By Chris Bockman Squeezed between a hospital and a busy dual carriageway heading to France’s Mediterranean coast is a discreet, sprawling walled compound that serves as a remarkable haven. This is an orphanage that has a unique role – and one of a network of three, called Orpheopolis. All the orphans have lost a mother […]
By Shayan Sardarizadeh, Benedict Garman & Thomas Spencer Seven people working for the food aid charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Three of them were British and Foreign Secretary David Cameron has called on Israel to “urgently explain how this happened”. BBC Verify has been studying images […]
By Jacqueline Howard The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a political dispute. Earlier this year, Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing hunting trophies. Botswana’s president Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only impoverish Botswanans. He said elephant numbers had exploded as a […]
By Hafsa Khalil & Rushdi Abualouf Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, the charity’s founder said on Tuesday. The victims were British, Polish, Australian, Palestinian and also included a dual US-Canadian citizen, WCK said. A journalist working for the BBC in Gaza […]
By David Gritten Iran has vowed to respond to what it said was an Israeli strike on Monday that destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel would “regret this crime”, while President Ebrahim Raisi insisted that it would “not go unanswered”. Iranian state TV reported that […]
The attack is the deepest into Russian territory since the start of the war. Read Original Article
By Vanessa Buschschlüter A Venezuelan YouTuber who uploads travel videos has been released after being held for 32 hours following his arrest at Caracas airport on Sunday. Venezuela’s Attorney-General Tarek Saab said US-based YouTuber Oscar Alejandro Pérez had been arrested over a video he uploaded last year. Mr Saab alleges that in the video, the […]
By Laura Gozzi Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a drone attack in Russia’s Tatarstan region – more than 1,300km (807 miles) from the Ukraine-Russia border. The strikes, in which 12 people were injured, are the deepest into Russian territory since the start of the war. Local authorities said that the strikes hit the town of […]
By Liv McMahon The UK and US have signed a landmark deal to work together on testing advanced artificial intelligence (AI). The agreement signed on Monday says both countries will work together on developing “robust” methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools and the systems that underpin them. It is the first bilateral agreement […]
A suspect, who is also understood to be a minor, has been arrested. The school has 800 students and 90 staff. Witnesses told public broadcaster YLE that two ambulances had left the scene. Police said all those caught up in the incident were minors and three of them had been wounded. Viertola school has students […]