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DRC politician beaten to death after radio appearance about Ebola outbreak | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/28/drc-politician-beaten-death-radio-appearance-ebola | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:54:25 GMT | 2026-09-28T18:42:39.174103 | <p>Marie-Celestin Karondwa was attacked on Sunday after promoting measures to prevent spread of disease, his party says</p><p></p><p>A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death on Sunday after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a pa... | A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death on Sunday after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative has said.
Marie-Celestin Karondwa, the acting president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) par... | en |
French PM warns against escalation of school protests after 164 arrested | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmqxvnn49rg2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:46:53 GMT | 2026-09-28T23:34:13.220679 | Students are protesting over issues such as overcrowded classes, but the prime minister has condemned reports of violence. | France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has warned that any escalation in the country's current wave of student protests would be "irresponsible", following the arrests of 164 people on Monday.
The demonstrations, which began in Paris and have seen teenagers blockading their schools for days, stem from issues includ... | en |
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5y5nynl75ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:29:25 GMT | 2026-09-29T02:46:48.124074 | The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems. | OpenAI will not release its new AI model - GPT-6.1 Astra - due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday.
The AI system - which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself - "didn't quite meet the bar" of the company's standards, Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI, said.
... | en |
New York Times executive fatally shot allegedly by elderly in-laws | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cred737qdv2no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:50:03 GMT | 2026-09-29T02:46:48.407990 | Jonathan McKinsey's in-laws, who are both 77 years old, face multiple charges including first-degree murder. | A New York Times executive was fatally shot in California, allegedly by his wife's elderly parents who have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper's director of engineering for games player experience, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car park in Dublin - 35 miles (56km) ... | en |
Evicted Spanish pensioner can move back home, lawyer says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmkg8qgy9d9lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:53:00 GMT | 2026-09-29T09:39:35.026100 | The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, prompted large-scale protests across Spain. | An evicted elderly disabled woman, who has become symbolic of Spain's housing crisis, will be able to return to her home in Madrid, according to her lawyer.
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years on 23 September. She was admitted to hospital after the evict... | en |
Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5yj1835y1wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:50:40 GMT | 2026-09-29T09:39:35.204620 | President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped. | Argentina's president has threatened to launch a legal challenge against the British government unless it halts oil exploration work off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
In a social media post, President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project, a joint venture between Israeli and Briti... | en |
US ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy comes into effect as trade war drags on | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm1j43y146d2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:10:33 GMT | 2026-09-29T09:39:35.450735 | It is the latest escalation in the Canada-US trade war after negotiations collapsed in late August, with no word on when talks may resume. | A US ban on several Canadian imports, including alcohol, dairy and motorcycles, has come into effect as a trade war between the two neighbours drags on.
The latest measure by the Trump administration is in response to Canada's implementation of tariffs on a range of US goods earlier this month following a breakdown in... | en |
Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's eviction | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwm2qmjgy93do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:26:23 GMT | 2026-09-29T16:09:11.057452 | The ban is part of a number of proposals that must be approved in parliament within 30 days. | Spain's coalition government has approved new housing measures following protests over the country's housing crisis, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home in Madrid last week.
Ministers met on Tuesday to discuss the proposals, which include a ban on evictions until 2030.
Announcing the measure... | en |
'I was lured into a trap': Evan Gershkovich on moment that led to 16 months in Russian jail | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck9qr8jy8ynyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:43:04 GMT | 2026-09-29T16:09:11.381044 | The US journalist says he realised he was a "a pawn in a greater game" when he was not interrogated or tortured by FSB agents. | US journalist Evan Gershkovich has said that he knew he was being set up by Russia when he was arrested by FSB agents and accused of being a spy.
In an interview with Radio 4's Today programme, Gershkovich spoke about the moment he realised he had been "lured into a trap" when masked men surrounded him at a restaurant... | en |
Israeli settlers attack West Bank village and block Palestinian family's return home | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvlylj41egxgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:39:18 GMT | 2026-09-29T16:09:11.611993 | Two homes belonging to the al-Tubasi family were set on fire and Israeli security forces were also targeted by settlers. | More than 100 Israeli settlers have carried out attacks in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, stopping a family escorted by the Israeli military from returning to their homes, which had been seized weeks ago by settlers.
