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More than 30 killed in blast at Pakistan mosque, officials say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7y7gz2835o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:30:05 GMT | 2026-02-06T11:39:10.175769 | The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear, however reports have suggested it was carried out by a suicide bomber. | An emergency was declared at the city's hospitals after the blast at a Shiite mosque in the Tarlai area of the capital. The district administration spokesman said on X that the number of injured had reached 169. | en |
Weather Tracker: Storm Leonardo continues to batter Europe and northern Africa | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/06/weather-tracker-storm-leonardo-europe-portugal-spain-northern-africa | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:28:23 GMT | 2026-02-06T11:39:10.514813 | <p>Spain and Portugal hit with torrential rain while flash floods in Morocco force more than 100,000 people to evacuate</p><p>The Iberian peninsula has been placed under severe weather alerts as Storm Leonardo continues to batter parts of Spain and Portugal with torrential rain and strong winds.</p><p>Since Tuesday, th... | The Iberian peninsula has been placed under severe weather alerts as Storm Leonardo continues to batter parts of Spain and Portugal with torrential rain and strong winds.
Since Tuesday, the slow-moving system has brought widespread disruption, flooding and evacuations. In Grazalema, in southern Spain, more than 700mm ... | en |
Savannah Guthrie's brother renews plea for proof mother is alive | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e1e7nlegko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:31:43 GMT | 2026-02-06T16:07:11.184340 | Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of an NBC News presenter, is believed to have been abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. | The host of NBC News' Today programme addressed the potential abductor or abductors directly, saying: "We are ready to talk... We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and you have her... Please, reach out to us". | en |
Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8r8y78g10o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:18:52 GMT | 2026-02-06T18:00:40.859912 | The White House defended the post at first, calling to "stop the fake outrage", as members of both parties condemned the video. | Millions of documents - but Epstein's victims say they are no closer to justice
One campaigner says the files are "symptomatic of a broken system of how we treat women - how we view survivors". | en |
Gazans returning through Rafah crossing describe checks by Palestinian militia | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4g3rne4n7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:27:57 GMT | 2026-02-06T21:47:19.549802 | One Palestinian woman said members of the Israel-linked militia searched them and their belongings at an Israeli checkpoint inside Gaza. | Eight of them were the relatives of Awad Abu Talha. He had waited for his cousins all day and evening as they progressed slowly through the crossing. Some had made it through to the Palestinian side, before all were sent back to Egypt, because of a technical problem. | en |
Will Sunday's snap election gamble pay off for Japan's first female premier? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl53zll3jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:05:00 GMT | 2026-02-06T23:37:20.518580 | Sanae Takaichi is popular - but inflation and a diplomatic row with China weigh on voters' minds. | "There is an atmosphere of positivity about her being the first female prime minister in Japanese history, about her being successful at diplomacy… with her having approval ratings in the 60s or sometimes as high as 70%," says Jeffrey Hall, lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. | en |
They were drawn to Korea with dreams of K-pop stardom - but then let down | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgnq9rwyqno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:05:12 GMT | 2026-02-06T23:37:20.751801 | Stories of aspiring foreign trainees shed light on an under-regulated industry, where there is opportunity and risk. | The three girls told the BBC that they didn't speak up immediately because they were worried that it could harm their chances in the K-pop industry. They said they also felt unable to tell their parents, who had paid large sums for them to train in Korea. And they faced other challenges, including the language barrier ... | en |
Trump signs executive order threatening tariffs for countries trading with Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4glgz2l83vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:28:56 GMT | 2026-02-07T02:47:31.271661 | The order did not specify the rate that could be imposed, but used 25% as an example. | The order does not specify the rate that could be imposed, but uses 25% as an example, and says it will apply to goods imported into the US from any nation that "directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires any goods or services from Iran". | en |
Milan-Cortina Games begin with vibrant opening ceremony | https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/czejep5z51wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:37:34 GMT | 2026-02-07T02:47:31.740390 | Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey perform as part of vibrant opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. | The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games are officially under way after a vibrant opening ceremony split across four locations.
Milan's iconic San Siro stadium was the primary venue, with elements of the ceremony also taking place in Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo.
Despite concerns over the logistics of a multi-location... | en |
He has the world's biggest stage. What will Bad Bunny do with it? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0y18g8g7ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:14 GMT | 2026-02-07T06:24:42.924295 | With Super Bowl half-time shows becoming increasingly polarised, how will the Puerto Rican superstar quiet his detractors? | At the Grammy Awards last week, where he walked away with the ceremony's biggest prize, he was more direct. Before thanking his producers and label, he took the mic and declared "ICE out" - a reference to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who have led large operations detaining immigrants in cities acros... | en |
Colorado funeral home director sentenced to 40 years for corpse abuse | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q4q7w237yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:48:39 GMT | 2026-02-07T07:46:51.187917 | Nearly 200 decaying bodies were discovered at the Return to Nature home after officials investigated a foul smell. | "I had so many chances to put a stop to everything and walk away, but I did not," he said. "My mistakes will echo for a generation. Everything I did was wrong." | en |
US wants Russia and Ukraine to end war by June, says Zelensky | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0y0y9z231o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:02:44 GMT | 2026-02-07T13:07:10.040610 | The Ukrainian leader says difficult issues remain, as Russia carries out further strikes on energy facilities. | Watch: The US and Russia's nuclear treaty is dead. What comes next?
