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Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Anna Foster BBC News, Derna Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing A masked doctor leans down into a black plastic body bag, and gently manipulates the legs of the man inside.…
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Should you trust personal finance advice from a ‘finfluencer’?
A growing number of creators are doling out tips online for how to spend, save and invest. Is it a modern approach to financial literacy – or a big red flag? When Yasmin Purnell started blogging in 2017, she planned to share her experiences of becoming a digital nomad. However, the creative-writing graduate and copywriter…
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Morocco earthquake: The scars, the rubble and the spirit to rebuild
By James Copnall BBC Newsday, Amizmiz The earthquake just over a week ago maimed a six-century-old mosque in one Amizmiz’s oldest neighbourhoods, taking a bite out of the pinky brown minaret. A nearby row of shops appeared untouched – until I saw the vertical scar, as if a giant axeman had tried to cut two…
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Drew Barrymore apology: Star halts talk show until writers strike ends
By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News US actress Drew Barrymore has paused the premiere of her US talk show until the Hollywood strikes are over, after a backlash against her decision to resume filming. She issued a tearful on-camera apology for continuing her CBS talk show “The Drew Barrymore Show”. Barrymore was planning to return to…
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228 Eritrean opposition supporters arrested in Stuttgart
More than 200 Eritrean opposition supporters have been arrested in Germany after clashing with police. The violence erupted as an Eritrean cultural festival was set to begin in the city of Stuttgart on Saturday. The festival was organised by supporters of the Eritrean regime loyal to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. Police sent to the scene…
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Landmark skyscraper in Sudan’s capital engulfed in flames
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Fiona Nimoni BBC News Buildings have caught fire in Sudan’s capital after heavy fighting between the army and rival forces. Videos posted online on Sunday showed the iconic Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower engulfed in…
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Fire guts landmark Khartoum skyscraper
An 18-storey building in Khartoum has been gutted by a fire, as clashes between the Sudanese armed forces and rival paramilitary forces enters its sixth month. Footage shared on social media showed the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Tower in Sudan’s capital smouldering as flames licked one side of the building producing giant plumes of…
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Entertainment industry has questions to answer after Brand allegations
By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter The entertainment industry has questions to answer in light of allegations against comedian Russell Brand, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said. Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assault in an investigation by Channel 4, the Times and Sunday Times. He denied the allegations, and said his…
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James Cleverly refuses to say if he raised Parliament spy claim with China
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has refused to say whether he spoke to the Chinese government about a researcher in Parliament who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. Mr Cleverly said both he and the PM…
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Lampedusa: Ursula von der Leyen and Giorgia Meloni visit island after migrant boat fears
The European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has visited a migrant reception centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the country’s prime minister called for EU help with small boat arrivals. More than 8,000 migrants have arrived on the island over the past three days. PM Giorgia Meloni says Italy is being placed…