Yolande Knell BBC Middle East Correspondent BBC Dr Sukkar says life in Gaza feels “like a nightmare that doesn’t end” Healthcare in the Gaza Strip is itself a casualty of 18 months of war between Israel and Hamas. With doctors struggling to cope, the BBC followed one GP through her shift at a Médecins Sans … Read more
Brandon Drenon and Robin Levinson-King BBC News, Washington DC and Boston BBC For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in unmarked cars to detention centres. Those taken … Read more
Annabelle Liang Business reporter Getty Images To leave or not to leave? China, home to more than a billion consumers, is Apple’s second-largest market Every iPhone comes with a label which tells you it was designed in California. While the sleek rectangle that runs many of our lives is indeed designed in the United States, … Read more
Keiron Tourish BBC News NI BBC Fidelma Toland is among the new batch of thatchers being trained The race is on to save the remaining thatched cottages in Ireland and train the next generation to restore them to their former glory. Donegal County Council has said there are more than 300 known thatched buildings in … Read more
Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News, Toronto BBC Canada’s election campaign has ramped into top gear with voting day just over a week away. The leaders of major parties participated in debates on Wednesday (in French) and Thursday (in English), pitching their visions for the future of the country during an uncertain time. On stage were … Read more
Footage shows the damage caused by a hailstorm in Fremont, Nebraska on Thursday, leaving homes and vehicles with smashed windows. This happened after the US National Weather Service issued a warning for “hail up to softball size” and damaging wind gusts of up to 86 mph (138.4 km/h).
A British man has died after he was buried by an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local officials have said. The man, 27, was near the roadside at the Val Thorens resort when he was swept up and carried 15 metres (50ft) by snow on Thursday morning, a local prosecutor said. … Read more
Watch: ‘We barricaded both doors’: Fear and chaos at Florida State University One of two people killed in an on-campus shooting at Florida State University was an employee of food service provider Aramark, the company said on Friday. Authorities have not released the names of the victims, but relatives identified the Aramark employee as Robert … Read more
Several Eurostar trains between London, Paris and Brussels have been hit by delays ahead of the Easter weekend. At least one train has been cancelled, and four others delayed by at least an hour, according to the Eurostar website. A message on the site says Eurostar is “currently experiencing delays on our routes due to … Read more
The stepson of a police officer allegedly opened fire at Florida State University (FSU) using her former service weapon, killing two people and injuring six others, authorities say. Police responded to an active shooter call near the student union building in Tallahassee. An alert was issued warning students and those on campus to “seek shelter … Read more