Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an “Easter truce” in its war with Ukraine. Putin said there would be a temporary pause in fighting from 16:00 BST today until 22:00 BST tomorrow (00:00 Moscow time). In his announcement, he said Russia would assume Ukraine will follow the truce but it is unclear whether Ukrainian President … Read more
Yama Bariz BBC World Service Reporting fromTorkham border crossing BBC Hundreds of Afghan families are going through the Torkham border crossing each day Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month, among more than 80,000 who have left ahead of a 30 April deadline, according to the UN. Pakistan has accelerated its drive to … Read more
CINCDS The layout of Myanmar’s capital city Nay Pyi Taw will be redrawn after the devastating earthquake last month, the country’s military ruler has said. During a government meeting, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that buildings which collapsed during the earthquake were so badly affected because they were built on soft soil. Office buildings … Read more
Five people have drowned after huge waves hit parts of Australia at the start of the Easter weekend. Two others are missing off the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria states. On Saturday the body of a man was found in the water near Tathra in southern New South Wales. It came a day … Read more
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members. A civil liberties group is suing the administration over planned deportations of Venezuelans detained in north Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. On Saturday, the Supreme Court ordered the government to “not remove any … Read more
Robots ran alongside humans at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday. Twenty-one humanoid robots, designed by Chinese manufacturers, raced alongside thousands of runners over a 21km (13-mile) course that included slopes, turns and uneven surfaces. Some robots completed the race, while others struggled from the beginning. One robot fell at the starting line and … Read more
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Alamy Rakhaldas Banerjee is credited with making one of the most important discoveries in world history An Indian archaeologist, whose career was marked by brilliance and controversy, made one of the world’s greatest historical discoveries. Yet he remains largely forgotten today. In the early 1900s, Rakhaldas Banerjee (also spelled Banerji) … Read more
Abdinasir Ali BBC Somali service Astaan TV Guudey Mohamed Geedi, a married father of 11, was shot dead not long after finishing a film warning of the devastation clan killings cause “No man avenged has ever risen from the grave” is the haunting tagline of a film that has shocked Somalis to the core in … Read more
Michael Race Economics reporter, BBC News Getty Images Stock markets around the world have been relatively settled this week after a period of chaos, sparked by US trade tariffs. But investors are still closely watching a part of the market which rarely moves dramatically – the US bond market. Governments sell bonds – essentially an … Read more
Watch: US senator Hollen says his ‘principle mission’ was to meet Ábrego García A Maryland man who the Trump administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador has been moved to a new prison, US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said. The Democratic senator was speaking after returning from El Salvador where he met Kilmar Ábrego García, … Read more