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US homeland security shutdown could mean airport delays, travel groups say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy8dw5zk7yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:04:15 GMT | 2026-02-14T05:31:39.166525 | The shutdown won't affect air traffic controllers but some TSA workers may go without pay. | On Thursday, Senate Democrats blocked two funding bills because the measures did not include the immigration reforms. The most recent funding measure passed at the end of January only funded the DHS for two weeks while lawmakers from both sides of the aisle attempted to reach a deal on immigration reforms. | en |
'Canadians are with you,' says PM at Tumbler Ridge vigil | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde4kdr2z6do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:17:27 GMT | 2026-02-14T05:31:39.328209 | The Canadian prime minister attended a vigil with federal leaders and paid tribute to the eight victims. | "She brought so much laughter and smiles in her presence," Benoit's family continued in the statement. "She loved spending time with her family where she could show her love. Our family is devastated by this loss, but we will cherish her memories with us so close to our hearts forever." | en |
'We are not protected' says Hebron mayor as Israel expands West Bank control | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl4ne5er5zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:12:03 GMT | 2026-02-14T05:31:39.495972 | Palestinians say an Israeli power grab shuts them out of decisions on planning and development in West Bank. | "Judea and Samaria is the Jewish homeland of the people of Israel," said Zvi Sukkot, a lawmaker in Smotrich's far-right Religious Zionism party. "I expect there to be full Israeli sovereignty here, but in the meantime at least we can supervise, so there will be no environmental harm, and we won't harm the heritage of t... | en |
Gisèle Pelicot tells BBC: I felt crushed by horror - but I don't feel anger | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q5l22ryy4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:00:11 GMT | 2026-02-14T09:05:13.220679 | In an extensive interview with Newsnight, the woman at the heart of France's biggest rape trial speaks about betrayal, healing and choosing the right path. | She was advised by the police not to be alone after receiving this news. She went home in a daze and phoned a friend. "I told her: 'Dominique is in custody because he raped me and had me raped.' That's when I used the word rape. It was after five hours of questioning that I put words to Mr Pelicot's crime." | en |
Police activity under way near Nancy Guthrie's home | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8j19rql7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:12:09 GMT | 2026-02-14T09:05:13.361899 | A search has been carried out in Tuscon, Arizona, close to where the 84-year-old was abducted from nearly two weeks ago. | The 84-year-old disappeared in the middle of night from her home in Tucson, Arizona, nearly two weeks ago. Authorities believe she was taken against her will. | en |
Rubio says US and Europe 'belong together' despite tensions | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lrdq47149o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:28:12 GMT | 2026-02-14T15:59:59.789139 | The US Secretary of State reassures European leaders that the Trump administration backs the transatlantic alliance. | "And I am here today to leave it clear that America is charting the path for a new century of prosperity, and that once again we want to do it together with you, our cherished allies and our oldest friends." | en |
Planned US-funded baby vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau blasted by WHO | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78j5k2gk02o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:20:33 GMT | 2026-02-14T16:45:44.180111 | Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says. | A seat at the table or on the menu? Africa grapples with the new world order
The US president has shaken up international relations and the continent is working out where it stands. | en |
Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyk4lz4e3eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:00:14 GMT | 2026-02-14T18:43:26.748095 | There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says. | Russia, Ukraine and US hold trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
The meetings between the three countries comes as both Ukraine and Russia say no peace deal can be reached until territorial issues are resolved. | en |
Assailants kill at least 30 in northwest Nigeria villages, residents say | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/14/assailants-kill-raids-northwest-nigeria-villages-residents-say | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:02:58 GMT | 2026-02-14T18:43:27.388866 | <p>Residents who escaped violence tell of bandits riding in on motorbikes and shooting indiscriminately</p><p>Armed assailants on motorbikes killed at least 30 people and burned houses and shops during raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria’s Niger State early on Saturday, residents who escaped the violence told ... | Armed assailants on motorbikes killed at least 30 people and burned houses and shops during raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria’s Niger State early on Saturday, residents who escaped the violence told Reuters.