The expiration of New START means there are no limits on nuclear weapons between both countries for the first time since 1991. | en |
Thousands of Malawi businesses close in protest over tax changes | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/07/businesses-close-protest-malawi-tax-changes-electronic-invoicing-system | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:00:01 GMT | 2026-02-07T13:07:10.365345 | <p>Peaceful demonstrations force a delay in measures aimed at improving revenue collection but which many fear will be fatal for small traders </p><p>Demonstrations across Malawi’s four main cities during the past week have achieved a delay in the introduction of a new tax regime that business owners claim will cripple... | Demonstrations across Malawi’s four main cities during the past week have achieved a delay in the introduction of a new tax regime that business owners claim will cripple their livelihoods.
Tens of thousands had signed petitions which this week were presented to tax officials and on Monday thousands of small traders s... | en |
General shot in Moscow conscious after surgery, Russian media say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwnweypgvyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:10:31 GMT | 2026-02-07T16:45:51.904447 | Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev was shot several times inside his apartment block on Friday morning. | Watch: The US and Russia's nuclear treaty is dead. What comes next?
The expiration of New START means there are no limits on nuclear weapons between both countries for the first time since 1991. | en |
Italy says railways hit by 'serious sabotage' as Winter Olympics begin | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr4rx04xjpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:53:45 GMT | 2026-02-07T17:14:10.642203 | Police say they are investigating three incidents targeting rail infrastructure that caused travel delays. | "These actions of unprecedented seriousness do not in any way tarnish Italy's image in the world, an image that the Games will make even more compelling and positive," said Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini. | en |
Alleged mastermind among four arrested after Pakistan mosque blast | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6w69pj14xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:58:37 GMT | 2026-02-07T18:43:38.115000 | The four are suspected of facilitating a suicide bombing that killed more than 30 people, Pakistan's interior minister said. | Mohsin Naqvi said an Afghan national who is alleged to be the mastermind behind the attack was among those detained. One counter-terrorism officer was killed and three more were wounded in the raids to arrest the suspects, he added. | en |
RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors group | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/07/sudan-rsf-drone-attack-rahad-kills-displaced-people | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:03:07 GMT | 2026-02-07T20:36:27.535468 | <p>Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network</p><p>A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday.</p><p>... | A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday.
The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Su... | en |
France investigates ex-minister Jack Lang over Epstein links | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkrk567d7zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:10:55 GMT | 2026-02-07T22:41:08.487152 | The socialist grandee quits his role at a prestigious institute as he is investigated for the "laundering of tax-fraud proceeds". | She said his lawyers had set up a company, Prytanee LLC, based in the US Virgin Islands. Mediapart said Caroline Lang had received half of the shares, but she said she had not invested in it or received any funds from it. | en |
Japan votes in snap election as PM Takaichi takes a gamble | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2y7d2z29xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:00:43 GMT | 2026-02-07T23:49:42.422842 | Observers say Sanae Takaichi's personal popularity may boost the ruling party's showing at the polls. | The 64-year-old has also become an unlikely fashion icon as "sanakatsu" - which roughly translates to "Sanae-mania" - has spread. The black leather tote bag she is often seen carrying has sold out and the pink pen she used at her first press conference has gone viral. | en |
Savannah Guthrie says 'we will pay' for mother's safe return | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9y99eg0nno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 01:58:07 GMT | 2026-02-08T03:15:34.094129 | "We received your message," the US news anchor says in the latest video plea for the return of her mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, who is believed abducted. | "We received your message, and we understand," Guthrie said in the video posted to Instagram on Saturday evening, as she is flanked by her two siblings. "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her." | en |
ICE protester speaks out after White House shared fake arrest image | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c86v6p1djvqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:59:43 GMT | 2026-02-08T03:15:34.276495 | The White House posted an edited image of Nekima Levy Armstrong after she was arrested for organising a protest in a church. | US civil rights lawyer and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong says she was "disgusted" after the White House posted an image of her arrest which was edited to show her in tears.
She was detained for organising a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a Minnesota church last month.