Two houses belonging to the al-Tubasi family in Jalud, south of Nablus, were set on ... | en |
Estonia blames Russia for arson at defence company supplying Ukraine | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6m27l4er4jxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:51 GMT | 2026-09-29T16:09:11.919982 | Russia has been accused of launching sabotage attacks across a number of European Nato countries which have been helping Ukraine. | Russia was behind an arson attack on an Estonian defence company in the capital Tallinn last month, authorities say.
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the attack on Milrem Robotics - which supplies Ukraine with unmanned military vehicles - was ordered by Russian special services, but gave no details.
Moscow has been... | en |
Dutch police arrest suspected member of group that claimed FBI hack | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw5ym18znr0ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:40:10 GMT | 2026-09-29T16:09:12.219494 | The suspect, 24, was arrested before the alleged cyber attack took place. | Dutch police have arrested a suspected member of the ShinyHunters cyber-crime group that claimed to have stolen sensitive information on all FBI bureau staff - around 38,000 people.
After the alleged attack last week, the group claimed to have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home ... | en |
First female prime minister named in Morocco after winning elections | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c674kkjllw17o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:14:10 GMT | 2026-09-29T20:51:08.566292 | Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world. | At a victory press conference, prior to her announcement as prime minister, El Mansouri was asked whether the state would need to make changes to accommodate her in Muslim religious ceremonies attended by the king, including Friday and Eid prayers, where men and women pray in separate sections.
She did not directly an... | en |
Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmrergq3j7lgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:15:29 GMT | 2026-09-30T00:13:43.874957 | Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits. | Chinese AI developer Moonshot is conducting an internal review after researchers were able to persuade two of its popular Kimi models to tell them how to make biological weapons and carry out assassinations.
Mindgard, which tests the security of AI systems, told the BBC it discovered in July that Kimi K2.6 and K3 Swar... | en |
South Africa to clean up high-risk areas after 12 women killed | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51kx9ze1mdzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:33:39 GMT | 2026-09-30T00:13:44.145706 | The deaths sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence against women in the country. | South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced a clean-up of high-risk areas across the country, after the bodies of 12 women were discovered in an area east of Johannesburg in just two months.
The deaths sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence against women in South Africa, which has one ... | en |
Six Flags shuts down X2 rollercoaster after hundreds allege brain injuries | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw14d37446d8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:33:13 GMT | 2026-09-30T00:13:44.405804 | The announcement comes after multiple lawsuits alleged that hundreds of riders suffered brain injuries from X2, a ride with seats that spin 360 degrees. | Six Flags Magic Mountain, an amusement park in California, has announced it will permanently close a popular rollercoaster after hundreds of riders alleged they suffered brain injuries.
The X2 rollercoaster, one of the park's main attractions, with long wait times to ride and seats that spin 360 degrees, has been clos... | en |
Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cme30dz5vkzko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:01:52 GMT | 2026-09-30T05:41:06.572442 | The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI. | US President Donald Trump hosted a meeting of top technology bosses on Tuesday for what he called "an extraordinary gathering" of the minds that are "building America's Golden Age".
The guest list included leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, SpaceX, Meta and Google - all key figures in the US AI industry.
The mee... | en |
Girl has multiple surgeries to control infections after strike in Gaza | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8n5d0e0n6wdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:02:50 GMT | 2026-09-30T05:41:06.837837 | Witnesses say Raseel's tent was hit by an Israeli helicopter strike. Israel’s military says it has no record of the attack. | Six-year-old Raseel al-Balawi in Gaza has had more than 20 surgeries since an Israeli air strike injured her in late July.
Witnesses say her tent in al-Mawasi camp was hit by a strike from an Israeli helicopter, and she now has to have frequent surgeries to try and control infections in her wounds.
