compromise.
"Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it eve... | en |
Burnham expects to find 'common ground' with Trump in first meeting | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqevwpmvpekeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:03:22 GMT | 2026-09-22T23:01:12.761917 | In New York, the prime minister will also deliver a speech to the UN General Assembly expected to be focused on AI. | Andy Burnham said he expects to find "common ground" with Donald Trump at the pair's first face-to-face meeting on Tuesday.
The prime minister and US president are in New York City for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.
The two men have spoken by phone twice since Burnham became prime minist... | en |
How Ceuta, football and Israel are shaping Morocco's election | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r4v7n6py97o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:59:00 GMT | 2026-09-22T23:01:13.038936 | Young voters are being courted with football slogans, promises of jobs and anti-Israel rallying calls. | Disillusioned young voters in Morocco were courted with viral football slogans, promises of one million jobs and anti-Israel rallying calls ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary elections.
Yet, for many young Moroccans, politics remains deeply disconnected from reality.
"I have no hope for this election. I'm ashamed of ... | en |
US and Iran hold first talks since June after Trump's 'annihilation' threat | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck62m1631d7po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:12:56 GMT | 2026-09-23T06:34:24.485483 | The talks are the first since a ceasefire collapsed in June, with the sides exchanging fire intermittently. | Top Iranian and US officials have held talks at the UN in New York on a day when the US leader said he could "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if the conflict went unresolved.
No breakthrough has been reported from the meeting mediated by Qatar and involving Iran's foreign minister and US President Donald Trump's envo... | en |
Reports of violence against women in Gaza surge, UN agency finds | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c94gm7dp40y0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:02:26 GMT | 2026-09-23T12:16:38.033358 | The UN Population Fund also says there has been a "severe escalation" in the number of early and forced marriages. | There has been a sharp rise in reports of violence against women and girls in the Gaza Strip, including early and forced marriage, according to a series of recent reports from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
One report, which analyses data collected by 10 organisations, says, external the protracted crisis in war-torn... | en |
Tigray forces seize main airport in northern Ethiopia from police, residents tell the BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cry8zwwq21pxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:42:52 GMT | 2026-09-23T12:16:38.360358 | There are fears of a return to war in the northern region as tensions between the government and TPLF escalate. | The flight suspension follows a series of reported drone strikes in Tigray.
On Tuesday, a strike in the southern town of Alamata killed at least 14 people and injured 22 others, according to the Tigrayan authorities.
The town's mayor, Mogos Shiferaw, told the BBC that more than five drones and one fighter jet had car... | en |
Trump administration accuses banned media outlets of 'falsehoods' ahead of court hearing | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6790yrgzq25o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:47:49 GMT | 2026-09-23T12:16:38.676178 | The US Justice Department's response to a lawsuit filed by CNN, Politico and MS NOW also cites national security. | The US Justice Department has filed documents that accuse three media outlets banned from the White House of "trafficking in verifiable falsehoods" and reporting which "threatened national security" as it prepared to defend the move in court.
Last week, President Donald Trump barred CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the W... | en |
Eleven killed in mass shooting at house in South Africa | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgjqxzl097eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:02:52 GMT | 2026-09-23T12:16:38.997456 | One of those killed is believed to be a pregnant woman, police said. | At least 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting in a residential building near the South African city of Durban.
Gunmen stormed a house in the KwaMakhutha township late on Tuesday and opened fire on 14 people. Ten were killed at the scene and four were taken to hospital, where one later died from their injuries... | en |
Indian billionaire’s payments firm plots biggest London flotation in years | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/23/indian-billionaire-payments-firm-london-flotation-airtel-money | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:08:01 GMT | 2026-09-23T12:16:39.751578 | <p>Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel Money targets $9bn IPO in boost for ailing UK stock market</p><p>A payments business that operates across Africa and is ultimately controlled by an Indian billionaire has announced its intention to float on the struggling <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/londonstockexchangeg... | A payments business that operates across Africa and is ultimately controlled by an Indian billionaire has announced its intention to float on the struggling London Stock Exchange.
