Relief and new baby for asylum family of child suffocated in Channel crossing
Andrew HardingReporting from Rouvroy, northern France BBC First came an email. Then, a month later, a baby. Each arrival, in its own way, marked a sharp swerve in the fortunes…
Hurricane season brings financial fears in the Caribbean
Gemma HandyBusiness reporter, St Johns, Antigua Getty Images Homes in Barbuda were flattened by 2017’s Hurricane Irma For some Barbudans, thunderstorms still trigger flashbacks of the night in September 2017…
Czech populist Babis eyes power in election but may need help from extremes
Rob CameronPrague Correspondent, Prague Reuters Andrej Babis has taken inspiration from the US Maga movement, not least his party’s red caps saying “Strong Czechia” Czechs go to the polls on…
Chunk of New York apartment building collapses in possible explosion
Grace Eliza Goodwin and Sakshi Venkatramanin New York Footage captures the moments after partial collapse of apartment building A section of a 20-storey residential building partially collapsed in New York…
Musk becomes first person ever to see wealth top $500bn
Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn), as the value of the electric car company and his…
Four ways the US government shutdown could end
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent, Washington Getty Images Welcome to the shutdown, 2025 edition. On Tuesday evening, the US Senate was unable to pass a spending bill that would have kept…
Conservationist Dame Jane Doodall dies aged 91
Watch: Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animals Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, a world-leading expert on chimpanzees, has died aged 91. Her observations helped to reveal how…
French troops board oil tanker linked to Russian ‘shadow fleet’
French soldiers have boarded an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, used to evade sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. The Boracay left Russia…
Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla
The Israeli navy has intercepted boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists aboard, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said several vessels that form part…
Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animals
In 1980, Dame Goodall spoke to the BBC’s Terry Wogan about how she became interested in animals and shared some of her observations on chimpanzees’ likeness to humans. The primatologist…