Icon Sportswire via Getty Images By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House. The ex-president said one latest poll showed he had “legendary” numbers ahead of other hopefuls to be the party’s nominee for…

Despite London being a global food capital, many will be surprised to learn that eels have been a locally sourced component of its table for hundreds of years. In the 1740s, pleasure boaters would jauntily sail from central London down the River Thames to an islet once known as Twickenham Ait in Richmond, mooring at…

Cheshire Police Nurse Lucy Letby is due to be sentenced later after being found guilty of murdering seven babies, making her the UK’s most prolific child serial killer in modern times. The 33-year-old was also convicted of trying to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The trial lasted for more than…

By Sanchia Berg BBC News The family of a black man murdered in 1959 is demanding access to the police file on his unsolved killing. Kelso Cochrane was stabbed to death on a west London street, in what’s believed to have been a racist attack. Nobody was ever charged for the crime. The Metropolitan Police…

Ahead of his new epic, with Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon, Scott has caused anger with his comments about his lead character, comparing him to Hitler and Stalin. What’s the truth of the matter, asks Neil Armstrong. It was the opening of his campaign, and the British veteran unleashed a salvo of shots at the French…

Hot “hairdryer” winds that whip down mountainsides may have played a role in some of this year’s devastating heatwaves and wildfires – and they may become more of a problem with climate change. It’s a word that, in German, also means “hairdryer”. And that’s just what it’s like. A hot, dry wind that sweeps down…

By Vineet Khare BBC Hindi, Banjul, The Gambia In September last year, Ebrima Sajnia watched helplessly as his young son slowly died in front of his eyes. Mr Sajnia, who works as a taxi driver in The Gambia, says three-year-old Lamin was set to start attending nursery school in a few weeks when he got…

Getty Images By Shingai Nyoka BBC News, Harare Free fried chicken and an endorsement from an unbeaten former world boxing champion have formed part of the intriguing choreography of election campaigning in Zimbabwe. Nonetheless, finger-licking crowds and cheers for US boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr have not distracted from fundamental concerns about the polls themselves…

Getty Images By Soutik Biswas India correspondent The sun lingers slightly above or just below the horizon, while towering mountains project dark shadows. Deep craters provide a haven for unending darkness. Some of these areas have been shielded from sunlight for billions of years. In these regions, temperatures plummet to astonishing lows of -414F (-248C)…

EPA People in Ecuador have been voting in presidential and congressional elections overshadowed by violence. Some 100,000 police and soldiers have been deployed to protect the polls. Earlier this month, a presidential candidate was assassinated. Others have said their campaigns have been marred by shootings. The snap election was called after President Guillermo Lasso –…