Airtel Money, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, is planning one of the biggest UK listings in years, in a boost for the shrinking Lond... | en |
Top South African police officer charged with raping woman, 18, and grooming 16-year-old girl | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/23/south-africa-top-police-officer-shadrack-sibiya-charged-rape-grooming | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:38:06 GMT | 2026-09-23T12:16:39.931096 | <p>Arrest of Shadrack Sibiya comes as country reels from cases of femicide and alleged police corruption and criminality</p><p>One of South Africa’s most senior police officers has been charged with raping an 18-year-old woman and grooming a 16-year-old girl, as the country’s police face allegations of corruption and f... | One of South Africa’s most senior police officers has been charged with raping an 18-year-old woman and grooming a 16-year-old girl, as the country’s police face allegations of corruption and failing to tackle violence against women and girls.
Shadrack Sibiya, who was already suspended from his role as deputy national... | en |
Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvgyjy23ggjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:58:13 GMT | 2026-09-23T17:24:36.879110 | Masoud Pezeshkian's defiant speech to the UN comes after the US president threatened to "annihilate" Iran if a peace deal is not agreed soon. | Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the UN General Assembly that it will never "bend the knee" after almost seven months of war with the US and Israel, but is ready for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if a deal is not ... | en |
White House rolling out red carpet for historic Xi Jinping visit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n9w410v3vzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:32:37 GMT | 2026-09-23T17:24:37.164376 | Trump and Xi are expected to discuss a range of issues from trade to AI during the latter's multi-day visit to Washington. | US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week in Washington, with AI, trade and Taiwan expected to be on the agenda for the leaders of the global superpowers.
Xi will be greeted personally by Trump at Andrews Air Force Base on the eve of a White House state dinner and a military flyover.
The... | en |
Dramatic eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain's housing shortage | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6vgy55lm8z1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:31:31 GMT | 2026-09-23T17:24:37.459971 | The tenant of the flat in Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay the rent set by the firm which recently bought it. | The dramatic eviction of an 87-year-old woman from the home in Madrid where she lived for seven decades has drawn attention to the depth of Spain's housing crisis.
The tenant of the flat in the Retiro area of central Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay the rent set by the investment firm that owns it.
Maricarmen's ... | en |
Dolly Parton's manager accuses her nephew of 'threats and intimidation' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c670lydl5wg5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:22:53 GMT | 2026-09-23T17:24:37.747507 | Bryan Seaver, who announced Parton's death to the world, is accused of trying to extort her estate. | Dolly Parton's management company has accused her nephew of "threats, intimidation, and coercion", revealing a bitter battle over the late star's legacy and business interests.
The accusations against Bryan Seaver, who was Parton's head of security and was handpicked to announce her death last month, have been made pu... | en |
AI superpower ambitions take centre stage as Trump and Xi meet | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6gqdgg8w59xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:01:17 GMT | 2026-09-23T23:12:45.270608 | The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control. | "Whoever wins AI, WINS!"
US President Donald Trump has been blunt about his AI ambitions, as well as about who he considers the US's main rival to be: China.
His Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, has not said anything so forthright - but it seems he holds a similar view.
"China very much sees it as a race, they very ... | en |
OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6vgy0333dppo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:23:28 GMT | 2026-09-23T23:12:45.563279 | Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June. | An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI "infiltrated" an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.
The agent gained unauthorised accessed to a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive Medicare information", Albanese told a news conference at the United Nations Gen... | en |
Trump's Board of Peace unveils $2.45bn plan to begin Gaza's reconstruction | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwlyke0mm0x3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:26:14 GMT | 2026-09-23T23:12:45.868648 | The figure was announced during a meeting of the group's board at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. | US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has announced a Gaza recovery plan worth $2.45bn (£1.85bn) during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The funding will be spread across 66 programmes over six months, and directed at housing, diesel generation and waste removal, among other needs.
But the ... | en |
Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmp30r1klk37o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:59:23 GMT | 2026-09-24T12:16:47.070000 | The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says. | A fire at a Starlink satellite station in central Poland was a deliberate "act of sabotage", a government minister has said.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the fire in the Masovian Voivodeship province was "deliberately designed to disable the station... disrupting internet access for various in... | en |
Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm2mg34x2v7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:29:35 GMT | 2026-09-24T12:16:47.327267 | A court has ordered the US government to reinstate access to the building for CNN, Politico and MS NOW. | A judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate access to the White House for three news organisations barred from the building last week by the president.