Israel's military ... | en |
South Korea demands apology from Pyongyang for landmine blasts that injured three | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwj3dkvpm4e7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:24:52 GMT | 2026-09-30T05:41:07.106750 | Blasts in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) injured three South Korean personnel earlier this month. | South Korea's military has demanded an apology from North Korea for landmine blasts along their shared border that wounded South Korean soldiers earlier this month.
Three South Korean personnel were injured by explosions in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) - a buffer zone separating the two Koreas, on 21 September.
South... | en |
Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted shortly before it was due to happen | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw20vxxn876no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:29:11 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:11.768935 | Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. | The execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike has been halted just over an hour before it was due to happen.
Pike, 50, has been awaiting execution since she was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer.
In their ruling on Wednesday, judges from the Sixth Circuit Appeals court said t... | en |
Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure since spring | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckjw5jx2l393o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:53:02 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:12.046853 | In total 11 regions of the country were attacked overnight, with residential buildings and railways also targeted, the Ukrainian PM says. | Russia has launched the largest attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since the spring, primarily targeting Kyiv and the surrounding region, Ukraine's Prime Minister has said.
At least five people were killed in overnight attacks across the country, including a child in the Kyiv region, Serhiy Koretskyi said.
The... | en |
Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c65ym1dyn92mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:36:23 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:12.312630 | The withdrawal of coalition forces, under a deal agreed two years ago, was a key demand of the Iraqi government. | Since the start of the US and Israel's war with Iran earlier this year, militias have been targeting the remaining US and UK forces stationed at Irbil air base.
Hundreds of Nato troops stationed in Baghdad left the country in March as tensions rose.
A BBC team visited the coalition base in Irbil in April this year, d... | en |
Ethiopia fighting escalates in Tigray killing 52 civilians, medic tells the BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6grveejg1e2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:04:32 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:12.587568 | The deadly fighting has also spread to neighbouring regions, stranding tourists in Lalibela. | At least 52 civilians have been killed during three days of heavy fighting around Alamata in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, hospital sources have told the BBC.
It appears government troops have taken control of the town from regional fighters and intend to push north towards Mekelle, the region's main city. Social... | en |
Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-department-human-rights-fund | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:59:32 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:13.066637 | <p>Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights</p><p>With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a hu... | With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign... | en |
South African leader urges men to speak up on gender-based violence after series of killings | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/30/south-africa-gender-based-violence-women-killings | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:16:33 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:13.223328 | <p>President announces measures amid anger at authorities over recent murders of women</p><p>South Africa’s president has called on men to take more responsibility for violence against women as he announced measures to tackle the problem, amid anger at authorities over a recent wave of murders.</p><p>Cyril Ramaphosa ac... | South Africa’s president has called on men to take more responsibility for violence against women as he announced measures to tackle the problem, amid anger at authorities over a recent wave of murders.
Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that not enough had been done to protect women. He said police would be reviewing unsol... | en |
Burundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/burundi-third-country-deportations-trump-immigration | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:47:15 GMT | 2026-09-30T16:58:13.456109 | <p>Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policy</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/burundi">Burundi</a> has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/trump-immigration-deport-migra... | Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy.
However, Burundi will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said Nancy Ninette Mutoni, a spokesperson for the country’... | en |
What we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to Israel | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjdv7pmj9dno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:44:12 GMT | 2026-09-30T21:23:11.430794 | A pilot has been arrested and is being questioned after another pilot was stabbed, officials say. | Passenger Yaniv Hayun, who was later greeted and described as a hero by Netanyahu, said in a video released by the prime minister's office that he and others were trying to open the cockpit door, but the stabbed pilot was very close to it.
Before the pilot collapsed, the injured man managed to open the door, Hayun sai... | en |
Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n8m33pn9djo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:14:03 GMT | 2026-09-30T21:23:11.711234 | Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks. | Six people traffickers have been found guilty in France of causing the deaths of 31 migrants in the worst ever small-boat accident in the Channel.
At the end of a four-week trial in Paris, the six were convicted of "involuntary homicide" and given prison terms of between six and 10 years.
