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Niger coup: Fear and anger in Niamey as Ecowas threatens force
By Catherine Byaruhanga, BBC News Zara Kada serves up dishes of rice, fish and vegetables in plastic bowls to her customers sitting on wooden benches in the capital of Niger’s capital, Niamey. This business is a lifeline for the widowed mother-of-seven but it’s under threat as food prices have shot up after economic sanctions were…
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Have we had our fill of fake meat?
Reuters By Jemma Dempsey BBC News When it comes to fake meat Tom Crawford-Clarke has “eaten everything available over the years”. But he has fallen out of love with it now. “We generally favoured Quorn products, Linda McCartney things, Beyond Burgers, Moving Mountains. I always thought they were relatively tasty,” he said. Fake meat is…
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Ukraine war: Sex lives in focus for Ukraine’s injured veterans
ReSex By Toby Luckhurst BBC News, Kyiv At a modern office in central Kyiv, a 26-year-old Ukrainian veteran is proudly playing a video on his phone that shows him passionately kissing a young woman in a kitchen. It is an advert for ReSex: a charity that tries to help former soldiers with their sex lives,…
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Spaghettieis: Germany’s trick ice cream sundae
This airy dessert from Germany may look like a plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce, but it’s made from vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and fresh strawberry sauce. At ice cream parlours around Germany, you might come across a perplexing menu item, simply labelled Spaghettieis. Eis is the German word for ice cream, and spaghetti…
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Incredible photos of ‘wee beasties’ in Glasgow park
David Hamilton Nestled in an unassuming Glasgow Park lies a treasure trove of vibrant colours, intricate details, and tiny creatures waiting to be discovered. It was during the confinement of the Covid lockdown that David Hamilton found himself captivated by this hidden world. Now he runs a popular Instagram page “WeeMadBeasties” showcasing macro photography –…
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Yemen: Oil salvaged from abandoned ‘time bomb’ tanker in Red Sea
EPA By Sean Seddon BBC News A “floating time bomb” oil tanker left adrift in the Red Sea has successfully been drained of its cargo, the UN says. The vessel was abandoned off Yemen in 2015 after war broke out with more than one million barrels of oil on board. It was feared the deteriorating…
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Sam Bankman-Fried headed to jail after bail revoked
Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried, who was arrested on fraud charges last year after the collapse of his crytocurrency firm, must await trial behind bars, a US judge has ordered. Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed with prosecutors that the move was necessary to prevent him from interfering with the trial process. Prosecutors had accused him of trying…
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Italy could host Musk v Zuckerberg cage fight
Reuters and Getty Images By Davide Ghiglione BBC News, Rome A planned cage fight between tech leaders Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg could now take place in Italy, and have an ancient Rome theme. In the story’s latest twist, Italy’s culture minister on Friday said that he had spoken to Mr Musk about hosting the…
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O’Shae Sibley: Suspect, 17, pleads not guilty to hate crime
Getty Images The 17-year-old suspect accused of fatally stabbing a gay man in New York has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime. O’Shae Sibley and his friends had been voguing at a petrol pump in Brooklyn on 29 July when an argument broke out with a group of teenagers.…
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Niger coup: Russia warns Ecowas not to take military action
Getty Images By Sean Seddon BBC News Military action against coup leaders in Niger would lead to a “protracted confrontation”, Russia has warned. On Friday, the West African bloc Ecowas approved a “standby force” in response to the military takeover in Niger, and Ivory Coast’s president said it could be deployed “as soon as possible”.…