BBC Verify's Jake ... | en |
Washington Post chief executive steps down after mass lay-offs | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e5ee39j47o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:51:45 GMT | 2026-02-08T05:12:38.484047 | Will Lewis said "difficult decisions" had been made to ensure the newspaper's future. | Savannah Guthrie tells mother's possible kidnappers 'we will pay' in plea for her return
"We received your message," the US news anchor says in the latest video plea for the return of her mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, who is believed to be abducted. | en |
Australia's opposition coalition reunites after row over hate-speech laws | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7e981e4n5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 03:33:19 GMT | 2026-02-08T07:52:02.063316 | The Nationals had split from the Liberal Party citing free speech concerns over laws brought in after the Bondi Beach attack. | While the Liberals sided with the government, their National colleagues abstained from the vote in the lower house and voted against the measure in the senate, saying the measures had been rushed and posed a threat to free speech. | en |
Italian police arrest protesters after clash in Olympic host city Milan | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl5293n5n9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:20:43 GMT | 2026-02-08T09:47:00.563195 | At least six people have been detained a week after a different demonstration in Turin turned violent. | A new security package, which was adopted on Thursday after being fast-tracked as a result of the violence in Turin, allows police to detain suspected troublemakers for up to 12 hours before demonstrations to stop them from spreading unrest. Critics have called it repressive. | en |
Polls close in Thailand election that pitted reformists against conservatives | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jn4z4eq0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:21:59 GMT | 2026-02-08T11:57:09.599711 | Thai voters were presented with a simple choice in this election: sweeping change, or more of the same. | At that point yet more intervention by the courts or other bodies is expected to weaken or disable it as a political force. But if Anutin and Bhumjaithai can match or exceed the seat total of the reformists, with the conservative establishment behind him he is very likely to remain prime minister. | en |
Three suspects in Russian general shooting named, including alleged gunman | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7j6xe8862o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:31:45 GMT | 2026-02-08T11:57:09.756370 | The suspects include the alleged gunman, Lyubomir Korba, whom Russia says fled to the UAE after the attack. | An Uzbek man was jailed in January for the 2024 killing of another general, Igor Kirillov, in an explosion outside a block of flats in Moscow. Sources in Ukraine's SBU intelligence said at the time it was behind the attack. | en |
Man named in South Africa's police corruption probe found dead | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j5pg0597po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:31:24 GMT | 2026-02-08T13:55:42.998755 | Reports say Wiandre Pretorius, who last week said he survived an assassination attempt, shot himself. | At a hearing last year, a man, only identified at the time as Witness D, said that in 2022 he had been ordered to get rid of the body of someone accused of robbery who had allegedly been tortured and killed by police officers. | en |
France murder trial complicated by twin brothers with same DNA | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn87l12e4xeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:49:51 GMT | 2026-02-08T19:31:10.525328 | Police have recovered DNA from a weapon but cannot determine which of the brothers used it. | It reports that both are suspected of conspiring to plot the double murder, but that DNA on an assault rifle used in one of the later gun battles could only be from one twin. | en |
Iranian Nobel laureate handed further prison sentence, lawyer says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clygw161wzvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:11:13 GMT | 2026-02-08T19:31:10.714719 | Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December for making "provocative remarks" at a memorial, where she was also reportedly beaten. | "Though she was likely forced to attend, she remained silent - she did not utter a single word, nor did she sign a single paper. She refused to play a part in their show, leaving them to sign their own verdict before being taken back." | en |
US skier Vonn has leg fracture after crash while competing with torn ACL | https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c98q5g51z4no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:55:41 GMT | 2026-02-08T22:49:28.470029 | American skier Lindsey Vonn has surgery on a left-leg fracture after suffering heartbreak in what could be her final Olympic event as she crashes in the women's downhill competition in Cortina. | American skier Lindsey Vonn has had surgery on a left-leg fracture after suffering heartbreak in what could be her final Olympic event as she crashed in the women's downhill competition in Cortina.
The 41-year-old was competing just nine days after rupturing ligaments in her left knee, but hitting the gate with her sk... | en |
Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd9k852zdjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:34:33 GMT | 2026-02-09T06:43:59.833935 | Japanese stocked jumped as markets opened on Monday morning, after prime minister Sanae Takaichi won a landslide victory. | Just one week after Takaichi took office in October last year, Tokyo rolled out the red carpet for Trump when he visited Japan. It was her diplomatic debut, and the optics were striking: fists pumping as the US president praised her in front of thousands of US soldiers. | en |
Seahawks dominate Patriots to win Super Bowl | https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/articles/cjen2n5ql3zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:44:32 GMT | 2026-02-09T06:44:00.264412 | The Seattle Seahawks produce a devastating defensive display to beat the New England Patriots and claim their second Super Bowl victory. | Most of the 70,823 crowd seemed to favour Seattle, who came into the game as narrow favourites, and their win also means quarterback Sam Darnold completed his redemption story after being written off as a starting NFL quarterback.
The Seahawks are Darnold's fifth team in his eight-year career - and third in three year... | en |
Bad Bunny piles on Puerto Rican patriotism at Super Bowl half-time show | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c394g7nnzmzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:30:40 GMT | 2026-02-09T06:44:00.439259 | Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny made history with his entirely Spanish set on the sporting world's biggest stage. | Bad Bunny, who has been producing music since 2013, said in a 2025 interview with i-D that there were "many reasons" he would not be performing in the US this time around and "none of them were out of hate". | en |
Christchurch shooter seeks to overturn guilty plea | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vevxnw9pko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:31:07 GMT | 2026-02-09T06:44:00.624012 | Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence after murdering 51 people in the March 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand. | At the time of the sentencing in August 2020, then Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern said life imprisonment without parole meant Tarrant would have "no notoriety, no platform... and we have no cause to think about him, to see him or to hear from him again". | en |
Venezuela's opposition says party leader kidnapped hours after being freed | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wnjqzrv48o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:37:29 GMT | 2026-02-09T06:44:00.800335 | Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said political leader Juan Pablo Guanipa was taken by force in Caracas. | The leader of the Justice First party, he was elected governor of the Zulia region in 2017 but barred from taking office after he refused to swear an oath before Maduro's National Constituent Assembly. | en |
Outrage as South Korean official suggests 'importing' foreign women to boost birth rate | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20z4254524o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:45:29 GMT | 2026-02-09T10:43:42.131317 | Jindo county head Kim Hee-soo had suggested "importing young women from Vietnam or Sri Lanka" for young rural men. | The Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul had condemned Kim's remarks, saying in a statement on Facebook that his words were "not simply a matter of expression but a matter of values and attitudes towards migrant women and minority groups". | en |
Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third fatal storm | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/weather-tracker-spain-and-portugal-hit-by-third-fatal-storm | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:33:38 GMT | 2026-02-09T10:43:42.463368 | <p>Storm Marta sweeps Iberian peninsula just days after Storms Kristin and Leonardo brought deadly flooding and major damage</p><p>Spain and Portugal have endured another storm over the weekend, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Storm Kristin and Storm Leonardo last week. Storm Marta passed... | Spain and Portugal have endured another storm over the weekend, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Storm Kristin and Storm Leonardo last week. Storm Marta passed over the Iberian peninsula on Saturday bringing fresh torrential rain, killing two people. Storm Kristin killed at least five peop... | en |
Hong Kong court jails media tycoon and British citizen Jimmy Lai for 20 years | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d5pl34vv0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:19:17 GMT | 2026-02-09T11:35:13.758108 | Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law. | "Now that this sham trial is finally over, we call on leaders from around the world to speak with one voice in their demand for China to free Jimmy Lai so he can come home to his family in London at last," Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC told the BBC. | en |
53 dead or missing after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/09/deaths-migrant-boat-capsizes-mediterranean-libya | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:17:26 GMT | 2026-02-09T11:35:14.482650 | <p>Only two survivors rescued in tragedy off Libyan coast, UN migration agency says</p><p>The UN migration agency said 53 people had died or were missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued.</p><p>The International Organization for Migration said the boat... | The UN migration agency said 53 people had died or were missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued.