The attacks on villages in the Borgu local government area, near the border with Benin Republic, are... | en |
Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump depicting him as an ape | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74754j7qwgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:24:14 GMT | 2026-02-14T23:35:43.659521 | The former US president didn't name Trump, but lamented the lack of "shame" and "decorum" among public officials. | "And what is true is that there doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? | en |
Motorbike raids on villages kill at least 30 in Nigeria | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1y0nk641o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 01:23:13 GMT | 2026-02-15T03:17:51.353004 | Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger state, Nigeria. | Reuters said the death toll across the three villages was about 32, while AFP reported at least 46 killed. Details of other possible attacks in nearby villages remained unclear and reports have noted the toll could rise. | en |
Iran ready to discuss compromises to reach nuclear deal, minister tells BBC in Tehran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz4y3zwz5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:00:36 GMT | 2026-02-15T06:09:52.753229 | Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, tells the BBC's Lyse Doucet that the ball was "in America's court to prove that they want to do a deal". | The US and Iran held indirect talks in the Gulf state of Oman earlier in February, and Takht-Ravanchi, who confirmed a second round was set to take place in Geneva on Tuesday, said they had been "more or less in a positive direction but it is too early to judge". Trump has also described those talks as positive. | en |
Russian 'pick-up artist' accused of secretly filming women in Ghana | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wn5p299eko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:26:54 GMT | 2026-02-15T10:34:15.407500 | Ghana has called on Russia to extradite the man, who is accused of recording sexual encounters without consent. | Outlets in both countries claimed the man used a pair of sunglasses fitted with a camera to film some encounters and circulated them on social media, though officials did not confirm this. | en |
Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, rescuers say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r15eyvk2do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:47:02 GMT | 2026-02-15T11:01:56.219989 | The Palestinian Red Crescent say a strike on a tent encampment in northern Gaza killed at least six people. | The IDF said it had struck terror targets in response to ceasefire violations by Hamas, and that militants had been killed after emerging from a tunnel into the area of the strip controlled by the Israeli military. | en |
Ukraine's ex-energy minister detained while attempting to leave country | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5380xwqjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:11:49 GMT | 2026-02-15T17:14:00.504762 | His detention comes as he faces legal proceedings after being dismissed in a corruption scandal. | Galushchenko was briefly justice minister, a post he held when he was told by Zelensky to resign in November, having served as energy minister for three years prior to that. His successor, Svitlana Hrynchuk, also resigned after being implicated in the scandal. | en |
DNA found on glove appearing to match those in Nancy Guthrie suspect video | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrv2g16e2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:39:35 GMT | 2026-02-15T21:01:30.195363 | The FBI says it recovered the evidence sample from the glove, which was found in a field near the side of the road a few miles from Guthrie's home | Earlier this week, investigators released footage from a doorbell camera at Guthrie's front door that shows a masked man wearing gloves and a backpack. In the video, the suspect walks toward the camera and tries to cover it with his gloved hand before grabbing some brush from the front yard to block the camera's view. | en |
How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain’s Jews – podcast | https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/feb/16/how-an-undercover-cop-foiled-an-is-plot-to-massacre-britains-jews-podcast | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 03:00:39 GMT | 2026-02-16T03:21:24.993989 | <p>The Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, <strong>Chris Osuh</strong>,<strong> </strong>reports on the plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester, and how it was thwarted by an undercover sting</p><p>Walid Saadaoui had once worked as a holiday entertainer, organising dance shows and quizzes at a ... | Walid Saadaoui had once worked as a holiday entertainer, organising dance shows and quizzes at a resort in his native Tunisia. After moving to the UK and marrying a British woman, he became a restaurateur and an avid keeper of birds.
All the while, however – as the Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, Chris Osu... | en |
US attorney general criticised after saying all Epstein files have been released | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7genjx9njo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:32:23 GMT | 2026-02-16T05:16:47.192949 | Lawmakers, including those who wrote the law requiring their publication, argue the release is insufficient. | In the letter, Bondi and her deputy Todd Blanche wrote: "In accordance with the requirements of the Act, and as described in various Department submissions to the courts of the Southern District of New York assigned to the Epstein and Maxwell prosecutions and related orders, the Department released all 'records, docume... | en |
Trump's new world order has become real and Europe is having to adjust fast | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddn002g6qzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:39:01 GMT | 2026-02-16T09:33:44.865100 | European nations are asking whether traditional alliances can suffice, or whether they should be diversifying | Europe had to become a partner, rather than a dependent, he said, calling for a new "Nato 3.0". The old world order with the West at its core, has faded but the MSC this weekend made clear that what comes next for Europe and the US is still very much up in the air. | en |
Bondi Beach shooting accused faces court for the first time | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rzwe7lr4jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:53:10 GMT | 2026-02-16T09:33:45.064753 | The 24-year-old faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist attack. | When asked if Akram had given a police interview, he said "All we've done is start the process. We're waiting for the brief to be served. There's nothing more I can say." | en |
Pressure grows for release of remaining Venezuelan political prisoners | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62d6pzpw6yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:28:53 GMT | 2026-02-16T13:40:56.515824 | An NGO says hundreds of people remain behind bars despite US pressure US to speed up their release. | They have been holding a vigil outside the police detention centre since 8 January, when the head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, first announced that "a significant number" of prisoners would be freed as a goodwill gesture to demonstrate what he said was the interim government's will "seek peace". | en |
Iran must abandon enriched uranium and not produce more, Netanyahu says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly191kz1lpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:26:53 GMT | 2026-02-16T13:40:56.702977 | The Israeli PM's comments come ahead of Iran-US talks in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss a nuclear deal. | "I said that if a deal is to be reached, it should have several components... that we believe are important not only for the security of Israel, but for the security of the world," Netanyahu said. | en |
