Thailand has imposed restrictions on all travellers heading into Cambodia, as the two countries remain locked in a bitter border dispute. The ban applies to any vehicle or person trying to cross into Cambodia from checkpoints across several Thai provinces, as well as foreign tourists flying into Siem Reap. The military said in a statement...
Getty Images Environment Agency warns England will have a shortage of 6 billion litres a day by 2050 England faces huge future water shortages and needs a “continued and sustained effort” to reduce demand, including more hosepipe bans and ‘smart’ water meters, warns the Environment Agency. The watchdog says that without dramatic action, England, which...
Again? Still? Where did my Harvard scorecard go, anyway? In our last exciting episode of All Your Indoctrinated Children, Harvard had successfully, if temporarily, parried a move by the Department of Homeland Security to decertify the school from the Student Education Visa Program (SEVP). Even that success was limited, however, by the State Department’s decision...
The Congolese government has banned the media from reporting on the activities of former President Joseph Kabila and interviewing members of his party. This comes after Kabila returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo last month amid heightened tensions between himself and the government, led by his successor, President Félix Tshisekedi. The authorities are pushing...
Damien McGuinness BBC News in Berlin Reuters German police carried out a series of raids on Tuesday, arresting the leaders of the extreme-right Kingdom of Germany A self-declared “king” of Germany and three of his senior “subjects” have been arrested and their group banned for attempting to overthrow the state. Peter Fitzek, 59, was among...
Taiwan has condemned Somalia for banning travellers with Taiwanese passports from entering or transiting through the East African country. The ban took effect on Wednesday following an order issued by Somali aviation authorities last week, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said. Somalia is yet to comment on the ban which comes as Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed...
The Scottish FA is updating its gender policy in order to ban transgender women competing in women’s football, BBC Scotland has learned. From next season, only those born biologically female will be allowed to take part in competitive matches in the women’s game. The current policy allows transgender women to compete in their affirmed gender...
The export of video game controllers from the UK to Russia has been banned as they can be repurposed to pilot drones used to launch attacks on Ukraine. It is part of a package of around 150 trade sanctions against Russia announced by the Foreign Office on Thursday. The European Union enforced a similar ban...
A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row. From midnight, Tanzania banned the entry of all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa in response to what it sees as restrictions on some of its exports. South Africa...
Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood’s offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be...
Joseph Winter & Aaron Akinyemi BBC News Reuters Joseph Kabila has denied having any links to the M23 rebels The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the party of former President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of links to the M23 rebel group which has seized large parts of the east of the country this year....
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK government has brought in a temporary ban on holidaymakers bringing in cheese and meat products from the EU in a bid to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Travellers have not been allowed to bring back items such as cured meat and cheese, including in...
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...
Getty Images Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not “imposed nationally by the government”, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones, according to a survey of 19,000 schools and colleges commissioned by Dame Rachel de Souza. Dame Rachel said children were...
COMICI Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last six decades to wear her crown over natural hair Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast’s massively popular beauty pageants for years. Contestants in the West African nation often spend a huge amount...