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Explosions kill police officer and injure 25 in western Ukraine | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz8d79djeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:15:21 GMT | 2026-02-22T13:08:54.266689 | Twenty-five people were injured by explosions overnight in what officials are calling a terror attack. | "She was only 23 years old and had begun her service at the start of the full-scale invasion of the Kherson region," the national police wrote on Telegram on Sunday morning. | en |
'Affront to humanity': Sudan slams Uganda for hosting RSF paramilitary boss | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20lwznegk4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:52:09 GMT | 2026-02-22T14:32:48.717629 | Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. | The statement denounced the meeting between Degalo and Uganda's president and said it was "an unprecedented move that is an affront to humanity as a whole, before it is an affront to the Sudanese people". | en |
Trump curious why Iran has not 'capitulated', US envoy Witkoff says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5gk15rr70o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:43:00 GMT | 2026-02-22T15:59:59.155198 | US envoy Steve Witkoff says the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major American military build-up nearby. | "Why, under this sort of pressure, with the amount of seapower and naval power that we have over there, why haven't they come to us and said, 'We profess that we don't want a weapon, so here's what we're prepared to do?'" | en |
Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7jnvdzpr7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:27:16 GMT | 2026-02-22T17:45:29.840672 | Greenland's PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly "not being taken care of". | In his post on social media, Trump said that he and his Greenland envoy Jeff Landry were "going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It's on the way!!!" | en |
Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7glr9dpy8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:49:01 GMT | 2026-02-22T18:01:37.114927 | The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978. | He renounced his wealth and devoted his life to the poor, founding the order of the Franciscans. He is also the patron saint of animals and the environment. | en |
Armed man killed after entering secure perimeter of Trump's residence, Secret Service says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp32l9w9pgyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:32:34 GMT | 2026-02-22T18:56:10.276136 | The suspect was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was killed, officers said. Trump was in Washington DC at the time. | In July 2024, Trump was shot in the ear as he stood in front of crowds in Butler, Pennsylvania. One bystander was killed and two were injured in the shooting. The shooter, 20-year-old Matthew Crooks, was immediately shot and killed by security forces and his motive remains unknown. | en |
Mexico's most wanted drug lord 'El Mencho' killed in military operation | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wywnrdd8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:16:00 GMT | 2026-02-22T20:37:47.435963 | Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", is head of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels. | The defence ministry said several CJNG members were killed during the operation, while El Mencho was seriously wounded. He died while being transferred by air to Mexico City, it said. | en |
Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj9p15y87o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:00:47 GMT | 2026-02-22T22:36:59.493001 | Ukraine's president sat down with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war. | "If this is a condition for ending the war, let's do it. I said, 'honestly, you constantly raise the issue of elections'. I told the partners, 'you need to decide one thing: you want to get rid of me or you want to hold elections? If you want to hold elections, (even if you are not ready to tell me honestly even now), ... | en |
Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj20xzw39o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:01:59 GMT | 2026-02-23T06:17:54.856949 | Steve Rosenberg reports on the economic consequences of Russia's war, and how people are coping. | The Russian authorities do not release casualty figures for the so-called "special military operation". But Russia is known to have suffered huge battlefield losses. So many of the towns and villages I've visited in the last two years have had museums and monuments dedicated to soldiers killed in Ukraine, as well as se... | en |
Violence erupts in Mexico after drug lord El Mencho killed | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c795qgejzpxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:30:58 GMT | 2026-02-23T06:17:55.012124 | The death of the most-wanted Jalisco cartel chief sparks retaliatory violence in at least a dozen states in Mexico. | Mike Vigil, former Chief of International Operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, described the operation as "one of the most significant actions undertaken in the history of drug trafficking". He was speaking to CBS, the BBC's US news partner. | en |
Briton among 19 killed in Nepal bus crash | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39wz97y90no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:18:36 GMT | 2026-02-23T10:35:54.591799 | Nepalese police say the British national was a 24-year-old man. | The bus - which had been carrying tourists - had been travelling to the capital, Kathmandu, when it lost control and fell 200m onto the bank of the Trishuli river, in the country's central Dhading district, early on Monday morning. | en |
Robert Mugabe’s son charged with attempted murder over Johannesburg shooting | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/23/robert-mugabe-son-bellarmine-mugabe-charged-with-crimes | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:48:51 GMT | 2026-02-23T14:36:49.643567 | <p>Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, known for lavish lifestyle, also accused of theft and being illegal immigrant after man allegedly shot in back</p><p>A son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been charged with attempted murder after a 23-year-old man was allegedly shot in the back on 19 February in an upma... | A son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been charged with attempted murder after a 23-year-old man was allegedly shot in the back on 19 February in an upmarket area of Johannesburg.
