Kayaker leg amputated after 20-hour river rescue
Tasmania Police Police believe the man was scouting the area when he slipped and fell into a rock crevice A tourist in Tasmania has had his leg amputated in the…
Beirut strike ‘so powerful it was felt across the city’
A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The eight-storey structure was completely destroyed without warning, as people were sleeping in the…
Modi’s BJP returns to power in crucial state election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to win a landslide majority in India’s richest state of Maharashtra, trends show. The BJP and its allies are…
Central Beirut hit by massive Israeli air strikes
Israel has carried out massive air strikes on central Beirut, Lebanese media say, and there are reports of several deaths. An eight-storey residential building was completely destroyed with five missiles…
How big is Donald Trump’s mandate?
BBC Republican President-elect Donald Trump has said his election victory handed him an “unprecedented and powerful” mandate to govern. He beat Democratic rival Kamala Harris in all seven closely watched…
Police accused of killing pot-banging protesters
Anthony Irungu / BBC The mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, were strikingly young – children shedding tears as they bade farewell to a 16-year-old friend, who…
A fashion shoot that went viral and turned Indian slum children into celebrities
Innovation for Change The fashion show was put together by children who live in a slum in Lucknow A video of a fashion shoot in India has gone viral and…
Tourist boom threatens ancient forests
Xiqing Wang/ BBC Sinkholes in China’s Guangxi province have become a tourist attraction The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath…
The week of rising stakes in the Ukraine war
Getty Images The war reached its 1000th day this week The stakes have never been higher in the Ukraine-Russia war. In the week that saw the conflict pass its 1000th…
Atmospheric river brings floods and snow to California
An atmospheric river swept through Northern California, dumping record rain and deep snow in the region. In Santa Rosa, the rainfall shattered a three-day record of about 10 inches set…