Ukraine live updates: Trump and European leaders press Putin to agree to Zelenskyy meeting | Ukraine
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy both said they hoped Monday’s gathering would eventually lead to three-way…
Croatian ultra-nationalist mega-gig exposes divided society
Guy Delauney BBC Balkans correspondent DAMIR SENCAR/AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of thousands attended a concert by Marko Perkovic in Zagreb A “neo-fascist Croatian Woodstock” or patriotic, anti-establishment fun? Last…
Pan-Africanism finds fresh momentum in the Caribbean
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Gemma Handy BBC News in St John’s EPA Trinidad and Tobago pays tribute to the nation’s Afro-descendant community on Emancipation Day, which marks the ending of…
Bindi Irwin says she was made to feel ‘ashamed’ of endometriosis pain
@bindisueirwin / Instagram Bindi Irwin says she’s on the mend after 13 years of endometriosis pain Australian conservationist and TV personality Bindi Irwin has said she is “genuinely healing” after…
Swatch apologises for ‘slanted eyes’ ad after uproar in China
Koh Ewe BBC News, Singapore Reuters Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and pulled an ad featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes, after the image prompted uproar among…
Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemic
An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas a record A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union said…
Man saw kaleidoscopic light before going blind
Oli Constable, Katie Roberts and George Sandeman BBC News When Calum Macdonald arrived at the Vietnamese border, he couldn’t read the administrative forms in front of him. All he could…
Key takeaways from Ukraine talks in Washington
Bernd Debusmann Jr Reporting from the White House Watch: Key moments from Zelensky-Trump White House talks Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to the White House on Monday to meet US…
War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup
Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a sham that will be used to entrench the junta’s…
Nigerian rescuers search for dozens missing
Rescue workers in northern Nigeria are still searching for about 25 missing passengers after a boat accident in Sokoto state on Sunday, a local councillor has said. The National Emergency…