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Watch: Biden tells climate heckler to “shush up”
US President Joe Biden told a climate heckler to “shush up” after they interrupted a speech he was giving in Arizona. Mr Biden was speaking at an event honouring the late Republican senator John McCain when the protester shouted that the president should declare a climate emergency, saying the country needed his leadership. The president…
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Ukraine war: Slovakia’s Robert Fico eyes comeback in Saturday’s election
By Rob Cameron BBC News, Brno Slovaks vote this weekend in early elections following the collapse of the former centre-right government. Leading most polls is the populist SMER party of Robert Fico, who has pledged an immediate end to Slovak military support for Ukraine. Fico was forced to step down as prime minister following the…
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Europe’s oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave
By Mattea Bubalo BBC News Scientists say they have identified Europe’s oldest shoes, sandals woven from grass thought to be around 6,000 years old. They were among a haul of ancient objects discovered in a bat cave in Spain plundered by miners in the 19th Century, but were analysed in a new study. Low humidity…
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US offers $5m reward for information on Ecuador election assassination
By Mattea Bubalo BBC News The US has offered a $5m (£4.1m) reward for details leading to the arrest of the “masterminds” who orchestrated the assassination of an Ecuadorean presidential candidate. Fernando Villavicencio, who campaigned against corruption, was shot dead at a rally in August. Organised crime was behind the killing, Ecuador’s president said at…
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Venice’s new €5 entry fee explained
With the recent announcement that Venice will become the first city in the world to charge daytripper visitors, BBC Travel talks to authorities and locals to find out more. Every day, Federica Chiuch, a Venetian resident and professional tour guide, takes visitors around Venice’s landmarks. When she gets to Saint Mark’s Square, home to Venice’s…
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From Killers of the Flower Moon to The Exorcist: Believer: 10 of the best films to watch in October
Including Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Dicks: The Musical and The Exorcist: Believer – Nicholas Barber lists this month’s unmissable movies to watch and stream. (Credit: Sundance) 1. Radical Eugenio Derbez, who played the inspirational music teacher in Coda, is another inspirational teacher in Radical, a fact-based drama directed by Christopher Zalla. Derbez…
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Cricket World Cup: Why India’s pace attack is its strength
By Suresh Menon Sports writer When India first won the cricket World Cup in 1983, its bowlers were mainly all-rounders. Many were called ‘bits-and-pieces’ cricketers (who could bowl a bit and bat a bit), but with a couple of exceptions – skipper Kapil Dev being the biggest one – most wouldn’t find a place in…
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Canada Nazi row puts spotlight on Ukraine’s WWII past
By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto When Canada’s parliament praised a Ukrainian war veteran who fought with Nazi Germany, a renewed spotlight was put on a controversial part of Ukraine’s history and its memorialisation in Canada. Yaroslav Hunka, the Ukrainian veteran who was applauded in parliament this week, served with a Nazi unit called the…
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The mysteries of the world’s eighth continent
A new map of Zealandia is revealing how it formed – and why it sank. In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men’s dinner – spotted a towering shore of ice on the horizon. This was the first ever sighting of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, and it…
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Saskatchewan premier vows to veto ruling on school pronoun policy
A Canadian premier says he will use an obscure constitutional clause to move forward on a pronoun policy requiring young students to obtain parental consent to change names or pronouns. A Saskatchewan judge had ruled to pause the parental consent policy. But Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday he would use the “notwithstanding clause” to…