A District of Columbia court issued a temporary restraining order against the ban, meaning CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access re... | en |
Teen rocker Nene Royal becomes first Thai to win America's Got Talent | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqzjzl3d1409o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:47:12 GMT | 2026-09-24T12:16:47.592408 | Her heavy metal performance trumped nine other finalists, including magicians and even a robot crew. | Nene Royal, a 16-year-old rocker, has been crowned the latest winner of America's Got Talent - making her the first ever Thai winner of the long-running talent show.
For the show's finals on Tuesday in California, Nene, whose real name is Rattikarn Amloy, performed a rendition of Seven Nation Army by American rock duo... | en |
White House restores access to media outlets banned by Trump after judge's order | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqe8ek7608mlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:25:20 GMT | 2026-09-24T17:29:28.626324 | CNN, Politico and MS NOW were allowed back into the White House after some of their staff were earlier turned away. | CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters have been allowed back into the White House hours after being turned away following a court order to restore their press access in a setback for President Donald Trump.
The three media outlets sought an emergency court hearing to regain entry, accusing the White House in a court fili... | en |
Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw24jm9rryy3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:08:38 GMT | 2026-09-24T17:29:28.936283 | News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech. | Australia has said this incident is the first of its kind, and experts agree it might be.
As far as we know, hacks carried out by AI agents are still quite rare occurrences - but then again, it is largely up to companies themselves to disclose them.
Hacks like this have happened before. In July, OpenAI agents went ro... | en |
Ethiopia's army says it has repelled attacks in first comment on fresh fighting | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqevwm09w4xmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:37:45 GMT | 2026-09-24T17:29:29.233727 | The military says its soldiers inflicted casualties as fears grow of a resumption of a full-blown civil war. | Ethiopia's army says it has repelled attacks from Tigrayan forces and their allies in parts of the north of the country, in its first statement since fighting broke out on Wednesday.
The army said hostilities began in an area of Amhara region close to the border with Tigray, adding that its soldiers had inflicted heav... | en |
Rebel offensive against Ethiopian army stokes fears of return to civil war | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/24/fears-return-to-war-tigray-rebels-launch-offensive-against-ethiopian-army | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:29:42 GMT | 2026-09-24T17:29:29.673503 | <p>Fighting escalates after Tigrayan rebels form new coalition aimed at overthrowing Abiy Ahmed government</p><p>There are growing fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia after an offensive by fighters from Tigray into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara and the formation of a new rebel alliance aimed at over... | There are growing fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia after an offensive by fighters from Tigray into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara and the formation of a new rebel alliance aimed at overthrowing the government of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed.
About 600,000 people died between 2020 and 2022 durin... | en |
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr3eqk15ld14o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:06:40 GMT | 2026-09-24T20:44:11.030499 | Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN. | Australia made a dramatic revelation on Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly.
Rogue AI agents had hacked one of its government bodies - the first known incident of its kind in the world. Private data, but not sensitive information, was taken from Medicare, Australia's universal healthcare scheme.
The ... | en |
Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan, Taliban says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm86xn0nnw58o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:02:36 GMT | 2026-09-24T20:44:11.283904 | Pakistan says it struck 10 targets, adding the strikes were "strictly limited to identified military objectives". | Afghanistan's Taliban government said a wave of Pakistani air strikes had killed four civilians in the latest escalation between the two sides.
The strikes hit provinces including Kandahar, the Taliban's base of power, sources told the BBC. A resident told AFP news agency they heard a jet, followed by a large explosio... | en |
Priest killed and four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c607lrvm41l3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:18:12 GMT | 2026-09-24T20:44:11.520311 | A male suspect from Ukraine was arrested after the stabbings in the town of Jarosław, police say. | A priest has been killed and four other people injured in a knife attack in south-east Poland, officials have said.
A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested after the stabbings on the grounds of a Catholic abbey in the town of Jarosław.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Thursday's attack "has shaken us all and dem... | en |
Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in school and cap foreigners in class | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw99d8g48873o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:32:59 GMT | 2026-09-24T20:44:11.772018 | Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate". | The Italian government has approved a ban on the burqa and niqab in schools, along with a limit on the share of pupils who speak little Italian in any one class.
