Nikhil Inamdar BBC News, London The Trustees of the British Museum Gouache painting on paper depicting goddess Lakṣmi A new exhibition at the British Museum in London showcases the rich journey of India’s spiritual art. Titled Ancient India: Living Traditions, it brings together 189 remarkable objects spanning centuries. Visitors can explore everything from 2,000-year-old sculptures...
Watch: BTS members finish South Korean military service “I missed them so much,” says Stephanie Prado, a die-hard BTS fan who has been desperately waiting for the group to reunite after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. Her love for the boy band inspired her to move from Brazil to South Korea – so it was no surprise...
Helen Bushby Culture reporter at Sheffield Documentary Festival Fish+Bear Pictures Li (left) is posed for a photograph by Hao, during his week-long course in how to attract women To say China’s women are outnumbered would be an understatement. With a staggering 30 million more men than women, one of the world’s most populous countries has...
Romanian authorities have launched an investigation into British-American influencer Tristan Tate over allegations he broke election laws by posting political content on social media during the country’s recent presidential elections. The probe, confirmed by police sources, is centred on a social media post that Tate is alleged to have shared on election day and included...
A superyacht that sank off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily last year has been raised from the seabed by a specialist salvage team. Seven of the 22 people on board died in the sinking, including the vessel’s owner, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter. The vessel sank during freak...
Hurricane Erick came ashore as a Category 3 storm Thursday morning hitting Mexico’s Pacific coast between the resort towns of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido. The BBC’s partner, CBS News, reported that officials confirmed at least two deaths as a result of the storm. Video shows communities in the affected areas dealing with floodwater and a...
More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead, the country’s defence ministry said. The attackers – described by the ministry as “mercenaries” – raided the base in the western town of Banibangou on Thursday, injuring 14 other soldiers. The ministry...
Last Friday, Israel launched massive air strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran to retaliate with barrages of missiles. In a video message that day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Iranian people that in addition to Israel’s aim of thwarting Iran’s nuclear programme, “we are also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom”. Some...
Niger’s military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a row between the two countries. Somaïr is operated by French nuclear fuels company Orano, which Niger accuses of several “irresponsible acts”. Since seizing power in 2023, Niger’s military leaders have said they want to keep more...
A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles, despite objections from city leaders and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Trump deployed the troops in response to widespread protests against his immigration crackdown. Local officials called it an unnecessary provocation. A three-judge panel...
Israeli forces have killed 23 Palestinians after opening fire on crowds who had gathered near an aid distribution site, witnesses and medics say. Tanks and drones fired at thousands of people near an aid distribution centre in central Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the witnesses and medics said. A...
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has abruptly ended the national mourning period of former President Edgar Lungu in an escalating stand-off between the family and the authorities about his burial plans. It follows the last-minute cancellation of the return of Lungu’s body from South Africa by his family on Wednesday, leaving the country uncertain about when...
A training session for the Senegalese women’s basketball team in the US has been scrapped, with the West African nation’s prime minister saying he cancelled it because some of the squad were denied US visas. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the team would now train in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, “in a sovereign and conducive setting”....
A 12-year-old girl has died and seven other children have been taken to hospital in an outbreak of severe food poisoning centred around a northern French town. Symptoms began to emerge on 12 June in and around Saint-Quentin, south of Lille, with the children rushed to hospital over the following days. The cause of the...
Filipino authorities are investigating a claim that dozens of cockfighter enthusiasts who disappeared three years ago were killed and dumped in a volcanic lake. At least 34 men – who had been accused of fixing cockfighting matches – disappeared without a trace in the capital Manila and its surrounding provinces. Six suspects were later charged...