Dhaka crash: ‘My friend died right in front of me’
Abul Azad, Sajal Das, Shahnewaj Rocky and Mukimul Ahsan BBC Bangla, in Dhaka BBC Year 10 student Farhan Hasan had just finished an exam when the plane crashed Farhan Hasan…
Taylor Swift and Drake music giant files to list on US stock market
Universal Music Group’s (UMG) – which is the world’s biggest music group and owner of the record labels behind mega stars Taylor Swift, Drake and Lady Gaga – has filed…
Cockpit voices fuel controversy over doomed flight
When the preliminary report into the crash of Air India Flight 171 – which killed 260 people in June – was released, many hoped it would bring some measure of…
Billy Joel feels ‘good’ after brain disorder diagnosis
Getty Images The singer-songwriter was diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus earlier this year Billy Joel says he is feeling “good”, two months on from announcing his diagnosis with rare brain…
Security committee launches inquiry into Afghan data leak
Parliament’s intelligence watchdog has announced it will launch an inquiry into a major data breach which compromised the identities of thousands of Afghans and British military officials. The data leak…
Trump administration releases files on slain civil rights leader
US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a trove of records on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including FBI surveillance files on the civil rights leader. A court-imposed…
UK and 27 other nations condemn Israel over civilian suffering
The UK and 27 other countries have called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, where they say the suffering of civilians has “reached new depths”. A joint…
US court orders new trial for man convicted of killing Etan Patz
A US appeals court has ruled that the man convicted in the 1979 murder and disappearance of a six-year-old boy in New York City should receive a new trial, or…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, star of The Cosby Show, dies aged 54
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor best known for his role as Theodore Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died. Warner, who was 54, drowned on Sunday while on vacation in Costa…
At the final checkpoint before the ‘dangerous’ road to Suweida city
Bedouin fighters positioned outside the southern Syrian city of Suweida have told the BBC they will observe a ceasefire with the Druze community there, but have not ruled out resuming…