America has been fighting the War on Drugs for decades, but the drug cartels, the suppliers and the dealers appear to be always one step ahead of the authorities. President Trump has declared the cartels, “terrorists” and labelled fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid, a “weapon of mass destruction”. But the drug supply is changing, with […]
Continue ReadingIn the eastern Pacific, where El Niño tends to strengthen hurricane activity, it has been a very active season so far. There have been 22 named storms and 12 hurricanes, including 10 major hurricanes. This is already above the number that would typically develop in the whole of an average season, with two months left […]
Continue ReadingHindus follow a lunar calendar, and Dussehra falls on the 10th day after Navratri, a nine-night festival of worship and celebrations. In the days leading up to Dussehra in northern India, performers wear elaborate costumes and make-up to stage Ramlila, the dramatic retelling of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana. They recount Lord Ram’s exile and […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a weekend of intense rioting across France, a clean up operation has begun – but tensions remain, with police still in position and a curfew in place in some big cities. Outside of Paris, Marseille saw some of the worst damage, with shop owners reporting more than 600 premises having been looted. From the […]
Continue ReadingBringing material from Mars back to Earth has long been an ambition of space scientists. The Nasa Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, has been carefully collecting samples on Mars and storing them in canisters. But a second Nasa/ESA mission, called Mars Sample Return, that would have picked up and returned these […]
Continue ReadingUkrainians have died because Kyiv is still not receiving reliable US warnings of incoming Russian attacks, according to a key adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov told the BBC that lives had been lost because there had not been time to warn citizens about ballistic missile strikes, saying: “It’s dangerous… I think it’s […]
Continue ReadingWhile Albanese said it was too early to understand the motive behind what had happened, he did say the political temperature had been rising in Australia. His Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke backed up that statement with figures showing that reports of threatening or harassing behaviour towards politicians had risen from 951 to 1,067 in […]
Continue ReadingThe separatist movement is led by Mitch Sylvestre, a gun shop owner from the town of Bonnyville, and Jeffrey Rath, a lawyer based in Calgary. They are both members of a group called the Alberta Prosperity Project, which argues that the province’s economic growth has been hindered by years of Liberal party rule in Ottawa. […]
Continue ReadingBangladeshi authorities say they were not informed of the recent execution of two Bangladeshi nationals in the holy city of Mecca until after it had taken place, local media reports. A Bangladeshi man and woman were executed last Wednesday after being convicted of committing an “indecent act” inside a mosque, according to the Saudi interior […]
Continue ReadingFamilies currently receiving the WFP food handouts complained to the BBC that already these were insufficient and gave them little diversity in their diets. “The flour isn’t enough and the food boxes aren’t enough either,” said Dalal al-Dahdouh, who is living in the ruins of her home in Gaza City with her family of eight. […]
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