By Hafsa Khalil The local mayor of a remote Italian island overrun with wild goats is offering to give them away. The idea came to Riccardo Gullo after a census estimated their population to be six times the human population of 100. Experts at navigating the steep landscape of Alicudi, in the Aeolian archipelago north […]
In a video circulating online the large elephant could be seen flipping the car carrying six people over several times. Keith Vincent, CEO of the safari group, said the vehicle was “blocked” by the terrain and couldn’t move out. The 80-year-old woman, who has not been named, died of her injuries. Officials said her remains […]
By Jonathan Head & BBC Burmese The opposition in Myanmar says it ordered a mass drone attack on the country’s embattled military in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The National Unity Government (NUG) said 29 drones armed with explosives targeted the airport, air force base and military headquarters. The military has told BBC Burmese they […]
By Emily Atkinson & Adam Durbin Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel. In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a “plausible risk of genocide” […]
By Wycliffe Muia South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot dead in a car hijacking, his team says. The shooting took place at a petrol station on Wednesday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida. The 24-year-old was waiting to be attended to when he was approached by unknown gunmen, who ordered him to […]
By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes & Kelly Ng Rescuers in Taiwan are working to reach more than 600 stranded people, a day after the island experienced its worst earthquake in 25 years. One survivor has recounted how tremors unleashed rockslides “like bullets” around the coal mine he was working at. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit near the […]
By Jemma Dempsey WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram all went down briefly on Wednesday during a major outage at parent company Meta. Thousands of app users reported issues accessing the three sites late in the day, with people taking to other social media to air grievances. Meta’s status site later indicated that most issues had been […]
By Nick Beake Rain drips down the glasses of new recruit Toivo Saabas, tracing the contours of the green and black face paint that completes his camouflage. Lying on the saturated ground, and peering through the sight of his gun, the only frailty that threatens to give away his position is the plume of air […]
By Matt McGrath The number of trees lost in tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia fell dramatically last year because of political action, a new analysis finds. Researchers say new leaders have prioritised the environment, with tree losses in the Brazilian Amazon down by a huge 39%. However, increased tree felling and fires in Bolivia, […]
By Nadine Yousif The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past. But the success of this […]