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Threats, insults, and Kremlin ‘robots’: How Russian diplomacy died under Putin
By Sergey Goryashko, Elizaveta Fokht and Sofiya Samokhina BBC Russian Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed. In the years leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, their role reduced to echoing the Kremlin’s aggressive rhetoric. BBC Russian asks…
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Why Henry Ford imported a Cotswold cottage to Michigan
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jonathan Holmes BBC News Many of us enjoy taking souvenirs home from our holidays, but when you are the world’s richest man the souvenirs can be much bigger. In the 1920s Henry Ford, the founder of…
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Why your burger may not always look like the advert
By Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Chris is a big burger fan. He’ll get one on the way home if it’s late. Or for dinner with the kids. Or sometimes just for a quick snack to fill a hole. Yet more than once he has found himself sending pictures of his dinner to friends…
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Your pictures on the theme of ‘recycled’
We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “recycled”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. The next theme is “reflections” and the deadline for entries is 12 September 2023. The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able…
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Former top US diplomat Bill Richardson dies aged 75
By Malu Cursino BBC News Former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson has died aged 75, his foundation has announced. Serving under President Bill Clinton, he won admiration for his commitment to securing the release of US citizens detained around the world. He continued that work out of politics, last year travelling to Moscow…
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Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky held in anti-corruption drive
By James Gregory BBC News One of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs is to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. Ihor Kolomoisky is alleged to have transferred $14m (£11.1m) abroad over seven years, using banks he controlled. His lawyers say he will not post bail and will appeal…
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Fukushima: China’s anger at Japan is fuelled by disinformation
By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore Rocks thrown at schools, threats of a boycott and hundreds of hostile phone calls – these are just some of the ways Chinese people have shown their displeasure with Japan in recent weeks. The catalyst? Japan’s release of treated waste water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the…
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Burning Man festival-goers told to conserve food and water
By Malu Cursino in London & James Clayton in San Francisco BBC News Burning Man festival-goers have been told to conserve their food and water after heavy rain turned the campsite into a mud bath. The weather has been so bad that access in and out of the event in the US state of Nevada…
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Maestro review: Bradley Cooper’s Bernstein biopic is a hit
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan shine in Cooper’s ambitious and sincere drama of Leonard Bernstein’s life, proving the director is to be taken seriously, writes Nicholas Barber. Bradley Cooper’s biopic of Leonard Bernstein revolves around one key question: is it possible to have it all? That is, can you be a world-class classical conductor if…
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Gabon coup will not end rule by Bongo clan
By Khadidiatou Cissé BBC World Service The military takeover in Gabon will merely lead to a continuation of rule by the Bongo clan which has been in power for 55 years, a source close to the deposed president has told the BBC. “General Brice Oligui Nguema is a direct product of the Bongo clan,” said…