Turkey coal mine explosion kills 41, injures 11
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63261746?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 1:41 PM
Emergency crews had worked through the night to reach survivors hundreds of metres below ground.
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Kyiv told to save electricity after Russian missile strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63270007?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 1:16 PM
A power installation near Ukraine's capital was heavily damaged by another Russian missile strike.
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Musk says SpaceX cannot keep funding Ukraine Starlink
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63266142?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 12:05 AM
The tycoon asked the US to fund the satellite internet service instead of him, according to reports.
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Ukraine war: Putin says no more massive strikes - for now
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63255617?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 3:53 PM
The Russian president says it is not his aim to destroy Ukraine, despite recent heavy bombardments.
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Iran protests: Fury over police sex assault video
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63254385?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 6:51 PM
Footage appearing to show police assaulting a woman in broad daylight sparks anger on social media.
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Slovakia LGBT attack: Thousands gather at vigil outside Bratislava bar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63267451?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 3:11 AM
Thousands gathered in the Slovakian capital to remember two men killed in a suspected hate crime.
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Funeral for girl and father after Irish explosion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63260563?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 1:09 PM
The funeral of Creeslough victims Robert Garwe and his daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe has taken place.
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Nigeria floods: People evacuate on top of cars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63267440?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 2:08 AM
Over one million people have left their homes after widespread flooding hits Nigeria.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia: Two brothers guilty of killing Maltese journalist
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63261744?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 8:04 PM
The murder of the investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, sparked widespread anger.
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Haiti: People will die as country nears breaking point - UN
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63261742?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 4:21 PM
The country is paralysed by a gang violence crisis crippling its basic food and water supplies.
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Zanzibar swimming crabs deaths being investigated
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63254638?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 12:12 PM
Thousands of dead swimming crabs have washed up on the beaches of the Tanzanian islands.
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Study links coronavirus lockdowns to birth rate drop in Europe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63253517?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 10:11 AM
January 2021 saw a 14% birth rate drop in Europe in comparison with previous years, research suggests.
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Iran: How we are uncovering the protests and crackdowns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63264159?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 6:48 PM
BBC journalists are verifying videos that are crucial to establishing what is happening on the ground.
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Bakhmut: The Ukrainian city where Russia is still advancing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63261600?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 11:15 PM
In the city of Bakhmut in the east, Russia continues to seize ground as it loses it elsewhere.
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Robert Pether: 'My Australian husband faces death in an Iraq jail'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-63030307?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 11:19 PM
Australian man Robert Pether was jailed arbitrarily and needs urgent medical care, his wife says.
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from many university subjects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63219895?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 11:44 PM
Fatima missed her last year of school - now the Taliban are stopping her studying what she wants at university.
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Nigeria floods: Braving the rising waters in Kogi state
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63262391?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 7:51 PM
More than a million people are now homeless in the worst flooding the nation has seen in a decade.
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'I was shot by rebels' - when reporting gets deadly
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63217452?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 11:40 PM
Umaru Fofana looks back at how reporting on Sierra Leone's civil war 25 years ago got personal.
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Parkland shooting verdict: 'I'm as stunned as the day Luke was killed'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63251245?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 13, 2022, 11:22 PM
Families tell the BBC they believed until the last minute their children's killer would be executed.
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Donald Trump subpoena: His four biggest legal problems
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61084161?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 13, 2022, 8:13 PM
It can be difficult to keep track of the ex-president's legal battles - here's what you need to know.
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US Capitol riots: Footage shows Nancy Pelosi seeking help
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63250182?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 13, 2022, 9:34 PM
The Speaker of the House is seen talking to Virginia's governor seeking additional law enforcement.
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‘They are massacring people': Iran demos intensify in Kurdish city
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63246700?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 6:02 AM
Security forces are intensifying their crackdown on protests in a Kurdish-populated city in western Iran.
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Is Xi Jinping’s potato miracle all that it seems?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63230893?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 12:34 AM
China's leader is said to have ended poverty in one village by suggesting growing a new type of potato.
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Nigeria's worst floods in a decade
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63262805?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 5:30 PM
Nigeria is being hit with some of its worst flooding in over a decade with more than 500 deaths since July.
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Watch: Turkey MP smashes phone with hammer in parliament
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63249301?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 13, 2022, 8:31 PM
Burak Erbay was protesting against a proposed government-backed bill aimed to combat 'disinformation'.
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Malala Yousafzai visits Pakistan after deadly floods
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63241257?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 13, 2022, 3:06 PM
The activist travelled to the country for the second time, since she was shot by the Taliban in 2012.
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