54 minutes ago Quentin Sommerville,Karenni State, Myanmar BBC Teacher Maw Hpray Myar uses music to drown the din of war for children in Myanmar’s jungle In Myanmar’s eastern Karenni State, the sleepy jungle town of Demoso has come alive with revolutionary fervour. In the burnt-red soil along the sides of the town’s main road, a...
At least nine people died after strong wind gusts brought part of a stage to the ground at a campaign event. Source link
New video released by the Louisville Police Department shows the moment golfer Scottie Scheffler is arrested outside the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Chief Police Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said on Thursday that the arresting officer, Bryan Gillis, broke the department’s policies by not turning on his body-worn camera. Scheffler was detained on 17 May and...
US President Joe Biden has named Kenya as a major non-Nato ally, making it the first sub-Saharan African country to receive that designation. Mr Biden announced the move during a three-day state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto. It is the first such visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years...
Fierce fighting in Sudan’s besieged city of El Fasher has become so intense that Mohamed Haroon Abdallah has been unable to bury his brother. He was injured last week in an attack on the city in the western region of Darfur and died on Monday. “I had to abandon my brother’s body on my way...
President Emmanuel Macron says he will not force through a controversial voting reform in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia following deadly rioting. Speaking on a visit to the main island, Mr Macron said local leaders should engage in dialogue to find an alternative agreement for the archipelago’s future. Six people including two police...
Tens of thousands of genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes have been released in Djibouti in an effort to stop the spread of an invasive species that transmits malaria. The friendly non-biting male Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, developed by Oxitec, a UK-based biotechnology company, carry a gene that kills female offspring before they reach maturity. Only female mosquitoes...
Iran’s late President, Ebrahim Raisi, is being buried in his home city of Mashhad, four days after he was killed in a helicopter crash. The 63-year-old hard-line cleric will be laid to rest in the holy shrine of Imam Reza, a revered figure in Shia Islam. TV pictures showed large crowds gathered in one of...
10 hours ago Rupert Wingfield-Hayes,BBC News, Taipei Reuters Taiwan Air Force jets prepare to take off in response to China’s drills Soon after China began its military drills in the skies and seas around Taiwan, it also launched a tirade against the man they said had triggered it: William Lai, the island’s new president. From...
When one top defence official is arrested in Russia, that’s interesting. When four senior defence figures are handcuffed in less than a month, that’s more than a pattern. It’s a purge. The latest senior military man to be locked up is Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the army’s general staff and head of...