For the past two days, under the soft lights of chandeliers in a Marriott basement a block from the White House, energy ministers and tech founders from across Africa gathered to discuss how best to bring electricity to more than 600 million people on the continent who have none. Much of their hope, and fear, … Read more
Syrian security forces are alleged to have executed 52 people belonging to the Alawite minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to one war monitoring group. Footage seen by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows dozens of bodies in civilian clothing piled up in the garden of a house in Latakia. An … Read more
Katy Watson & Simon Atkinson Watch: Inside shelter housing homeless during Cyclone Alfred Residents across the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales have been waiting anxiously as Cyclone Alfred crawls towards them, leaving thousands in the dark. Four million people are in the firing line of the region’s first tropical cyclone in more … Read more
Chris Bell BBC News Investigations Tom Beal BBC News Investigations Daniel De Simone BBC News Investigations Correspondent BBC Roman Dobrokhotov is used to looking over his shoulder. The Russian journalist’s investigations into Vladimir Putin’s regime – one of which unmasked the agents responsible for the 2018 Salisbury poisonings – have made him a target of … Read more
Daniel De Simone Investigations Correspondent BBC Vanya Gaberova, Katrin Ivanova and Tihomir Ivanchev were found guilty of conspiracy to spy Three London-based Bulgarian nationals have been found guilty of spying for Russia, in what has been described as “one of the largest and most complex” foreign intelligence operations on UK soil. Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya … Read more
After a blistering February heat wave in South Sudan’s capital city caused dozens of students to collapse from heat stroke, officials closed schools for two weeks. It was the second time in less than a year that the country’s schools closed to protect young people from the deadly effects of extreme heat. Climate change, largely … Read more
Work is underway to make all men in Poland undergo military training, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In a speech to the Polish parliament, Tusk said the government aimed to give full details in the coming months. Efforts are being made to “prepare large-scale military training for every adult male in Poland,” he told the … Read more
Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Dublin reporter Social media Alan Vial and Nikita Burns had denied murdering Robert Wilkin The family of a man who was thrown over iconic Irish cliffs have described his “evil” murder as “callous and unnecessary”. Alan Vile and Nikita Burns, were convicted of murder by majorities of 10 to two … Read more
All-female country trio Remember Monday will represent the UK at Eurovision 2025 with their song What The Hell Just Happened?. When asked on BBC Radio 2 how excited the musicians felt about the announcement, group-member Holly-Anne Hull said: “We feel like we’re on another planet, nothing is sinking in.” The Eurovision Song Contest will be … Read more
Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding, 43, has been placed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives list for allegedly running a violent transnational drug trafficking network. Wedding is wanted for allegedly shipping hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and southern California, to Canada and US locations, and for orchestrating … Read more