Captured Western military hardware has been on display in Moscow’s Victory Park, a giant memorial complex dedicated to the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. Swathes of Russians attended the exhibition to see the war trophies. The BBC’s Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, went to take a look and explained what Russia may be trying to...
Dozens have been arrested during a night-time operation at Columbia University in New York City. Pro-Palestinian protesters had taken over an academic building 24 hours earlier. The NYPD says both the building and the tent campus on the university’s lawn have been cleared. US universities have been gripped by protests as students demand a boycott...
The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head was on a Philippines coastguard ship in disputed waters in the South China Sea as it was targeted by Chinese vessels. Our reporter describes China blasting water cannon across the bow, and being tailed by at least three separate Chinese ships. Nobody on board was injured, but...
Five people have been killed and another 23 are being treated in hospital after a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa, local officials say. A building known locally as “Harry Potter castle” was damaged in the strike. It is the residence of prominent former MP Serhiy Kivalov, who was among the wounded....
Aerial footage shows the scale of the devastation in Oklahoma after tornadoes tore through the US state. Buildings were destroyed and tens of thousands of residents were left without electricity. The storm killed at least four people, including a young child. Clean-up operations have been taking place in the town of Sulphur, where the storm...
A tornado has ripped through China’s Guangdong province, killing five people and injuring 33. Videos show the moment the tornado hit power lines According to local authorities, 141 factory buildings were damaged and hail stones the size of golf balls were seen hitting the ground in the city of Guangzhou. Source link
Germany wants tougher limits on hunting the animals, but Botswana says it has too many of them. Source link
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption The Syrian army says it has completely surrounded the town of Douma, which has been under heavy bombardment US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has warned Syria it would be “very unwise” to use poison gas in Eastern Ghouta amid reports of chlorine attacks. Mr Mattis did not say President Trump...
Image caption Churchgoers were killed in southern Rwanda, near the border with Burundi A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday, an official said. Most of the victims died instantly when lightning hit the church in the southern district of Nyaruguru, local...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRussia’s defence ministry released footage of the Kinzhal missile test-launch Russia says it has successfully test-launched a hypersonic missile, one of a range of nuclear-capable weapons announced by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month. The country’s defence ministry released video footage showing the missile detaching from a...