Seven others were given less... | en |
UK-France 'one in, one out' migrant scheme scrapped | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c64gvnv4eqylo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:11:08 GMT | 2026-09-30T21:23:11.987470 | Some 1,500 people have been removed to France since the scheme began just over a year ago. | The UK government has announced the "one in, one out" agreement with France to send back some migrants who cross the Channel has been scrapped.
The pilot scheme allowed the UK to return some small boat arrivals while agreeing to take in the same number of people from France who were believed to have a legitimate claim... | en |
Putin shows no sign of stopping the war as Russia doubles down on Ukraine | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2ze420kpyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:10:06 GMT | 2026-10-01T00:46:22.418003 | A foreign policy speech by the Russian president will be keenly watched, but all signs point to the full-scale invasion continuing. | When Vladimir Putin arrived to address Russia's parliament on Wednesday, a warm welcome was guaranteed.
"The Special Election Operation", as one Russian newspaper dubbed last month's legislative vote, has produced a State Duma even more pro-Putin than anything before it.
The ruling party, United Russia, now has more ... | en |
US Supreme Court allows execution of Christa Pike to go ahead | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8r6rjdvlx6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:19:20 GMT | 2026-10-01T00:46:22.637493 | The death by lethal injection was scheduled to happen earlier on Wednesday before a lower court paused the execution. | The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for death row inmate Christa Pike to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
The justices overturned a last-minute reprieve that was granted by an appeals court on Wednesday morning about an hour before Pike, 50, was due to be put to death.
Tenness... | en |
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n9w0ypjwl9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:08:23 GMT | 2026-10-01T00:46:22.871277 | Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change. | Swiss glaciers have suffered a near-record loss of ice in 2026, new data shows, as intense summer heatwaves take their toll on Alpine peaks.
More than 5% of the country's remaining glacier ice has disappeared in the last 12 months, which scientists say is "extraordinary".
They warn that such rapid melting is no longe... | en |
Too early to say what motive for Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack was, Israeli PM says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqgmrm7xd8wyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:42:43 GMT | 2026-10-01T07:03:12.925154 | A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an Israel-bound plane is under investigation in Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu says. | It is too early to say why a pilot stabbed another pilot and tried to take over a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel's prime minister has said.
The Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two hours into its journey on Wednesday morning during the attack, before passengers and crew overpowered the pilot a... | en |
What happened in failed execution of Christa Pike - and what next? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge4eql4q7eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:51:14 GMT | 2026-10-01T14:31:00.078961 | The convicted killer is in hospital in Tennessee after surviving two lethal injections, in a case that has raised many questions. | The attempted execution of Pike was not the first in Tennessee in 2026 that did not go to plan.
The execution of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, was postponed in May after staff were unable to find a vein to administer a lethal injection. He was given a one-year rep... | en |
Russian dissident Garry Kasparov says US warned him of danger to his life | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6y8z8kr5mk8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:05:55 GMT | 2026-10-01T14:31:00.344149 | "My family and I will not truly be safe as long as Putin is in power," says the former chess world champion. | An exiled Russian opposition figure living in the US says he was warned by American and Lithuanian security services that his life was in danger.
Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov said he was one of two dissidents told to take precautions, which he had done.
His comments come after the US Justice Department ... | en |
Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmn4540d4z87o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:25:43 GMT | 2026-10-01T19:47:18.560530 | Pike had been on death row since she was convicted in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. | Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in "critical condition, receiving life-saving care" at hospital, after surviving two lethal injection attempts, leading the state's governor to halt all executions for the year.
"We don't have a sense of her prognosis or much update on her health at the moment," her lawyer Ra... | en |
Netanyahu says Flydubai attacker had 'Islamist radical indoctrination' | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crje8edqyej9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:48:46 GMT | 2026-10-01T19:47:18.864240 | Israel's prime minister says the pilot who tried to take over the Flydubai plane clearly intended to "down the plane". | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says investigations suggest the man who stabbed his fellow pilot and tried to take over a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination".
The Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two hours into its journey on Wednesday, before passe... | en |
Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqg7k7v499jjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:38:30 GMT | 2026-10-01T19:47:19.163823 | The Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders. | Putin also accused the West of instigating other conflicts.
