Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital Delhi as part of the cockroach protests, calling for educational reforms and the resignation of a government minister. BBC Verify has been analysing videos from across the capital, which show security officers firing so-called pellet guns towards protesters. The Central Reserve Police Force…
Tariffs have never been far from the headlines during President Trump’s second term in office and another raft of these import taxes has just come into force. So are US households really paying 1.5% more because of them? The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains how tariffs are affecting the US economy, who pays the price, and…
At least four Palestinians and two Israelis have been killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank – the deadliest single incident there in months. There are conflicting accounts of the sequence of events in the northern village of Tal. Palestinian sources told the BBC that residents confronted Jewish settlers who were attacking them…
A Tanzanian university lecturer who was arrested earlier this month over allegations of inciting anti-government protests has now been charged with terrorism. Melkisedek Kaijage, who works at the University of Dodoma, had appeared at a magistrate’s court to request bail after spending 15 days in police custody when the charges were changed. He was among…
On Friday, Western Cape high court judge Andre le Grange halted the parliamentary committee from proceeding with its hearings “pending the determination by this court of the applicant’s review” – a reference to Ramaphosa’s case against the panel. The ruling effectively buys more time for Ramaphosa – time in which the president hopes he will…
In Spain, firefighters are tackling wildfires in several areas not far from Madrid and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska declared a national emergency as fires burned at Villa del Prado and San Martín de Valdeiglesias in the Madrid region and at Burgohondo in Ávila. Pedro Sánchez said forest fires were “ravaging thousands of hectares” and affecting…
French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat. Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to battle wildfires that have raged in the Gironde region for days. Meanwhile,…
In the end, the world runs on profit. From animals to humans, people hire other beings to become rich and when they are not of any use to them, they throw them away to die without a thought. This is where a different strata of humans and their courage of humanity comes into light. While…
A driver dressed as Spider-Man was seen helping a man in a wheelchair cross a busy road in the US. Christopher Hellenthal was on his way back from a superhero-themed event and jumped in to help moments before the lights at the junction changed. The Jonesboro Police Department, in the state of Arkansas, shared the…
Families in Venezuela are still searching for the remains of their loved ones, lost amid the rubble of flattened apartment buildings that line the coast of La Guaira, the region worst-hit by twin earthquakes on 24 June. Government officials say the death toll has surpassed 5,300, though estimates of the number still missing could be…