Reform UK hopefuls vie to share spotlight with Farage
For a party that makes a lot of noise in British politics, Reform UK has relatively few senior elected politicians. And one man, its leader Nigel Farage, who’s a true…
Ethiopia outfoxes Egypt over Nile waters with its mighty dam
Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC Tigrinya AFP/Getty Images After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one…
One of the world’s most sacred places is being turned into a mega-resort
Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem Universal Images Group via Getty Images The 6th Century St Catherine’s is the world’s oldest continuously used Christian monastery For years, visitors would venture up Mount…
Tight vote in Norway to decide whether to stick with Labour or turn right
Alex MaxiaBBC News, in Norway STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/NTB/AFP Conservative Erna Solberg is challenged by Labour’s Jonas Gahr Støre during a TV debate in the run-up to the election Norwegians go…
Inflatable tanks and flat-pack guns
Vitaly ShevchenkoRussia editor, BBC Monitoring Na Chasi From the air, these look just like an M777 Howitzer, a Himars missile launcher and a Humvee vehicle used by Ukraine In June…
LGBTQ+ Catholics make historic pilgrimage at Vatican
AFP via Getty Images Pilgrims march to pass the holy door of St Peter’s basilica during the LGTB jubilee, at the Vatican Some 1,400 Catholics donning rainbow attire and carrying…
Anna Wintour was Vogue. Now she’s gone, can the magazine stay relevant?
Ellie Violet BramleyStyle writer Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images In May 1989, Dame Anna Wintour did something that would become a hallmark of her time as editor-in-chief of US…
Reform distances itself from doctor who made Covid claims at conference
Reform UK has distanced itself from a conference speaker who suggested that Covid vaccines were linked to the King’s and the Princess of Wales’ cancers. Aseem Malholtra, an adviser to…
Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack
The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State, local officials say. On Friday night militants struck the village…
Snapped cable caused crash, first report says
Portuguese officials investigating Wednesday’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon say a cable along the railway’s route snapped, but the rest of the mechanism was functioning properly. “After examining the wreckage…