"If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation, in this case we are talking about Kaliningrad but possibly some other territories, of course the issue of use by the Russian Federation of all arms at the disposal of our country will inevitably and i... | en |
Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2z23xj555o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:37:46 GMT | 2026-10-01T19:47:19.474352 | The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains. | Donald Trump's push to rename AI may be behind an "unprecedented" rise in registrations for domain names in Slovenia, according to its official national registry.
The US president wants AI to be called "super intelligence" - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian websites.
Register.si spokeswoman Klara Herman sa... | en |
Renee Good: Family of US woman killed by ICE agent sues Trump officials | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwly7y5gvxlmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:30:47 GMT | 2026-10-01T23:49:00.802787 | Lawyers for Good's family say US officials created "an unprecedented environment for state sponsored violence" in Minneapolis. | The family of a woman who was killed by an immigration agent in Minneapolis has announced two lawsuits against the US government and members of the Trump administration.
Renee Good, a US citizen, was shot to death by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a major immigration sweep in January. Mill... | en |
US pressures Europe over diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5zjzjgdeneeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:21:16 GMT | 2026-10-02T05:01:29.833970 | President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections. | Donald Trump has said he may ask European countries to release some of their diesel reserves as he mulls a ban on US exports of the fuel amid a global shortage.
The comments followed his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging Europe to immediately ready and release such supplies, arguing that US "farmers, truckers, a... | en |
NY's governor appoints special prosecutor in Cornell frat rape investigation | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr1585y0y90go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:49:44 GMT | 2026-10-02T05:01:30.123357 | The governor said she'd lost faith in prosecutors overseeing the case and handed it over to New York Attorney General Letitia James. | New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed the state's attorney general as a special prosecutor in investigating the alleged gang rape of a woman at Cornell University.
The woman has alleged she was drugged and raped by several men at a fraternity house. The case, which stems back to 2024, was reopened after the wom... | en |
Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm1dld14weero?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:09:13 GMT | 2026-10-02T05:01:30.387895 | President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula". | South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has threatened to take unspecified "further action" if Ukraine does not issue a public apology for revealing that two North Korean prisoners of war had been sent to the South.
Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky made the disclosure to the UN general assembly last week, angering Se... | en |
'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c639m98gde00o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:08:06 GMT | 2026-10-02T11:08:19.593350 | Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he opened the cockpit door to let others in during the attack. | The Indian pilot of the Flydubai plane who was stabbed by his co-pilot and opened the cockpit door to let others in has said he was determined not to let others die.
Capt Smit Machchhar said he was on the floor and still being attacked when he realised the plane carrying more than 170 passengers was sinking and he had... | en |
A 'dark cloud' and 'dismal' mood: How it feels on Cornell campus right now | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0e3ed1er1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:24 GMT | 2026-10-02T11:08:19.862098 | Students tell the BBC that the tension on campus has become palpable since allegations from 2024 resurfaced. | Under normal circumstances, Cornell University is a beautiful place to study at this time of year. Autumn leaves bring pops of colour to its stately buildings, which are set against the backdrop of the rolling hills of upstate New York.
But students and faculty members say the investigation into an alleged gang rape t... | en |
Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj3d3d37nxgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:53:51 GMT | 2026-10-02T11:08:20.113938 | Shoko Kawata's maternity leave drew mixed reactions in Japan, a country struggling to lift birth rates. | Shoko Kawata, Japan's first mayor to take maternity leave, has been named one of the 100 most influential rising stars by TIME Magazine.
The recognition comes weeks after the 36-year-old gave birth to her first child on 15 September.
Earlier this year, Kawata, who is mayor of Yawata City in Kyoto prefecture, was plun... | en |
Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/02/row-erupts-over-cairo-mural-depicting-tutankhamun-and-nefertiti-with-dark-skin | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:55:42 GMT | 2026-10-02T11:08:20.444154 | <p>Artwork created in Tahrir Square<strong> </strong>for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins</p><p>On the eve of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-... | On the eve of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-long mural from the esteemed guest’s line of sight.
