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Libya floods: Families’ heartbreak as rescuers search for survivors
By Aoife Walsh BBC News More than 5,300 people are feared dead and thousands more are missing after ferocious flooding was unleashed on Libya. Entire neighbourhoods were dragged into the sea as tsunami-like floodwater swept through the eastern city of Derna on Sunday after a dam burst. Rescue workers have been digging through the ruins…
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Arm share sale values UK chip designer at over $54bn
By Peter Hoskins Business reporter UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings has secured a $54.5bn (£43.6bn) valuation, as it makes its highly-anticipated return to the stock market. The shares were priced at $51 each, which is at the top of the range that had been indicated to prospective investors. It makes the sale the biggest initial…
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England’s rarest species to get £14.5m funding boost
By Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Nature projects to revive some of England’s most endangered species have been awarded £14.5m of funding. Water voles in London to crayfish in Yorkshire will benefit from the money which will go towards breeding programmes and improving habitats. Estimates suggest 15% of the country’s species are…
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Gabon coup leader Gen Ngeuma hailed as a Moses-like figure
By Thomas Naadi BBC News, Gabon Selling mobile phone accessories in a small open-air shop in Gabon’s capital Libreville, Doles Gabriel sees coup leader General Brice Oligui Ngeuma as a Moses-like figure who has unshackled the nation from the chains of his former boss – President Ali Bongo. “Moses was educated in the house of…
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‘Overwhelming consensus’ on AI regulation
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By James Clayton, North America technology reporter BBC News Tesla CEO Elon Musk says there was “overwhelming consensus” for regulation on artificial intelligence after tech heavyweights gathered in Washington to discuss AI. Tech bosses attending the meeting…
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Sudan conflict: Looting spree in Khartoum as homeowners flee
By Zeinab Mohammed Salih Khartoum From high-heeled shoes to TV sets, designer clothes to fava beans – goods looted from homes and businesses in wealthier parts of Sudan’s war-hit capital are now flaunted in some of its poorest neighbourhoods. By the bus- and plane-load, about two million people fled Khartoum, and the adjoining cities of…
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Why the FBI is still searching for hundreds of Capitol rioters
By Mike Wendling BBC News A series of high-profile trials against ringleaders of the Capitol riot culminated last week in the sentencing of former Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison. More than 1,100 people have been already charged, but the investigation into the riot is far from over, writes the BBC’s…
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Families of Syria’s disappeared duped by fraudsters
By Lina Sinjab Middle East correspondent Thousands of people have “vanished” inside Syria’s prison system over more than a decade of civil conflict. Their families are left in a desperate situation, forced to pay out large sums of money to middlemen, government and security officials for any information about their loved ones – often with…
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France sets out plan to ban disposable vapes
By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris France is set to ban disposable e-cigarettes – known locally as “puffs” – because of the danger they pose to the environment and public health. Speaking recently on RTL radio, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said the measure was part of a new anti-smoking plan being drawn up by the…
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Pachucos: The Latinx subculture that defied the US
Their outlandish zoot suits, tattoos and slang were a rebellion against mainstream US society that had marginalised them. The door to the bedroom closet opened wide, revealing dozens of brightly coloured zoot suits and shoes. On a nearby table, there were a wide-brimmed hat with feathers, a chain watch, suspenders and a pair of rhinestone…