Category: News

  • Morocco earthquake turns mountain village to field of boulders

    Morocco earthquake turns mountain village to field of boulders

    By Tom Bateman In the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco A dog called Colin scampers across the earthquake’s wreckage in Morocco’s remote mountain village of Douzrou. The bell attached to his collar rings to signal his location as the border collie bounds over broken concrete towards crevices in the rubble – anywhere a survivor might still…

  • Princess Martha Louise: Norway’s princess sets date to wed shaman

    Princess Martha Louise: Norway’s princess sets date to wed shaman

    By Mattea Bubalo BBC News Norway’s Princess Martha Louise will marry her American partner, self-styled shaman Durek Verrett, next summer, the couple has announced. King Harald V congratulated the pair, saying he was happy to welcome Mr Verrett to his family. The princess relinquished her royal duties last year to run the alternative medicine business…

  • Relatives of Sara Sharif arrested over her murder

    Relatives of Sara Sharif arrested over her murder

    The father, stepmother and uncle of Sara Sharif, 10, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after returning to the UK from Pakistan. Urfan Sharif, 41, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, were arrested at Gatwick Airport at around 19:45 BST after disembarking a flight from Dubai. Police said three…

  • Danelo Cavalcante: Heat signal sparked scramble to snare Pennsylvania prisoner

    Danelo Cavalcante: Heat signal sparked scramble to snare Pennsylvania prisoner

    This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Cabral BBC News A heat signature detected by a plane sparked a seven-hour scramble to capture escaped Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante, in a dramatic climax to the two-week manhunt. A thunderstorm forced the spotter aircraft…

  • Emma Coronel: El Chapo Guzmán’s wife released from prison

    Emma Coronel: El Chapo Guzmán’s wife released from prison

    By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Emma Coronel, the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, has been released from jail in the US. Coronel plead guilty to drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021, but has been freed early. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed…

  • Ukraine war: Romanians told to shelter from Russian drones

    Ukraine war: Romanians told to shelter from Russian drones

    By Michael Ertl BBC News Romanians living close to the border with Ukraine received emergency alerts early on Wednesday urging them to remain calm and take shelter as Russia hit Ukrainian ports across the Danube. The defence ministry said it had found Russian drone parts on Romanian territory for the third time in a week.…

  • Libya floods: 5,300 dead amid calls for humanitarian support

    Libya floods: 5,300 dead amid calls for humanitarian support

    This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News More than 5,300 people are believed to have died after floods in the Libyan city of Derna, a local minister said. “The sea is constantly dumping dozens of bodies,” said Hisham Chkiouat,…

  • Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert escorted out of Beetlejuice show

    Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert escorted out of Beetlejuice show

    By Chloe Kim BBC News Republican lawmaker Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a theatre in Denver during a performance of the musical Beetlejuice after being accused of disruptive behaviour. An incident report, which does not name her, says two patrons were asked to leave after complaints of vaping, singing, and causing disturbance. Her team…

  • Libya turmoil made Derna flooding even more deadly

    Libya turmoil made Derna flooding even more deadly

    Raging floods have swept through eastern Libya, killing more than 5,300 people and leaving 10,000 unaccounted for. The North African nation is experiencing a “calamity of epic proportions”, the UN has said, but did things have to be this way? Once one of Africa’s most prosperous countries, years of lawlessness have left it a fragile,…

  • Morocco earthquake: Before and after pictures show devastation

    Morocco earthquake: Before and after pictures show devastation

    New satellite photos have revealed the devastating impact of Friday’s earthquake on rural communities in Morocco. The epicentre of the tremor was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) from Marrakesh, and many of the worst affected areas are remote villages and towns. Images of the village of Tafeghaghte taken after the quake hit…