A South African court has ruled that Zambia’s government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family’s opposition. Lungu’s family had wanted to bury him privately in South Africa, where he died in June. They were left visibly distraught by the Pretoria high court’s decision.…
2 hours ago Kelly Ng BBC News Reporting fromSingapore Hugo Bachega Middle East correspondent Reporting fromJerusalem Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City have been struggling to access food because of Israel’s blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to take control of Gaza…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plans for a new military push in the Gaza Strip have raised warnings from the army leadership, opposition from hostage families and concerns that more Palestinians will be killed. They also risk isolating his country even further. In a meeting of the security cabinet that lasted 10 hours, ministers…
3 hours ago Thomas Naadi BBC News in Accra Danai Nesta Kupemba & Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News EPA Ghana is in a period of national mourning after the helicopter crash Ghana’s President John Mahama has promised a full investigation into Wednesday’s helicopter crash that killed two government ministers and six other people. Defence Minister Edward…
4 hours ago Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Watch: Police release interview with Australian mushroom murderer Convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson allegedly tried to repeatedly poison her husband, including with cookies she claimed their daughter had baked him, a court was told. The Australian woman was last month found guilty of murdering three relatives – and…
Veer Singh and Kali Devi, both construction workers, had gone to a nearby village to buy groceries when flash floods hit their home in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Their family – three sons, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren – have since been missing. They are among the 100 people missing after the deadly…
An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain. Gareth Ward, 44, was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing. Earlier…
The US has doubled a reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50m (£37.2m), accusing him of being “one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world”. US President Donald Trump is a long-time critic of Maduro, who returned to office in January following an election marred by vote-rigging allegations.…
12 hours ago Natalie Sherman BBC News Getty President Donald Trump has called on the head of US chipmaker Intel to resign “immediately”, accusing him of having problematic ties to China. In a social media post, Trump said Lip-Bu Tan was “highly conflicted”, apparently referring to his alleged investments in companies that the US says…
23 hours ago Laura Gozzi BBC News Vitaliy Shevchenko BBC Monitoring Russia editor Watch: “It’s gonna be up to him”, says Trump on Putin meeting ceasefire deadline The war in Ukraine, sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, shows no sign of abating. In the east of Ukraine, Russia presses on in a grinding…