BBC Verify tracks week of rebel advances in Syria
It’s been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the Syrian government in years. BBC Verify has been tracking the advance of rebel forces from north-west of…
Georgians risk serious injury and jail in fresh pro-EU protests
Avandtil Kuchava Avandtil Kuchava is one of a number of Georgian protesters to have suffered severe injuries More than 300 people have been arrested since mass protests erupted in Georgia…
South Koreans react to President Yoon’s martial law order
People on the streets of Seoul have expressed anxiety and confusion following South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s order of martial law – a decision that was quickly blocked by…
The awkward parallels between the Hunter Biden and Donald Trump convictions
Getty Images Donald Trump and Joe Biden may not have much in common. But when it comes to their connections to high-profile prosecutions, they have sounded a similar tune –…
Vogue boss Anna Wintour on her public persona and being told ‘no’
Getty Images Anna Wintour sporting her signature sunglasses Anna Wintour walks into our interview with her trademark dark glasses firmly on. I’m meeting the woman who has been editor-in-chief of…
Nobel Peace Prize winner says UN failing to bring IS to justice
BBC Nadia Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi, survived physical and sexual violence by IS In a courtroom in Munich, Nora sat across from the person who had bought her as a…
What’s on the mind of voters in seven charts
AFP Ghana is heading for its ninth general election since multiparty politics resumed in 1992. In that time, there have been three peaceful transfers of power, with the two main…
Asteroid lights up sky over Russia’s far east
A small asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere and produced a spectacular fireball in the sky across the far east of Russia in the early hours of Wednesday morning. People from the…
The men who volunteered but now won’t fight in Gaza
BBC Every single person in his platoon knew someone who was killed. Yuval Green, 26, knew at least three. He was a reservist, a medic in the paratroops of the…
French PM bullish ahead of no-confidence vote
The French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has said it is “possible” he could survive a no-confidence vote in his minority government. Opposition parties have tabled the motion to oust the…