Pope Francis is alert after suffering two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday afternoon, the Vatican has said. Doctors were forced to intervene to clear mucus from the Pope’s lungs, an update from the Holy See said, though it said he was alert throughout. The 88-year-old pontiff has resumed the use of an oxygen … Read more
The mother of a six-year-old girl who disappeared more than a year ago in South Africa has gone on trial accused of organising her kidnapping. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith’s daughter, Joshlin, went missing from outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town, … Read more
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Transgender people in India are often unable to receive affordable medical care India’s first medical clinic for transgender people has shut operations in three cities after US President Donald Trump stopped foreign aid to it. Mitr (friend) Clinic, which was started in 2021 in the southern city of … Read more
An elderly man has been killed and four other people have been wounded in what police say was a terrorist stabbing attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. It happened at the HaMifratz Central train and bus station, and the attacker was shot dead at the scene by security guards, police said. The victim … Read more
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country’s biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). Although January to March … Read more
PA Media King Charles has met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under the shadow of inflammatory statements made about Canada by US President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly spoken of making the neighbouring country the 51st state of America. He has also vowed to impose new import taxes on Canada, which is one of the … Read more
The Islamic police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have arrested Muslims seen eating and drinking publicly, as well as those selling food at the start of Ramadan, when Muslims are supposed to fast from dawn until dusk. The deputy commander of the Hisbah, Mujahid Aminudeen, told the BBC that 20 people had been … Read more
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and French football legend Michel Platini are back in court in Switzerland to face accusations of fraud. In 2022, the pair were acquitted in a trial over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made to Platini and authorised by Blatter in 2011. Both men denied wrongdoing and said the … Read more
Swedish police are investigating a suspected sabotage incident on a water pump on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Police told the BBC that the local government’s water unit received an alarm for a water pump on Sunday at 17:30 local time (16:30 GMT). “Technicians found that someone has opened an electrical cabinet, … Read more
One person has been killed and several others have been injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd of people in the city centre of Mannheim, western Germany. Mannheim police said a “lone” suspect had been arrested and there is no evidence of a second perpetrator. The police have asked the public to avoid the … Read more