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Nerves and patriotism in Moscow after 18 months of war
By Will Vernon BBC News, Moscow Russia’s imperial past looms large over Moscow. The Kremlin walls and towers make visitors feel like tiny specks on Red Square. Five miles away, I get a similar feeling when I go to Victory Park. It is a sprawling complex of museums and memorials built to commemorate the Soviet…
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Florida takes stock in Storm Idalia’s aftermath
By Mike Wendling & John Sudworth in Hudson, Florida When the rain started to get really bad, Brent Berzett and David Hickmon sought refuge on their houseboat. Their floating home in Hudson, about an hour north of Tampa, certainly wasn’t the worst place to wait out Idalia, a major hurricane that made landfall on Florida’s…
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Is India exporting food inflation to the world?
By Nikhil Inamdar BBC News, Mumbai Erratic climate conditions – including the driest August in more than a century – have sent food prices spiralling above 11% in India, which is a major player in global agri-trade. Just as tomato prices begin cooling down, onions have gotten dearer by a quarter since June in the…
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Is China’s economy ‘a ticking time bomb’?
By Nick Marsh Asia business correspondent The past six months has brought a stream of bad news for China’s economy: slow growth, record youth unemployment, low foreign investment, weak exports and currency, and a property sector in crisis. US President Joe Biden described the world’s second-largest economy as “a ticking time bomb”, predicting growing discontent…
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Nuclear weapons testing cause of radioactivity in wild boars, study says
A new study has found that nuclear weapons tests during the Cold War are a major cause of high levels of radioactivity in central Europe’s wild boar population. The radioactivity found in wild boars has previously been blamed on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. But the new research concludes that earlier nuclear weapons testing in the…
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What’s it like to win a trip to space?
Even a decade ago, the concept might have sounded wildly futuristic – but, if recent events are anything to go by, space tourism is becoming the latest frontier of travel. In August 2023, Virgin Galactic launched its first space flight with tourists on board. For paying customers, it cost $450,000. But for a lucky a…
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Blue supermoon: World gazes at rare lunar phenomenon
Sky gazers around the world are in for a rare treat as a “blue supermoon” is making a spectacular appearance for the first time since 2009. A blue Moon occurs when the pattern of days in a year means there are 13 full Moons instead of the usual 12. This blue Moon is also a…
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Blue supermoon: Spectacular images as rare event lights up skies
Thanks for joining us as we admire beautiful pictures of the night sky lit up by a blue supermoon. You may have twigged by now that the Moon won’t actually be blue. Blue is the name given to this particular full Moon. But it will be super. It’ll look bigger and brighter – go on,…
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Meloni’s partner Andrea Giambruno criticised for Italy rape remarks
By Paul Kirby BBC News Italian TV host Andrea Giambruno has been accused of victim-blaming after he appeared to say young women could avoid rape by not getting drunk. Giambruno, whose partner is Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, was addressing recent alleged gang rapes in Italy. In Sicily, seven men have been accused of gang-raping a…
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Mitch McConnell freezes for second time during press event
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Anthony Zurcher BBC News, Washington For the second time in just over a month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze while speaking to reporters. Appearing at a press event in Kentucky, the 81-year-old senator…