Navalny's mother says she always knew he was murdered after poison finding | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6qg6l31l3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:01:28 GMT | 2026-02-16T15:27:22.975731 | On the second anniversary of his death, Lyudmila Navalnaya says her son did not "simply die in prison". | "This confirms what we knew from the very beginning," Lyudmila Navalnaya said while visiting her son's grave in Moscow on Monday - the second anniversary of his death. "We knew that our son did not simply die in prison, he was murdered." | en |
Australian IS families in Syria camp turned back after leaving for home | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg5ed05pplo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:18:04 GMT | 2026-02-16T19:38:11.191284 | The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years. | A group of 34 Australian women and children who have been held in a camp in northern Syria for nearly seven years due to their links to the Islamic State (IS) group were released on Monday to head home, but then returned to the camp for "technical reasons". | en |
US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d64p3q2d0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:17:18 GMT | 2026-02-16T20:49:46.658355 | BBC Verify has seen US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran ahead of talks between the two countries | The US deployed the Gerald R Ford to the Caribbean ahead of its strikes on Venezuela, one of eight warships we tracked in the region at the time, though it used fewer aircraft as it could easily send jets from surrounding US bases on America's mainland or from its base in Puerto Rico instead. The US also deployed amphi... | en |
Actor Robert Duvall, who starred in The Godfather, dies aged 95 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3g41z58vno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:57:26 GMT | 2026-02-16T20:49:46.790262 | The Oscar-winner died "peacefully" at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, his family says. | She continued: "For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. | en |
How Robert Duvall became a Hollywood great | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2grggdzweo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:19:09 GMT | 2026-02-16T20:49:46.939241 | A look at the life of the prolific actor whose many films included Apocalypse Now and The Godfather. | He reprised the role in 1974's The Godfather Part II, by which time he had collaborated with Foote again in the 1972 film of his play Tomorrow. Network, from 1976, cast him as a venal television producer. | en |
Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr2xl1e41eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:26:49 GMT | 2026-02-16T21:35:34.550551 | It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal. | "While [the bone] would not represent one of the mythical specimens Hannibal took across the Alps, it could potentially embody the first known relic − so sought after by European scholars of the Modern Age − of the animals used in the Punic Roman wars for the control of the Mediterranean," the scientists conclude in th... | en |
How dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from years of harm | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gn239exlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:02:33 GMT | 2026-02-16T22:43:51.540727 | Detectives desperate to locate a 12-year-old, seen abused online, found a surprising lead. | Flaming Alamos were not visible on the outside of any of the homes, because the properties were clad in other materials. But the team asked Harp to assess - by looking at their style and exterior - if these properties were likely to have been built during a period when Flaming Alamos had been on sale. | en |
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files 'cover-up' in BBC interview | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx47k34yqxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:32:15 GMT | 2026-02-17T07:07:28.601477 | "Get the files out. They are slow-walking it," the former US secretary of state says. The White House says it has done "more for the victims than Democrats ever did". | In relation to the allegations against Trump, the DoJ has previously said: "Some docs contain untrue and sensationalist claims against Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear the claims are unfounded and false and if they have any shred of credibility they certainly would have b... | en |
Trump says he will be 'indirectly' involved in Iran nuclear talks | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyknjnd706o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:14:21 GMT | 2026-02-17T07:07:28.757367 | Speaking ahead of negotiations on Tuesday, the US president says he believes Iran wants to make a deal. | "We could have had a deal instead of sending the B-2s in to knock out their nuclear potential. And we had to send the B-2s," Trump said, referring to the stealth bombers that carried out the bombings. "I hope they're going to be more reasonable." | en |
China is hitting Japan where it hurts. Will PM Takaichi give in? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86y3ndqlxwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:21:29 GMT | 2026-02-17T07:07:28.924755 | From recalling pandas to cancelling tourist flights, China continues to retaliate after Takaichi's comments on Taiwan. | As China keeps piling on the pressure, Tokyo will likely "double down" on shouldering more of the defence burden it shares with the US, said Ward, and "really work more closely with them to make sure that the US doesn't sort of drift off and lose interest in the region". | en |
Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze their sperm | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxd9549y4xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 01:10:57 GMT | 2026-02-17T10:02:52.205550 | The law funds troops who want to freeze their eggs or their sperm, as Ukraine's population plummets. | "That's why I did it, and it's great!" the soldier tells me over the phone. "Because maybe tomorrow, I'm suddenly gone. But my wife will have my sperm and can use it. It's one less thing for me to worry about." | en |
US Senator Mark Kelly tells BBC he will 'seriously consider' White House run | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9gdvl4zv4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:28:08 GMT | 2026-02-17T10:02:52.376411 | The former Navy captain and astronaut says "we're in some seriously challenging times". | He added: "This is not going to end by me going away. I'm going to continue to fight this thing even if it goes all the way to the Supreme Court." | en |
Third round of Russia-Ukraine talks to take place as strikes continue | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge812y2549o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:48:18 GMT | 2026-02-17T11:56:15.566370 | Expectations for a breakthrough are low as delegations meet for a third time to try and negotiate an end to the war. | Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files 'cover-up' in BBC interview
"Get the files out. They are slow-walking it," the former US secretary of state says. The White House says it has done "more for the victims than Democrats ever did". | en |
Kenyan authorities used Israeli tech to crack activist’s phone, report claims | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/17/trim-slugs-to-kenya-authorities-israel-tech-crack-activists-phone-report | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:01:02 GMT | 2026-02-17T11:56:16.107317 | <p>Citizen Lab report suggests Cellebrite software was used to break into Boniface Mwangi’s phone while he was under arrest</p><p>When Boniface Mwangi, the prominent Kenyan pro-democracy activist who plans to run <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyan-rights-activist-plans-run-president-2027-2025-08-27/">... | When Boniface Mwangi, the prominent Kenyan pro-democracy activist who plans to run for president in 2027, had his phones returned to him by Kenyan authorities after his controversial arrest last July, he immediately noticed a problem: one of the phones was no longer password protected and could be opened without one.
