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Africa’s week in pictures: 1-7 September
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week: Images subject to copyright. Around the BBC The Comb podcasts Africa Today podcasts
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King Charles III message marks anniversary of Elizabeth II’s death
By James Gregory BBC News King Charles III has recorded a message and released a favourite photograph of Elizabeth II to mark the first anniversary of his mother’s death. In the message, the King said he recalled the late Queen’s “devoted service and all she meant to so many of us”. The photograph chosen by…
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Danelo Cavalcante: Family ‘terrified’ by killer’s escape from US jail
By Chloe Kim BBC News A prison break by a murderer in Pennsylvania has left his victim’s family “terrified” and under 24-hour police protection, says a prosecutor. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, stabbed his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao to death in front of her two young children in April 2021. The district attorney said Ms Brandao’s family has…
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Ukraine war: Curfews and closures mark a Friday night in Kyiv
By Toby Luckhurst BBC News, Kyiv Last orders at 10pm. A midnight curfew. Russian air raids. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began 18 months ago, and Ukrainians have had to change every part of their lives to adapt to the war – that includes their weekends. So: how does a Friday night out work in…
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King Charles: What sort of monarch has he been is his first year?
By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent On the first anniversary of his reign, King Charles will be spending the day “quietly and privately” at Balmoral, with prayers and reflections on the life of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died one year ago. It’s the way the late Queen used to mark the date of her…
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How much it costs to attend the Burning Man festival
Attending Burning Man in the Nevada desert can cost big money. Veterans and first-timers reveal their economics of life on the playa – and why it’s worth it. It’s not easy – or cheap – to pop up a bustling city from empty desert ground. But that’s exactly what happens at the Burning Man festival,…
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Hurricane Lee may become first category five storm of Atlantic season
By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington Hurricane Lee has powered up to a category four storm, packing wind speeds of up to 130mph (215km/h) as it churns through the Caribbean. Forecasters say Lee could become the first category five hurricane of the Atlantic season by Friday. On its current path the storm is not projected…
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The fear of a nuclear fire that would consume Earth
In the early years of nuclear research, some scientists feared breaking open atoms might start a chain reaction that would destroy Earth. A scene in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer hinges around the worry some Manhattan Project scientists felt that the first atomic bomb test would ignite Earth’s atmosphere. Edward Teller, so the story goes, first raised…
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How pop star Olivia Rodrigo became a defining voice of Gen Z
Since her single Drivers License became a global phenomenon, Olivia Rodrigo hasn’t looked back. With her second album Guts out on Friday, Nick Levine examines her cleverly-calibrated appeal. Every decade has its pre-eminent pop stars – from The Beatles in the 1960s to Madonna and Michael Jackson in the 1980s, and on to Taylor Swift…
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Le Touquet: The ‘most British of French resorts’
It attracted Winston Churchill, inspired James Bond and is set to rename its airport after the late Queen Elizabeth II. But this decidedly British resort isn’t actually British. Overlooking the English Channel is a small resort town bedecked with freestone facades and half-timbered houses. English is heard everywhere, from the Art Deco Westminster hotel to…