The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday.
“Only two Nigerian women were rescued during a search a... | en |
Maxwell won't answer questions from Congress, lawyer says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgv5yre39zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:13:23 GMT | 2026-02-09T14:03:29.951112 | Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will invoke her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. | Blanche has rejected any accusations of a cover-up, saying previously that the notion of a "hidden tranche of information of men that we know about" and that the justice department is choosing not to prosecute is not the case. | en |
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90 | https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/09/ebo-taylor-ghanaian-highlife-pioneer-dies-age-90 | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:44:54 GMT | 2026-02-09T14:03:30.524682 | <p>Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history</p><p>Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a definitive force behind the highlife genre, has died age 90.</p><p>His son Kweku Taylor announced the news on Sunday: “The world has lost a gian... | Ghanaian musician Ebo Taylor, a definitive force behind the highlife genre, has died age 90.
His son Kweku Taylor announced the news on Sunday: “The world has lost a giant. A colossus of African music. Ebo Taylor passed away yesterday; a day after the launch of Ebo Taylor music festival and exactly a month after his 9... | en |
Epstein survivors call for full release of files in video | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz9pvwlw9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:11:21 GMT | 2026-02-09T16:16:20.996100 | Millions of files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by the DOJ but many have redactions. | Blanche also said there was a "built in assumption that somehow there's this hidden tranche of information of men that we know about that we're covering up or that we're not we're choosing not to prosecute", before adding "that is not the case". | en |
Palestinians say new Israeli measures in West Bank amount to de facto annexation | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg5x2l3v0qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:01:33 GMT | 2026-02-09T17:28:49.174395 | The measures aim to increase Israeli control over the occupied West Bank in terms of property law, planning, licensing and enforcement. | With rights to the land at the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, land sales to settlers are a murky business often involving middlemen. They are considered as treason by the PA and are therefore technically punishable by death, although convicted individuals are typically given jail terms. | en |
Machine guns to machetes: Weapons that massacred thousands in Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mgndkklvmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:03:49 GMT | 2026-02-09T17:28:49.338883 | BBC News Persian Forensic has been able to confirm the security forces' deployment of a wide array of lethal and non-lethal weaponry. | Videos and interviews carried out by BBC News Persianwith the survivors show people being beaten with batons. BBC News Persian verified that one protester, Saghar Seifollahi Fars, was killed in this way and another, Ali Taherkhani, who was first shot, died not because of bullet wounds but from being beaten afterwards b... | en |
Norway police investigate diplomat over Epstein links | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg8yrypejo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:12:09 GMT | 2026-02-09T21:45:41.061806 | Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen - who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords - are being investigated for "aggravated corruption". | Mona Juul resigned as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq on Sunday, days after she was suspended following Norwegian media reports that each of her children would receive $5m (£3.6m) in a will allegedly signed by Epstein days before he died. | en |
Savannah Guthrie pleads for help as missing mother's ransom deadline looms | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4geqzqd8qeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:48:49 GMT | 2026-02-09T22:21:58.742759 | The video appeal comes as a deadline looms to pay the people believed to be holding the TV hosts's mum. | "I just want to share a few thoughts as we enter another week of this nightmare," Guthrie says, appearing alone in the latest video, in contrast to previous recordings where she has appeared with her siblings. "She was taken, and we don't know where. And we need your help," Guthrie says. | en |
Extreme cold in New York City leaves 18 dead | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9g8nxdexko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:45:11 GMT | 2026-02-09T23:07:27.012021 | Homeless shelter capacity has been increased following a period of freezing temperatures in the city. | "We have been working hard to keep New Yorkers safe, and we will continue to do so. Because it is not forecast to be above 32 degrees [Fahrenheit] until tomorrow, and 35 degrees is hardly balmy weather," he said. | en |
Australia police defend actions after violence at protest over Israeli president visit | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0zed0dekgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:19:50 GMT | 2026-02-10T06:19:31.054036 | Videos from the rally appear to show officers punching protesters and dragging praying men away. | It came after Herzog said "it's an entire nation out there that is responsible" for the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, and was also pictured signing a shell to be dropped on Gaza. His comments formed part of the legal case brought by South Africa in the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocid... | en |
Catherine O'Hara's cause of death confirmed as blood clot | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg19nql0w8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:26:32 GMT | 2026-02-10T06:19:31.232357 | The Schitt's Creek and Home Alone actress died last month in a US hospital, at the age of 71. | Actor Pedro Pascal, who worked with O'Hara on The Last of Us, wrote on Instagram: "Oh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful. There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always." | en |
Trump threatens to block opening of US-Canada bridge | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw052pkvl0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:03:45 GMT | 2026-02-10T07:40:02.875206 | The Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Michigan to Ontario, is set to open this year. | In the statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that the US should own "at least one half of this asset". He also suggested that Canada owned both the Canadian and US sides of the bridge. | en |