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28, appeared in court on Monday for a brief hearing alongside co-accused Tobias Mugabe Maton... | en |
Ukraine negotiator tells BBC how it feels to sit across table from Russia | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89k0lxlpnpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:17:11 GMT | 2026-02-23T20:04:26.124821 | Serhii Kyslytsia is among those trying to negotiate an end to the conflict, which is entering its fifth year. | It is not an easy thing to try to end a war. The nature of the battlefield in eastern Ukraine - where thousands of drones patrol and kill over a huge so-called "grey zone" between the two sides, while 200,000 Ukrainian civilians still live in the "fortress belt" cities of the Donbas - makes the technical business of di... | en |
Mexico sends thousands of soldiers to stop violence after death of drug lord | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lp7xwql4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:12:47 GMT | 2026-02-23T22:04:29.132324 | A wave of violence has erupted across Mexico since a powerful drug cartel boss died following his capture by special forces. | The drug lord was was seriously injured in a firefight between his bodyguards and the military commandos deployed to capture him, and he died while the military was transporting him from the town of Tapalpa to the capital, Mexico City. | en |
US partially evacuates Beirut embassy amid rising Iran tensions | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj32l00k47lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:08:55 GMT | 2026-02-23T22:04:29.349392 | The State Department has ordered non-essential staff to leave the embassy in Beirut after a security review. | Armed man killed after entering secure perimeter of Trump's residence, Secret Service says
The suspect was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was killed, officers say, while Trump was in Washington DC at the time. | en |
Trump threatens countries that 'play games' with existing trade deals | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvky5ldk1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:12:43 GMT | 2026-02-23T22:04:29.548403 | The threat comes after the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Trump had exceeded his authority in enacting a sweeping global programme of tariffs. | "Any Country that wants to 'play games' with the ridiculous supreme court decision, especially those that have 'Ripped Off' the U.S.A. for years, and even decades, will be met with a much higher Tariff, and worse, than that which they just recently agreed to," he wrote on Truth Social. "Buyer beware." | en |
More than 5,000 flights cancelled as US east coast digs out of record snow | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx289g1yw97o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:15:51 GMT | 2026-02-23T23:03:46.822524 | A major snowstorm walloped the US north-east, causing disruptions for millions and thousands of flight cancellations. | The snow was expected to persist throughout Monday, according to the National Weather Service, with some areas near the northeast coastline expected to get a total of 1ft to 2ft (61cm) of snow by Tuesday morning. | en |
Russian soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gw3l395ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:02:13 GMT | 2026-02-24T07:08:35.838275 | Four men expose the horror and brutality of conditions in the Ukraine war, with two saying they saw soldiers being shot for refusing orders. | One of the men, whose job was to identify and count dead soldiers, provided detailed lists showing that he is the sole survivor from a group of 79 men he was mobilised with. Because he refused to go to the front line, he says he was tortured and urinated on. Others in his unit who refused would be electrocuted, starved... | en |
French minister moves to block US envoy Kushner from government access | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d5eg5pl34o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:55:06 GMT | 2026-02-24T07:08:35.968713 | The minister says Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law Jared, failed to explain comments about violence in France. | This prompted an angry response from the ministry, which accused Kushner of an "apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission" and said Barrot had requested Kushner "no longer be allowed direct access" to government ministers. | en |
Robert Carradine, Lizzie McGuire and Revenge of the Nerds star, dies aged 71 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0dqpjjprno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:34:31 GMT | 2026-02-24T11:57:43.569005 | His family says the actor took his own life after living with bipolar disorder for nearly two decades. | "He was profoundly gifted, and we will miss him every day. We will take solace in how funny he could be, how wise and utterly accepting and tolerant he was. That's who my baby brother was." | en |
Mexico hunts 23 inmates sprung from jail during wave of violence | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07jpx7kkvpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:43:53 GMT | 2026-02-24T14:34:51.534848 | The prisoners escaped from a jail in Puerto Vallarta after armed men rammed one of the gates. | El Mencho was Mexico's most wanted man. Under his leadership, the CJGN became a powerful transnational criminal organisation which spread from its stronghold in the state of Jalisco into many other Mexican states, where it engages in drug production and trafficking. | en |
Royal Artillery under fire after denying access to looted Asante treasure | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/24/royal-artillery-access-looted-asante-treasure-ghana | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:45:27 GMT | 2026-02-24T14:34:51.912009 | <p>‘Extraordinary’ golden lamb’s head pillaged in 1874 from what is now Ghana remains hidden in officers’ mess</p><p>The Royal Artillery is facing criticism after it emerged they are refusing public access to an “extraordinary object” looted by the British army in the 19th century from the Asante people in modern-day G... | The Royal Artillery is facing criticism after it emerged they are refusing public access to an “extraordinary object” looted by the British army in the 19th century from the Asante people in modern-day Ghana.
The glistening golden ram’s head would seemingly be worthy of any museum, but it remains hidden within the reg... | en |
Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 20 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70k7vjllzeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:24:37 GMT | 2026-02-24T16:48:14.683444 | Hundreds of people have been displaced and dozens are missing, with rescue operations still ongoing in Juiz de Fora. | Mayor Margarida Salomão said the tragedy was the "saddest" moment in her five years in local government and declared three days of official mourning in memory of all the people in Juiz de Fora who lost their lives. | en |
