Joe Tidy,BBC cybersecurity correspondentand Farshad Bayan,BBC Persian NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran is 10 days into one of the most extreme internet shutdowns in history, with 92 million citizens cut off from all internet services and even disruption to phone and text messaging. The Iranian government cut off services on 8 January, apparently to stifle…
Eswatini Tourism US YouTuber IShowSpeed took part in an initiation ceremony to become a warrior in Eswatini One of the world’s most popular content creators has been attracting huge crowds, mostly his young fans, as he undertakes a 20-nation tour of Africa, a continent he says is “full of surprises”. Pre-teen boys in Rwanda and…
Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for the US president if he decided to use active duty military personnel, as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations continued in…
An Australian man took a dive into a flooded golf course on Sydney’s northern beaches as heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed coastal communities. Craig Finniss soaked up the opportunity by swimming a lap of the waterlogged course at Palm Beach. Residents in some nearby suburbs were ordered to evacuate their homes due to flash flooding,…
Instagram/@detailance Ji says he has become more self-conscious interacting with younger colleagues Ji Seung-ryeol, 41, prides himself on his sense of fashion. He diligently shares mirror selfies on Instagram, where everyone knows the more likes you get, the cooler you are. So he was bewildered to find out that men his age have become the…
A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property. Source link
Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Kevin ChurchScience team Watch: Timelapse shows Nasa rocket’s 12-hour journey to launch pad Nasa’s mega rocket has been moved to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the final preparations get underway for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. Over almost 12 hours,…
Faisal IslamEconomics editor Getty Images US President Donald Trump’s apparently coercive threat to force Western allies not to oppose his proposed annexation of Greenland, or face further damage to their trade with the US, is without both parallel and precedent. We’ve had some unusual and unexpected economic threats from President Trump over the past year,…
Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved Stone Age settlement, dubbed the “Stone Age Atlantis,” submerged off Denmark’s coast. This 8,500-year-old site offers unprecedented insight into Mesolithic life, revealing sophisticated fishing, hunting, and tool-crafting skills. The discovery, part of a broader European project, highlights early human adaptation to rising sea levels and provides valuable lessons for…
A major study published in Nature Medicine has issued a stark warning for Europe’s future. Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the research projects that over 2.3 million additional deaths could occur across European cities by 2099 due to rising temperatures driven by climate change. Covering data from 854 urban…