Chappell Roan leaves talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after Epstein fallout | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewz1keql5no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:12:36 GMT | 2026-02-10T07:40:02.993455 | Wasserman has been criticised after his flirtatious emails to Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in the Epstein files. | Wasserman has not been accused of wrongdoing by any of Epstein's victims, and the appearance of his name in the files does not imply criminal activity of any kind. | en |
Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8n1zdnpd3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:12:08 GMT | 2026-02-10T11:38:46.039809 | The French president warns of growing threats from China, Russia and now the US, saying Europe faces a "wake-up call". | "For investors everywhere a democratic state of law is a huge attraction. And when I look at the world as it is, we have the authoritarian regime that is China, and on the other side we have the US distancing itself further and further from a state of law." | en |
Kenya to confront Russia over 'unacceptable' use of its nationals in combat | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1jzvrykro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:20:46 GMT | 2026-02-10T11:38:46.184456 | Nairobi says it has shut down illegal recruiters and will urge Moscow to sign a deal banning conscription. | "It is difficult because, remember, it depends on where the body has been found. There some have been found in Ukraine - we are also working with the government of Ukraine to try and get the remains of those people repatriated." | en |
US lawmakers accuse justice department of 'inappropriately' redacting Epstein files | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5gzepnw4lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:07:35 GMT | 2026-02-10T14:10:44.667516 | Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna say the DOJ is not complying with their transparency law. | "What we found out is those 302 forms were redacted before they got to the DOJ," in contradiction of the law's order for the FBI - which is part of the DOJ - to un-redact information before sending it to Blance and Attorney General Pam Bondi's office. | en |
French former teacher charged with abusing 89 teens dating back to 1960s | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx4dnky0dzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:16:52 GMT | 2026-02-10T17:49:32.391012 | Jacques Leveugle allegedly kept a diary of the abuse which also spanned several countries, prompting police to appeal for more victims to come forward. | "A lot of work has been done to identify all the victims. But in his journal, some only have first names, and there we found ourselves up against a wall. That's why we decided to launch this appeal - and also in case there are other victims not listed in his journal," Manteaux added. | en |
FBI releases images of masked person in hunt for Savannah Guthrie's mother | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wdgxr081o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:04:23 GMT | 2026-02-10T19:14:30.100415 | The mother of the news anchor Savannah disappeared in the middle of night from her Tucson, Arizona, home and was last seen on 31 January. | Police investigating new message in search for mother of Savannah Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of an NBC News presenter, is believed to have been abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona. | en |
Under-fire Trump commerce secretary confirms he visited Epstein's island | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyx9vq0ne0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:05:05 GMT | 2026-02-10T21:02:13.636540 | Howard Lutnick says he had lunch on the island in 2012, contradicting previous claims he had cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005. | "I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation," Lutnick testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. "My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies … We had lunch on the island. That is true. For an hour." | en |
Laegreid wins bronze then confesses to affair on TV | https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/ckglnm521kko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:19:20 GMT | 2026-02-10T21:02:14.021581 | Winter Olympics bronze medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid says on live TV that he made the "biggest mistake" by cheating on his girlfriend. | Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed on live television to cheating on his girlfriend moments after winning bronze in the Winter Olympics.
The 28-year-old, who won his first individual Olympic medal in the 20km individual biathlon at Milan-Cortina, admitted he had an affair three months ago and called it... | en |
Pilot praised after crash-landing faulty Somali passenger plane on seashore | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d1pz3pxewo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:16:30 GMT | 2026-02-10T21:02:14.168001 | All 55 people on board survived after the plane failed to land on the runway near the shoreline. | An airline in Somalia has praised one of its pilots after he crash-landed his passenger plane, which had suffered a technical fault, on the shoreline next to the capital's international airport with all 55 on board surviving.
Starsky Aviation said the pilot's quick thinking was crucial in saving the 50 passengers and ... | en |
Ex-police chief said Trump told him in 2006 'everyone' knew of Epstein's behaviour | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2407jrn83o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:48:27 GMT | 2026-02-10T22:02:13.134068 | The now-president allegedly called police in Florida who were investigating Epstein and said "thank goodness you're stopping him". | "What President Trump has always said is that he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club because Jeffrey Epstein was a creep," she said. "And that remains true in this call. If it did happen it corroborates exactly what President Trump has said from the beginning." | en |
US lawmakers tell BBC Andrew should testify over Epstein files | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gmde0vjlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:41:38 GMT | 2026-02-11T07:36:38.902324 | It comes after the King said the Royal Family were "ready to support" police in their inquiries. | She also called for an inquiry in England. She said Andrew "was there, he knows who else was in the room with him. Who else was at those locations where these attacks took place?" | en |
Watch: BBC in Tehran for first time since protest crackdown | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5yr82796j4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:57:31 GMT | 2026-02-11T07:36:39.056409 | Lyse Doucet reports from Iran, where she says the pain is still raw after unprecedented force was used to put down the protests there. | The BBC has visited Iran for the first time since the crackdown by security forces on nationwide anti-government protests last month.
