Russia shows video to prove top commander is alive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66926400?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 2:16 PM
Ukraine is "clarifying" its recent reports that Russia's Admiral Sokolov died in a missile attack on Friday.
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count rises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66921557?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 5:41 PM
Officials say 290 people have been taken to hospital with dozens in a critical condition.
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Shakira accused of tax crimes for the second time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66927909?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 4:26 PM
Spanish prosecutors claim the singer has defrauded the state of more than €6m.
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US actors' union members vote to authorise video game strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66921617?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 12:09 PM
The latest potential Hollywood strike relates to voice, motion capture and stunt work in video games.
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'France takes us for idiots' - Inside coup-hit Niger
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66922754?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 2:42 PM
The BBC gains access to the West African country which is among the world's most deadly for jihadist attacks.
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Manhunt for gang boss who controlled luxury jail in Venezuela
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-66922730?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 11:13 AM
Héctor Guerrero Flores escaped shortly before the jail which he controlled was raided by police.
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JP Morgan settles Epstein lawsuits with US Virgin Islands and Jes Staley
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66925934?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 5:37 PM
It will pay the US Virgin Islands to resolve a lawsuit over its alleged ties with the convicted sex offender.
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Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66921563?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 11:02 AM
Hans Niemann was accused of cheating after he beat Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last September.
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Landmark Saudi and Israeli trips as normalisation talks progress
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66922062?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 3:34 PM
Hours after a Saudi envoy visits the West Bank, an Israeli minister attends a UN event in Riyadh.
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Five alleged Russian spies appear in London court
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66923824?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 5:34 PM
Five Bulgarians were charged after a UK counter-terror investigation uncovered an alleged Russian spy ring.
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Viral Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce clip leads to 'crazy 24 hours'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66917895?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 3:24 PM
A journalist spotted the superstar leaving an American football game with one of the sport's top players.
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Zoleka Mandela: Nelson Mandela's granddaughter dies in South Africa at 43
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66921654?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 11:08 AM
She was well known for detailing her cancer treatment and being open about her past drug addiction.
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Ukraine: The soldiers who can’t leave the front line until the war is over
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66881269?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 11:08 PM
For Ukrainian troops, life on the front line is far from easy, as the BBC's Mark Urban witnessed up close.
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Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66913551?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 4:02 PM
Two years ago, the metaverse was billed as the next big thing - but many in the tech world have already moved on.
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US-China rivalry spurs investment in space tech
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66753675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 11:14 PM
The race to get back to the moon is fuelling US investment in private sector space firms.
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The shadowy Chinese firms that own chunks of Cambodia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66851049?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 24, 2023, 11:32 PM
Fifteen years after a deal to control a fifth of Cambodia's coastline, work has barely started.
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Farmers turn to tech as bees struggle to pollinate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66807456?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 24, 2023, 11:06 PM
With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.
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Ukraine war: Training to clear the world's most heavily mined country
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66879485?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 24, 2023, 11:59 PM
How British military bomb disposal teams are helping Ukrainian engineers clear Russian minefields.
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Trudeau facing cold reality after lonely week on world stage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-66885924?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 23, 2023, 11:36 PM
As tensions with India rise, Canada is calling its friends - but they're not answering.
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AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66877718?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 23, 2023, 11:17 PM
More than 20 Spanish girls in the small town of Almendralejo have so far come forward as victims.
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Karabakh humanitarian fears grow with thousands sleeping on Stepanakert streets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66901759?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 24, 2023, 12:55 AM
Azerbaijan shows off captured tanks but aid is slow to arrive for thousands sleeping on the streets.
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The Archies: Why an American comic book evokes nostalgia in Indians
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66886563?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 23, 2023, 11:05 PM
Archie Comic fans explain why the comic was so popular in the 1990s and whether it can be reinvented.
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Teenagers in stolen vehicle lead police in Florida car chase
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66924904?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 11:09 AM
Video posted on social media shows the two suspects leading the police in a high-speed chase on a highway.
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Taylor Swift attends Kansas City Chiefs game
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66919232?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 8:59 PM
Swift was invited to the game by Chiefs player Travis Kelce and watched it seated next to his mother.
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South China Sea: Philippines coast guard cuts barrier
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66919189?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 26, 2023, 9:39 AM
The Philippines says it has executed a "special operation" to remove a floating barrier in the South China Sea.
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Voices of Armenians fleeing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66919188?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 5:57 PM
Thousands of people are fleeing the disputed region often leaving without belongings or food.
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Watch elderly man air rescued after cliff fall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66918551?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 5:19 PM
Authorities responded to a hiker who had fallen from a cliff next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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Nagorno-Karabakh: BBC reports from Armenia border amid panic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66911164?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 11:50 AM
The BBC's Nataliya Zotova reports from the border between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Passengers left upside down as ride malfunctions in Canada
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66910324?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
September 25, 2023, 7:05 AM
The park's maintenance team brought the passengers safely to the ground after 30 minutes.
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