Depicting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Queen Nefertiti, the painting was among 40 murals commissioned to beautify the city for Xi’s arrival... | en |
Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:26:09 GMT | 2026-10-02T16:39:53.960539 | More than 550 schools have been disrupted as protests over standards and lack of teachers continue. | On Friday, a 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide after protests in Belfort, north-eastern France, where a police officer was targeted.
At least 65 staff members have been injured in the unrest, the education ministry said.
In the Paris suburb of Pantin police charged at protesters and made arr... | en |
Woman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry was 'failed' by officials, says New York governor | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvg04718lr9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:38:22 GMT | 2026-10-02T16:39:54.165069 | The woman, known as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students at a fraternity house at the university in 2024. | New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said the woman at the centre of the Cornell University rape case was "failed" at "every turn".
The woman, known as Jane Doe in legal documents, alleges she was drugged and raped by several men at a fraternity house in 2024.
The case was investigated at the time but no charges were l... | en |
Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6wyv44y4ywjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:26:37 GMT | 2026-10-02T16:39:54.373730 | Vitaliy Klitschko says Ukraine's capital is in a "very dramatic situation" as Russia hits critical infrastructure. | "We're talking about survival," Klitschko said at Friday's defence council meeting with Kyiv's top military, security, emergencies and police officials.
Russia's aim was to "sow panic", he said, stressing that the capital would "prevail - but only through the joint efforts of those who love it and care for it".
The m... | en |
Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c623dlk4y75mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:30:12 GMT | 2026-10-02T16:39:54.600664 | The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies. | The Sindicato de Inquilinas (Tenants' Union) activist association which has been co-ordinating protests, announced during the congressional debate that it was abandoning the tent protest in central Madrid. It said it wanted to "take the struggle to all the neighbourhoods, residential blocks and homes of Madrid, whereve... | en |
G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck87zg8jnwngo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:25:19 GMT | 2026-10-03T00:32:06.285454 | The coordinated release is aimed at heading off further price spikes and avoiding a ban on US diesel exports. | The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel in a bid to ease supply pressures that have caused prices to skyrocket.
The group of advanced economies, including the US, said the move would include a "substantial release" of diesel in the coming days.
President Donald Trump had threatened to ban d... | en |
US murderer Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3kgqw7zvz47o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:32:07 GMT | 2026-10-03T00:32:06.573634 | As of Thursday night, Pike remained critically ill and is being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. | Pike's lawyers filed an emergency motion on Friday to preserve "any and all evidence" related to her botched execution.
Hospital staff are working to save her life and clear the drug used, pentobarbital, from her system, the filing states.
During the execution attempt, prison officials tried to start intravenous (IV)... | en |
Cornell frat house rape accuser 'under siege' online, says lawyer | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ly0ljypzrdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:53:35 GMT | 2026-10-03T00:32:06.830050 | A lawyer for Jane Doe says she is "not doing well" amid attempts to uncover her identity. | The lawyer for the woman who alleges she was raped at a Cornell University fraternity house says she is "not doing well" as she finds herself "under siege" from online sleuths seeking to identity her.
Thomas Giuffra said the woman known in legal documents as Jane Doe was "incapable of consent" because she was "complet... | en |
Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with axe, UAE official says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c61wv7lgex13o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:20:21 GMT | 2026-10-03T11:25:06.354898 | The man accused of trying to take over the Israel-bound jet is named as Hamam al-Hammami by several media outlets. | The co-pilot who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel attacked the pilot with a crash axe, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general has said.
The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv carrying more than 170 people plunged 17,000ft (5,200m) two and a half hours into its journey, before passenge... | en |
Russia strikes second major bridge in Kyiv, mayor says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c83vqxzdg1yko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:53:16 GMT | 2026-10-03T11:25:06.586126 | The strike on Northern Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in recent days. | A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said, as Russia ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.
The attack on Saturday morning damaged the road surface and trolleybus overhead wires on the Northern (Pivnichnyi) Bridge, Klitschko said, causing tra... | en |
UK-Iranian dual national bailed after RAF Fairford incident arrest | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6d095ygggv1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:58:51 GMT | 2026-10-03T11:25:06.818867 | The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday. | A UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident at RAF Fairford has been released on bail.