Two dead after winter storm hammers the US northeast | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yjpx2lgdjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:31:14 GMT | 2026-02-24T16:48:14.823054 | Two people died when a tree fell on their car during a historic winter storm that has also delayed flights and left thousands without power. | The hazardous and snowy conditions also led to serious flight disruptions on Monday and Tuesday. Over 5,000 flights were cancelled on Monday, while as of Tuesday morning, over 2,000 flights were cancelled and nearly 1,000 delayed, according to flight tracker FlightAware. | en |
Nancy Guthrie's family offers $1m reward to bring home missing mother | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4wd11j0evo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:27:35 GMT | 2026-02-24T16:48:14.983851 | Fighting back tears, the missing woman's NBC host daughter says they accept she may be dead. | "We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone, she may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves." | en |
Ukraine remembers its dead as war enters a fifth year | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg7r3nd3ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:13:58 GMT | 2026-02-24T19:16:38.848938 | Events were held across Ukraine to mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. | In his video address Zelensky repeated his desire that one day the current occupant of the White House would come to Kyiv. "I know for certain: only by coming to Ukraine and seeing with one's own eyes our life and our struggle," he said, "only then can one understand what this war is really about. And because of whom." | en |
Drones hammer Sudan's gold and oil zone - the pivotal new front line | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwz6z14w65o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:43:00 GMT | 2026-02-25T05:48:59.773178 | Intensified attacks in the Kordofan region have led to mass casualties as peace remains elusive. | The state is a thin strip of land jutting between Ethiopia and South Sudan and the Sudanese army has accused both of allowing the RSF to launch attacks from their territory. Addis Ababa and Juba have denied the accusations and the UAE has denied separate reports that it is funding an RSF training camp in Ethiopia. | en |
German chancellor lands in Beijing for inaugural China trip | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yjpke8072o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:21:15 GMT | 2026-02-25T05:48:59.919617 | Friedrich Merz said it would be a mistake to "decouple" Germany from China shortly before boarding a plane to Beijing. | Merz is also expected to press China to use its influence with Moscow to help end the war in Ukraine. However, the huge trade gap looms large over these talks as the chancellor takes along a sizeable business delegation. | en |
Political outsiders are up against Thailand's powerful patronage system, defeated MP tells BBC | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4gxng2y4xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:30:18 GMT | 2026-02-25T05:49:00.070383 | The People's Party’s hopes were dashed on the rocks of the old-style patronage networks which dominate provincial politics. | "I was invited to a women empowerment event - a regular activity for the locals to join and enjoy themselves. But they told me if I wanted to come, I had to give 25,000 baht. I told them I didn't have that money. They were very unhappy about that and said I was cold-hearted. I asked them if there was something else I c... | en |
Japan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan by 2031 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9gj1w2kn1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:30:48 GMT | 2026-02-25T05:49:00.202644 | The remote Yonaguni island lies on the frontlines of self-governing Taiwan's growing tensions with China. | The worry has long been that any attack on Taiwan, which counts the US as an ally, could result in a direct military conflict between Washington and Beijing, then widen to include other US allies in the region such as Japan. | en |
FBI director's private jet use delayed investigations, Democrat alleges | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqwv03wz1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:10:24 GMT | 2026-02-25T05:49:00.344934 | The allegations came days after Patel was seen celebrating in Italy with the men's USA hockey team after their Olympics win. | Patel on Monday defended his recent trip to the Winter Olympics in Italy, telling the "very concerned media" that he was "extremely humbled" to be with the men's hockey team after their victory over Canada in Milan. An FBI spokesperson said the trip was focused on meetings with public officials in Italy and had been pl... | en |
Analysis: Trump issues patriotic rallying cry with eye on crucial elections | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2d7x6zrwro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:56:02 GMT | 2026-02-25T07:10:08.212408 | The BBC's Anthony Zurcher says the US president appealed to his base and taunted his opponents in a marathon speech. | Last month, he gave a national address from the White House where he struck similar themes and cited similar statistics – but it hasn't convinced the public. The president and his aides appear to be hoping that with a bigger State of the Union audience, which should measure in the tens of millions, the results will be ... | en |
Chinese dance group's tour triggers bomb threat against Australian PM | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3gj35q541o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:15:05 GMT | 2026-02-25T07:10:08.333627 | The group was told to cancel its performances or explosives would be set off at Anthony Albanese's house. | One of the emails, which was written in Chinese, said large quantities of nitro-glycerine explosives have been placed around the Lodge, the name of the prime minister's official residence in Canberra. | en |
Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vj15zlmv6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:46:42 GMT | 2026-02-25T09:09:17.239247 | The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as "acts against nature". | "We can achieve the intended objectives without going so far as to elevate the acts to the level of more serious crimes," he added. | en |
US accused of ‘shameless exploitation’ over proposed Zambian health aid deal | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/25/zambia-us-health-aid-deal-exploitation-mining-concessions-data-sharing-targets | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:36 GMT | 2026-02-25T13:19:55.879111 | <p>Leaked draft of $1bn memorandum of understanding reveals mandatory targets, sharing of data, and reported access to mining concessions</p><p>The US has been accused of “shameless exploitation” over a health financing agreement with Zambia worth more than $1bn (£740m), amid warnings that the country is getting a raw ... | The US has been accused of “shameless exploitation” over a health financing agreement with Zambia worth more than $1bn (£740m), amid warnings that the country is getting a raw deal from the Trump administration.
