Boy, 3, pulled from funicular crash that has shocked Portugal
Alice CuddySenior international reporter, in Lisbon Reuters There is a palpable sense of shock on the faces of people looking at the wreckage of a funicular crash in the Portuguese…
One killed and at least six injured in mass stabbing
One person has died and at least six others have been injured in a mass stabbing attack that took place at a remote indigenous community in Canada, police say. The…
RFK Jr questioned during fiery hearing
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr faced questions on Covid deaths, vaccines and his record during an often heated Senate hearing. When asked whether he accepts that one million…
Ebola in DR Congo: New outbreak kills 15
At least 15 people have died in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health ministry has said. The presence of the…
Witnesses describe fatal Lisbon funicular crash
Reuters It was just after 18:00 on Wednesday when a carriage on Lisbon’s famous Gloria funicular careened around the bend of a steep cobblestoned street, crashed into a building, and…
Ukraine has unbreakable pledge from West with Trump’s backing
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor Getty Images Ukraine’s president joined France’s Emmanuel Macron for the summit at the Élysée Palace UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told a summit of…
Legendary Italian designer Giorgio Armani dies
Annabel RackhamCulture reporter Getty Images Armani reimagined and modernised women’s and men’s suits The Italian fashion designer and billionaire brand owner Giorgio Armani has died at the age of 91.…
Niger state boat capsize: Dozens die in Nigeria
At least 32 people have died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a boat sank in a river, an official has told the BBC. The boat was reportedly overloaded, carrying…
BBC correspondent at scene of Lisbon funicular crash
At least 17 people have been killed after a funicular cable railway derailed and hit a building in Portugal’s capital Lisbon. More than 20 others were injured, including four Portuguese,…
Lisbon funicular cable crash: Who are the victims?
Getty Images Portugal is in mourning after at least 17 people died and some 20 more were injured when Lisbon’s famous funicular cable railway derailed on Wednesday evening. A transport…