Left-wing Democrats are riding high – but can they lure back swing voters?
On a Saturday evening in Michigan, the skies still hazy from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke, hundreds of voters packed into Detroit’s opulent 104-year-old Opera House, rising from their seats to…
Saudis must recognise Israel for nuclear deal, says Trump
During Trump’s first term as US president, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords, resulting in a historic normalisation of relations between Israel and two Arab…
Guyana ferry capsize leaves 27 dead and 83 missing
The ferry, MV Barima, departed from the capital, Georgetown, on Saturday afternoon local time, headed for Port Kaituma, in the north of the country. The 40m-long (131ft) vessel was built…
Russian online retail warehouses hit by deadly Ukrainian strikes
Serhii Kuzan, chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre, told the BBC that Wildberries was a “vital component” of Russian logistics, and that its website had been used by…
Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal
A woman who held the legs of her husband as he was nearly sucked head-first out of a Ryanair cabin window on Friday said “half of his body was sticking…
At least two killed in Toronto street festival shooting
At least two people have been killed in a shooting at a street festival in Toronto. Police in the Canadian city initially received reports of an active shooter on St…
US and Iran trade strikes for second night in a row as Tehran aims at Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar
On Wednesday night, several explosions were reportedly heard on other parts of the Iranian coast, including the cities of Konarak and Chabahar. Iranian state TV reported eight explosions in Bandar…
Jailers and officials at Russia’s ‘torture prisons’ in Ukraine exposed by BBC
The prisons these men helped run are part of a detention system in which the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) says the torture and ill-treatment of civilians is “systematic and…
Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants while visiting gateway island
Pope Leo XIV has called on European leaders to rise to the “momentous challenge” of handling migration as he visited the Italian island of Lampedusa. The pontiff urged Europe to…
Aunt of Venezuelan boy pulled from rubble tells BBC she will give him ‘mother’s warmth’
She said she and 31-year-old Ana Luz were extremely close and would talk every day on video calls. Her sister always had Kleiber by her side. “Wherever she went, her…