A 30% cap will be imposed on children without Italian citizenship or poor knowledge of the Italian language in the first year of primary, middle and high sch... | en |
Netanyahu defends Israeli military action as delegates walk out before UN speech | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3y0z7kxlegdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:21:47 GMT | 2026-09-24T23:33:03.243387 | The Israeli leader labels those who left his speech at the UN General Assembly as "moral cowards". | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fiercely defended his country's military campaigns in Iran, Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East in a speech to the UN General Assembly.
After dozens of delegates walked out in protest as he took to the stage, Netanyahu vowed to continue fighting: "We're going to win. We ... | en |
Hundreds of thousands expected in Paris for Pope's visit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmq8j904212po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:17:00 GMT | 2026-09-24T23:33:03.582653 | The highpoint of his time in Paris will be a giant Mass attended by more than half a million people. | Pope Leo XIV embarks on a four-day visit to France on Friday, with the highpoint being a giant Mass attended by more than half a million people in central Paris.
For Saturday's afternoon celebration, an altar has been built on the Place de la Concorde and a large area around the Champs-Élysées sealed off by police.
S... | en |
US and China must act as responsible powers together, Xi says as Trump toasts friendship at state dinner | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxq63dqp93n1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:40:18 GMT | 2026-09-25T07:36:21.121872 | Trump said he and Xi had "never gotten along better" as he hosted the Chinese president at the lavish White House event. | US President Donald Trump welcomed China's President Xi Jinping to the White House for a lavish state dinner where both leaders touted a new chapter in their friendship.
Xi said the countries "must act as responsible major countries to meet the expectations of our peoples" while Trump toasted a future of "harmony, pea... | en |
Xi got Trump's red carpet welcome - but not everything he wanted | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr93e4x7kdjjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:57:09 GMT | 2026-09-25T07:36:21.407028 | China wanted progress on trade, technology and Taiwan - but hasn't got as much as it would have hoped for. | President Xi Jinping's summits with Donald Trump have one clear aim.
China believes the United States is trying to contain its rise as a superpower, and it wants Washington to stay out of its way - particularly when it comes to trade, technology and Taiwan.
On this visit, however, despite Trump rolling out the red ca... | en |
Internet restricted after fighting breaks out in Ethiopia's Tigray region | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqp8dxxg325no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:34:31 GMT | 2026-09-25T13:00:24.927237 | During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world. | Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray after fighting broke out this week between regional forces and the national army.
Services provided by state-owned telecoms operator Ethio Telecom have been completely cut, although those from the much smaller private firm Safaricom... | en |
Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw62me2vlj07o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:56:16 GMT | 2026-09-25T17:55:29.113654 | Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks. | Cyber-criminals who hacked the FBI say they have extremely sensitive medical data for thousands of its special agents.
BBC News has seen samples of the stolen "fitness-for-work" medical examinations, which contain information such as blood and urine test results, and doctors' notes mentioning conditions such as a "she... | en |
Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck05rrj3jeylo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:32:15 GMT | 2026-09-25T17:55:29.424425 | Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls. | The US Supreme Court has lifted restrictions on the Trump administration to use a controversial federal database that uses citizenship information and other sensitive data to identify voters suspected of being non-citizens.
Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens bei... | en |
Students strike across Germany in protest against military service | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxnvlnve52qdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:36:22 GMT | 2026-09-25T17:55:29.750584 | A law establishing voluntary military service came into effect in January, but protest organisers fear compulsory service could follow. | School strikes are taking place across Germany to protest against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service.
One of the organisers of the strike, Bela Breitner, from School Strike Against Compulsory Military Service said the federal government was "serious about gradually reintroducing compulsory mili... | en |
Russia targeting 'ordinary life' with attacks on Ukraine's data centres, Zelensky says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c84gkwgk7d06o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:47:49 GMT | 2026-09-25T21:21:38.735004 | Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president. | President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has widened its attacks to target Ukraine's data centres and internet providers, seeking to cause maximum disruption for ordinary people.
