President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle “cowards”, saying “they’ll be back soon”. The group of Akrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status, saying they faced racial discrimination. But Ramaphosa said those who wanted … Read more
EPA At least 2.5 million Ukrainians live in Poland – making up nearly 7% of the country’s total population Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland. “Even when we moved to another area, she didn’t want to change schools,” says the 31-year-old Ukrainian mother. “She liked it so much. There was no bullying.” … Read more
Alison Francis BBC News science team Reporting fromHouston, Texas Kevin Church/BBC Rosemary Coogan is surrounded by a team of people pushing, pulling, squishing and squeezing her into a spacesuit. It takes about 45 minutes to get all her gear on before a helmet is carefully lowered over her head. The British astronaut is about to … Read more
Some families of those killed in a Jeju Air plane crash last December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people, including South Korea’s transport minister and the airline’s CEO, for professional negligence. The 72 bereaved relatives are calling for a more thorough investigation into the crash, which killed 179 of the 181 people on … Read more
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has been given a two-year suspended sentence over a car incident in Australia which killed his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Dennis pleaded guilty to one aggravated count of creating the likelihood of harm, after Hoskins was struck by the car he was driving during a fight outside the … Read more
Christal Hayes BBC News Reporting fromVan Nuys Courthouse in Los Angeles County California Department of Corrections Erik Menendez (left) and Lyle Menendez, in undated booking photos A Los Angeles judge has resentenced the Menendez brothers, the two men serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, making them eligible … Read more
Getty Images Tory Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, is serving 10-years in prison for shooting fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion in 2020 An inmate who allegedly knifed hip-hop artist Tory Lanez inside a US prison is a convicted killer, say prison officials. The Canadian rapper was rushed to hospital after being stabbed 14 … Read more
Fergal Keane Special correspondent BBC cameraman captures Israeli strike on Gaza hospital The war’s horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed by my brave colleagues in Gaza. The urge to avert our gaze can be … Read more
Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images Former US President Joe Biden’s aides have hit back at a new book that accuses his White House inner circle of covering up his “physical deterioration” during his ill-fated re-election campaign. According to the book, Original Sin, Biden’s condition during his 2024 presidential run was said to … Read more
Casandra Ventura, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend, took the stand on Tuesday in his sex trafficking trial in New York. In emotional testimony, the singer said she was forced to participate in Combs’ “freak-off” sex parties. The BBC’s Senior North America Correspondent John Sudworth lays out the key points in Cassie’s testimony. Read more on her … Read more