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American Jews and Palestinians face fear and hatred
By Madeline Halpert BBC News As the ripple effects from the war between Israel and Hamas are felt around the world, Palestinian and Jewish Americans describe a growing sense of fear due to a rise in threats and harassment. As hundreds of people gathered for a peaceful rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 13 October, a…
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Kota: Stricter rules for India student hub after suicides
By Vineet Khare BBC Hindi, Kota Coaching centres in the northern Indian city of Kota are facing tighter regulations after a rise in the number of student suicides. BBC Hindi’s Vineet Khare has been talking to pupils who have travelled to Kota to receive tuition to help them pass entrance exams for elite colleges and…
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The weird aliens of early science fiction
Humanity’s ideas about aliens have been evolving for millennia – but in the era before television, they were considerably stranger. In October 1961, Betty and Barney Hill sat down with an astronomy lecturer at their home in New Hampshire, and made an extraordinary claim. The previous month, the couple – a social worker and postal…
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The ‘climate quitters’ ditching corporate roles
A growing number of workers are making the decision to walk out of companies whose environmental values don’t align with their own. Steffen Krutzinna had a lucrative career as an energy trader for Next Kraftwerke in Cologne, Germany. “I was fully committed to my job and super happy with my team and colleagues,” says the…
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‘The police were feeding information to the press’: The Australian mother wrongly convicted of murder
When her baby disappeared from her tent at Uluru, Australia, mother Lindy Chamberlain’s account was met with scepticism by the media and abuse by the public. Convicted of murder 41 years ago today, in one of the most controversial and divisive cases in Australian legal history, she spent years battling to clear her name. In…
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James Blunt on his ‘made-up’ memoir, Carrie Fisher and losing a child
By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent It’s 11am and James Blunt is polishing off a pork pie. “This is breakfast,” he explains as his Zoom image comes into focus. “We just moved house, so what else can you do? You take whatever’s on offer.” We’re speaking on the morning after his ninth wedding anniversary, and…
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How were the 39 people killed in the Essex lorry case identified?
By Laurence Cawley BBC News, Essex Four years ago, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were found in an airtight container on the back of a lorry. For the first time, those involved in the investigation tell how tattoos, fingerprints and hidden telephone numbers helped them piece together the identities of the victims. At 06:00…
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Mohamed Muizzu: The Maldives’ new president wants India out
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News “We don’t want any foreign military boots on Maldivian soil… I promised this to the people of the Maldives and I will live up to my promise from day one.” Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who won the Maldives presidential election last month, is wasting no time in asking India to get…
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Gladstone’s: The UK’s only residential library
For more than 100 years, clergy, scholars and ordinary people have spent their days studying and their nights sleeping in this unique institution. Minutes after I crossed from England into Wales, my GPS announced a turn down a quiet lane in the village of Hawarden, and my bibliophile heart began to race. What awaited me,…
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Hamas hostages: Families ‘worried sick’ for relatives held in Gaza
By Lucy Manning Special correspondent A British-Israeli woman has told the BBC she is “worried sick” for the health of her diabetic mother and brother who are believed to among the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Ayelet Svatitzky’s mother Channah Peri, 79, and brother Nadav Popplewell, 51, were taken by Hamas when their kibbutz…