Sudan's healthcare system on brink of collapse after cuts, medical charity MSF warns
BBC Newsby Hafsa Khalil·8 Sept 2026
- Published Sudan's fragile health system is on the brink of collapse as global funding cuts have led to the closure of healthcare facilities across the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has...
Saudi Arabia vows to respond after Houthis attack cities and energy facilities
BBC News·8 Sept 2026
- Published Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement has attacked energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia with dozens of drones and missiles, injuring 73 people, Saudi...
Renoir museum: Four paintings worth millions stolen in French heist
BBC Newsby Michael Sheils McNamee; Tiffany Wertheimer·8 Sept 2026
- Published Four paintings by the impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been stolen from a museum in the south of France.
North Korea and Russia open first road bridge linking the two countries
BBC Newsby Jake Kwon·8 Sept 2026
- Published The first road bridge linking Russia and North Korea has opened, allowing the two countries to more easily move cargo and passengers between their border across the Tumen river.
Eiffel Tower shut by staff strike over women being moved for religious visit
BBC Newsby Dan Sales; Mimi Swaby·7 Sept 2026
- Published The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after staff went on strike over female workers being removed for the visit of a Hindu religious group, workers and management said.
Tukaram Mundhe: Maharashtra food safety officer who is a social media star
BBC Newsby Archana Shukla; Neyaz Farooquee·7 Sept 2026
- Published The images are hard to ignore. Cockroaches scurry across kitchen floors. Spider webs cling to walls.
AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says UK's biggest tech boss
BBC Newsby Faisal Islam·7 Sept 2026
- Published The boss of the biggest UK-headquartered tech firm has said that artifical intelligence will find a cure for cancer that humans cannot in our lifetimes.
Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status
BBC Newsby Liv McMahon·7 Sept 2026
- Published Grindr has agreed to pay £26m to settle a lawsuit over allegations it shared users' personal information - including their HIV status - with third parties.
Austria's Islamic headscarf ban in force as under-14s go back to school
BBC Newsby Bethany Bell·7 Sept 2026
- Published As the new school year begins in Austria, a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14 has gone into force.
Indonesia fires: The volunteer firefighters risking their lives to defuse 'carbon bombs'
BBC Newsby Gavin Butler; Ahmad Dhani·6 Sept 2026
- Published The sky grows heavy in Borneo, though not with rain. The air, amber-hued and treacle-thick, is smudged under a blanket of smog that has spilled across international borders – to...
NTA: India's high-stakes exam system faces a crisis of trust
BBC Newsby Nikita Yadav·6 Sept 2026
- Published In 2017, India introduced the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct fair, transparent and standardised examinations.
Dozens feared trapped in collapsed building in Delhi
BBC Newsby Aleks Phillips·6 Sept 2026
- Published A residential building in the Indian capital Delhi has collapsed with dozens of students feared trapped inside.
Russia-Ukraine war: US envoys set for Ukraine talks after Putin meeting
BBC Newsby Toby Mann·6 Sept 2026
- Published Two US envoys are hoping for "equally productive meetings" in Ukraine after holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on ending the war, US officials say.
Trump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks
BBC Newsby Alex Boyd·5 Sept 2026
- Published Two of US President Donald Trump's top envoys have arrived in Moscow, Russian media has said, ahead of a weekend of talks aimed at accelerating efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
Trump signs order to remove endangered species status for grey wolves
BBC Newsby Aleks Phillips·5 Sept 2026
- Published Donald Trump has signed an executive order to remove endangered species protection for the grey wolf and a subspecies, the Mexican wolf.
Niger coup attempt: Is Russia proving better at protecting friends than fighting enemies in West Africa?
BBC Newsby Simi Jolaoso·5 Sept 2026
- Published When mutinous soldiers seized a strategic military base in Niger's capital last Saturday, the country's ruling junta turned to a foreign partner it has increasingly relied on since...
Tate brothers charged with further trafficking and sex crimes in Romania
BBC Newsby Dan Sales·5 Sept 2026
- Published Romanian prosecutors have charged social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate with further sex crimes.
Flock says its cameras make US safer - so why are they being sabotaged?
BBC Newsby Ellie House·5 Sept 2026
- Published Houston's historic Old Braeswood neighbourhood is affluent and tree-lined. These are not the kind of streets where you would expect to see coordinated vandalism.
Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote
BBC Newsby Jessica Parker·4 Sept 2026
- Published Germany is holding its breath this weekend as there is a seismic election in the country's east.
Trump's peace envoys to visit Moscow and Kyiv - reports say
BBC Newsby Jaroslav Lukiv·4 Sept 2026
- Published US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend, reports say, as efforts to end the war appear to be gathering pace.
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