Nawal Al-MaghafiSenior international investigations correspondent, Yemen Liam weir / BBC One of the sites had several shipping containers with little ventilation, where detainees said up to 60 men were held The BBC has been given access to detention facilities on former United Arab Emirates military bases in Yemen, confirming long-standing allegations of a network of […]
Continue ReadingThe death toll in a fire which engulfed a shopping centre in Pakistan has climbed to 67, police have confirmed. Police say 77 people are currently reported as missing by their families following the fire at Gul Plaza, in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, on Saturday evening. But the scale of the damage following the blaze […]
Continue ReadingTikTok has finalised a deal to allow its American business to continue, by creating a new US entity separate from its global operations. The BBC’s Asia Business Correspondent Suranjana Tewari breaks down what this could mean.
Continue ReadingReuters US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invite for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace, in the latest spat between the North American neighbours. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining,” Trump said on Truth Social in […]
Continue ReadingWatch: Labour and Conservative MPs criticise Trump Afghanistan remarks Donald Trump has sparked fresh outrage in the UK after saying Nato troops stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan. Labour MP Emily Thornberry, the chair of the foreign affairs committee, called it an “absolute insult” to the 457 British service […]
Continue ReadingMadina MaishanuBBC Africa, Kurmin Wali BBC Sarah Peter managed to escape from the kidnappers despite being hit on the head by one of the attackers There was a huge plaster on Sarah Peter’s head to staunch the bleeding caused by the blow of a gunman’s weapon. Sarah, not her real name, was in church in […]
Continue ReadingWarchild Olivia Rodrigo is one of more than 30 artists appearing on the Help 2 album for Warchild Damon Albarn is standing in the doorway of Abbey Road’s canteen, deep in conversation with The Libertines’ Carl Barat. Nearby, Pulp are queueing for a fresh batch of lasagne. Around them, half a dozen of children are […]
Continue ReadingSteven Markham/ Mick Tsikas/ EPA Australians have been disappointed by the politicisation of the Bondi tragedy Thursday had been earmarked for Australians to mourn the victims of last month’s Bondi shootings. Those who had lost loved ones in the antisemitic attacks wanted it to be a chance to remember the dead, and spread light and […]
Continue ReadingThe United Nations (UN) says it will take over management of a camp in north-eastern Syria holding holding thousands of people with alleged links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). It comes after Kurdish-led forces that had been running the camp withdrew in the face of an advance by Syrian government forces, triggering unrest […]
Continue ReadingLyse DoucetChief international correspondent BBC “Together we are in a position to… end decades of suffering, stop generations of hatred and bloodshed, and forge a beautiful, everlasting and glorious peace for that region and for the whole region of the world.” Such was the soaring promise of US President Donald Trump as he inaugurated his […]
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