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France releases suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker after fine paid | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xy4dl2xwgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:20:33 GMT | 2026-02-17T15:29:35.927384 | French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the vessel was departing Marseille after a payment of "several million euros". | The tanker was seized by French forces in the Mediterranean in January and then diverted to the port city of Marseille. It had set sail from Murmansk in northern Russia and was flying under a Comoros flag, officials said. | en |
Lunar New Year 2026: Celebrations around the world | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c39wvr1nv2no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:02:39 GMT | 2026-02-17T15:29:36.153355 | Millions of people around the world are celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year, with festivities taking place from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires. | Millions of people around the world are celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year, with festivities taking place from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires.
The Lunar New Year, which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar, is a 15-day festival held between between 21 January and 20 February every year.
In acco... | en |
Police identify suspect in Rhode Island ice rink shooting | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75e7wqqq6no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:47:53 GMT | 2026-02-17T16:33:59.002513 | Two people were killed and three others were injured at a shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket. | "We ran out of the rink… your first thought is 'where's my kid?'" she said. "I tried to get back in the rink, and I actually got back in there to find out where he was, and I saw them doing CPR in the stands and it was just really disturbing." | en |
Jesse Jackson: A life in pictures | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0zjz58nzqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:18:19 GMT | 2026-02-17T17:43:19.737795 | A look back at the remarkable life of the US civil rights activist, who died on Tuesday aged 84. | Jackson was a key figure during the US civil rights movement of the 1960s, and was known for being the first African-American to make the jump from activism to major-party presidential politics. | en |
Eleven killed in multiple strikes on alleged drug boats, US military says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5g2g56qggo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:33:28 GMT | 2026-02-17T17:43:19.876449 | More than 130 people have been killed in these alleged "narco-trafficking operations" carried out by the US since September. | Officials said that of the 11 "male narco-terrorists" killed, four died on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, four on a second vessel also in the Eastern Pacific and three on a third vessel in the Caribbean. | en |
How the tide turned against the leader of South Africa's second-biggest party | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6209vqv3nlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 01:07:00 GMT | 2026-02-17T18:37:49.448191 | John Steenhuisen will not seek re-election as DA leader, leaving the race wide open for a successor. | For the DA, such criticism is a major blow as it has long positioned itself as being far more democratic and competent than Ramaphosa's ANC. But it has now come under fire from one of its key constituencies - South Africa's mostly white farmers - many of whom vote for the centre-right DA or the right-wing Freedom Front... | en |
Police assessing Stansted Airport private flights over Epstein ties | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98q4mz831mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:19:12 GMT | 2026-02-17T19:37:45.912895 | Essex Police says it is assessing information in relation to private flights into and out of the airport. | An Essex Police spokesperson said: "We are assessing the information that has emerged in relation to private flights into and out of Stansted Airport following the publication of the US DoJ Epstein files." | en |
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp81l0e1eg5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:55:33 GMT | 2026-02-17T20:20:01.910505 | Tributes poured in from politicians who described Jackson as an agent of change and transformative leader. | Calling Jackson a "true giant", Obama said in a statement that Jackson's "two historic runs for president" had "laid the foundation for my own campaign to the highest office of the land". Obama added that his wife Michelle "got her first glimpse of political organizing at the Jacksons' kitchen table when she was a teen... | en |
No DNA matches on glove found in Nancy Guthrie case, police say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0dqp9pleeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:42:15 GMT | 2026-02-17T20:20:02.046659 | It's been two weeks since the 84 year old's disappearance and authorities say there have not been any arrests | Nancy Guthrie, the 84 year-old mother of news anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since 1 February, when investigators believe she was taken from her home against her will. The family has made repeated pleas for her return. | en |
Nine arrested in France over death of far-right student | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj1qrqd47o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:08:32 GMT | 2026-02-17T21:49:41.483630 | Quentin Deranque died on Saturday, two days after being beaten in Lyon by masked men believed to be far-left militants. | The most striking news is that among the nine in custody is Jacques-Elie Favrot, a young man who until now has been employed as parliamentary assistant at the National Assembly in Paris for a deputy from LFI. | en |
Stephen Colbert says CBS spiked interview with Democrat over FCC fears | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze0dk3yd5eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:12:01 GMT | 2026-02-18T02:43:14.017340 | The network denies it stopped the interview with a Texas Democrat from airing but warned it could run afoul of the US broadcast media watchdog. | "Then, then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this." | en |
I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria's Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5g751pl7lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:20:03 GMT | 2026-02-18T02:43:14.222977 | The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad. | Four of the women and families who spoke to the BBC said they did not know who the kidnappers were. One did, and said it was not someone from the security services. Two said they were released after public pressure, the others said they did not know why they were freed. | en |
Under pressure from Trump, Venezuela's new president has aces up her sleeve | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn87rv0jdy1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:48:22 GMT | 2026-02-18T02:43:14.485724 | Delcy Rodriguez knows its in America's interests for her to be a success | "Trump has implied that Venezuela is now a US protectorate, so she serves at the will of the US president," says Christopher Sabatini, senior research fellow on Latin America at Chatham House think tank. "She has also been investigated by the DEA - there's not a conviction, or bounty on her head, or indictment, but tha... | en |
Climber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria's highest mountain | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv9plyjgpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:41:52 GMT | 2026-02-18T02:43:14.678607 | Kerstin G's boyfriend is accused of leaving her unprotected and exhausted close to the summit during a blizzard. | At 00:35 on 19 January, he called mountain police. The content of the conversation is unclear but the lawyer says he asked for help and denies telling police that everything was fine. Police allege he then put his phone on silent and did not take any more calls. | en |
