Lebanon ceasefire deal extended as initial deadline passes
The US and Lebanon say the ceasefire deal with Israel – which had been due to expire on Sunday – has been extended until mid-February. Israel had kept troops deployed…
Outgoing Muslim Council of Britain leader Zara Mohammed criticises lack of government contact
BBC/Emma Lynch Zara Mohammed was elected in 2021 When Zara Mohammed became the first female leader of one of the largest representative bodies for British Muslims in 2021, she already…
Warm words, for now, between Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer
Reuters The conversation between the two leaders took place on Sunday, hours after Donald Trump praised Sir Keir Starmer for having done a “very good job thus far” When it…
Trump’s Colombia face-off is warning for all leaders
Ione wells South America correspondent EPA Less than a week into his presidency, Donald Trump has instigated his first international tariff dispute. And the target isn’t China, Mexico or Canada…
How mothers are fighting to stop drowning deaths in Indian wetlands
Swastik Pal Kakoli Das with a photographer of her six-year-old son Ishan, who drowned three months ago Mangala Pradhan will never forget the morning she lost her one-year-old son. It…
Are DR Congo’s plans to build the world’s largest hydropower dam still on track?
Wedaeli Chibelushi in London and Emery Makumeno in Kinshasa BBC News Mbelechi Msochi Inga I and II were built in the 1970s and 1980s, while construction for Inga III was…
Working from home criticism sparks anger: ‘We are not lazy’
Lucy Acheson and Thomas Copeland BBC News Alba Alba says chronic pain disrupts her sleep, making it “even harder to operate in the office” The BBC has heard from hundreds…
Debt-stricken calls surge – but here’s how to cope
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent BBC Rachel chose to take more responsibility for getting out of debt Helpline calls from people worried about debt have surged in January as…
Inside the race for Greenland’s mineral wealth
Adrienne Murray Business reporter BBC Mining firm boss Eldur Olafsson says Greenland can supply the minerals the West needs for “decades” President Donald Trump has said he thinks the US…
Thousands flee as M23 rebels close in on key city of Goma
Tens of thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing towns in the east of the country as rebel forces close in on the city of Goma.…