6 hours ago Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent BBC In the midst of a still shaky ceasefire, Gazans are taking the first tentative steps along the long road to recovery. Bulldozers are clearing roads, shovelling the detritus of war into waiting trucks. Mountains of rubble and twisted metal are on either side, the remains of once bustling…
7 hours ago Jonathan Head,South East Asia correspondent and Sen Nguyen Watch: Typhoon Kalmaegi barrels through central Vietnam Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 188 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, according to the latest figures from the two countries. The storm is now headed west to Cambodia and Laos after it barrelled…
10 hours ago Nardine SaadLos Angeles Shutterstock Meghan Markle and Prince Harry look on in the third inning between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers during Game 4 of the 2025 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. The Duke of Sussex has apologised to Canada for wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers hat…
12 hours ago Merlyn Thomas, Matt Murphy, Peter Mwai & Richard Irvine-BrownBBC Verify BBC Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of executions. Fighters laugh as they ride on the back of a pick-up truck, speeding past a row of nine dead bodies and driving towards the setting Sudanese sun. “Look at all this work. Look…
17 hours ago Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent, BBC News Pablo Porciuncula/AFP Brazilian President Lula warned of “extremist forces” when he addressed world leaders at the global climate summit US President Donald Trump has been criticised by world leaders for his stance on climate change, ahead of the global…
Jacob, outfitted with a tracking collar, lost his left hind leg in a poacher’s snare Alex Braczkowski A lion that lost one leg to a poacher’s snare has defied the expectations of conservation scientists by adopting an inventive new hunting strategy. Jacob, an 11-year-old lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, made headlines last year…
The Roman road network mapped by Itiner-e Itiner-e A comprehensive new map of Roman roads has boosted the known size of the empire’s land transport network by almost 60 per cent – and it is available for anyone to explore online. The project, called Itiner-e, brings together topographic mapping, satellite imagery and centuries of historical…
Coffee plants can be propagated by grafting a shoot onto the rootstock of another plant sirichai_asawalapsakul/Getty Images The ancient trick of grafting one plant onto another could find a very modern use – enabling gene editing of plants that are very difficult or impossible to edit by other means. “It is still at the beginning…
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Simone Rotella When it comes to understanding the ups and downs of liberal democracy, conventional research looks at drivers such as economics, emotions and education. But another area is just as crucial: neurology. After all, liberal democracy challenges our brain in ways that other political systems don’t. Where dictatorships offer certainty about the future –…