• Mon. Jul 14th, 2025

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The victims caught in the crossfire in Cape Town

Nick Ericsson BBC Africa Eye Africa family Davin was shot dead four months’ ago – an unwitting casualty of Cape Flats’ gang problem The distraught father lies on the narrow,…

Bombing in Iran sparks concern for historic Isfahan architecture

While military strategists scramble to learn the damage done by U.S. bombs and missiles in Iran, many scholars and Iranian Americans are wondering what this means for the people and…

‘Necessary’ or ‘unfounded’? Americans in Texas respond to US strikes on Iran

The BBC asked Texans and those visiting the state what they make of US President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran. Trump told the nation in…

Jason Segel, Kayla Radomski engaged after 2 years of dating

Jason Segel and Kayla Radomski are taking their love to a new level: engagement. “Shrinking” star Segel, 45, popped the question to girlfriend and “So You Think You Can Dance”…

What the US and Iran do next could be even more momentous

Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent BBC For decades, the United States and Iran have carefully avoided crossing a dangerous red line into a direct military confrontation. One American president after…

’28 Years Later’ review: This reboot is half-genius, half-monster

Zombies were dormant when screenwriter Alex Garland convinced director Danny Boyle to resurrect the undead — and make them run. The galloping ghouls in their low-budget 2002 thriller “28 Days…

Voices from Iran after US strikes

Taraneh Fathalian BBC Persian EPA Iranians attended a protest against the Israeli and US strikes in Tehran on Sunday “My days and nights are the same. I feel paralysed. I…

Belarus opposition leader’s husband urges Trump to help free other prisoners

Sergei Tikhanovsky, the husband of Belarus’ opposition leader, has called on US President Donald Trump to “just say the word” and ask for all political prisoners in Belarus to be…

Behind the US attack on Iran

It took months of planning and included over 125 planes, a submarine and 14 “bunker buster” bombs. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas describes how the US mission “Operation Midnight Hammer” took…

Suicide bombing at Damascus church kills 20, authorities say

At least 20 people have been killed and 52 others wounded in a suicide bombing at a church on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria’s health ministry has said. The attacker…