By Noor Nanji The BBC in India will separate in two from Wednesday, as it seeks to meet the country’s foreign investment rules. The BBC will retain its newsgathering team in India for its English language digital, television and radio outlets headquartered in London. A new, independent, Indian-owned company called the Collective Newsroom will now […]
By Sophie Abdulla Morocco’s second-largest reservoir that serves some of its major cities and has been central to farm irrigation is drying up, according to satellite images analysed by the BBC. Al Massira Dam, which sits around halfway between Casablanca and Marrakesh, contains just 3% of the average amount of water that was there nine […]
By Mike Wendling A woman who stole a diary belonging to Joe Biden’s daughter and sold it to a conservative organisation has been sentenced to a month in prison. Aimee Harris will also spend three months in home confinement after taking personal items belonging to Ashley Biden. Harris, 41, pleaded guilty in 2022 to a […]
By Laura Gozzi Four people have died and several are missing following an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy. The blast occurred underwater at the plant on Lake Suviana, 70km (43 miles) from the city of Bologna. The affected area is located 30m (100ft) below the surface of the lake. The mayor […]
By Ione Wells & Robert Plummer Banking giant HSBC is selling off its business in Argentina at a $1bn (£790m) loss after years of battling with the country’s unstable exchange rate. HSBC Argentina, which has more than 100 branches and 3,100 employees, will be bought by Grupo Financiero Galicia, a major private financial group. Annual […]
By Hugo Bachega A truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza was never going to be easy. Weeks of talks have failed to produce agreement. But international pressure is growing. Perhaps the biggest sign is the Biden administration sending William Burns, the head of the CIA, for the latest round of talks […]
By James Landale It is all over in seconds. The aircraft slows, lifts its nose and 12, perfectly wrapped pallets of humanitarian assistance slide off the open ramp at the back. One minute ago, 10 tonnes of food and water was there, the next it was floating gently by parachute in the southwesterly breeze, touching […]
By Georgina Rannard Peter Higgs, a giant of British science who came up with the idea of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work showing how the boson helps bind the universe together. A statement from Edinburgh university said he […]
By Sean Seddon Security will be increased at Champions League games this week after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues. A pro-IS media channel has published multiple posters calling for attacks at stadiums hosting quarter-final ties on Tuesday and Wednesday. Uefa said it was aware of the threats but […]
By Hannah Ritchie Men will soon be allowed to enter a women’s only artwork in Australia, following a high-stakes court case over the matter. The Ladies Lounge exhibit at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) sought to highlight historic misogyny by banning male visitors. After being denied entry, a man sued for illegal […]