A leaked draft of a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries, seen by the Guar... | en |
Threat of further violence looms after Mexican cartel rampage | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgml2djwwvno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:10:46 GMT | 2026-02-25T15:44:26.915797 | The BBC speaks to Guadalajara residents days after cartel members sought to avenge the killing of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera. | "The execution of the kingpin strategy in Mexico over the last two decades – the extraction or the killing of major leaders like El Mencho – has always resulted in the same thing: more violence," says drug war expert Deborah Bonello, who is the managing editor of the Insight Crime think tank. | en |
Bill Gates 'took responsibility' over Epstein ties in staff meeting, foundation says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv6rjp468ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:18:17 GMT | 2026-02-25T15:44:27.085260 | A newspaper reports Gates apologised to staff over his links to Epstein and said: "I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit." | "I am so happy to be away from all the muck," she said, adding elsewhere in the interview: "Whatever questions remain there of what - I can't even begin to know all of it - those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband. | en |
Zimbabwe rejects 'lopsided' US health aid deal over data concerns | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy6nd3664no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:25:29 GMT | 2026-02-25T15:44:27.259296 | Access to biological samples raised flags for Zimbabwe as the US did not want to share the benefits of its research. | "Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any medical innovations - such as vaccines, diagnostics, or treatments - that might result from that shared data," his statement said. | en |
Two charged with murder of Australian grandfather after 'mistaken identity' kidnapping | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21zdxzr0ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:12:13 GMT | 2026-02-25T16:53:35.550866 | Chris Baghsarian, 85, was taken from his home and murdered, in what authorities believe was a case of mistaken identity. | Police say widower Chris Baghsarian, 85, was taken from his home in the northern suburb of North Ryde on 13 February, in what they believe was a case of mistaken identity. He was found dead on Monday. | en |
'Fear is everywhere': BBC reports from Mexican city turned into war zone by drug cartel feud | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g3vmde0eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:00:49 GMT | 2026-02-25T20:01:36.087391 | Culiacán in northern Mexico has seen a surge in violence as rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel battle for control. | The US has labelled you terrorists, we tell him. He replies, blithely: "Well, even though President Donald Trump refers to us as terrorists, I would just remind him that as long as there are consumers, we're going to keep doing this but that doesn't necessarily make us terrorists. As long as people want to consume it, ... | en |
Trump keeps world waiting on his plans for Iran after State of the Union | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge821xwyz8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:16:33 GMT | 2026-02-25T20:01:36.234124 | The next round of talks between the US and Iran in Geneva on Thursday could be decisive in the president's decision-making. | Trump may have decided it was not an issue to broach when his political base, who elected him to stay out of forever wars, is far more focused on the state of the economy and the fight on immigration just months before crucial midterm polls. | en |
Spain declassifies files on 1981 attempted coup in effort to dispel conspiracy theories | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8w42e152xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:30:25 GMT | 2026-02-25T20:01:36.376774 | In what appears an extraordinary coincidence, the coup leader has died on the same day as the document release. | On 23 February 1981, a group of officers led by Tejero burst into the main chamber of the national parliament, wielding guns and threatening the politicians as a new government was being sworn in. Their aim was to return authoritarianism - six years after the death of the country's dictator Francisco Franco. | en |
Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat by border guard, Cuba says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24drvj8yl2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:53:23 GMT | 2026-02-25T20:56:41.415407 | Six other passengers were wounded in the incident, which took place near an island on Cuba's northern coast. | The identities of those on board the vessel or what it was doing in the area are unclear, with the Cuban government saying an investigation has been launched to "clarify" the event. | en |
Watch: BBC on streets of Mexican city gripped by deadly cartel violence | https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqlgz0xk5zyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:35:14 GMT | 2026-02-25T22:54:03.093828 | BBC international correspondent Quentin Sommerville travelled to Culiacán in northern Sinaloa state following an explosion in violence. | Warning: This video contains graphic imagery of the victims of stabbings and shootings, as well as images of those killed in street violence
One of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in Mexico has unleashed a wave of violence across 20 Mexican states, following the death of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera ... | en |
Orbán accuses Ukraine of disrupting oil supplies to Hungary | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ykq0vqn5go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 04:08:25 GMT | 2026-02-26T05:03:37.058675 | Ukraine says a critical pipeline was closed after Russian strikes. | Orbàn's critics say he has been stepping up the war of words with Ukraine in order to convince the public that Hungary is under attack in the run up to elections in April. His ruling Fidesz party is trailing in most opinion polls, suggesting he could lose power after 16 years. | en |
‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/26/recent-mediterranean-storms-tragedies-spain-portugal-morocco | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:21 GMT | 2026-02-26T06:14:01.055867 | <p>Atmospheric machine-gun has fired storm after deadly storm at the region this year, leaving a trail of widespread destruction</p><p>For Andrés Sánchez Barea, in Spain, it was the fear that arose when water started to spurt from plug sockets. For Nelson Duarte, in Portugal, it was the helplessness that hit as violent... | For Andrés Sánchez Barea, in Spain, it was the fear that arose when water started to spurt from plug sockets. For Nelson Duarte, in Portugal, it was the helplessness that hit as violent winds smacked down trees and tore tiles from roofs. For Amal Essuide, in Morocco, it was the reality that dawned when a corpse was pul... | en |
Shot in school uniform: BBC reveals police order led to Gen Z protest killings in Nepal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5qx357dzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:02:48 GMT | 2026-02-26T07:19:03.931399 | New evidence reveals what happened when 19 people were shot dead in Kathmandu last September. | Angered by the killings at the gates of parliament on 8 September, Nepalis of all ages took to the streets the following day. What had begun as protest rapidly hardened into mob violence, and police became immediate targets. Police stations were set ablaze, officers were assaulted, and three were killed. | en |
Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian boy and stood around as he bled to death, video shows | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:01:11 GMT | 2026-02-26T07:19:04.102299 | Israeli forces blocked Palestinian ambulances while a 14-year-old lay bleeding for at least 45 minutes. | The soldiers eventually loaded Jad into the back of an Israeli military vehicle, but at some point, either before or after they did, he died. It is still unclear where on his body or how many times he was shot, because the Israeli military has refused to return his body to the family and declined to answer any question... | en |
US and Iran to hold talks as pressure for nuclear deal builds | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1vd95nl9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:09:47 GMT | 2026-02-26T07:19:04.289301 | The indirect negotiations are seen as a last-ditch effort to prevent a conflict, but the chances of a nuclear agreement are unclear. | He said Iran was working to build missiles that would "soon" be capable of reaching the US, without giving details. He also accused the country of trying to "start all over again" with a nuclear weapons programme following last year's strikes, and said he could not allow the "world's number one sponsor of terror... to ... | en |
Two women arrested in Uganda for allegedly kissing in public could face life sentence | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/26/women-arrested-uganda-kissing-public-lgbtq-laws | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:23 GMT | 2026-02-26T09:07:13.166590 | <p>Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise were taken into custody under laws that have outraged LGBTQ+ community and rights activists</p><p>Two women have been arrested and detained in Uganda after allegedly kissing in public, an act of “same-sex activity” which can lead to a life sentence in the east African country..</p>... | Two women have been arrested and detained in Uganda after allegedly kissing in public, an act of “same-sex activity” which can lead to a life sentence in the east African country..