"All this affects people's ability to stay connected, study, work," he said.
On Friday a Russian drone hit a business centre in the capital... | en |
Trump's plans for massive arch move ahead | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq0lrr8kxy0lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:27:46 GMT | 2026-09-25T21:21:39.015923 | Opposition to building the 250-foot arch, and using it for military purposes, is growing with one Democrat blasting Trump's plans as "foolhardy". | Earlier this week Trump announced that the proposed "Triumphal Arch" would double as a complex to store military equipment, complete with the ability to deploy snipers and drones from the roof and plaza.
In a letter to the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Duckworth said they "must reject this foolha... | en |
Iran offers US deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven days | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqgmrr9ekr7ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:38:48 GMT | 2026-09-26T00:04:28.441903 | Asked about the Iranian offer, a US official told the BBC "constructive discussions" were taking place through mediators. | Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country has proposed a deal to the US that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened within a week.
Araghchi told reporters at the UN in New York that this could be done "if the necessary conditions are met" and said these were contained within the memorandum of understan... | en |
South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2l8qv7zppko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:20:48 GMT | 2026-09-26T00:04:28.727053 | Roelf Meyer tells the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him legitimacy to challenge Trump's claim of a genocide. | An Afrikaner lobby group is holding a vigil on Saturday with thousands of white crosses on Washington's National Mall to commemorate what it says are victims of "farm attacks".
Claims of genocide against white South Africans have been discredited by every political party in the country, including by those representing... | en |
Inside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4gjjlgzdjgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:05:40 GMT | 2026-09-26T00:04:29.012989 | Current and former agents speak to the BBC about the devastating impact of the FBI hack. | Groups similar to ShinyHunters - believed to be an English-speaking gang - have in the past been linked to swatting incidents, and even petrol bomb attacks against law enforcement officers and rivals.
The group claims it breached FBI systems on Monday and later posted details of the attack on its darknet site.
The FB... | en |
OpenAI investigating 'dozens' of instances of agents acting improperly | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw62jje658dlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:43:54 GMT | 2026-09-26T00:04:29.269420 | OpenAI agents tried to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions" through extreme means that sometimes curbed security controls, the company said. | OpenAI said Friday it had alerted "dozens" of global institutions that their websites may have been impacted by its AI agents acting improperly.
OpenAI agents attempted to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions" through sometimes extreme means, the company said.
While... | en |
Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1wxx8n2x3zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:21:30 GMT | 2026-09-26T09:54:58.015539 | An emergency has been declared across the capital of Thailand as days of heavy rain leave the city inundated. | A flood emergency disaster has been declared across Bangkok after 48 hours of heavy rain left roads in the Thai capital submerged.
People have been urged to stay at home and those living close to the city's network of canals have been advised to move their belongings to upper floors.
Thunderstorms are common in Thail... | en |
Huge crowds greet Pope in Paris for open-air Mass | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4gjjwvvlzro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:23:59 GMT | 2026-09-26T14:16:36.033338 | More than half a million people are expected to attend the event in the heart of the French capital. | Hundreds of thousands of people have greeted Pope Leo XIV in the centre of Paris for a giant open-air Mass.
Crowds cheered as the pontiff moved down the Champs-Élysées Avenue beneath the Arc de Triomphe, waving to crowds from his popemobile.
The head of the Catholic Church blessed several babies as he stopped at diff... | en |
British national among six dead in building explosion close to Acropolis in Athens | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p3kk78l4l1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:47:25 GMT | 2026-09-26T14:16:36.288884 | Four Americans and a Greek national are among those killed in a suspected gas explosion, officials said. | Six people have died, including a British national, in an explosion that destroyed a building housing a holiday rental property in the historic centre of Athens.
The blast on Friday happened in the Plaka area of the Greek capital, a neighbourhood close to tourist sites such as the Acropolis.
Four American holidaymake... | en |
Security lapses at Utah campus where Charlie Kirk was killed, review says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq4g55r76d9lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:12:25 GMT | 2026-09-26T17:55:36.059045 | The indpendent report also says Kirk's aides insisted he speak outdoors, overriding concerns from campus officials. | An independent review has pointed to a number of security shortcomings at the Utah campus where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead last year.
