CCTV has captured the moment a South Korean man doused a metro carriage with flammable liquid before setting it on fire. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office has released footage of the arson attack which occurred on 31 May. Six people were injured during the incident, including smoke inhalation and a sprained ankle while trying...
The Grammy Award-winning composer of the Mission: Impossible theme, Lalo Schifrin, has died aged 93, his family announced. The Argentine musician’s son, Ryan Schifrin, confirmed his father died of complications from pneumonia on Thursday, in a statement shared with the BBC’s US partner CBS. Schifrin was known for his unique percussive and jazzy style during...
India has refused to sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China as it did not reflect the country’s concerns on terrorism, India’s foreign ministry has said. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday that India’s desire for its concerns to be reflected was “not acceptable to one particular country”. While...
Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment. The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter killer”, had shocked the country and triggered debate over how suicide was discussed online. Shiraishi, then 30, lured his victims – most of...
Canada’s parliament has passed a landmark bill giving Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government new powers to fast-track major national projects. The One Canadian Economy Act was passed by the Senate on Thursday, and allows the cabinet to streamline approvals processes and bypass certain provisions of federal laws for projects that could boost the economy. Supporters...
The BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from the ruins of an Iranian state TV building in Tehran. It was hit by an Israeli missile strike during the recent conflict – forcing a newsreader to flee while live on air. Lyse Doucet is being allowed to report in Iran on condition that none of...
Sally Nabil BBC World Service Reporting fromQandil Mountains, Iraq MUSTAFA OZER/AFP via Getty Images) When the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced last month that it would disband and end its decades-long insurgency against Turkey, Leila hoped she might soon be reunited with her son. Three years ago, the former sandwich seller left home to...
Basillioh Rukanga BBC News, Nairobi AFP/Getty Images Kenya’s crackdown on protesters over the last year has sullied its image as a beacon of democracy Kenya has been hit by a recent wave of repression, tarnishing its reputation as a beacon of democracy in East Africa. Critics fear that it is sliding down the path of...
Actor Brad Pitt’s home in Los Angeles has been ransacked by a trio of thieves. Three suspects broke into the home in the Los Feliz late on Wednesday through a front window and “ransacked the location,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police did not confirm the home belonged to the Oscar-winning actor, but...
Early on Thursday, the American Meteor Society received multiple reports of a fireball sighting over various Southeastern states, including Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. Video from drivers in these states show a flashing light in the sky quickly travelling downwards. Experts from the society describe the fireball as a bolide, a large and rare fireball...
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough may not be a household name, but the so-called referee of the Senate has found herself at the centre of a firestorm after she objected to several parts of US President Donald Trump’s mega-sized tax bill. The 1,000-page document, which he’s dubbed the...
Iranian authorities have carried out a wave of arrests and multiple executions of people suspected of links to Israeli intelligence agencies, in the wake of the recent war between the two countries. It comes after what officials describe as an unprecedented infiltration of Iranian security services by Israeli agents. Authorities suspect information fed to Israel...
Rayhan Demytrie BBC South Caucasus correspondent Getty Images Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan faces pivotal elections next year A bitter standoff between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church has seen mass arrests, allegations of a coup plot, and an extraordinary offer by Armenia’s leader to reveal his private parts to prove he...
A large wildfire swept through the coastal towns of Palaia Fokaia and Thymari 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Athens, destroying homes and forcing evacuations as it neared the beach. The flames erupted in low vegetation but quickly spread into residential areas, as Greece experienced its first heatwave of the summer. At least 20 homes were...
One of the two charismatic criminals involved in the kidnapping that gave the world the term “Stockholm syndrome” has died aged 78, his family has said. Clark Oloffson – who rose to global notoriety in 1973 following a kidnapping and bank robbery in the Swedish capital – died following a lengthy illness, his family told...