Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Khartoum Ken Mungai / BBC Asma Mubarak Abdel Karim told the BBC the RSF’s treat was terrifying – she heard them raping a woman in her neighbourhood amid the fighting The BBC has heard evidence of atrocities committed by retreating fighters in a battle raging for control of Sudan’s capital…
BBC The eighth week of Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by the dizzying ping-pong of tariffs and counter-tariffs, and Ukraine peace talks with officials from both Kyiv and Moscow. The US president and his administration continue to make headlines as they forge ahead with their policies. Here’s a quick look at some of…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin of trying to “sabotage” diplomatic efforts to secure an immediate ceasefire. In a post on social media, he urged the US to put more pressure on the Russian president, saying only the “strength of America” could end the war. The Ukrainian leader said Putin was “doing everything…
A US influencer who was filmed taking a wild baby wombat away from its distressed mother in Australia has said she is “truly sorry” and received thousands of death threats over the incident. Sam Jones, who calls herself an “outdoor enthusiast and hunter”, was filmed picking up the joey on the side of a road,…
Greenland’s leading political parties have issued a joint statement to condemn Donald Trump’s “unacceptable behaviour”, after the US president seemed to escalate his campaign to take over the island. The show of unity saw all leaders of parties in the Inatsisartut – the parliament – release a joint message saying they “cannot accept the repeated…
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters The deal is a personal victory for Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Germany’s conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, has clinched an enormous financial package to revamp defence and infrastructure, ahead of a crunch vote in parliament next Tuesday. Merz, who aims to lead a government with the Social Democrats in the…
“Nerve-wrecking, terrifying and horrific.” That is how one witness described her experience getting off an American Airlines flight that caught fire after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Colorado. Some of the 172 passengers travelling on the flight bound for Dallas were seen standing on the plane’s wing after it touched down…
Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent, BBC News EPA Refusing to wear the hijab in public can lead to imprisonment in Iran Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic’s strict dress code, the United Nations has said. Investigators say Iranian security officials are…
US President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US-proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine as “good and productive”. This comes after Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff met in Moscow on Thursday evening, during which they exchanged information and shared the US’s “cautious optimism” over a peace process, the…
Samira Hussain BBC South Asia Correspondent BBC Kajol, who is the sole breadwinner in her family, contracted tuberculosis in January When Kajol contracted tuberculosis in January, USAID kept her alive. Now she and her family are in danger again after the Trump administration ordered most US aid spending to end. TB can be fatal if…