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Ukraine war: US gives 1.1 million rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Kyiv
By Christy Cooney BBC News The US has sent roughly 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran last year to Ukraine, its military has said. The US Central Command (Centcom), which oversees operations in the Middle East, says the rounds were confiscated from a ship bound for Yemen in December. Ukraine’s Western allies recently warned that…
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AI: Voice cloning tech emerges in Sudan civil war
By Jack Goodman and Mohanad Hashim Global Disinformation Team A campaign using artificial intelligence to impersonate Omar al-Bashir, the former leader of Sudan, has received hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, adding online confusion to a country torn apart by civil war. An anonymous account has been posting what it says are “leaked recordings”…
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These people took DNA tests. The results changed their lives.
What happens if your genome hides a secret about your ethnic identity? Jenny Kleeman, presenter of The Gift, meets a few people who made surprising discoveries to find out. Kara Rubinstein Deyerin bought her father an at-home DNA test for Christmas in 2017 because she wanted to find out where exactly her ancestors came from…
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Stage that once hosted William Shakespeare found, claims Norfolk theatre
By Colin Paterson Entertainment correspondent in King’s Lynn, Norfolk A theatre in Norfolk believes it has discovered a stage on which William Shakespeare would have performed. St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn is the oldest working theatre in the UK, dating back to 1445. During recent renovations, floorboards were found under the existing auditorium, and…
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The oil-soaked bird photo that shocked the world
On 20 April 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded. A photograph of an oil-soaked pelican came to epitomise the environmental disaster and helped galvanise the clean-up. On 20 April 2010, the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded after a surge of natural gas blasted through its concrete core, spilling 795 million litres (210 million gallons)…
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Why more fashion retailers are charging return fees
Consumers are conditioned to free returns. But as retailers introduce fees, shoppers may need to start reaching into their wallets to send back purchases. Some of the biggest business winners of the Covid-19 pandemic were e-commerce retailers. In the US, Census Bureau data shows $571.2bn (£473bn) of goods were sold online in 2019. The next…
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Migrant crisis: Sunak to urge ‘Europe-wide solutions’ at summit in Granada
By James Landale BBC diplomatic correspondent, Granada Rishi Sunak will call on Thursday for more co-ordinated European action to tackle the rising numbers of irregular migrants arriving on the continent’s borders. At a special summit of European leaders in Spain, the prime minister will say the situation is “immoral and unsustainable”. He will demand “creative…
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Bears, birds and kangaroos: Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
The finalists in this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced. Here is a selection of those that were whittled down from thousands of entries submitted from professional and amateur photographers from around the world, along with comment from the photographers. The winners will be announced on 23 November. Jason Moore, taken in Perth,…
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The Iliad: The ultimate story about war
A new translation of Homer’s Iliad has just been published by Emily Wilson, who was the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English. The classicist and author Natalie Haynes talks to her about what the epic poem can tell us today. One of two great epic poems by Homer to survive from ancient Greece,…
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The global consequences of the crisis in Congress
By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent A day after a historic vote unseated Speaker Kevin McCarthy and left the lower chamber of Congress in limbo, there is still no clear resolution to the crisis. The House of Representatives has gone into recess until at least next week, as a handful of Republican lawmakers are openly…