Wendy Faith, a 22-year-old musician known as Torrero Bae, and Alesi Diana Denise, 21, were taken into custody after police raided their re... | en |
US justice department accused of withholding Trump-related Epstein files | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3elr1dwpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:28:02 GMT | 2026-02-26T13:25:45.937519 | The top Democrat on the congressional panel investigating Epstein has called on the attorney general to publish the material. | According to other entries in the files, a woman - who Garcia said was confirmed in the unredacted documents to be the same accuser - alleged she was sexually abused by Trump at some point between 1983 and 1985, when she would have been aged 13 to 15. | en |
Russia says it has handed over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers' bodies | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7ed4rp7x5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:34:16 GMT | 2026-02-26T13:25:46.096402 | Russia's announcement comes as Ukraine's top negotiator was meeting US peace envoys in Geneva. | The exchange is based on an agreement reached by the two sides during negotiations in Istanbul in June 2025. Moscow and Kyiv agreed to return the bodies of up to 6,000 soldiers each, as well as all sick and heavily wounded prisoners of war and those aged under 25. | en |
Danish PM calls snap election with Greenland issue centre-stage | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3e63jwj8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:56:39 GMT | 2026-02-26T15:38:55.012538 | The issue of Greenland, which Donald Trump wants to annex, is likely to dominate the election campaign. | The latest confrontation may come in the next few days if Trump follows through with an announcement that the US plans to send a boat filled with medical supplies to Greenland, alleging "many people" on the island are sick and "not being taken care of". | en |
Hillary Clinton to appear before US House panel investigating Epstein | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6z3e1vdvzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:04:24 GMT | 2026-02-26T15:38:55.150406 | The former secretary of state recently dropped her longstanding refusal to appear, alongside her former president husband. | The Clintons' hearings will take place in Chappaqua, New York, near their home. Such depositions normally occur behind closed doors, though the Clintons fought for their own testimony to be public so that selective portions of their evidence could not be leaked to the media. | en |
Four convicted over spyware scandal that shook Greece | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6dx4886rpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:05:53 GMT | 2026-02-26T15:38:55.290676 | In what became known as "Greece's Watergate", surveillance software called Predator was used to target 87 people. | The judge said that the defendants appear to have acted with the participation of "unknown third parties," explaining that among them there may be officials from Greek and foreign intelligence services, and decided to send the trial records to the Athens Prosecutor's Office so that it can be investigated whether a seri... | en |
Afghanistan launches 'retaliatory' attack on Pakistan, Taliban says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j5qx9n887o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:25:19 GMT | 2026-02-26T20:47:22.890712 | Islamabad says it is responding to the 'unprovoked fire' with both sides claiming to have inflicted casualties on the other. | Pakistan's government said the Taliban had "miscalculated and opened unprovoked fire on multiple locations" across the border in its north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which had been met with an "immediate and effective response" by Islamabad's security forces. | en |
American citizen among those killed in Cuba boat shooting, US official says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80j3rlp904o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:50:24 GMT | 2026-02-26T22:54:26.792442 | Cuba has accused those on board of planning "an infiltration with terrorist aims” and firing first. | A third person was on a US K-1 visa - for fiancées of American citizens - the US official said. The boat's owner alleged the vessel had been stolen by an employee. | en |
China removes nine military officials ahead of key political meeting | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6270z0dr6no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:29:01 GMT | 2026-02-27T05:59:44.806984 | No official reason for the removal was given, but it comes ahead of the country's key Two Sessions meeting. | But it is also the latest in a series of purges of high-profile figures in the military over the last few years, including a October 2025 crackdown which saw nine top generals removed from their posts. Authorities at the time said the purges were part of an anti-corruption drive. | en |
Epstein tried to buy a palace in Morocco days before his arrest in 2019 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w5848vq51o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:02:12 GMT | 2026-02-27T07:08:34.893406 | The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi - but the purchase was never completed. | Morocco has no extradition treaty with the US and local media has speculated that one of Epstein's motivations to purchase the property may have been to retreat to the country to avoid arrest, if new charges were brought against him. | en |
Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of jobs as it embraces AI | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq570d12y9do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:06:40 GMT | 2026-02-27T07:08:35.089957 | The Twitter co-founder says he believes the majority of firms will make similar changes "within the next year." | Block has seen several rounds of layoffs since 2024 but this is the first time it has cited AI as the reason for redundancies and marks the latest in a series of major job cuts in the tech industry. | en |
Blackouts and emergency aid: Why the Cuban Revolution faces its biggest threat yet | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q5wdeg4j8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:38 GMT | 2026-02-27T07:57:32.227971 | Will a worsening internal crisis create the conditions for the Cuban Revolution to unravel from within? | With the Cuban economy in freefall since the coronavirus pandemic, no gas has been delivered to Brenei's flimsy home in a Havana suburb for months. He and his neighbours were already cooking with firewood and charcoal before US troops forcibly removed Cuba's closest ally, the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, from ... | en |
Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6p5ypgmzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:32:38 GMT | 2026-02-27T07:57:32.371656 | Netflix's decision to back down from the bidding war clears the path for Paramount to win the takeover battle. | Critics of a deal with Netflix voiced concern that the storied movie studio would be lost to the Silicon Valley streaming titan, paving the way for the depletion of cinema. But a merger with Paramount, which has touted itself among the last standing movie studios in Hollywood, also left critics unnerved over the compan... | en |
Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/27/rising-anger-over-lop-sided-immoral-us-health-funding-pacts-africa-countries | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:00:34 GMT | 2026-02-27T07:57:32.864297 | <p>Zimbabwe refuses to sign agreement and Kenya faces a court case over data sharing as new aid deals come under scrutiny</p><p>A series of bilateral health agreements being negotiated between African countries and the administration of President Donald Trump have been labelled “clearly lop-sided” and “immoral” amid gr... | A series of bilateral health agreements being negotiated between African countries and the administration of President Donald Trump have been labelled “clearly lop-sided” and “immoral” amid growing outrage at US demands, including countries being forced to share biological resources and data.
