The lives of British servicemen and women have not been put at risk by a major security breach in the United States, the UK armed forces minister has told MPs. Luke Pollard said he had “high confidence” that British operational security remains “intact”. It comes after after a US journalist was inadvertently added to a … Read more
Lily Jamali & Max Matza & Kayla Epstein BBC News Watch: Mike Johnson defends Trump administration after Yemen group chat mishap The leak of classified information by President Donald Trump’s national security team on an unsecured chat app may have broken three basic rules, according to analysts. Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he was … Read more
Popular Indian comedian Kunal Kamra has refused to apologise after jokes he made during a stand-up show angered supporters of a top politician in Maharashtra state. Clips of the jokes – some of them were directed at the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde – had gone viral. Members of the Shiv Sena party, which … Read more
The steep trail near the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway was covered in inches of spongy fallen needles and peppered with ankle-twisting pine cones. It was also shady, which felt remarkable after the first seven miles of the grueling Cactus to Clouds hike offered little more than a brittlebush leaf’s worth of relief. … Read more
Just hours after opening its new program for American researchers called Safe Place For Science in reaction to Trump administration policies, Aix Marseille University received its first application. Since then, the university in the south of France known for its science programs, has received about a dozen applications per day from what the school considers … Read more
A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader’s ties with the church, that he blamed for bankrupting his … Read more
Nomsa Maseko in Bujumbura & Natasha Booty in London BBC News BBC President Évariste Ndayishimiye made the comments in an exclusive interview with the BBC Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye tells the BBC he has seen “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack his country, and that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup a decade … Read more
Five years ago, on 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown to try and control a pandemic that would go on to take millions of lives across the world. Here is a look back at how three BBC journalists – Salman Ravi, Yogita Limaye and Vikas Pandey – covered the first and second … Read more
China has released five staff members of US due diligence firm Mintz Group, two years after they were detained as part of a crackdown on consulting firms working with foreign businesses. Their detention in March 2023 came at a time of heightened suspicion of foreign espionage in China and kicked off a wave of raids … Read more
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable … Read more