bbc.comadded August 2026
BBC News (World)by Frank Gardner27 Aug 2026
- Published President Donald Trump said John Ratcliffe's trip to Russia was a "semi-routine" visit but there is nothing routine about the CIA chief making a secret, 10,000-mile return dash to...
BBC News (World)27 Aug 2026
- Published Actor Peter Cullen, who voiced popular characters including Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, has died at the age of 85.
BBC News (World)by David Gritten27 Aug 2026
- Published A senior official on US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has criticised Israel's continuing air strikes on Gaza, as well as the actions of the Palestinian armed group Hamas.
BBC News (World)by Paul Njie27 Aug 2026
- Published The killing of at least eight women in a week has sparked outrage in Cameroon, with many calling on the government to do more to protect women and girls.
BBC News (World)by Raffi Berg27 Aug 2026
- Published An Israeli court has acquitted a Jewish man who attacked a nun in Jerusalem, in an incident caught on CCTV which drew widespread condemnation.
BBC News (World)by Madeline Halpert27 Aug 2026
- Published Closing arguments are set to begin on Thursday in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three small children at their home in suburban Boston.
BBC News (World)by Yemisi Adegoke26 Aug 2026
- Published "If you ran into a room, they set the room on fire," says Fatima, describing a recent attack on her village in Zamfara, north-western Nigeria.
BBC News (World)by Adrienne Murray26 Aug 2026
- Published Inside a waterfront factory, workers in hairnets and blue overalls are sorting freshly caught cod and haddock, and machines process the fish into fillets, mostly bound for Europe.
BBC News (World)by Geeta Pandey26 Aug 2026
- Published Recent footage of young women swearing during a protest in India has sparked an unusual debate: are expletives worse when they come from women?
BBC News (World)by Madeline Halpert26 Aug 2026
- Published The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for pancreatic cancer that, in clinical trials, nearly doubled the overall survival time for patients.
BBC News (World)by Hafsa Khalil26 Aug 2026
- Published Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa's main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday - and some of them have now hatched.
BBC News (World)by Hafsa Khalil26 Aug 2026
- Published Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for "desertion", including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021.
BBC News (World)by Carrie Davies; Usman Zahid26 Aug 2026
- Published It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted.
BBC News (World)by Basillioh Rukanga26 Aug 2026
- Published China's foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over "security risks".
BBC News (World)by Mark Savage26 Aug 2026
- Published In 1980, Dolly Parton was filming her first Hollywood movie, 9 To 5, and between scenes she had an idea for the tune that would become the movie's theme song.
BBC News (World)by Sebastian Usher26 Aug 2026
- Published A far-right member of the Israeli parliament has badly damaged a Palestinian memorial with a sledgehammer in the occupied West Bank while under military escort.
BBC News (World)by Geeta Pandey26 Aug 2026
- Published An Indian jewellery brand has removed their new advertisement for the upcoming festival of Rakshabandhan, also known as Rakhi, after backlash over the outfit worn by the female lead.
BBC News (World)by Archana Shukla26 Aug 2026
- Published India, the world's largest consumer of sugar, is trying to avoid a bittersweet festive season.
BBC News (World)by Osmond Chia26 Aug 2026
- Published Hidden car door handles - the sleek designs often found on electric vehicles (EVs) - have come under the spotlight over the past week.
BBC News (World)by Hafsa Khalil25 Aug 2026
- Published Fifty-eight people linked to organised West African cyber-crime groups have been arrested in an operation across 22 countries and six continents.
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