President John Mahama promises full investigation
Thomas Naadi BBC News in Accra Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News EPA Ghana is in a period of national mourning after the helicopter crash Ghana’s President…
Lammy to host Vance in UK as Starmer denounces Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City – UK politics live | Politics
Good morning. Keir Starmer has this morning denounced the Israeli government’s decision to take over Gaza City, agreed overnight, saying it will “only bring more bloodshed”. He has been under…
Police interview Australian mushroom murderer
Footage of police interviewing Australian mushroom murder Erin Patterson on 3 August 2023 has been released by the Victorian Supreme Court. During the trial Patterson admitted she lied to the…
Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France
Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Getty Images Major brands like Perrier are under the spotlight after the scandal broke in France France’s multi-billion euro mineral water companies are under the spotlight…
Ceremony marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing
A minute of silence was held in Hiroshima on Wednesday during a ceremony to mark 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city. Japanese…
US offers $50m reward for arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro
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…
India police raid on Delhi migrants shows stark inequalities
Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Zoya Mateen/BBC Thousands of Bengali-Muslim families in India face an uncertain future amid an ongoing drive to catch illegal immigrants In Gurugram, an upscale suburb…
Allegations mushroom murderer tried to kill her husband aired
Convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson allegedly tried to repeatedly poison her husband, including with cookies she claimed their daughter had baked him, a court has heard. The Australian woman was last…
Maurice Kamto excluded from Cameroon election
Paul Njie BBC News in Yaoundé AFP via Getty Images Cameroon’s constitutional council has upheld the decision by the country’s electoral body to exclude opposition leader Maurice Kamto from the…
Netanyahu says Israel intends to take complete control of Gaza, as warnings mount
Raffi Berg BBC News, London Watch: ‘Chilling’ aerial video shows Gaza in ruins Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take control of all of the Gaza…