The BBC should take “every possible step” to ensure that nothing like its deceit of the Princess of Wales to secure an interview ever happens again, Prime Minister Boris Johnson…
Spain: Madrid to lift restrictions for UK and Japanese travellers
Spain has said it is officially lifting restrictions for UK travellers from Monday, when a decree takes effect. The government says the UK and Japan will be on a list…
Nigeria: Army chief Ibrahim Attahiru killed in air crash
Nigeria’s army chief, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has been killed in a plane crash in the north-western state of Kaduna, officials say. The incident happened as the plane was trying to…
El Salvador: Bodies found in ex-policeman’s garden
The bodies of at least eight people have been recovered from a grave found at the home of a former police officer in El Salvador, officials say. The graves may…
USA: Alabama overturns decades-old ban on yoga in schools
Yoga can legally be taught in Alabama public schools, after the southern state overturned a nearly 30-year ban. The state’s department of education had barred yoga in 1993, citing its…
Palestine: Aid arrives in Gaza as ceasefire holds
The first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in Gaza, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants came into effect. Thousands of Palestinians returned home to scenes of…
Belgium: National park shut in hunt for far-right soldier
Belgian authorities have closed a national park near the Dutch border as the search for a heavily armed soldier with far-right views continues. Dutch and German police are supporting the…
USA: Big cats seized from zoo in Netflix’s Tiger King
Federal officials have seized 68 big cats from the Oklahoma zoo documented in the 2020 Netflix series Tiger King. On Thursday, the US Justice Department announced that they had confiscated…
Guatemala: Inmates beheaded in deadly prison gang fight
Police in Guatemala say at least seven prisoners have been killed during a fight between rival gangs in a jail in Quetzaltenango. Most of them were beheaded as members of…
France: Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial for illegal campaign funding
Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, is going on trial for illegally funding his 2012 re-election campaign. Mr Sarkozy, who denies the charges, stands accused with 13 other defendants over…