Iran's leaders are marking 47 years since the Islamic Revolution, with bunting and flags decorating the streets of Tehran - but the pain is still raw after unprecedented force was used ... | en |
Netanyahu to meet Trump as Iran nuclear talks reach critical stage | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1j2j4607o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:55:02 GMT | 2026-02-11T07:36:39.198743 | The Israeli prime minister is expected to press Trump to pursue a deal that would halt Iran's uranium enrichment. | "Israel is concerned that in the haste to get a deal with Iran, the president might embrace a deal that doesn't address Iran's missile program or support for proxy groups, or that allows it to have some remnant of its nuclear program," said Dan Byman, a professor at Georgetown University. | en |
Britney Spears sells rights to entire music catalogue | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ljwyy7rrko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:26:37 GMT | 2026-02-11T07:36:39.334364 | She is said to have sold to independent music publisher Primary Wave on 30 December for around $200m. | The singer - whose protracted conservatorship long dictated her personal and professional life - is known for the hits ...Baby One More Time, Oops!... I Did It Again, Toxic and Gimme More. | en |
Police search Arizona home of person detained in connection to Nancy Guthrie disappearance | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5l4yy3ezmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:42:02 GMT | 2026-02-11T08:29:55.955765 | Police are now searching the home of the person, who was taken into custody at a traffic stop. | "I just want to share a few thoughts as we enter another week of this nightmare," she said in a the video posted on Instagram. "She was taken, and we don't know where. And we need your help." | en |
Tumbler Ridge mass shooting: What we know so far | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e98w35qyjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:18:16 GMT | 2026-02-11T12:34:13.089187 | Nine people have been killed and 25 injured in the shootings at a school and home in a rural community in western Canada. | "We have three police vehicles in our town, we are very small. We are a small community. We know each other, we all know the victims. They are our friends, our friends' children." | en |
Watch: BBC in Tehran sees government's 'political reply' to massive protests | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cewz2lxq2gvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:34:41 GMT | 2026-02-11T14:04:28.007620 | Lyse Doucet is in Iran for the first time since the crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests. | Authorities in Iran have put on a show of strength to mark the 47th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, weeks after they used unprecedented force to put down anti-government protests.
The BBC is visiting Tehran for the first time since the crackdown, during which at least 6,490 protesters were killed across the cou... | en |
US closes airspace over Texas border town for 10 days for 'special security reasons' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxdwjn578do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:19:18 GMT | 2026-02-11T14:04:28.177632 | The FAA said the area around the Texas border town would be closed for "special security reasons". | "There are some folks who are panicking a bit because of how highly unusual this is, and if you look at El Paso on the map you can see what unique geographical position it is," he added. | en |
Swiss bar owners face questions from victims' lawyers over fire disaster | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05vzjp7v3do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:20:33 GMT | 2026-02-11T15:15:26.554567 | Jacques Moretti is questioned by lawyers over the New Year's Day fire disaster in Crans-Montana that left 41 people dead. | Many of the victims of the new year fire were teenagers - the ages of the dead ranging from 14 to 39. It has since emerged that a service door had been locked, preventing many of those inside the bar from getting out as the fire spread at about 01:30 on New Year's Day. | en |
'It was terrifying': Tumbler Ridge's tight-knit community in shock after shooting | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddn078mnn5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:47:17 GMT | 2026-02-11T16:19:07.576235 | Members of the remote community have spoken of their fear and uncertainty after nine people were killed. | He first realised something was wrong when his daughter's school called him to say they were in lockdown. He was able to contact his wife, who was also under lockdown, but by the time he found out - from an emergency alert - that there was an active shooter, he was unable to contact her again. | en |
Powerful cyclone kills at least 20 as it tears through Madagascar port | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c931zzzep0eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:34:22 GMT | 2026-02-11T16:19:07.738266 | Madagascar's disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off. | The cyclone's landfall is likely to have been one of the most intense recorded around the city in the satellite era, according to the CMRS cyclone forecaster on France's Reunion island, cited by AFP. | en |
Russian strike kills 3 Ukrainian toddlers and father, with pregnant mother injured | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm820dp0yro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:08:10 GMT | 2026-02-11T22:36:25.804247 | The bodies of two brothers, aged two, their one-year-old sister and father were pulled from the wreckage of a house in north-eastern Ukraine. | Zelensky has said the US wants the war with Russia to end by June, and that both sides had been invited to the US for talks next week. | en |
Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shooting | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8w95knp55o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:04:50 GMT | 2026-02-11T23:17:05.160016 | Six people were killed and at least 25 others were injured at a school, and two others were found dead at a nearby home. | "I will know every victim. I've been here 19 years, and we're a small community," he said, after emerging from the town hall when the shelter-in-place order was lifted. | en |
US House votes to overturn Trump's tariffs on Canada | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz2142e77o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:42:28 GMT | 2026-02-12T02:47:10.195008 | Six Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to back a resolution that seeks to end the tariffs Trump imposed on Canada last year. | Representative Don Bacon from Nebraska was one of the six Republicans who crossed the aisle to join Democrats in approving the measure. Before the vote, he said "tariffs have been a 'net negative' for the economy and are a significant tax that American consumers, manufacturers, and farmers are paying." | en |
Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3x0lnyxd3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:29:51 GMT | 2026-02-12T05:03:31.648076 | The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues. | "All these beautiful things that I love, and I used to define myself as - a father, a provider, a husband - all that got taken away, or at least paused," he said. "I had to sit there and say, 'Well, what am I?' And it was, 'I'm still worthy of love.'" | en |
