White House defends decision to shoot down flying objects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64632378?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 8:29 PM
Questions remain over what the three objects shot down over North America this weekend were.
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China says US balloons breached airspace at least 10 times
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64621598?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 2:44 PM
"It's not uncommon for the US to illegally enter the airspace of other countries," says a spokesman.
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Moldova's pro-EU President Sandu accuses Russia of coup plot
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64626785?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 3:22 PM
Foreign saboteurs backed by Moscow could allegedly use mass protests to oust Moldova's pro-EU government.
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Turkey earthquake: Young girl rescued after 178 hours under rubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64626059?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 4:39 PM
Video shows Miray being rescued from under an apartment building a week after a huge earthquake.
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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Mother and baby rescued twice in three days
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64625033?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 5:41 PM
Dima gave birth to Adnan after her home was damaged by the quake. Days later, it collapsed on them.
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Israel judicial reform plans draw mass protests outside parliament
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64623616?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 12:28 PM
Critics say the government will have too much power, as a constitutional crisis divides the country.
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Viral TikTok boosts father's thriller book to bestseller
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64577281?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 3:07 PM
Lloyd Devereux Richards' crime thriller is a bestseller after 11 years of almost no sales.
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Ukraine war: Russia's Wagner casts doubt on brutal death of 'traitor'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64626783?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 6:03 PM
A video seemingly showed a sledgehammer being used to kill an alleged Russian defector - but it may be fake.
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Ballet director smeared faeces on critic's face after bad review
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64630181?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 5:04 PM
The award-winning director was apparently furious about a recent review that panned his show.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands left without power in New Zealand
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64617013?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 12:14 PM
Authorities issue warnings of heavy rain and winds, as hundreds of flights are cancelled.
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Haiti gangs: Three churchgoers kidnapped after Mass
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64624859?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 12:08 PM
Gangs kidnapping people for ransom are targeting religious institutions amid spiralling violence.
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Equatorial Guinea vice-president's superyacht and homes seized in South Africa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64627695?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 4:08 PM
A South African businessman sued Equatorial Guinea's vice-president for unlawful arrest and torture.
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Turkey earthquake: Being buried alive with my newborn son
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64620357?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 2:12 AM
Necla Camuz was trapped under rubble with her newborn son for almost four days - and then she heard dogs barking in the distance.
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Ukraine war: Russians slowly take ground around Bakhmut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64596363?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2023, 10:26 PM
In Bakhmut, Orla Guerin speaks to Ukrainian defenders doggedly holding off fierce Russian attacks.
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Kenyan rice farmers battle quelea birds in Kisumu
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64596927?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 7:22 AM
Kenya wants to kill some six million quelea birds which have invaded rice fields around the country.
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No tents, no aid, nothing: Why Syrians feel forgotten
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64616897?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2023, 4:56 PM
"We've received nothing but God's mercy," one earthquake survivor tells Quentin Sommerville.
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Earthquake tears apart a Turkish-British family
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64618187?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 7:52 AM
Mehmet and Fatma Meter lost seven loved ones in a village where the dead now outnumber the living.
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Turkey earthquake: The community lost under a destroyed apartment block
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64597007?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 11, 2023, 12:04 AM
A window with a butterfly print curtain is the first clue in a story about loss in a devastating quake.
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No aliens insists White House before ET joke about shot down objects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64630505?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 7:15 PM
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reassures the US population as questions remain over the shot down objects.
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The China-US mind-boggling balloon mystery in 61 seconds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64629499?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 4:35 PM
The BBC's security correspondent explains why the US is downing multiple unidentified flying objects.
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Turkey earthquake: Nurses rush to protect baby incubators as quake strikes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64630282?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 4:14 PM
CCTV from inside a hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey shows the neonatal unit in the minutes after the deadly earthquake.
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Man rescued after six days under rubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64620757?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2023, 10:18 PM
"I kept telling myself, he's alive, he's alive," the man's emotional father tells Tom Bateman.
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Turkey: Huge cracks appear on highway after earthquake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64624691?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2023, 12:53 PM
Damage and destruction follows in the wake of last week's earthquake, which has left more than 33,000 dead.
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Turkey quake rescue effort saves man's life after five days under rubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64616252?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2023, 1:40 PM
Extraordinary footage shows Dr Malcolm Russell with a man who was reached after 20 hours of digging.
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