“When we met on Zoom last Friday, my son was healthy and smiling. He asked me to send his reading glasses, dictionary and some money to use in prison, so I brought those things to the prison today,” Khin Win May told
Fires began burning in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on Thursday. The fires have affected several towns, and changes in the wind have complicated work to extinguish them. Some residents in Tenerife have been evacuated, bringing their animals with them.
Musically, we can expect more of the resonant drums and choral chanting that permeated Jackson’s films. Series composer Bear McCreary, who conducted a live orchestra and choir at the panel event, said he wanted to honour the original score – and indeed,
The arrival of sophisticated Western equipment has given Ukraine a renewed sense of optimism. Yesterday, the head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service MI6, Richard Moore, predicted that Russia’s campaign would soon run out of steam, giving Ukraine the opportunity to strike
“The grain export agreement, critically important for global food security, will be signed in Istanbul under the auspices of President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan and UN Secretary General Mr Guterres together with Ukrainian and Russian delegations,” said Mr Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin.
For two days running Ukrainian forces have used Himars to hit a key, strategic bridge in occupied Kherson, reports say. The Antonivskyi bridge is one of two bridges that Russia relies on to supply areas it has captured on the west bank
Gironde, a popular tourist region in the south-west, has been hit particularly badly, with firefighters from across France battling to control two blazes that have destroyed 19,300 hectares (47,700 acres) of land in the past week. The city of Bordeaux was blanketed
Manuel García, a local livestock farmer, knew the fireman who died and he has watched as the fire has spread. His son, Unai, told Spanish media that, despite the danger and likelihood they would have to evacuate, he wanted to stay because
“Everything went so fast – the fire too, was big, big, big,” Manon Jacquart, 27, told the BBC. She was evacuated from the campsite she works at early on Wednesday morning, and slept at a shelter near Teste-de-Buch where hundreds of other
“Everything went so fast – the fire too, was big, big, big,” Manon Jacquart, 27, told the BBC. She was evacuated from the campsite she works at early on Wednesday morning, and has been sleeping at a shelter near La Teste-de-Buch, on