Lyse Doucet: In Tehran, rallies for Iran's revolution overshadowed by discontent and defiance | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjm33kwxx4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:21:31 GMT | 2026-02-12T07:36:16.456558 | The BBC visits the Iranian capital for the first time since authorities used unprecedented force to put down protests last month. | When I asked her about the protests, she replied: "There were people protesting who were dissatisfied with the economic situation, and their protest was legitimate." But, she added: "It is clear that those who rioted, and brought about chaos, had intentions which originated from beyond our borders." | en |
China's Xi Jinping makes rare reference to recent military purge | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5n7064p9eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:24:26 GMT | 2026-02-12T07:36:16.669852 | Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi's closest military ally, was in January removed from his post. | "Publicity surrounding the purges are meant to be a signal, more likely domestic and internal to the CCP than anything else. The suggest the heavy consequences of either being corrupt or not following Xi's preferences closely enough, whatever they may be at a given moment." | en |
Russia moves to block WhatsApp in messaging app crackdown | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clygd10pg5lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 03:57:46 GMT | 2026-02-12T07:36:16.865007 | WhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a "state-owned surveillance app". | Since 2025, the authorities have mandated that the Max app be pre-installed on all new devices sold in the country. Public sector employees, teachers and students have been required to use the platform. | en |
Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir, says Seoul | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0e1g7kwglo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:01:45 GMT | 2026-02-12T10:26:50.874562 | South Korea's spy agency says Ki Ju Ae's prominent public presence indicates she is the chosen heir. | "As Kim Ju Ae has shown her presence at various events, including the founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army and her visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, and signs have been detected of her voicing her opinion on certain state policies, the NIS believes she has now entered the stage of being designated as... | en |
Four takeaways from Pam Bondi's fiery Epstein testimony | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6ql2n917zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:00:57 GMT | 2026-02-12T10:26:51.043799 | Lawmakers accused Bondi's justice department of making improper redactions to Epstein files as she fired back. | The attorney general said at another point during the hearing that officials were doing their best to protect victims in the timeframe allotted by the legislation which required the files to be released. She said any names brought to them that have been released "inadvertently" have been "immediately redacted". | en |
'One in a billion': Dawson's Creek stars lead tributes to James Van Der Beek | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewz2yr47dvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:02:30 GMT | 2026-02-12T10:26:51.233969 | Katie Holmes pays tribute to her late co-star's "bravery, compassion, selflessness and strength". | "I will always love and admire you for that. Our last conversations ... merely a few days ago ... are forever sitting softly in my heart for safe keeping. To our extended Dawson's Creek family of friends, please be respectful of our silences at the moment as Beautiful Kimberly and family have asked for peaceful privacy... | en |
Polls close in first election since Gen Z protests ousted Bangladesh leader | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7jdmvn3l0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:56:29 GMT | 2026-02-12T11:25:40.059086 | Voters are hoping for a return to democracy after 15 years of authoritarian rule under Sheikh Hasina. | As many as 1,400 protesters were killed during the 2024 uprising, the UN says - with Hasina accused of having directly ordered the crackdown, an allegation she denies. | en |
Minnesota immigration enforcement surge is ending, Trump border tsar says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lr9w29zwyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:48:00 GMT | 2026-02-12T15:36:59.275388 | Two US citizens were killed in Minneapolis during the crackdown dubbed "Operation Metro Surge". | He mentioned the arrest of a number of undocumented immigrants, whom he referred to as "illegal aliens", including men he said were convicted of rape and other sexual misconduct. | en |
Norway's former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqr8eggvwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:37:32 GMT | 2026-02-12T17:46:31.162171 | The charge was brought after the Council of Europe lifted his immunity, which he had as its former secretary general. | Jagland also faces allegations that he solicited Epstein's help in obtaining a bank loan in another exchange, although it is not clear whether this materialised, according to Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Police have not confirmed whether this allegation is part of the gross corruption charge. | en |
Canada mass shooting suspect had police visits over mental health struggles | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz2x4yzqgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:13:26 GMT | 2026-02-12T17:46:31.304521 | Police say the suspect's firearms licence expired two years ago, and exactly who owned the guns used in the attack is unclear. | It is unclear who owned the guns used in the attack, or what was the motive. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he will visit the mountain town in the coming days. | en |
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0zdd7yl4vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:15:27 GMT | 2026-02-12T19:53:50.368111 | The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans. | "So that includes motor vehicles, but it also includes power plants, the oil and gas sector, methane from landfills, even aircraft. So it really runs the gamut, all of the standards for each of the sectors is premised on this one thing." | en |
Iran fortifies underground complex near nuclear site, satellite images show | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwygxz81330o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:27:28 GMT | 2026-02-12T22:00:05.868132 | The activity comes at a time of heightened tensions as talks between Iranian and US officials continue over Iran's nuclear programme. | "My sense, talking to all those involved, is that we have a window of opportunity, but windows of opportunity have a tendency to shut themselves quite abruptly and brusquely, so I think the we need to seize the moment," he said in an interview at the Munich Security Conference. | en |
Analysis: Trump takes victory lap after biggest climate rollback yet | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8xjm8932o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:12:49 GMT | 2026-02-12T23:48:47.139654 | The move marks the culmination of a decade-long push by the president to tear up climate policies he argues stifle industry. | He said ending the endangerment finding would do away with an electric vehicle "mandate" put in place by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. Under Biden, Congress passed a law to expand the nation's electric vehicle charging network and created tax incentives to lower the cost of EVs, but it did not include an... | en |