It emerged this week that... | en |
What we know after latest escalation in Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj32zx48xvxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:50:46 GMT | 2026-02-27T11:22:29.133613 | Bombings by Pakistan are the most significant development in tensions between the two neighbours - though the physical impact remains unclear. | Mosharraf Zaidi, spokesman for Pakistan's prime minister, said 133 Afghan Taliban fighters had been killed and more than 200 wounded by Pakistani forces as of 22:50 GMT on Thursday. Again, the BBC has not been able to verify these figures. | en |
Pakistan defence minister says country in 'open war' with Afghanistan after strikes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgjd7pv4y4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:00:10 GMT | 2026-02-27T13:12:28.646767 | The latest attacks by Pakistan follow months of clashes between the two countries. despite agreeing to a fragile ceasefire in October. | The BBC has not been able to verify these numbers. During these hostilities, both sides have claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on the other while suffering little damage to their own. | en |
Drone jammed near French aircraft carrier was probably Russian, says Sweden | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mj3e2nz8ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:34:36 GMT | 2026-02-27T13:12:28.860435 | Sweden's defence minister says there is likely a "strong link" between the drone and a Russian naval vessel in the area. | France's foreign minister was due in Sweden on Friday and the country's armed forces minister was due to board the Charles de Gaulle while it was docked in Malmo. It is not clear if their visits were related to Wednesday's drone incident. | en |
Tram derails in Milan, leaving one dead and dozens injured | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y599degnqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:37:45 GMT | 2026-02-27T16:49:41.441005 | The crowded tram was travelling in the centre of Milan at rush hour when it appeared to crash into the side of a building. | At least one person has been killed and 39 others are reported to have been injured some seriously, after a tram derailed in the northern Italian city of Milan. | en |
UK withdraws Tehran embassy staff as concern grows over threat of US strikes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c309vz0z893o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:31:44 GMT | 2026-02-27T16:49:41.625813 | The US embassy in Israel has also told some non-emergency staff they can leave the country if they wish. | The US has sent thousands of troops and what Trump has described as an "armada" to the region in recent weeks, including two aircraft carriers along with other warships, as well as fighter jets and refuelling aircraft. | en |
Ghana says at least 55 of its people killed after Russia ‘lured’ them to fight Ukraine | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/ghana-men-killed-fight-russia-ukraine | null | politics | https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:42:39 GMT | 2026-02-27T17:40:55.522540 | <p>Foreign minister says 272 Ghanaians are thought to have been drawn into battle since 2022, after he visited Kyiv</p><p>At least 55 Ghanaians have been killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine after being “lured into battle”, Ghana’s foreign minister has said after a visit to Kyiv in which officials raised the issue of Ru... | At least 55 Ghanaians have been killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine after being “lured into battle”, Ghana’s foreign minister has said after a visit to Kyiv in which officials raised the issue of Russian recruitment of African people.
Reports of African men being attracted to Russia by promises of jobs and ending up o... | en |
Bill Clinton asked about hot tub photo and testifies he knew 'nothing' of Epstein crimes | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg345qvld5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:32:28 GMT | 2026-02-28T02:36:26.303364 | The former president told the committe that he would never have flown on Epstein's plane if he "had any inkling of what he was doing". | When questioned about the photograph showing the former president lounging in a hot tub with the person who appeared to be a woman - whose face is blacked out to protect her identity - Bill Clinton told lawmakers that he did not know her. When asked if he had sex with the woman, he said he did not, a source told the BB... | en |
At least 11 killed after military plane carrying banknotes crashes in Bolivia | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rjpxxpp49o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:21:31 GMT | 2026-02-28T02:36:26.423636 | The cargo plane crashed while landing in the city of El Alto, reportedly hitting vehicles on a motorway. | "My sister told me that she was in the car when the plane crashed. The plane's tire fell on the car, and my sister was injured because the impact of the tire hit her on the head, so we rushed her to the hospital," one relative told the Reuters news agency. | en |
Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn48jj3y8ezo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:52:03 GMT | 2026-02-28T02:36:26.573877 | The move announced on social media comes after a standoff between Anthropic's boss and the Ministry of Defense. | As the Pentagon's deadline approached Trump released the barrage of messages on the Truth Social platform, saying Anthropic "better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follo... | en |
A 'delicate' balance for Canada and a 'win-win' for Modi as Carney visits India | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l7q871gnro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:03:55 GMT | 2026-02-28T02:36:26.836301 | The two countries are repairing a strained relationship as they also seek to reduce their trade reliance on the US. | The latest derailment in trade talks occurred after former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a bombshell public accusation against India in 2023, alleging it was involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist, who was gunned down in British Columbia. Four men were later charged in his death, and th... | en |
Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6z382de8yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:31:27 GMT | 2026-02-28T07:56:55.436202 | Dozens of well-known groups faced shutdown under a new Israeli law, although the reprieve might be temporary. | "It would directly harm our staff and patients which is absolutely against everything that's in our principles," he adds. "The requirements that were demanded by Israel in order to get the registration, we could not do because for obvious reasons, providing a list of staff names to the other side of a conflict is a com... | en |
What we know about the joint US-Israel attack on Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dyz6p3weo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:12:50 GMT | 2026-02-28T09:42:05.128638 | Donald Trump has described "major combat operations", with explosions heard across Iran. | "When we are finished, take over your government," he said. "It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations." | en |