The report said Utah Valley University (UVU) did not carry out a proper written security assessment nor prepare an event action plan, deferring key decision-making... | en |
German town bans 'stumbling stone' memorials to Nazi victims | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm2mm4y5dkko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:48:51 GMT | 2026-09-26T20:53:35.948331 | Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". | There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis.
Germany's Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a "scandal".
Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, inclu... | en |
Nor'easter brings flooding as New York and New Jersey declare emergency | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1wxxzn5jndo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:04:26 GMT | 2026-09-26T23:27:41.718835 | Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia are in the path of the powerful storm. | Tens of millions of people across the north-eastern US are in the path of a powerful storm bringing coastal flooding, power cuts, travel chaos and cancelled stadium events.
The so-called nor'easter is bringing "dangerous coastal flooding and beach conditions, strong winds and heavy rainfall" to areas including New Yor... | en |
Iran waiting for official US response after Trump rejects Hormuz deal, minister says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmvgyyw2jeego?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:52:49 GMT | 2026-09-27T07:08:52.661444 | The foreign minister says the US has not officially rejected the deal, despite comments from Donald Trump on Saturday. | US negotiators have not officially responded to Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the country's foreign minister said, despite President Donald Trump publicly rejecting the offer on Saturday.
Trump told reporters at the White House that Iran's proposal was not "acceptable" and that Tehran wanted to make ... | en |
Christa Pike to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years - but her defence say she's a victim too | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pwl9g9ne1lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 23:04:08 GMT | 2026-09-27T07:08:52.945868 | Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today. | Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state of Tennessee.
Pike told Sellars she does not want any of her loved ones to be present on Wednesday when she is executed.
"She doesn... | en |
Four killed in helicopter crash near Montreal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3grvv7p81lqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 02:43:10 GMT | 2026-09-27T07:08:53.200354 | The victims of the crash have not yet been identified, Quebec provincial police told the BBC. | Four people have died after a helicopter crashed in a small town 50km (31 miles) from Montreal, Quebec's provincial police have told the BBC.
Emergency services were called to Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville shortly after 14:30 local time (19:30 BST) on Saturday afternoon, where they found the aircraft on fire and declared... | en |
'Scourge' of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope, during Lourdes visit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y5nj8ejj8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:38:03 GMT | 2026-09-27T13:05:20.402985 | Pope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France. | Pope Leo has called on French bishops to root out the "scourge" of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, telling them to "maintain the greatest vigilance", ahead of a meeting with abuse survivors.
The Pope delivered the message to bishops during a private meeting at the Sanctuary of Our Holy Lady of Lourdes, a ho... | en |
Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5ywnp075d1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:00:36 GMT | 2026-09-27T13:05:20.569459 | The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence. | Twenty-seven people have been killed in two mass shootings hours apart in South Africa, the latest gun violence to hit the country.
Seventeen people were killed when eight gunmen stormed a bar close to Johannesburg on Saturday evening, with 15 more injured.
In a separate shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning,... | en |
Ten climbers missing after avalanche hits Himalayan base camp | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwjdvml9e897o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:36:57 GMT | 2026-09-27T13:05:20.729292 | The Nepali team was preparing to take overseas climbers up the Himlung Himal peak. | At least 10 Nepali climbers who were preparing to lead an expedition are missing after an avalanche hit a base camp in the Himalayas on Sunday.
The climb's organisers said the local guides were at a staging point close to the Himlung Himal peak in Manang district when the avalanche struck on Sunday morning.
Forecasts... | en |
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/27/baboons-cape-town-divided-over-plan-to-remove-its-monkeys-aoe | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:03 GMT | 2026-09-27T13:05:20.960706 | <p>Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer</p><p>Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/22/baboon-population-cape-town-sout... | Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict with residents. The animals will be sterilised and permanently moved to a newly constructed sanctuary. The plan has been fiercely criticised by animal rights activists, who say the monkeys should remain roami... | en |
At least 27 dead after two mass shootings in South Africa, police say | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/27/mass-shootings-south-africa-johannesburg-cape-town | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:19:24 GMT | 2026-09-27T13:05:21.187625 | <p>Seventeen people killed at bar near Johannesburg and 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town</p><p>Two separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, police have said.</p><p>The South African police service said on Sunday that 17 people were killed o... | Two separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, police have said.
