Days of flooding and landslides in parts of Bangladesh and eastern India, have affected millions of people and left more than 50 people dead. Bangladesh’s north-east region has seen some of the worst flooding for nearly two decades. The two countries are
Whether it was describing a particular team as “a troupe of gazelles depicted by a Balkan corps de ballet” or referring to the “habitual aura of glowering intensity” of a favourite pitcher, Roger Angell’s colourful language brought his reports to life, especially
Australians vote on Saturday to decide whether to re-elect Scott Morrison as prime minister or hand the job to his challenger, Anthony Albanese. Integrity among politicians has been a wide-ranging debate in Australia recently. The BBC asked people in each leader’s seat
Former US president George W Bush has accidently condemned Vladimir Putin’s invasion of “Iraq”, before correcting himself by saying he was talking about Ukraine. Mr Bush made the gaffe during a speech at an event in Dallas, Texas, where he was talking
On Wednesday, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court invoked a section of the Indian constitution that grants it extraordinary powers “for doing complete justice in any cause” to release Perarivalan, one of seven people convicted in the case, considering that he
Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko told the BBC it is essential that the deal struck with Russia, with the help of the Red Cross and the UN, goes through and the soldiers are exchanged. Otherwise, she said, “the fate of these very brave
US President Joe Biden has spoken about a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo where ten people have died. Biden told the crowd that he and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, were praying for the victims, and that “hate remains a stain
Its initial goal appeared to be to sweep across the country and topple the Ukrainian government. Instead, Russia has withdrawn from areas around the capital Kyiv after failing to capture it and since mid-April has been focusing its efforts on two eastern
Iga Swiatek won the French Open in 2020 as a 19-year-old Iga Swiatek took her winning run to 27 games by reaching the Rome Open final as she beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-1. The 20-year-old produced a display of precision and variety
An Israeli police commando meanwhile was killed on Friday, police said, during clashes with Palestinian gunmen near Jenin, the city where Abu Aqla was shot. The police commando, who was 47, was shot dead during an operation to arrest a suspect, Israeli