“Pretty diabolical” – The BBC speaks to people in Sydney about Australia’s housing crisis Buying or renting a home has become unaffordable for the average Australian, driven by a perfect storm of astronomical house prices, relentless rental increases and a lack of social housing. With less than a month until the federal election, housing remains … Read more
Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Getty Images Ukraine’s European allies have pledged €21bn (£18.2bn) in a new tranche of military support for Kyiv in what they described as “a critical year” for the war. Members of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group met at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels to pledge air defences, missiles and other gear as … Read more
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Imamoglu supporters gathered outside the jail complex at Silivri Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who’s Turkey’s biggest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appeared in court for the first time since he was arrested last month and placed in a high-security jail. Imamoglu is being held on corruption and … Read more
Brendan Hughes BBC News NI political reporter Getty Images Irish government minister Dara Calleary said the “once-off payment” related to “historical pension costs” Cross-border Irish language agency Foras na Gaeilge is to receive a “once-off” funding package of €630,000 (£547,000) from the Irish government. It will allow the language body to “reverse” cuts it announced … Read more
The Nigerian authorities have banned broadcasters from playing the song Tell Your Papa, which criticises the country’s leader. Artist Eedris Abdulkareem’s lyrics slam President Bola Tinubu and urge his influential son, Seyi, to let his father know “people are dying” through hardship and insecurity and there is “hunger” in the country. In a letter to … Read more
Authorities in India’s Kuno National Park have reinstated a forest worker who was suspended after he was seen offering water to a cheetah and her cubs in a viral video. Satyanarayan Gurjar, a driver at the sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh state, violated instructions which said only authorised personnel could go near the big cats. Cheetahs … Read more
The remains of 36 Indigenous ancestors will be returned to Australia, in the latest repatriation of bodies taken from their traditional lands. Six of the ancestors’ bodies were formally returned to their Queensland communities – Woppaburra, Warrgamay, Wuthathi and Yadhaighana – at a ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum. The Australian government will take care … Read more
Graham Norton is to star in a new episode of Doctor Who, taking his Eurovision commentary duties to an Interstellar Song Contest. Norton, the BBC’s voice of Eurovision, will meet Ncuti Gatwa’s Time Lord at the 803rd annual Interstellar Song Contest, where different planets compete to be crowned winner. “And it’s not just a cameo,” … Read more
Paul Njie BBC News, Libreville Getty Images Gen Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema led the republican guard before overthrowing the man he was supposed to protect, Ali Bongo Every day, 40-year-old Landry Obame-Mezui drives a taxi in Gabon’s capital Libreville. But it’s not just any taxi. It’s a sparkling, brand-new white car with the inscription “Taxi … Read more
Yemisi Adegoke & Nichola Mandil BBC News, London & Juba AFP Riek Machar (L) and Salva Kiir (R) – seen here together in 2020 – had been allies within the SPLM before falling out Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, have … Read more