Rubio warns Europe of new era in geopolitics before big Munich speech | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99jxryd9xko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:05:48 GMT | 2026-02-13T11:03:39.257867 | The US Secretary of State will address the first major transatlantic meeting since Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland. | Rubio is expected to avoid taking Vance's abrasive approach from last year but, when asked if he was planning to be more conciliatory, he told reporters that Europeans "want to know where we're going, where we'd like to go, where we'd like to go with them". | en |
Japan says it seized Chinese vessel amid tensions with Beijing | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e4791re38o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:44:29 GMT | 2026-02-13T11:03:39.389395 | The fishing boat tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection inside Japan's territorial waters, authorities say. | Japanese authorities say they have seized a Chinese fishing vessel that tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection, in a move that may further fuel tensions with Beijing. | en |
Australia's Liberal Party ousts first woman leader | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5lmgdmy9mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:42:24 GMT | 2026-02-13T11:03:39.505436 | Sussan Ley, plagued by poor polls, was deposed by Angus Taylor after just nine months in the job. | She told waiting reporters she harboured "no hard feelings" towards the new leader although, in an apparent jab at the infighting she has endured, she added that it was important he get "clear air, something that is not always afforded to leaders". | en |
Watch: How Andrew's BBC interview compares to what Epstein emails tell us now | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c20jepq911zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:31:06 GMT | 2026-02-13T13:14:17.065038 | Following the latest release of the Epstein files, claims made by the then Prince Andrew in 2019 are under fresh scrutiny. | Following the latest release of the Epstein files, claims made by the then Prince Andrew in a 2019 BBC Newsnight interview can be put under fresh scrutiny.
The BBC’s Sean Coughlan and Sarah Campbell have gone through the interview to compare Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s replies with emails which were apparently sent t... | en |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party sweeps to victory in first election since Gen Z uprising | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzwn4yg7jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:18 GMT | 2026-02-13T13:14:17.244478 | Voters are hoping for a return to democracy after 15 years of authoritarian rule under Sheikh Hasina. | Tarique Rahman will be under great scrutiny to deliver to a very youthful electorate hungry for change, many of whom took part in the student-led protests that resulted in Hasina's downfall, paving the way for the 12 February election. | en |
Leak damages 19th Century painting in latest Louvre setback | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7951d1pgewo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:06:49 GMT | 2026-02-13T16:01:58.444267 | A catalogue of incidents at the world's most visited museum have placed museum bosses come under increasing scrutiny. | In December, 300-400 pieces, mostly books, were damaged by a leak in the Louvre's Egyptian department. At the time, the museum's deputy administrator, Francis Steinbock, said the problem that caused the leak had been known about for years. | en |
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wpv0wx43o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:42:44 GMT | 2026-02-13T17:08:11.894688 | "Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit. | "He was right. The culture war of the MAGA [Make America Great Again] movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech goes against human dignity and the constitution. We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade." | en |
Orban rival accuses opponents of blackmail plot ahead of Hungary election | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8758xv4eqeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:27:53 GMT | 2026-02-13T17:08:12.026929 | Peter Magyar suspects there are plans to release a sex tape of him from August 2024. | Magyar made no mention in his statement of the ex-girlfriend he had been with at the time of the alleged incident, although he said on Thursday he had accused her of extortion 15 months ago - an allegation she denied. | en |
Head of Dubai-based ports giant quits after Epstein links revealed | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce82xgd2g3yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:29:04 GMT | 2026-02-13T17:08:12.173706 | Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s exit comes after files showed he appears to have exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein. | Two separate emails, which appear to be from Sulayem, revealed he had an Irish and Uzbek girlfriend. In 2017, he boasts "This my new 22 years old Uzbek" to Epstein. Epstein corrects him and appears to make a comment about her age: "According to her passport she is now 23, old". | en |
Six possible effects of Trump's climate policy change | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd03ee39945o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:18:25 GMT | 2026-02-13T17:58:08.527287 | The announcement on Thursday removes the legal bedrock for much of US environmental legislation. | "While the US retreats from clean vehicle standards, the rest of the world is accelerating, and American automakers are falling behind," said Margo T Oge, a former head of the EPA, who was in post when the endangerment finding was brought in. | en |
Who is on helmet that led to Ukrainian athlete's Winter Olympics ban? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv63q1vpv1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:14:06 GMT | 2026-02-13T19:04:20.053736 | Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet depicts fellow athletes who have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion of his country. | According to Angels of Sport, during her school presidential election campaign she wrote about herself: "I'd like to tell you a little about myself: I'm 15 years old, I have a music education, and I'm passionate about learning English. My hobby is houseplant cultivation. I'm determined, friendly, and hardworking. I try... | en |
Can Bangladesh's new leader bring change after election landslide? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0ex5d4g6xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:03:33 GMT | 2026-02-14T02:34:17.314260 | Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader. | Her cousin Tahmina Tasnim, 21, says: "The first thing we want is unity among the people. We have the right to a stable nation and a stable economy. We have been part of an uprising and we know how to fight back. So if the same things start again, we will have the right to do it again." | en |
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