Iran says it has hit US base in Bahrain, as it launches strikes across region | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204px4zddro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:41:49 GMT | 2026-02-28T12:57:51.320092 | Huge plumes of black smoke were seen rising from an area near the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain. | Huge plumes of black smoke were seen rising from an area near the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain. The extent of any damage is unclear and the US has not commented. | en |
Bowen: A dangerous moment, but US and Israel see opportunity not to be missed | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0z9012291o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:17:17 GMT | 2026-02-28T12:57:51.457072 | Israel and the US believe Iran's regime is vulnerable, dealing with an economic crisis and the aftermath of protests. | There is no precedent for regime change happening just because of air strikes. Saddam Hussein of Iraq was overthrown in 2003 by a huge US-led invasion force. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya was overthrown in 2011 by rebel forces that were provided with an air force by Nato and some Arab states. In both cases the result was th... | en |
Panic in the streets, but relief for some: The mood in Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05v8jzjn40o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:32:07 GMT | 2026-02-28T15:32:29.188754 | Iranians talk about what is happening inside the country, despite an almost total internet blackout. | Another user wrote: "Promise that if anything happens to us, you will look after our children and be very, very kind to them. Tell them we did everything we could - we joined silent marches, we voted, we worked multiple shifts, we endured great hardship." | en |
Iran retaliation raises questions about US air defences | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5nm6v2p4no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:34:00 GMT | 2026-02-28T20:33:04.075964 | Iran's strike on US Navy base in Bahrain will worry Washington and its allies in the region. | Iran also has significant capabilities to attack the US Navy - if in range. It has large stocks of anti-ship missiles, as well as small, fast, uncrewed attack boats. There is also the unanswered question of whether China may have given Iran military support over the past few months. | en |
Ayatollah Khamenei's iron grip on power in Iran | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gdnpjvj4ko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:07:05 GMT | 2026-02-28T23:47:59.611266 | The supreme leader of Iran embraced hardline policies against increasing pressure for reform. | At times, the supreme leader has presented himself as almost above politics - looking down on the squabbling between Iran's reformists and conservatives. But rarely did Ayatollah Khamenei allow dissent to grow too loud or policies he disapproved off to develop. | en |
Where have Nepal's 'nepo kids' gone as corruption takes centre stage in election? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqgl3j5nj4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:03:48 GMT | 2026-02-28T23:47:59.764032 | The excess of politicians' children was front and centre of the anger that drove protests that toppled the government last year. | "They forced it and made reforms within the party," she tells the BBC. "They have also stipulated the time frame for which any candidate can serve as a prime minister or party president. They have also qualified how many times an individual can be a minister. I think this is a good practice and can be helpful to disman... | en |
Iran says US and Israel strikes hit school killing 108 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l7rvqq51eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:34:04 GMT | 2026-03-01T04:59:25.098657 | There is no confirmation by the US or Israel of the strike on the school located near elite military troops. | President Masoud Pezeshkian said it was a "barbaric act" and "another black page in the record of countless crimes committed by the aggressors". There has been no confirmation by the two Western countries of the attack on the school - located near a base of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has been the target of... | en |
One killed and 11 injured at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports as Iran strikes region | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c363zkp1pgxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:12:02 GMT | 2026-03-01T13:01:15.525545 | Falling debris from intercepted Iranian drones and missiles cause widespread damage across the Gulf. | Lyse Doucet: This is an extraordinary moment Iran has been preparing for
The killing of the supreme leader will be a huge jolt to the Islamic Republic, which will try hard to show it has a plan in place. | en |
Wellness peptide craze: Why people are injecting drugs 'not for human consumption' | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr268m5pxro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:51:29 GMT | 2026-03-01T13:01:15.665845 | Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats". | In response to the explosion of the unregulated peptides market, the MHRA, the body responsible for licensing and overseeing the use of medicines in the UK, says that it does not "accept attempts to evade medicines regulation" by selling peptides for "research purposes" where evidence indicates they are being used by p... | en |
Deadly Texas bar shooting is 'potentially an act of terrorism', FBI says | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjznzgly0po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:11:18 GMT | 2026-03-01T17:39:39.726589 | Two people were killed and 17 injured, with the suspected gunman also shot dead on the scene. | She said he then parked the vehicle nearby, got out with a rifle and started walking back towards the bar. Three police officers coming toward him shot and killed the suspect at an intersection, according to Davis. | en |
How responsible are climbers for each other's safety? Mountaineers react to manslaughter | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy8ppn4142o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:57:16 GMT | 2026-03-01T17:39:39.934722 | A woman's death during a climbing trip has sparked debates about personal responsibility and risk. | There is no formal code of conduct that mountaineers are obliged to follow, but the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation has an ethics declaration, which says climbers "engage in this activity at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety". However, it also notes that mountaineers "should b... | en |
Why is WhatsApp's privacy policy facing a legal challenge in India? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp81wegj123o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:21:43 GMT | 2026-03-01T17:39:40.127068 | A 2021 policy update requires users to share data with Meta for ads purposes to continue using the app. | In November 2024, the CCI fined Meta $25m for "abusing its dominant position" and ordered it and WhatsApp to implement behavioural remedies within three months. It barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with Meta entities for five years and directed the company to clearly specify the purposes of data sharing in its pri... | en |