The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday. Searches of two properties in the same area have now finished.
A major incident... | en |
Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/libyan-unity-talks-warlord-son-linked-drone-attack-khalifa-haftar | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:56 GMT | 2026-10-03T11:25:07.300095 | <p>Western Libya’s GNU say working with Saddam Haftar ‘impossible’ as US-backed merger plan breaks down</p><p>Allegations that the son of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a “terror cell” that launched drone attacks on fuel storage facilities and power stations in western Libya have upended plans for the Tripol... | Allegations that the son of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a “terror cell” that launched drone attacks on fuel storage facilities and power stations in western Libya have upended plans for the Tripoli-based government of national unity (GNU) to continue cooperating with Haftar on a plan to unify the country.... | en |
Protesters across Spain demand action over housing crisis | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2kej47095no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:34:11 GMT | 2026-10-03T15:13:03.719747 | More than 50 protests are taking place on Saturday after the government failed to get emergency legislation through parliament. | Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Spain calling for greater protections for tenants after the government failed to get emergency housing legislation through parliament on Friday.
About 50 planned marches are taking place on Saturday in cities including Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona .
"There is... | en |
Women given shorts at Oktoberfest to prevent upskirting | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwyzyqvx1zxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:16:03 GMT | 2026-10-03T15:13:03.981475 | The step at the Munich festival comes after thousands of voyeuristic videos emerged on social media. | The operator of a popular amusement ride at the Munich Oktoberfest has been handing out free cycling shorts to women, after thousands of voyeuristic videos emerged on social media.
Some videos showing women on the Teufelsrad, or Devil's Wheel, have been viewed millions of times. One is said to have made thousands of e... | en |
Tennessee prison chief to resign after Christa Pike's failed execution | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8zxl62yzxzxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:48:42 GMT | 2026-10-03T18:43:12.948825 | Pike's lawyers said the failure "goes far beyond any one person". Pike is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections. | The head of prisons in the US state of Tennessee is resigning after the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday.
Governor Bill Lee announced the change on Saturday, sharing the news in a joint statement with Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada.
Strada said that his step... | en |
Cornell president says university 'must do better' after frat house rape allegations | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly0leelnz4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:11:25 GMT | 2026-10-04T00:25:41.214110 | Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing". | Cornell University's president says the school "must do better" after a woman alleged she was drugged and raped by a group of men at a fraternity house.
In an eight-minute video statement released on Saturday night, Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations raised by the woman, identified as Jane Doe, as "deeply dis... | en |
Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckreyjzzzywqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:09:04 GMT | 2026-10-04T12:30:12.681469 | Footage shows a drone hitting the Pivnichyi (Northern) Bridge as vehicles move across it, creating a large fireball. | Major bridges in Kyiv have been hit by Russian drone strikes for four consecutive days, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine's capital.
Two people were injured when the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge was struck on Sunday morning for the second day in a row, while the Pivdennyi (Southern) Brid... | en |
Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxly4nym57q9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:19:17 GMT | 2026-10-04T12:30:12.946202 | State police and the country's security agency are looking into the co-pilot, who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel. | Australian authorities are investigating the links between the country and a Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to take control of a plane travelling to Israel.
The co-pilot is alleged to have attacked the captain with a crash axe during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv before passengers managed to overpower him and succe... | en |
Watch: What we know about Russian strikes on Kyiv bridges | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cmglwkyl9djyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:25:32 GMT | 2026-10-04T16:58:45.802035 | BBC Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson is near Kyiv's Northern Bridge, which has been hit for the second day in a row. | Major bridges in Ukraine have been the target of Russian strikes over the past four days, as Moscow ramps up attacks in Ukraine's capital city.
The Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, has been hit for the second day in a row, while the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge was hit multiple times earlier this week.