Rescuers search for 10 missing skiers after California avalanche | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62dke15357o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:37:35 GMT | 2026-02-18T04:45:56.621134 | Rescuers are racing to the scene, which has seen about 30 inches (76cm) of snowfall in the last 24 hours. | "At least six of the skiers have survived the avalanche and remain at the avalanche site, awaiting rescue, with the remaining ten unaccounted for at the time of this release," the sheriff posted on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon. | en |
'We're going to always be grateful' - Chicagoans mourn loss of Jesse Jackson | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8z9qq25jno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:35:13 GMT | 2026-02-18T04:45:56.812344 | The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue spoke with city residents about what the civil rights leader's passing means for the community shaped by his activism. | No DNA matches on glove found in Nancy Guthrie case, police say
The sheriff told the BBC that he is confident they will find her - whether it takes 'ten days, ten months, or worse'. | en |
Witkoff says 'meaningful progress' made as Ukraine talks enter second day | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2mlv2k1ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:00:34 GMT | 2026-02-18T07:09:23.852433 | The US special envoy struck an optimistic note after the first day of talks in Geneva, but hopes for a breakthrough remain low. | "President Trump's success in bringing both sides of this war together has brought about meaningful progress, and we are proud to work under his leadership to stop the killing in this terrible conflict," Witkoff wrote on X. | en |
Real Madrid tie halted over Vinicius racism allegation | https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cpv843x1zgzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:31:49 GMT | 2026-02-18T08:59:36.187435 | Real Madrid's Champions League knockout phase play-off tie at Benfica is halted for 10 minutes after Vinicius Junior reports alleged racist abuse. | Real Madrid's Champions League knockout phase play-off tie at Benfica was halted for 10 minutes after Vinicius Junior reported alleged racist abuse and he and his team-mates left the field.
Referee Francois Letexier made the crossed arms gesture to signal racist abuse following a conversation with Vinicius.
The Brazi... | en |
'Difficult' Russia-Ukraine peace talks end without breakthrough | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1xj0d708o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:26:11 GMT | 2026-02-18T11:56:31.234591 | The second day of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia ended after just two hours. | The power plant – Europe's largest – sits on the front line and has been under Russian control since March 2022. Ukraine wants Moscow to return it and Zelensky has previously said Kyiv could share control of the plant with the Americans - an arrangement Moscow is unlikely to agree to. | en |
Turkey's president rejects Israel's recognition of Somaliland | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lj0plkg09o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:10:03 GMT | 2026-02-18T14:28:33.032228 | He made the comment on an official visit to Ethiopia, saying it could prove dangerous for a volatile region. | Landlocked Ethiopia has yet to comment, but its plans two years ago to lease a piece of Somaliland's coastline to build a port angered Somalia at the time - and it was Erdogan who mediated an end to the dispute that had prompted fears of a wider conflict. | en |
Wave of arrests over killing of French nationalist piles pressure on far left | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62dzgy0q37o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:26:04 GMT | 2026-02-18T17:42:21.101767 | Eleven people are in detention in connection with the killing of far-right student activist Quentin Deranque. | The actions of police have also come in for criticism, as local forces were warned that Rima Hassan's event was due to take place but riot police were not on the scene at the time of the fatal attack. | en |
Suspected carbon-monoxide leak kills 37 miners in Nigeria | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyk6nr80kxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:29:23 GMT | 2026-02-18T17:42:21.249258 | The tragedy is believed to have happened just before sunrise as the workers neared the end of their shift. | Safiyanu Haruna, one of the miners who found the bodies at the start of his shift, told the BBC that some of the miners who were underground survived and were taken to a hospital in Wase for treatment. | en |
Zuckerberg arrives to testify in social media addiction trial | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y42znjnjvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:11:52 GMT | 2026-02-18T17:42:21.392875 | The billionaire Meta chief executive faces questioning over whether use of Instagram harms children. | Lawyers for Meta have argued the lead plaintiff in this case, known by her initials K.G.M, was hurt by other things in her life and not by her use of Instagram. | en |
Iran security official appears to fire on crowd at cemetery | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8q62qe71o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:14:39 GMT | 2026-02-18T18:33:06.395119 | It happened as people gathered to commemorate those killed during the government’s brutal crackdown on protesters | The person who appears to be in uniform is seen pointing the gun away from the camera when the first shot is fired, before pointing the gun towards the crowd when a second shot can be heard. A puff of smoke near the gun is visible after each shot. | en |
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/18/countries-do-not-embrace-ai-left-behind-george-osborne | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:57:22 GMT | 2026-02-18T18:33:07.001538 | <p>Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, warns former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm</p><p>The former chancellor George Osborne has warned that countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risked “Fomo” and could be left weaker and poorer.<... | The former chancellor George Osborne has said countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risk “Fomo” and could be left weaker and poorer.
Osborne, who is two months into a job as head of the $500bn San Francisco AI company’s “for countries” programme, told leaders g... | en |
Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c309qqyer8yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:32:24 GMT | 2026-02-18T19:36:36.534103 | The US president says "it will be a blight on our great ally" if the islands are handed over to Mauritius. | "We will always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the U.K., but they have to remain strong in the face of Wokeism, and other problems put before them." | en |
Eight skiers found dead after California avalanche | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg19dp4vxgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:25:12 GMT | 2026-02-18T21:51:05.260425 | Fifteen skiers went missing on Tuesday following a massive avalanche in California's Lake Tahoe region. One person remains missing but is presumed dead. | Two of the six survivors had to be carried back and "could not walk because of the injuries they sustained during the avalanche", Sheriff Moon said. They were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. | en |
Martial law, protests and a president tried for insurrection: How did South Korea get here? | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70kw0nrxreo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:05:46 GMT | 2026-02-18T23:17:42.959261 | A court is due to deliver its verdict in the insurrection trial of Yoon Suk Yeol. | A South Korean court is due to deliver its verdict in the insurrection trial of impeached president Yook Suk Yeol.
