Twenty others injured after bus veered off a cliff in the south-central Andes region of Ayacucho, police official says. A bus crash in Peru’s Andes mountains has killed at least 20 people, a local police colonel has told Peruvian media. Jhonny Rolando Valderrama, head of a highway protection division, told RPP radio that the crash […]
Anti-government protesters in Kenya have returned to the streets stepping up demands for President William Ruto to resign, despite his recent concessions. One man has been shot dead during a confrontation between protesters and security forces on the outskirts of the capital, a BBC reporter on the ground says. In central Nairobi, shops have been […]
6 hours ago By Jonah Fisher, BBC Environment correspondent BBC/Tony Jolliffe The Mount Mabu chameleon Rhampholeon maspictus is one of dozens of unique species that have been found in the forest Perched on a remote mountain top and surrounded by lowlands, Mabu is what’s known as a “sky island” and is the largest rainforest in southern Africa. […]
13 minutes ago By Hayley Mortimer, BBC File on 4 BBC An ex-police officer who claims to save children from human traffickers has faked stories to raise money for his charity, the BBC has discovered. Adam Whittington, founder of Project Rescue Children (PRC) says he has helped more than 700 children in countries including Uganda, Kenya and […]
2 hours ago By Faarea Masud and Natalie Sherman, Business reporters, BBC News Getty Images Shares in Donald Trump’s social media company have surged after he survived an assassination attempt on Saturday. Shares in Trump Media, which runs the Truth Social platform, opened for formal trading on Monday up about 30%. The price had risen as much […]
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Ministers were “inadequately briefed” by officials on alternative schemes before approving a road tunnel under Stonehenge for a second time, lawyers for campaigners have argued in the high court, in the latest legal attempt to stop the controversial scheme. Campaigners argue that the proposed two-mile (3.3km) road tunnel, part of a new eight-mile (13km) dual […]
8 hours ago By Alex Dunlop and Laura Devlin, BBC News, St Neots Alex Dunlop/BBC Gemma Cutler wants to use her experience to raise awareness One in 10 women experience the intense pelvic pain and heavy periods caused by adenomyosis – yet little is known about it. The condition involves the lining of the womb growing into […]
United States President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger Donald Trump have called on Americans to put aside political divisions and come together after Trump narrowly survived an attempted assassination. In a six-and-a-half-minute address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, Biden said political violence could not be normalised and that all Americans have a […]
LOS ANGELES — Lloyd Howell needs directions. “Wait,” the NFL Players Association executive director asks, weaving through a crowd of future star players and their entourages convened for a rooftop reception. “Which way is stage right?” It’s the penultimate night of the NFL Players Association’s Rookie Premiere, a business and marketing orientation for 18 top […]