Alejandro Mayorkas: House votes to impeach homeland security secretary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68286641?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 3:11 AM
The impeachment push over border policies now moves to the Senate, where it is unlikely to succeed.
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Israel Gaza: UN warns attack on Rafah could lead to 'slaughter'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68287513?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 9:36 PM
Its aid chief says more than a million people in the Gazan city are staring "death in the face".
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Biden slams Trump criticism of Nato as 'shameful'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68286645?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 10:46 PM
The president says his main political rival is treating the military alliance like a protection racket.
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Indonesia election: What the maps don’t show about this Asian nation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68281092?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 11:02 PM
The BBC’s Frances Mao explains why Indonesia's election is a big one to watch in a crucial region.
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Pakistan election: Imran Khan's rivals PML-N and PPP reach deal to form government
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68287508?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 9:58 PM
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif plans to nominate his brother Shehbaz Sharif to be prime minister.
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Watch: CCTV captures massive landslide in Turkey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68291660?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 3:20 AM
Nine people are believed to be missing after a landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday.
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Democrat Tom Suozzi wins race to replace George Santos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68291562?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 3:52 AM
Mr Santos put his New York district in the spotlight but this special election centred on policy.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sells shares worth over $4bn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68277678?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 1:13 AM
The multi-billionaire moved to Miami last year, where there is no tax on share sales above $250,000.
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US defence secretary released from hospital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68291263?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 11:57 PM
Mr Austin was admitted to a DC-area hospital on Sunday to treat symptoms of an "emergent bladder issue".
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UAE: A hailstorm in the desert? Rare weather phenomenon shocks residents
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68289580?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 7:32 PM
Large hailstones covered roads as a rare weather phenomenon hit the United Arab Emirates.
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Amhara conflict: Ethiopians massacred in their homes by government troops
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68283799?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 2:21 PM
At least 45 civilians were killed in door-to-door raids by Ethiopian troops last month, a rights body says.
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Ransomware attack hits dozens of Romanian hospitals
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68288150?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 5:47 PM
Over 100 facilities have been affected with some doctors resorting to pen and paper.
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Senate's $95bn for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan faces uphill battle in House
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68284380?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 3:16 AM
Ukraine's leader praises the package, but the US House Speaker suggests he might block it.
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France bans 28 Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68289482?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 7:17 PM
The sanctions affect 28 individuals, far more than the numbers recently listed by the UK and US.
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Afcon: Ivory Coast and Nigeria players get cash, villas and honours
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68286543?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 7:01 PM
Players of both winners Ivory Coast and runners-up Nigeria get handsome rewards from their presidents.
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Trump seeks Supreme Court pause in 2020 election case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68277167?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 11:55 PM
He is fighting a ruling denying him presidential immunity in the federal election interference case.
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BBC follows Gaza’s tireless paramedics as they confront death and trauma at every turn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68280216?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 1:04 AM
BBC News Arabic followed three first responders working under intense bombardment in the first month of the war.
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Israel Gaza: Biden says Israel must protect vulnerable in Rafah
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68281213?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 12:05 PM
The US president says Israeli operations in the Gazan city must include a plan to protect civilians.
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Israel’s assault on Rafah looms, but no plan yet to evacuate civilians
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68274757?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 5:58 PM
Aid agencies say there is nowhere safe to move the 1.5 million people now sheltering in the city.
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Gaza war: What we know about Israel's Rafah hostage rescue raid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68276452?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 5:50 PM
Israeli commandos rescued two men in an operation that reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians.
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Bowen: Gazans fled to Rafah for safety but now Israel wants to attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68272136?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 6:57 AM
Israel says it will expand its military operations all the way south into Rafah.
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Israel to act on soldier misconduct after BBC investigation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68277124?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 5:15 PM
A BBC Verify investigation found videos showing detainees that legal experts say may breach international law.
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Gaza residents surviving off animal feed and rice as food dwindles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68239320?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 5:30 PM
The UN says hundreds of thousands of people in the territory are at growing risk of famine.
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Hind Rajab, 6, found dead in Gaza days after phone calls for help
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68261286?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 10, 2024, 11:34 AM
Hind was last heard from trapped in a car under fire, surrounded by bodies of her relatives, 12 days ago.
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Israel-Gaza war: Death and Israel’s search for ‘total victory’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68255843?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 11, 2024, 8:22 PM
Jeremy Bowen looks at Gaza's humanitarian crisis and a growing panic in Rafah over a looming Israeli offensive.
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Israel-Gaza war: US says it will not back unplanned Rafah offensive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68247050?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 9, 2024, 1:59 PM
The White House says it won't support operations in the southern Gaza city without due consideration for refugees there.
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Gaza ceasefire: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas's proposed terms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68232883?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 7, 2024, 10:30 PM
Israel's PM insists he will accept only "total victory", and calls Hamas's truce terms "delusional".
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Watch Indian police fire tear gas at protesting farmers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68289608?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 8:35 PM
Thousands of farmers are marching from neighbouring states to Delhi demanding assured prices for their crops.
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New York skyscrapers hidden by snow storm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68288126?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 4:12 PM
Videos from the city and parts of the state show what areas look like after being hit by the snow storm.
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Sweden water park: Video shows huge fire engulfing newly built attraction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68279358?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 6:08 PM
Video shows huge flames and thick smoke rising from large water slides in Gothenburg.
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Gunshots heard in Texas megachurch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68279126?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 5:24 PM
People are seen fleeing inside the Houston church - one of the largest evangelical churches in the US.
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RFK Jr v JFK Super Bowl ad: Spot the difference
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68277919?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 4:21 PM
A political advert played during the NFL game echoed one from a familiar face more than 60 years ago.
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Watch: Kelce and Swift celebrate at the Super Bowl
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68274306?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 11:18 AM
The pop icon flew in from Japan to watch her boyfriend play in Las Vegas at the 2024 championship game.
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'Don't take the side of a thug who kills' - Nikki Haley to Donald Trump
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68269820?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 11, 2024, 10:07 PM
She was speaking after Donald Trump said he'd encourage Russia to attack Nato members who "failed to pay".
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Nigeria cost of living: People turn to 'throw-away' rice for food
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68272830?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 2:49 AM
"Afafata" rice is usually discarded but rising prices mean many northern families are now eating it.
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Hungary resignations leave Viktor Orban in biggest crisis yet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68285304?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 14, 2024, 2:03 AM
Hungary is shaken by the resignations of the two most successful women in the PM's ruling Fidesz party.
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Joko Widodo: From promising democrat to Indonesia's kingmaker
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28422179?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 10:43 PM
Critics say Joko Widodo, like the leaders before him, is turning politics into a family business.
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Indonesia election: Who are the presidential candidates?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68271486?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 11:22 PM
The world's third-largest democracy is facing a crucial test of its hard-fought-for civil ideas.
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Super Bowl 2024 was most watched US TV broadcast since 1969 Moon landing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68282519?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 10:36 AM
The Taylor Swift effect is thought to be a contributing factor as 123.4 million tuned in on Sunday.
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Oscars class photo 2024: 10 things we spotted from Margot Robbie to Billie Eilish
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68282189?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 13, 2024, 11:58 AM
Margot Robbie was among 179 nominees who gathered for the annual Academy Awards luncheon in Los Angeles.
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Taylor Swift: Inside a world-first 'Swiftposium' academic summit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68271324?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
February 12, 2024, 4:03 PM
The BBC goes inside the world's most dedicated effort to chart Taylor Swift's power and influence.
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