Moment firefighters rescue girl trapped in drain for seven hours
A girl in China’s Guizhou province was found trapped in a drain after intense flooding in the area. The unharmed girl had been trapped there for seven hours, officials said.…
Trump asks BBC Ukrainian reporter about her family
At a Nato press conference in the Netherlands, President Trump took a question from Myroslava Petsa from the BBC Ukrainian Service. She asked whether the US would be supplying Patriot…
Trump pushes back after leaked report suggests Iran strikes had limited impact
Leaked damage assessment of US strike on Iran was ‘inconclusive’ – Trump Donald Trump and his top officials have pushed back on a leaked intelligence report that said US strikes…
16 killed, rights group says as thousands march in Nairobi
At least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in nationwide protests in Kenya against President William Ruto’s government, human rights group Amnesty Kenya has said. Police clashed with…
Iran’s nuclear programme is damaged but is it destroyed?
The site of Fordo is probably the most spied-on place on the planet. Western intelligence first went public in 2009 that it was home to a secret nuclear facility and…
BBC’s Lyse Doucet reports from Iran on the ceasefire with Israel
The BBC’s Lyse Doucet reports from Iran’s capital city, Tehran during what appears to be an enduring ceasefire with Israel. The pause follows a volatile 24 hours in the Middle…
Eurostar passengers face severe delays after cable theft
Eurostar passengers are facing a second day of severe delays after two people died on the railway track in France and then cables were stolen. The high-speed rail operators says…
Nato agrees spike in defence spending and stresses ‘ironclad’ security guarantee
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor JOHN THYS/AFP The US president (L) has been pushing for Nato allies to “equalise” their defence spending for some time Nato leaders meeting in The…
British man charged over mock Disneyland wedding to child had been investigated by BBC
Metropolitan Police Jacky Jhaj is on the sex offenders register, and is currently in pretrial detention in France The British paedophile charged in connection with organising a “mock wedding” to…
Sexcam industry recruited us while we were schoolgirls, say models
Sofia Bettiza World Service, Global Health Reporter Reporting fromMedellín, Colombia Jorge Calle / BBC Keiny, now 20, started working as a webcam model when she was 17 One afternoon, as…