By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent The four members of Abba made their first public appearance in 14 years as they attended the premiere of their Abba Voyage show in London. Agnetha, Frida, Benny and Bjorn reunited for the opening night of the concert, which features digital versions of the band. Frida watched the show […]
By Damian Zane BBC News Some amateur sleuthing and a chance encounter helped uncover how the former president of The Gambia had laundered his money by buying a luxurious property in the US. Now a court has ruled that the $3m (£2.4m) mansion in the state of Maryland, near Washington DC, should be seized from […]
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Booker Prize Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International Booker Prize. Her novel Tomb of Sand, a family saga set in the shadow of the partition of India, follows an 80-year-old woman after the death of her husband. It was the first Hindi-language book […]
The death of a black man who was forced into a police car boot where a gas grenade was set off has sparked outrage in Brazil. Police stopped Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the street in the north-eastern city of Umbaúba, Sergipe state, on Wednesday. Video footage showed two officers holding down the boot […]
Transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox has been recognised with her own Barbie – a first for the storied, and controversial, doll. It goes on sale for $40 (£32) ahead of her 50th birthday. The star, who rose to fame in the Netflix prison comedy Orange is the New Black, said she hoped the new […]
The former head of the Louvre museum in Paris has been charged in connection with a wide-ranging inquiry into the trafficking of ancient objects from the Middle East, judicial sources say. French investigators allege Jean-Luc Martinez facilitated the transfer of the objects to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. They reportedly include a granite stele inscribed with […]
By Nicolas Négoce BBC News, Tivaouane Eleven newborn babies have died in a fire at the maternity unit of a hospital in the western city of Tivaouane in Senegal. The fire was caused by a short circuit, said the city’s mayor, Demba Diop Sy. It then quickly spread. Three babies were rescued from the blaze, […]
By Paul Kirby BBC News Russia-Ukraine war Russian forces are bombarding towns and cities in eastern Ukraine with the declared aim of “liberating” the old industrial heartland known as Donbas. Having abandoned his campaign to capture the capital Kyiv and second city Kharkiv, Vladimir Putin is now looking for military victory in the largely […]
By Guy Hedgecoe Madrid Spain’s Congress has approved legislation that seeks to make it easier for victims of sexual violence to prosecute their attackers by emphasising the importance of consent. The initiative was driven by the legal and social fallout from a notorious gang-rape case six years ago. The Guarantee of Sexual Freedom law, also […]
By Lalla Sy BBC News After a frantic day-and-night search lasting more than a month, rescue teams have found the bodies of four of the eight miners trapped underground in Burkina Faso. “Many have tears in their eyes, everybody is disappointed,” Bama Antoine, the families’ spokesperson, told the BBC. “Hope is gone now,” he added. […]
