The BBC’s Wyre Davies has visited the scene of an Iranian missile attack on a residential building in Beersheba, Israel. According to search and rescue teams the building took a direct hit in the early hours, killing at least four people. Three of the dead were sheltering inside a “safe room”. Follow live updates on...
“To fix our national pride, the solution is obvious: herpes.” That was the pitch made by the charity New Zealand Herpes Foundation last October, when it launched a campaign to make the country the “best place” to have the infection. That campaign has been a roaring success, winning a top prize at this year’s Cannes...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Sachin Rai Arrowhead got her name from the arrow-shaped stripe on her cheek Indian wildlife photographer Sachin Rai still remembers tigress “Arrowhead” pouncing on a crocodile and tearing away its leathery flesh with her teeth. Mr Rai had been photographing the iconic tigress in western Rajasthan state’s Ranthambore national park...
The skies were as blue as the famous waters of Lake Tahoe when Gloria Brigantino and her friends decided to anchor and get a rum cocktail. It was starting to feel chilly, and winds were picking up. On shore, a band was playing, and people were swimming – children running around in their swimsuits as...
A helicopter flipped and crashed near a waterfront restaurant in Clay Township, Michigan on Sunday. Video captured by an eyewitness shows the aircraft trying to land when it abruptly turns on its side and crashes. No injuries were reported and police say the cause of the crash is under investigation. Read full article at source...
Video footage captured the moment air defences activated to intercept missiles over the skies of Doha. Iran attacked a US airbase near the Qatari capital on Monday in response to strikes on its nuclear sites on Saturday. Qatar has condemned the attack as a “flagrant violation”. The Pentagon said there were no reports of US...
The wreckage of the Bayesian superyacht is now on dry land in Sicily after being lifted from the seabed and carried on a slow final journey from the spot where it sank in a storm last summer, killing seven passengers and crew. The yacht, which belonged to the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, has finally...
Footage has emerged online showing the aftermath of Israeli strikes across Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj, west of the Iranian capital. The Israeli army said it targeted the headquarters of internal security forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) units in the Tehran area. Iran’s health ministry says around 500 people have been...
Nikos Papanikolaou & Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou Firefighters from Athens and Thessaloniki were deployed to the island on Monday A state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Chios where five separate wildfires are burning and being fanned by strong winds. Residents in 17 communities have been evacuated and an...
As news broke of Israel bombing the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, its economy minister, Nir Barkat, was speaking to the BBC at his office in Jerusalem. Mr Barkat told the BBC’s Lucy Williamson that US President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu have been “totally aligned” in their actions against Iran “from day one”....
The US and the UK have told their citizens in Qatar to shelter in place “until further notice”. The US embassy in Qatar suggested in a notice online that Americans do so “out of an abundance of caution”. The UK government said it was issuing its warning in response to the US alert. The warnings...
Protesters took to the streets in New York, LA, Washington DC and Toronto after the US hit Iranian nuclear sites. Read full article at source...
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to demand justice. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of...
Watch: How successful have the US strikes on Iran been? US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran, after his country joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities. On Sunday, Trump posted on social media to ask “why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” His remarks came after...
At least four people have been killed in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the interior minister says. In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko says residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure were hit. “An entire section of a residential high-rise building was destroyed” in the worst-hit Shevchenkivskyi district,...