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...
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...
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...
The commander of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance’s criticism of Denmark. The US military’s Space Operations Command said Colonel Susannah Meyers had been removed from her duties at Pituffik Space Base due to a “loss of confidence in her...
Euphoria and Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane has revealed he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND). Speaking to People, the 52-year-old US actor said he was “grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter”. “I feel fortunate...
Workers have been told to hurry home, classes have been suspended and outdoor events have been cancelled as northern China braces for extreme winds this weekend. Millions have been urged to stay indoors, with some state media outlets warning that people weighing less than 50kg (110lbs) may be “easily blown away”. Winds reaching 150kph (93mph)...
Yasmine Shahine BBC Arabic BBC Rifaat Radwan filmed the incident in which he and 14 other emergency workers were shot dead by Israeli troops “My heart and soul died when Rifaat was killed,” says Hajjah Umm Mohammed, the mother of a Palestinian paramedic who was one of 15 emergency workers killed by Israeli troops in...
Santiago Vanegas BBC News Mundo Carwin Javie Molleja Carwin and his mother, Carmin, were celebrating seeing each for the first time in three years when they were caught up in the nightclub disaster At 01:00 on Tuesday morning Carwin Javie Molleja was dancing with his mother in Santo Domingo’s Jet Set nightclub when he noticed...
Carine Torbey BBC News, Beirut BBC It was a typical Friday lunchtime in Beirut’s southern suburb. Then, a single warning, posted in Arabic on X by a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), triggered panic and chaos in the densely populated area known as Dahieh. “Urgent warning to those in the southern suburb of...
A general strike against public spending cuts in Argentina has severely disrupted transport. All domestic flights have been cancelled, while trains and metro services have been suspended in Buenos Aires and other parts of the country. Many shops remained closed in the capital but bus drivers continued to work. Airlines said international flights would go...
A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. One witness said she saw the aircraft “kept spinning in the air” before falling into the river. New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed all the individuals on the flight, including five family members visiting from...
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s notorious mega-jail. The Trump administration had conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported by accident, but appealed against a federal court’s order to return him to the US. On Thursday, in...
British man’s tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document A tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of a notorious Venezuelan gang – despite the man having no connection to the group. Pete Belton, 44, from Ilkeston says he was shocked...
Reuters India’s trade detachment may help it ride out global shocks better than export-heavy economies India is the world’s fifth-largest and fastest-growing major economy. Yet, a recent legacy of protectionism and inward-focused trade policies have held back its global competitiveness. Its tariffs are high and the share of global exports remains under 2%. India’s vast...
His lawyer, Khaled Zabarqa told the BBC he was freed after serving his sentence. Israelis saw the young age of Manasra and his cousin at the time of the attack as evidence that they had been indoctrinated by propaganda. After the stabbings, Manasra fled the scene and was hit by a car. A graphic video...