Getty Images By Paul Kirby BBC News, Ankara Turkey’s all-powerful President Erdogan is in the fight of his life against an opposition that has united against him for Sunday’s elections. His main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu appeared before a throng of supporters on Friday, flanked by allies from across the political spectrum who have come together
NEW YORK — Aaron Boone let out a short laugh. Life as the Yankees manager often means answering difficult questions, questions without answers, questions with answers that’ll beget more questions, questions with answers he’s not willing or able to make public. It’s sort of funny, then, to be asked — in a roundabout way —
Reuters By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto It will take three years and cost up to C$184m ($135m; £109m) to search a Canadian landfill for the remains of two indigenous women. Indigenous leaders in the province of Manitoba released the results of a feasibility study on Friday and called for the search to take place.
Azhaar Sholgami By Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Nairobi Azhaar Sholgami is trying to bury her grandmother. The elderly woman has been dead for days, no-one knows how many. She died alone, trapped in her house in Khartoum by the brutal battle between Sudan’s two warring generals. Azhaar had been watching from New York, desperately
Getty Images By Mike Wendling Reporting from Chicago Chicago, a city 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from the US-Mexico border, is struggling to provide for thousands of migrants sent from Texas on the orders of Governor Greg Abbott. Since last summer more than 8,000 migrants have arrived in the city. They’re being housed in police stations
Taylee Ryan Instagram By Chelsea Bailey & Holly Honderich BBC News, Washington An Idaho mother in a doomsday cult has been found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband’s former wife, in a case that shocked the US. Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, were charged with murder, conspiracy and grand theft
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Madeline Halpert in New York & Holly Honderich in Washington BBC News A former US Marine who placed a passenger in a fatal chokehold on the New York subway has appeared in court to be charged
Getty Images By Paul Seddon Politics reporter Rishi Sunak is “disappointed” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not been allowed to address this year’s Eurovision, his spokesman says. The organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), say it would breach its political impartiality. But Downing Street said it would be “fitting” for Mr Zelensky to speak given
Getty Images By Alice Evans BBC News The government has defended tests for Year 6 pupils across England, after some parents and teachers said a paper in this week’s Sats was too difficult. One head teacher said the English reading test included some “GCSE-level” questions. Some pupils were left in tears and did not finish
Getty Images By Natalie Sherman & Shiona McCallum BBC News Elon Musk has named a new chief executive of Twitter, just over six months after his controversial takeover of the social media company. The billionaire said Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, would oversee business operations at the site, which has been
Royal Mail By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is to step down from his role, the owner of the postal giant has said. Mr Thompson said he believed it was the “right time” to go after Royal Mail and the main postal union struck a deal that could end
Getty Images By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg South Africa is seeking to smooth US relations, amid a diplomatic row over claims of arms sales to Russia. US ambassador Reuben Brigety has claimed a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and weapons in Cape Town last December. The allegation created a diplomatic storm and South
UK Eurovision entrant Mae Muller has had a double surprise on the streets of Liverpool ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest final. During an interview with the BBC, a choir burst into song with her Eurovision entry, I Wrote A Song. Then one of Liverpool’s most famous son’s sent her a good luck message.
Getty Images By Vishala Sri-Pathma Business reporter The UK grew only weakly in the first three months of the year with the economy hit by strikes, cost of living pressures and wet weather. The economy grew by just 0.1% between January and March, figures showed, and it remains smaller than levels seen before the Covid
Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Imran Khan has been freed from custody, a day after the Supreme Court ruled his dramatic arrest on corruption charges was illegal. Judges released Mr Khan on protected bail, meaning he can not be re-arrested for at least two weeks. Earlier, Mr Khan told the BBC he believed he would be detained
Trevor Jacob By Chloe Kim BBC News A YouTuber who intentionally crashed an airplane for views will plead guilty to obstructing a federal investigation by cleaning up the site of the crash, US prosecutors say. Trevor Jacob, 29, posted the video of the plane crash to YouTube in December 2021, implying it was an accident.