Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Sandar Win, Moe Myint & Grace Tsoiin London and Hong KongThe youngest son of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the military to free her from jail. "I can't let my mother... More »
Published2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Rebecca MorelleScience Editor, BBC NewsHollywood film director James Cameron, who helmed the 199... More »
Published12 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsTurkey has hiked its main interest rate from 8.5% to 15%, reversing one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unort... More »
Leaders from a delegation of African nations visited the site of a mass grave in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.Valentyn Ogirenko/ReutersThe leaders of four African nations arrived on Friday in Kyiv, where their visit was briefly disrupted by a Ru... More »
Japan’s previous laws on sexual assault did not mention permission and required that the crime include physical force. The new law also raises the age of consent to 16, from 13.Japan changed its definition of rape and raised the age of consent to 16, from 13, ... More »
Published29 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingA selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week:Image source, Yassine Gaidi/Getty ImagesImage source, Mohamed Messara/EPAImage source, Giuseppe Maffia/Getty ImagesIma... More »
The report offered a damning verdict on Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, who quit Parliament last week.Boris Johnson deliberately misled British lawmakers over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street during the coronavirus pandemic, a powe... More »
The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.The Biden administration has been negotiating quietly with Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear program and free impris... More »
Just a few years ago, the idea of a Joni Mitchell concert in 2023 seemed like an impossibility. The singer-songwriter hadn’t headlined a concert in more than a decade when, in 2015, she survived a brain aneurysm and lost the ability to walk and talk.But seven ... More »
As a nation, we British are obsessed with our gut function, largely because it has never been unhealthier. I spend large parts of my working day talking to patients about their bowel habits, and many of them want to talk about little else. There is also a deep... More »
Three British tourists are missing after a scuba diving boat they were cruising in caught fire off Egypt’s Red Sea coastline on Sunday, authorities have said.A further 12 British nationals were rescued along with 12 Egyptian crew members and were brought to sa... More »
Some of the largest communities on Reddit will lock their doors in protest at the social news site’s decision to try to monetise access to its data.More than 3,000 subreddits have joined the protest, and will go “private” on Monday 12 June, preventing anyone o... More »