The latest attack ... | en |
Yemen's government announces all-out war to reclaim land from Houthis | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx8dzj9vpp01o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:51:30 GMT | 2026-10-04T16:58:46.108189 | The Yemeni president's announcement comes amid an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition. | The head of Yemen's internationally recognised government has announced it will wage an all out war in an effort to take all territory held by the Houthis.
It follows an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition in recent days.
The Iran-backed group said it had struck sites belonging to Saud... | en |
Ethiopian rebel forces withdraw from Tigray regional capital | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm249v07j4xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:33:05 GMT | 2026-10-04T16:58:46.397480 | Two residents in Mekelle tell the BBC pro-government forces have taken control of the city. | Rebel forces in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have said they have temporarily withdrawn from the regional capital, Mekelle, as fighting with the national army moves towards the city.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been running the region, said its decision to relocate was made because of co... | en |
Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgelynyg7d3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:24:48 GMT | 2026-10-04T16:58:46.678267 | Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body. | US murderer Christa Pike remains critically ill in hospital and her prognosis is still unclear following her failed execution, her lawyer has said on Sunday.
Speaking to CNN on Sunday morning, Pike's lawyer Stephen Ferrell said doctors were still trying to clear two doses of pentobarbital from her body.
Pike, 50, was... | en |
Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/04/egyptian-journalist-faces-terrorism-charges-entire-newsroom-detained-matsadaash-press-freedom | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:16:03 GMT | 2026-10-04T16:58:47.112048 | <p>Calls for release of six Matsadaash staff after one is charged, while whereabouts of other five remain unknown</p><p>An Egyptian journalist has been charged with joining a terrorist group, days after an entire newsroom was detained in what rights groups have said is a crackdown on press freedoms.</p><p>Last week, au... | An Egyptian journalist has been charged with joining a terrorist group, days after an entire newsroom was detained in what rights groups have said is a crackdown on press freedoms.
Last week, authorities arrested six journalists from the independent fact-checking and investigative platform Matsadaash – literally meani... | en |
Polls close in Brazil as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro remain neck and neck | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1l34ed592no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:11:49 GMT | 2026-10-04T23:13:21.168076 | If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October. | Polls have closed in Brazil's general election, after voters queued in long lines for a tight first round of the presidential race.
After casting his ballot, 80-year-old left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the choice was between democracy and "barbarism".
His challenger, right-winger Flávio Bols... | en |
Watch: How Brazil's dramatic election unfolded | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwp9g54v9xjlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:51:24 GMT | 2026-10-05T09:08:25.234279 | Millions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country's presidential elections. | Millions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country's presidential elections.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is running for his fourth non-consecutive term in office, while his challenger, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, is competing in his first presidential race.
His f... | en |
US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF Fairford | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwyve191dlko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:28:37 GMT | 2026-10-05T09:08:25.498402 | No reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase. | The US has withdrawn all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, the UK military base at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter-terror police.
A statement from a Pentagon official confirmed on Sunday it had removed its bombers - thought to be about a dozen B-1s - from the base back to their home stations in... | en |
Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj6jenp26zyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:15:29 GMT | 2026-10-05T09:08:25.777109 | The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow. | US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new taskforce focused on artificial intelligence, which will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton.
The "Super Intelligence Force" will work to ensure that the US continues to lead in the technology's development and will coordinate the government's engagement... | en |
France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwkg5n7lm3y5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:49:14 GMT | 2026-10-05T09:08:26.037892 | Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says. | Up to 500 schools across France will be partially or totally closed on Monday after clashes between riot police and student protesters in recent days, the French education minister said on Sunday.
Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some "400 to 500" high schools as security conditions "have not been fulf... | en |
Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/05/skull-fractures-suggest-servants-of-egypts-ancient-kings-were-sacrificed | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:48 GMT | 2026-10-05T09:08:26.400107 | <p>Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory</p><p>Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls.</p><p>The royal cemetery ... | Court officials and craftspeople serving early Egyptian kings may have been sacrificed when their ruler died, according to research that found fractures in several ancient skulls.
The royal cemetery of Umm el-Qa’ab near Abydos features the tombs and enclosures of the First Dynasty rulers of Egypt, and dates as far bac... | en |
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