Vulnerable time for Europe as clock ticks down for Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden’s state visit to Germany on Friday was extremely brief. But the US president used every minute in Berlin to try to make clear that he still…
Trump calls judge ‘evil’ for releasing case files before election
Donald Trump has called a judge “the most evil person” as she released more than 1,800 pages of evidence in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election conspiracy case against him. The…
Why is India widow burning case back in news after 37 years
Mohar Singh Meena Roop Kanwar was burned to death on her husband’s funeral pyre It was a case that made headlines globally and led to widespread condemnation. A teenaged widow…
Why African leaders like Cameroon’s President Paul Biya hides his health
AFP Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in power since 1982 Rumours of ill-health have engulfed two African presidents in recent weeks, sparking contrasting responses and exposing how the wellbeing…
In North Carolina, Democrats travel deep into Trump country
BBC/Brandon Drenon A woman praying inside Mt Lebanon AME Zion Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina On a Sunday morning in September, the air inside the historic Mt Lebanon AME…
Week in pictures: 12-18 October 2024
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Jane Barlow/PA Media The full October moon, known as the Hunter’s Moon, sets behind Edinburgh Castle. A supermoon…
The farmers targeted by false claims over Kamala Harris advert
Two farmers from the key swing state of Pennsylvania have been the focus of misinformation after they appeared in a campaign advert for Kamala Harris. Bob and Kristina Lange say…
Liam Payne’s father reads fan tributes outside Argentina hotel
The father of former One Direction member Liam Payne visited tributes laid out by fans outside the hotel where his son died on Wednesday. Geoff Payne read letters and messages…
‘Merchants of death’ trial steps up fight against Channel smugglers
Reuters People smugglers are making vast profits getting people illegally across the Channel Peering over her glasses, the French judge glanced sternly across the cavernous underground courtroom towards a notorious…
Meet the Tiktokers buying up Japan’s empty homes
Content creators in Japan are going viral for buying and renovating cheap, abandoned homes known as akiyas. In Tokyo, akiyas can be purchased for a fraction of the price of…