12 minutes ago Andrew Harding BBC correspondent Reporting fromEcault beach, south of Boulogne Watch: BBC on French beach as police slash migrant ‘taxi-boat’ heading to UK French police have waded into shallow waters off a beach south of Boulogne and used knives to slash an inflatable small boat – packed with men, women and children…
24 minutes ago Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan Griffin BBC News 10 Design Architecture Some compared the designs to the awe-inspiring fictional city of Wakanda Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. “The Akon…
1 hour ago Paul Adams BBC News Reporting fromKyiv Jessica Rawnsley BBC News Explosions over Kyiv sky after Russia launches drone attack A pall of acrid smoke hung over Kyiv on Friday morning following a night of intensive Russian strikes that hit almost every district of the Ukrainian capital, injuring 23 people, officials say. The…
Two female tourists, including a British pensioner, have been killed by a charging elephant while on safari in Zambia, police have told the BBC. Easton Janet Taylor, 68, from the UK and 67-year-old Alison Jean Taylor from New Zealand were attacked by a female elephant that was with a calf at the South Luangwa National…
51 minutes ago Flora Drury and Tabby Wilson BBC News Getty Images Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Russia’s ambassador on Thursday Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, sparking outrage from opposition figures. The decision marks a major milestone for the Taliban almost four years…
Hamas says it is consulting other Palestinian groups before giving a formal response to the latest proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal put forward by the US. President Donald Trump said on Friday morning that expected to know within 24 hours whether Hamas has agreed to the plan. On Tuesday, Trump…
Pop star Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom have officially confirmed they have split, US media outlets say, six years after getting engaged. The couple have been romantically linked since 2016 and have a four-year-old daughter. In a joint statement issued to US media outlets, representatives for the couple said the pair “have been shifting…
14 hours ago Lucy Williamson BBC Middle East correspondent Reporting fromJerusalem Watch footage shared with BBC from inside Gaza aid operation A former security contractor for Gaza’s controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat,…
15 hours ago Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent Watch Anthony’s take on what the mega-bill means for the president and his agenda Donald Trump has his first major legislative victory of his second presidential term. The “big, beautiful bill”, as he calls it, is a sprawling package that includes many key pieces of his agenda…
A United Nations expert has called on dozens of multinational companies to stop doing business with Israel, warning them they risk being complicit in war crimes in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Francesca Albanese, presenting her report to the UN human rights council, described what she called “an economy of genocide” in which the…