By Parham Ghobadi BBC Persian An Iranian ex-police commander due to be deported from the UK to Rwanda under a controversial scheme says he fears being killed by Iranian agents there. The man previously gave testimony to a UK-based rights groups’ tribunal investigating alleged Iranian atrocities during protests in 2019. He has been held at […]
By Ben Tobias BBC News Russia-Ukraine war The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, all but destroyed by weeks of shelling and now under Russian control, is at risk of a major cholera outbreak, the UK defence ministry says. Much of the city’s infrastructure is damaged or destroyed and water has mixed with sewage, according […]
A chain of failures marred the Champions League final in Paris last month, a French government report says. They included lack of preparation for travelling fans, huge numbers of people without tickets or fake ones, and security failures at the stadium. The report does not apportion blame, but recommends improvements which the government says will […]
By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Saxon Mullins says she once had romantic dreams of what her “first time” would be like. In none was she paralysed by fear in a Sydney alleyway, aged 18, with a man she had met only minutes earlier. Ms Mullins has always maintained this incident – in 2013 – […]
By Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York Prices in the US rose faster than expected last month, as rising energy and food costs pushed inflation to the highest rate since 1981. The annual inflation rate rose to 8.6% in May, the Labor Department said, after easing in April. The rising cost of living has been […]
Russia-Ukraine war Israel has reacted with fury after Russia’s foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood”. Sergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia’s portrayal of Ukraine as “Nazi” despite the fact that its president is Jewish. Israel’s foreign ministry summoned Russia’s ambassador for “clarification” and demanded an […]
By David Gritten BBC News Iran nuclear deal Iran has told the global nuclear watchdog it is removing 27 surveillance cameras from its nuclear facilities. It comes after the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board censured Iran for not answering questions about uranium traces found at three undeclared sites. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said […]
By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo megachurch, has been sentenced in a Los Angeles court to 16 years and eight months in prison. García, 53, pleaded guilty last week to three counts of sexually abusing girls from his congregation. His plea deal means his sentence […]
By Simon Fraser BBC News One of Pakistan’s most prominent and contentious TV hosts, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, has died aged 50 after being found unconscious at home in Karachi. The anchor was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. A post mortem exam is being carried out. Aamir Liaquat Hussain switched from televangelism to […]
By Matt Murphy BBC News The US House of Representatives has voted through a series of measures regulating the sale of guns, but which are destined to fail in the Senate. The new measures would bar sales of semiautomatic weapons to people under 21 and ban large-capacity magazines. But Republican opposition in the Senate means […]