BBC Seoul correspondent Jake Kwon explains the tumultuous time that led to today's verdict. | en |
Hamas is reasserting control in Gaza despite its heavy losses fighting Israel | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98g1klxnpxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:04:44 GMT | 2026-02-19T02:42:37.129529 | Gazans say Hamas is again extending its control over security, tax revenue and government services. | "Hamas now has a database of all the traders who import goods into the Gaza Strip," said the activist Mohammed Diab. "The trader pays in cash, not through bank transfers, so that the flow of funds cannot be traced. It is gradually restoring the system that was in place in the past, but away from the spotlight so it can... | en |
Desperate hunt for breakthrough in Nancy Guthrie case turns to Mexico | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gq2k8220go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:15:49 GMT | 2026-02-19T02:42:37.277413 | The search for the 84-year-old mother of US presenter Savannah Guthrie has moved into a third week. | Air Force One set for makeover paint job with new colours
The presidential jet, along with other aircraft used for high-level officials, is being painted with some of Trump's preferred palette. | en |
White House says Iran would be 'wise' to make deal, as US ramps up military presence | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204zpz0lyro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:05:26 GMT | 2026-02-19T05:47:18.979335 | The White House spokeswoman says there are "many reasons and arguments that one could make for a strike against Iran". | "I believe the Iranians are expected to come back to us with some more detail in the next couple of weeks, and so the president will continue to watch how this plays out." | en |
Float featuring Brazil's Lula comes last at Rio Carnival | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ewvz0j87zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:44:21 GMT | 2026-02-19T05:47:19.164436 | See the floats from the famous festival as the city's top samba schools compete for first prize. | "The samba says it: there are children of the poor becoming doctors, and me, a child of the poor, becoming a carnival designer," he told Reuters. "We wanted to tell the story of a man who did a lot for the poor and for Brazil." | en |
South Korea's ex-president jailed for life over martial law attempt | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx28y8xd1vjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:46:55 GMT | 2026-02-19T10:59:56.644448 | Yoon Suk Yeol's December 2024 martial law bid fundamentally damaged South Korea's democracy, a judge told the court. | He claimed it was to protect the country from "anti-state" forces that sympathised with North Korea, but it soon became clear he was driven by domestic troubles: the opposition which held a parliamentary majority left him a lame duck president, while his wife Kim Keon Hee was at the centre of various corruption allegat... | en |
Sudan atrocities are 'hallmarks of genocide', UN says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqw74d81jqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:08:41 GMT | 2026-02-19T13:20:25.633922 | A UN fact-finding mission issued the report after investigating the capture of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces. | The investigators called on the international community to fully enforce the existing arms embargo on Darfur and expand it to the rest of the country; to prevent the transfer of weapons and other support to parties implicated in serious violations; to ensure accountability through targeted sanctions; to fully cooperate... | en |
More than 1,000 Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine war, report says | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/kenyan-soldiers-russia-ukraine-war-intelligence-report | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:01:34 GMT | 2026-02-19T13:20:26.200093 | <p>Intelligence findings read to parliament say ‘rogue’ agencies and individuals recruiting Kenyan nationals to frontline</p><p>More than 1,000 Kenyans have been lured to fight for Russia in its war with Ukraine, according to an intelligence report to the Kenyan parliament that highlights the scale of a Russian operat... | More than 1,000 Kenyans have been lured to fight for Russia in its war with Ukraine, according to an intelligence report to the Kenyan parliament that highlights the scale of a Russian operation taking African men to the frontline.
The majority leader of Kenya’s national assembly, Kimani Ichung’wah, said “rogue recrui... | en |
Trump says world has 10 days to see if Iran deal reached | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86yjnw4x49o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:40:45 GMT | 2026-02-19T17:38:16.617733 | The US is surging forces to the Middle East amid negotiations with the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme. | When Trump first announced the Board of Peace, it was thought to be aimed at helping end the two-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and oversee reconstruction. But in the last month, its mission has appeared to go beyond one conflict, with many wondering if the Trump-chaired board, made up of about two dozen cou... | en |
Son of Robert Mugabe arrested in South Africa on suspicion of attempted murder | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jkx2pkyyro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:29:25 GMT | 2026-02-19T18:34:52.089318 | Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after a man who worked at the place where he was staying was shot and injured. | In a briefing outside the property, Nevhuhulwi said the two suspects have not "told us where the gun is, they are not saying anything about the gun". | en |
RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/rsf-siege-el-fasher-sudan-hallmarks-of-genocide-un-mission-north-darfur | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:59:17 GMT | 2026-02-19T18:34:52.491338 | <p>Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/27/fears-civilians-sudan-paramilitary-rsf-capture-el-fasher">siege and capture</a> of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary ... | The siege and capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group last October bore “the hallmarks of genocide”, a UN-mandated fact-finding mission has said.
