Evin prison fire: Several dead after fire at Iran's notorious detention centre
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63271817?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 16, 2022, 12:18 PM
It is unclear if the fire is linked to recent protests, but many protesters are being held at Evin prison.
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China congress: Xi Jinping doubles down on zero-Covid as meeting opens
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-63226230?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 16, 2022, 6:12 AM
The Communist Party meeting is expected to see Mr Xi get a precedent-breaking third term as leader.
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Belgorod shooting: Gunmen kill 11 in attack on Russian trainee soldiers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63273599?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 16, 2022, 11:46 AM
Two attackers opened fire on recruits who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine, local media report.
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How Ukraine is winning the social media war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63272202?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:58 PM
Despite civilian and military bloodshed, Ukraine's online information war keeps a sense of humour.
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Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63273603?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 16, 2022, 2:44 AM
There have been 19 deaths and 58 cases reported in Uganda during this outbreak.
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Musk says SpaceX will keep funding Ukraine Starlink internet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63266142?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 8:10 PM
The tycoon reverses his earlier decision to stop funding a vital internet service for Ukraine.
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Greece: Vehicles dragged into the sea as flash floods hit Crete
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63272388?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 6:42 PM
At least one person is killed as heavy rains hit the Greek island.
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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, 2:37 PM
A power installation near Ukraine's capital was heavily damaged by another Russian missile strike.
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Tunisia: Thousands from rival political parties protest against President Kais Saied
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63271812?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 6:51 PM
Protesters denounced the president as an autocrat and also highlighted food and fuel shortages.
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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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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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Alex Jones: Will a $965m damages demand crush his Infowars empire?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63251824?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:24 PM
The talk show host faces severe financial and legal problems, but shows no signs of changing.
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Ukraine war: Russian's exhausting ordeal to escape conscription
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63237327?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:09 PM
This young man calls the Ukraine invasion a 'war against our own people'.
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Nigeria election: Dangers of being religious in a religious nation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63255695?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:50 PM
Religious intolerance is topping debates in Nigeria with four months to go to elections.
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Opioid crisis: US teens fastest growing group to die
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63206753?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:43 PM
Teen deaths from fentanyl overdose rose 20% last year - who is to blame and what can be done?
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Maharajah Duleep Singh: Indian boy king's warm friendship with Queen Victoria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-63225177?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:46 PM
An exhibition in the UK chronicles the life of Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last Sikh king from India.
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Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-63242627?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 11:09 PM
Vet Carlos Valderrama describes castrating Pablo Escobar's hippo in the wild.
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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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Chants, shooting and sirens as Iran prison burns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63273749?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 15, 2022, 9:34 PM
In some videos people could be heard outside the prison chanting "death to the dictator".
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'I saved for 30 years to see the Titanic'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63260934?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 11:08 PM
Since she was a child, Renata has longed to see the wreck of the famous ocean liner which sank in 1912.
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The Ikea-style flat-pack home for refugees
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-63256323?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
October 14, 2022, 11:48 PM
A shelter for displaced people that comes in a flat-pack and takes a few hours to assemble.
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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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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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