Iran's regime is still intact - the coming days will show if it can hold out | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lgvg5rl1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:05:06 GMT | 2026-03-01T19:28:25.314527 | Iran's surviving leaders are in crisis mode, battling to project security as US and Israel strikes continue. | In recent years, there has been speculation that Khamenei's eldest son, Mojtaba, might be in the running. Yet with several of his father's most trusted commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly killed in the recent strikes, the internal balance of power may have shifted. | en |
War photographer Paul Conroy dies as tributes paid | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6jvlv83ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:47:03 GMT | 2026-03-01T20:59:22.242518 | Jamie Doran played the photographer, who has died aged 61, in the 2018 movie A Private War. | Its founder Vaughan Smith, who was also in the Army, said: "He was one of the characters – those people who stand out because everybody adores them and they make you feel better." | en |
Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jk922dgjgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:19:03 GMT | 2026-03-01T22:31:07.728407 | Iran's attacks on Gulf Arab states suggest the Islamic Republic is targeting not just the US military but also civilian infrastructure. | For President Trump, for Israel, for many governments in the Middle East, and of course for many Iranians themselves the best result now would be a swift end to the regime of the Islamic Republic followed by a smooth transition to democracy and a world where Iran can enjoy normal relations with the rest of the world. | en |
Oil prices rise after ships attacked near Strait of Hormuz | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75evve6l63o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 02:12:41 GMT | 2026-03-02T02:50:18.623879 | Experts have warned that a prolonged conflict could push global energy prices even higher. | He said the US would likely try to protect shipping routes which, if effective, would prevent an oil price spike, but if the strait remained shut for a long period prices could go "much, much higher". | en |
Kidnapping of foreigners soars in Africa's lawless Sahel region | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lj18d5lx3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:02:10 GMT | 2026-03-02T02:50:18.836485 | Growing insecurity in the Sahel made 2025 one of the worst years on record for the abduction of foreigners in Africa. | "I slept on the hard ground for 55 nights, 55 days boiling water from a pond where cattle defecate in order to survive, eating dry rice and nothing else. I woke up to the sounds of all kinds of animals, mostly wolves and hyenas, and every day I killed scorpions around the place where I slept," he said in a follow-up po... | en |
Could Kim's teen daughter become North Korea's next leader? | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjzdlx983po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:11:11 GMT | 2026-03-02T04:53:29.100080 | Kim Jue Ae is becoming more visible alongside her father, but much about her remains a mystery. | Ju Ae's gender will not stand in the way if her father decides that she will take his spot, Song says. Her family and her regal upbringing in an otherwise poor country are enough for the everyday North Korean to accept her as leader. | en |
Michael B Jordan upends Oscars race as Sinners wins big at Actor Awards | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzklvk79yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:08:35 GMT | 2026-03-02T05:57:45.957827 | The US star's best actor win for Sinners leaves the Oscars race too close to call. | Paying tribute to O'Hara and accepting the prize on her behalf, the show's creator Seth Rogen said: "She really showed that you can be a genius, and be kind, and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other. | en |
Israel strikes Lebanon after Hezbollah rocket fire as Iran conflict widens | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4v8g13wxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:22:06 GMT | 2026-03-02T18:00:08.929722 | Lebanon's health ministry says 31 people were killed by Israeli strikes, while there are no reports of casualties in Israel. | "We tried to understand from the news where things might go and in the end we said, 'let's go back to sleep and in the morning we can decide if we need to leave or not'." | en |
'They hit so hard the house was shaking': Iranians describe impact of US-Israel attacks | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jyv3jp01o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:54:20 GMT | 2026-03-02T18:00:09.061382 | People in Iran tell the BBC they hear explosions day and night, as the US and Israel continue striking the country for a third day. | "Last night, there were lots of government supporters on the streets, but I saw from their faces that they looked angry and furious. The security forces patrol during the night to frighten people. Bakeries and petrol stations are busy. | en |
India and Canada reset ties with 'landmark' nuclear energy deal | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24gl7jrgno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:07:19 GMT | 2026-03-02T18:00:09.211481 | A host of deals, including one to supply India with uranium, is unveiled as Mark Carney meets Narendra Modi in Delhi. | But since Carney took office last year, the relationship has been cautiously rebuilt —helped by the fact that his government has said it believes India is not currently linked to violent crimes or threats on Canadian soil. | en |
At least 169 people killed in South Sudan 'surprise' attack | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mgkvy4wr8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:11:52 GMT | 2026-03-02T18:00:09.365564 | Peacekeepers are sheltering about 1,000 civilians near their base and providing emergency care. | He also alleged that officials in Unity state "must have had knowledge" of the plan to target Ruweng. The Unity state authorities have not responded to this accusation. It is not clear what may have triggered the attack. | en |
Lost Rembrandt painting rediscovered after 65 years | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kgln0yg3po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:54:40 GMT | 2026-03-02T18:00:09.511197 | The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961. | "It came to us via email and one of our curators thought, this is really an interesting image, we've known about the painting for over 100 years but we've never seen it." | en |
France to boost nuclear arsenal and extend deterrence to European allies | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4zlnezrl7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss | null | politics | https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml | Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:16:14 GMT | 2026-03-02T19:03:00.267370 | Emmanuel Macron said eight countries could enjoy protection from France's nuclear umbrella - but that Paris would retain sole decision-making power. | In recent years governments have hinted that "vital interests" could also include interests in Europe. With Macron's "advanced deterrence", this concept has been given further shape – though in accordance with the general theory of deterrence nothing is spelled out. | en |
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