Police in the southern German state of Bavaria have detained a suspect during a fire at Adolf Hitler’s Alpine mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle’s Nest. Dispatchers in Traunstein received a fire alarm from the building at 21:15 local time (19:15 GMT) on Friday and firefighters found it engulfed in flames. Difficult…
Researchers say AI ads are being used more than ever in the US midterms campaign ahead of the elections in November. Some of the ads are being funded by outside political groups but they have also come directly from candidates in some key races. BBC Verify has tracked dozens of AI ads to assess how…
The former US border patrol chief who became the public face of the highly controversial deportation drive in Minneapolis earlier this year has defended the operation, describing the withdrawal of agents from the city as a “surrender” by the Trump administration. In an interview with the BBC, Greg Bovino also said he was “not responding”…
In the sprawling former industrial city of Osasco, shuttered factories have given way to a shopping malls and delivery app tech companies in what is now dubbed São Paulo’s “Silicon Valley.” The municipality voted for Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022 but switched to the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro in the first…
Disillusionment is high among the French public, who have seen cost-of-living pressures increase, and who are faced with increasingly dire warnings that any future government will likely have to make deep spending cuts in order to finance spiralling levels of debt. On top of that, the recent unrest has played out against the backdrop of…
Videos from the Arizona capital show people sheltering inside a car as hail smashes the windscreen, while intense downpours covered neighbourhoods in ice. The severe weather battered other parts of the US state, with golf ball-sized hail reported to have damaged homes and shattered windows. The National Weather Service issued multiple warnings and tornado watches…
The New York City Council has passed a ban on the city’s well-know horse-drawn carriages starting in June 2028, a proposal backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. While animal rights activists and officials have pushed for the ban for years, the final catalyst was the death of a 18-year-old earlier this year, who died after a…
Filmmakers have captured an octopus’s lucky escape after venturing from her normal underwater habitat. The sequence is part of the latest Blue Planet series from Sir David Attenborough, who has continued to produce nature documentaries into his 101st year. In the third instalment, viewers are taken around the world – from icy polar waters to…
Announcing the visit, the US State Department had earlier said that it would focus on energy cooperation, commercial investment and economic ties. The official itinerary also did not include Delhi, which raised some questions, especially from Indian opposition politicians. But analysts say the choice was strategic. “Delhi is where the trust gap is largest. Officials…
Texas accounted for roughly one-third of all ICE arrests nationwide in July 2026 – a larger share than any other state – according to government figures obtained by the Deportation Data Project. “They said we’re gonna seek out, capture, detain and deport the worst of the worst,” Snipes said in his sermon. “Well, we’re here…