In a report detailing the harrowing 18-month occupation of the capital of North Darfur, investigators concluded that the RSF... | en |
Trump's Board of Peace members pledge $7bn in Gaza relief | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8rke05kv4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:50:05 GMT | 2026-02-19T19:30:29.865986 | Trump said it "looks like" Hamas will disarm, even though there are signs the group is regrouping. | In an effort to address concerns that the organisation was meant as a way of sidelining the UN, Trump told the board's first meeting in Washington that "we're going to be working with the United Nations very closely, we're going to bring them back". | en |
Veteran dissident who refused exile released | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0ewjdgrkzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:15:42 GMT | 2026-02-19T20:51:06.454332 | Mikola Statkevich, who spent more than five years in prison in his native Belarus, is now recovering from a stroke at home, his wife says. | "I want to thank everyone who keeps fighting to release all political prisoners in Belarus. We must continue until every last one is free," she added in a post on X. | en |
More than 90 deaths this season: Are we seeing more avalanches? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4gjqv7vl3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:57:01 GMT | 2026-02-19T22:03:39.869979 | Recent deadly incidents in California and Europe are putting avalanches - and how to avoid them - in the spotlight. | In general, though, resorts will not prevent tourists from going off-piste so instead they offer advice. Another French resort, La Plagne, for instance, tells skiers to get information about conditions, make sure they have the necessary safety gear - avalanche transceiver, shovel and probe - know how to use them, and a... | en |
Austrian climber found guilty after girlfriend froze to death on mountain | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1xkllknmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:10:28 GMT | 2026-02-20T03:12:47.204596 | The woman died of hypothermia during a climbing trip on the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025. | Thomas P pleaded not guilty. He told the court he was deeply sorry. He said he had loved his girlfriend, who was very sporty and that they had planned the trip together. | en |
Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane dies at 53 after ALS diagnosis | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78j01n775ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:01:11 GMT | 2026-02-20T07:16:05.559846 | The actor, who also starred in HBO's Euphoria, battled the most common form of motor neurone disease. | Kim Raver, who played his on-screen wife, said: "During filming he'd get this twinkle in his eye and with a mischievous look, he would deliver with perfect comedic timing, a line of dialogue that would floor you." | en |
Hamas holds vote to choose new interim leader, source tells BBC | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23z0kdypm3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:37:14 GMT | 2026-02-20T07:16:05.741297 | The armed group is electing a new head after its top leaders were killed by Israel. | Indonesia preparing to deploy up to 8,000 soldiers to Gaza
It would be the first country to do so as part of phase two of the ceasefire agreement brokered by the US last year. | en |
Asos co-founder dies after Thailand apartment block fall | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8w0n061ryo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:32:44 GMT | 2026-02-20T10:44:39.943599 | Quentin Griffiths co-founded Asos in 2000 and remained a significant shareholder after leaving the firm five years later. | A police investigator told the BBC Griffiths, a British passport holder, was by himself, his room was locked from the inside, and there was no trace of any break-ins at the time of the death. An autopsy did not reveal any evidence of foul play. | en |
Venezuelan opposition politician released after amnesty law passed | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy57en3590no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:57:55 GMT | 2026-02-20T13:14:14.946224 | Juan Pablo Guanipa announces that he has been freed after "almost nine months" of imprisonment. | Machado has vowed to lead the country "when the right time comes", after giving US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal last month. She described her gift to Trump as a recognition of his commitment to Venezuela's freedom. | en |
Tariffs ruling is major blow to Trump's second-term agenda | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jqgdn719o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:28:50 GMT | 2026-02-20T16:50:28.261396 | The Supreme Court has weakened Trump's hand in dealing with other nations, writes Anthony Zurcher. | If Trump wants to restore his free hand to impose new tariffs, he could always ask Congress for the kind of explicit authorisation that the Supreme Court has said is necessary. But with narrow Republican majorities in the House and Senate, and midterm elections looming, the success of such a move seems unlikely. | en |
Nasa targets early March to send humans back around the Moon | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86y1g6wde3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:32:49 GMT | 2026-02-20T16:50:28.378566 | Nasa sets the launch date following a successful "wet dress rehearsal" of the Artemis II mission. | Nasa is targeting March 6 (March 7 in the UK) to launch a crew around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in what would be humankind's furthest ever trip into space. | en |
Trump says he is considering limited military strike on Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxzk4gvzp0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:38:45 GMT | 2026-02-20T22:40:54.025670 | Trump's new threat came a day after he appeared to give Iran about 10 days to agree to a deal to curb its nuclear programme. | The day before US missiles and bombs struck the facility, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read a statement from Trump in which he said that because "negotiations may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks". | en |
Trump brings in new 10% tariff as Supreme Court rejects his global import taxes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8146l0n55o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:55:13 GMT | 2026-02-21T00:03:02.285934 | The Supreme Court decision striking down some of Trump's most sweeping tariffs injects new uncertainty into global trade. | "Though it will be many months before our supply chain is back up and running as normal, we look forward to the government's refund of these improperly-collected duties," he said. | en |
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court justices over tariffs ruling | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9g0e7zd8wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:19:29 GMT | 2026-02-21T02:49:34.015421 | The six justices who voted against the tariffs, dealing a major blow to his signature economic policy, should be "absolutely ashamed", Trump said. | The six justices who struck down Trump's tariffs were equally divided among the court's liberal and conservative wings. Three - Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson - were appointed by Democratic presidents. The other three were appointed by Republicans. Chief Justice John Roberts is a George... | en |
Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv61zv534eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:32:16 GMT | 2026-02-21T02:49:34.186589 | Far-left militants are suspected of being behind Quentin Deranque's death and the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is being widely condemned. | For the past 50 years it was a constant accepted by most of the French political establishment that the party to be ostracised for its links to extremism lay at the other end of the political spectrum: the National Front, and its successor the National Rally (RN). | en |
Family of Palestinian-American man killed in West Bank demand accountability | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgk7z15gnpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:56:27 GMT | 2026-02-21T06:25:10.315185 | Nasrallah Abu Siyam was the sixth American citizen killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in the West Bank in the last two years. | Nasrallah Abu Siyam was shot near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, becoming at least the sixth American citizen killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in the territory in the last two years. | en |
Palestinian Authority in dire straits as Israel's hold on West Bank deepens | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wn8lw0kgjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:33:52 GMT | 2026-02-21T10:33:13.224838 | More than 30 years after its creation, there are increasing warnings that the PA is close to collapse. | Across the valley, we watch Israeli soldiers park their military jeep and head out on patrol. Soon, they fire tear gas. It has been one month since a 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by an Israeli soldier here. The army says he threw a rock. On this occasion, the military says stones were thrown at its troops ... | en |
Israeli strikes kill at least 10 in Lebanon, officials say | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8914dkl0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:56:05 GMT | 2026-02-21T10:33:13.375330 | The strikes are among the deadliest in Lebanon since a ceasefire ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah. | The group, however, has so far rejected calls from Lebanese authorities to discuss the future of its weapons elsewhere in the country, including in the Bekaa Valley, where part of its arsenal is believed to be located. | en |
Trump says he will increase global tariffs to 15% | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8z48xwqn3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:40:31 GMT | 2026-02-21T16:43:25.863934 | After the Supreme Court outlawed most of his tariffs on Friday, Trump announced new global tariffs of 10%. On Saturday he said he would increase these to 15%. | These will come into force on Tuesday 24 February and can only stay in place for around five months before the administration must seek congressional approval. | en |
Divers recover bodies of seven Chinese tourists from bottom of Lake Baikal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd8y96mldyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:43:36 GMT | 2026-02-21T17:04:06.908339 | A Russian driver also died when their mini-bus plunged under the ice to the bottom of the lake in Siberia. | "I would like to remind you once again that going out onto Lake Baikal's ice is not just prohibited right now. It's mortally dangerous," the governor said, urging tourists to use only official tour operators. | en |
Nasa astronauts' moon mission likely to be delayed due to rocket issue | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626v265zqlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:58:25 GMT | 2026-02-21T18:01:32.688841 | The mission to the far side of the Moon and back will likely be postponed after problems with were spotted with its rocket, a Nasa official said. | On Friday, the space agency said that its Artemis II mission, which would see astronauts sent to the moon for the first time in 50 years, could launch as early as 6 March. | en |
Iran students stage first anti-government protests since deadly crackdown | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj2kzkrj0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:00:06 GMT | 2026-02-21T20:32:29.861862 | The student protesters honoured thousands of those killed when nationwide mass protests were put down last month. | But despite the reported progress, Trump said afterwards that the world would find out "over the next, probably, 10 days" whether a deal would be reached with Iran or the US would take military action. | en |
Willie Colón, trombonist who pioneered salsa music, dies aged 75 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98qjed249do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:49:42 GMT | 2026-02-22T02:56:12.173211 | His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time. | Carlos said that Colón expanded and politicised salsa music, taking it to stages where it hadn't been heard before. Colón, he explained, used his trombone to echo the sound of the Caribbean in New York and bridge the two cultures. | en |
More than 1,500 Venezuelan political prisoners apply for amnesty | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93w9g2dvn5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:04:57 GMT | 2026-02-22T05:56:33.509772 | The announcement by the head of Venezuela's National Assembly comes amid US pressure following the capture of ex-President Nicolás Maduro. | These groups have also criticised the new law. One frequently cited criticism is that it would not extend amnesty to those who called for foreign armed intervention in Venezuela, BBC Latin America specialist Luis Fajardo says. | en |
Final missing Lake Tahoe skier found dead 5 days after avalanche | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9m0zp04xyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:06:23 GMT | 2026-02-22T06:58:19.966623 | Authorities released the names of the six women and three guides who died in the worst avalanche in state history. | Six members of the 15-person backcountry ski group were rescued early this week. The group was on its way back from a three-day guided ski trip in the backcountry when the avalanche struck, bringing with it eight feet (2.4 meters) of snow and 90 mph winds. | en |
Pakistan launches strikes on Afghanistan, with Taliban saying dozens killed | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxgln3gnd6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:07:46 GMT | 2026-02-22T08:47:55.910837 | Pakistan says the strikes were retaliation for recent suicide bombings in the country. | The recent attacks in Pakistan included one on a Shia mosque in the capital Islamabad earlier this month, as well as others that took place since the holy month of Ramadan began this week in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. | en |
US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5gkkgdzkyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:23:20 GMT | 2026-02-22T11:32:35.415117 | Mike Huckabee suggested Israel would be justified in taking much of the Middle East on Biblical grounds. | He later added: "They're not asking to go back to take all of that, but they are asking to at least take the land that they now occupy, they now live in, they now own legitimately, and it is a safe haven for them." | en |
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