The South African police service said on Sunday that 17 people were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 assault rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, south-wes... | en |
Embattled Serbian president resigns, paving way for early elections | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckpq0g7z5pjjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:04:21 GMT | 2026-09-27T21:10:24.506258 | Aleksandar Vučić's administration has been dogged by prolonged protests over allegations of corruption. | Serbia's president has resigned after more than a year of student-led protests and growing public discontent over allegations of government corruption.
Aleksandar Vučić said his administration had preserved peace and stability during his nine-year tenure as he addressed supporters outside the presidential building in ... | en |
Inside Yemen's front-line city as Houthis battle for control | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw98005ndz7no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:16:31 GMT | 2026-09-27T23:49:59.641052 | In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers. | "This is the first drone," said the soldier accompanying us in south-western Yemen. "It's usually followed by an attack."
The buzzing sound overhead got louder as we took cover under the bushes, before climbing back into the vehicle and driving away.
Within about 10 minutes, the loud thuds of strikes followed, one af... | en |
Why some Indian civil servants become heroes for doing their jobs | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw980vje6l3eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:01:37 GMT | 2026-09-27T23:49:59.903534 | In a system often marked by red tape and exhausting delays, officers seen to be following the rules get adulation. | Among the thousands of civil servants who keep India's vast government machinery running, a small number become unlikely public figures every few years.
Tukaram Mundhe, 51, is one of them.
The commissioner of Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration, he has led a series of enforcement drives since taking charge in ... | en |
Trump-Xi summit: What wasn't said might matter the most | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxp84g2ly1mjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:52:23 GMT | 2026-09-28T11:16:56.662527 | The most revealing thing about the summit in Washington may be what the two leaders did not say - and what we still don't know. | The White House factsheet made no mention of Taiwan, but the issue was clearly a priority for Xi Jinping.
According to Beijing's accounts of the talks, Xi urged Donald Trump to formally oppose Taiwan independence and handle the issue with caution.
After their previous meeting in May, Trump revealed that Xi directly a... | en |
Seoul summons Ukraine envoy over North Korean prisoner-of-war row | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ly40xx0dr0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:57:31 GMT | 2026-09-28T18:42:37.902633 | Last week Zelensky revealed Ukraine had sent two captured North Koreans to South Korea - which Seoul says was meant to be a secret. | South Korea has summoned Ukraine's acting ambassador after President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced his government had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul.
Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo lodged a formal complaint with Andrii Vieshkin and expressed "strong regret" that Zelensky had reve... | en |
Twelve women have been killed in one part of South Africa since July. Here's what we know so far | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6m27dprvzv7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:26:21 GMT | 2026-09-28T18:42:38.199343 | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience". | Police in South Africa have confirmed the discovery of the bodies of three more women in an area east of Johannesburg, bringing the total number of bodies found there to 12 in just two months.
The latest bodies were found in Ekurhuleni between Saturday and Monday morning, according to local police.
Police have made a... | en |
Iran court upholds lashes sentence for singer who performed without hijab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crn45ed1kqqgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:15:00 GMT | 2026-09-28T18:42:38.488739 | Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of "offending public decency" after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a livestreamed concert. | An appeals court in Iran has confirmed a sentence of 74 lashes handed to a prominent singer who performed without the mandatory hijab, lawyers say.
Parastoo Ahmadi sang while wearing a sleeveless dress during a concert livestreamed on her YouTube channel in December 2024, external. Iran's laws ban public performances ... | en |
Nigerian attempts to break world record by dancing non-stop for seven days | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8r6z2gjzd1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:39:19 GMT | 2026-09-28T18:42:38.769548 | Crowds have gathered in Lagos to watch Ben Dancer, who says he will carry on dancing until Tuesday morning. | A Nigerian dancer is attempting to dance non-stop for seven days in order to set a new world record.
Benjamin Daniel, known as Ben Dancer, is aiming to dance for 168 hours - 41 hours longer than the current record for the longest individual dance marathon.
Guinness World Records has yet to confirm whether the attempt... | en |
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