By Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent, Switzerland Twenty-four years after three prominent opposition figures vanished in Belarus, a former member of the country’s special forces is to stand trial in a Swiss court. Yury Garavsky is charged with the forced disappearance of the three men. He was arrested after confessing he was part of a…

The highlight of a mediocre Toronto International Film Festival was this comedy about a frustrated black author, starring Jeffrey Wright. It’s now being talked about for the big prizes, writes Kaleem Aftab. In a year where many stars stayed away from the Toronto International Film Festival because of the actors’ strike, it meant more focus…

In his new cookbook, The Simple Art of Rice, chef JJ Johnson shares a recipe for a giant seafood paella inspired by the one his grandmother used to make. When James Beard award-winning chef JJ Johnson owner of the fast-casual restaurant Fieldtrip in Harlem, New York, was growing up, he had Sunday night dinners at…

Dani Wright goes in search of some of the most pristine air on the planet and finds it in an inviting place with a forbidding name: Tasmania’s Cape Grim. Extending off the rugged north-western tip of Australia’s island-state of Tasmania is a wildly remote peninsula with a bleak name: Cape Grim (officially Kennaook/Cape Grim). Few…

Hundreds of companies have exited Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, but others cite revenue concerns – and even humanitarianism – as reasons to stay put. When the first airstrikes fell on Ukraine in February 2022, corporate executives with operations or holdings in Russia were forced to pick a side. This decision had significant…

By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Last month, India made history when it became the first country to land a lunar mission near the Moon’s south pole. Chandrayaan-3’s lander and rover – called Vikram and Pragyaan – spent about 10 days in the region, gathering data and images to be sent back to Earth for…

There is growing evidence that simple, everyday changes to our lives can alter our brains and change how they work. Melissa Hogenboom put her own brain in the scanner to find out. “It’s surprisingly hard to think of nothing at all”, is one of my first thoughts as I’m lying in the maw of a…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Indian government could be behind the fatal shooting of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Mr Nijjar, a sikh activist, was shot dead in June outside a Sikh Temple in British Columbia. Mr Trudeau told the House of Commons in Ottawa that the country’s intelligence services had been actively…

Debris has been found in the search for an F-35 military jet that went missing after the pilot ejected over South Carolina, say US military officials. The debris of the $100m (£80m) plane – which disappeared on Sunday afternoon – was discovered in rural Williamsburg County, said authorities. The pilot ejected from the cockpit and…

Repeatedly wearing the same item has more advantages than you might think. It’s like a “wearable hug”, and it’s better for the planet, writes Matilda Welin. We all have certain items of clothing that we feel most comfortable in, and that we end up throwing on every day, even though we have 10 other garments…