BBC Zeya says the money he received was enough to pay off his debts and buy some land “I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts – that’s why I decided to sell my kidney,” says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar. Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021…
Orla Guerin BBC News, Goma Göktay Koraltan / BBC Warning: This article contains distressing content, including descriptions of rape, from the start. “He told me that if I tried to escape, he would kill me.” Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic…
At least six babies have died in the past two weeks in Gaza due to the cold weather and lack of adequate shelter and heating, Palestinian medics and health officials say. Doctors at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society hospital in Gaza City, in the north, said nine newborn babies suffering from cold injuries had been…
Millions of people are thought to be without electricity across Chile after a large nationwide power outage. According to the national service for disaster prevention and response (SENAPRED), an area spanning most of the country is impacted, including the capital city, Santiago. The exact scale of the outage, which began earlier on Tuesday, is not…
An Australian couple have spoken of the “traumatic” moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways flight. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin, who were travelling to Venice for a dream holiday, told Australia’s Channel 9 a woman died in the aisle beside them during the flight from…
US President Donald Trump claims the US had outspent Europe on aid to Ukraine by over $200bn. During questions at a White House summit, French President Emmanuel Macron countered these claims. So how much has the US actually spent in aid to Ukraine compared with Europe? BBC Verify’s Nick Eardley fact-checks Trump’s claims. Produced by…
Ros Atkins on… the fight for Ukraine’s critical minerals Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is open to offering the US access to rare minerals, including from Russian-occupied Ukraine. This comes after US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed for Ukraine to give up some of its minerals in exchange for support, in a deal…
Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Abuja AFP Gen Babangida led Nigeria from 1985 to 1993 Nigeria’s former military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, known as IBB, has released a new autobiography including several revelations about the turbulent times while he was in charge of the country from 1985 to 1993. A Journey In Service has got Nigerians…
A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as “clearly imagined” and “not real”, undermining claims made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling came as the court blocked a wealthy benefactor’s donation to white supremacist group Boerelegioen. Grantland Michael Bray wanted to bequeath…
The US Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man on death row. The court ruled 5-2 in favour of Glossip, reversing an Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling. The move comes after the state’s Republican attorney general joined Glossip in calling for a new trial. Glossip was convicted in…