Vanessa Buschschlüter Latin America editor, BBC News Online MAURICIO TORRES/EPA Adolfo MacÃas Villamar was taken to a maximum-security jail Police in Ecuador have recaptured the country’s most wanted fugitive, drug lord Adolfo MacÃas Villamar. MacÃas, also known by the alias “Fito”, is the leader of Los Choneros, a powerful criminal gang which is blamed for...
Editor’s note: This syndicated column was written and published before Donald Trump ordered US strikes on Iran’s nuclear-weapons development facilities.     When it comes to criticizing President Donald Trump — and refusing to give credit for virtually anything — it’s full speed ahead for Democrat politicians.     On the...
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Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent BBC Listen to Jean read this article The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them is something even more unusual: giant, green camouflaged speakers. As I stood looking into the North one afternoon last month,...
Exeter’s historic Underground Passages have been 3D laser scanned, giving a fascinating insight into what lies beneath the surface of the city’s streets. A short animation – made by Benchmark Surveys – shows just where the passages are in relation to their above-ground locations. Benchmark recently carried out the survey using high-tech 3D...
A busy Paignton seafront road will be closed for up to six weeks as engineers work to repair a huge hole under the ground. Torbay Council confirmed the void, discovered under Sands Road, is much larger than first thought. Engineers said the hole on the surface of the road is 1m (3ft) across, but is...
Spanish police uncovered an illegal underground shooting range during a search of a home in the southern province of Granada. They suspect the range, located three floors underground, was operated by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms being supplied to drug gangs. Police said neighbours could not hear guns being...