BBC NewsDelta Covid-19 Variant Covid-19: Europe braces for surge in Delta variant bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Europe is "on thin ice" as the Delta variant of Covid spreads on the continent. Her warning came as EU health officials said the variant would account for...
BBC NewsBelarus Belarus opposition head Tikhanovskaya condemns 'sham trial' of husband bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsBelarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has condemned the trial of six people, including her husband, that has begun behind closed doors. Sergei Tikhanovsky, a blogger and former presidential...
BBC NewsWorld News 'It's the craziest thing I ever heard in my life' bbc.co.ukAt least one person has been killed and a large rescue operation underway after a building collapsed in Miami, Florida. Rescuers are combing the rubble, searching for any trapped survivors, and were seen...
BBC NewsSouth Florida Miami building collapse: Rescuers search rubble for survivors bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsA huge rescue operation is under way in Miami-Dade County, Florida, after a 12-storey residential building partially collapsed, killing at least one person. Rescuers are combing the rubble, searching any...
BBC NewsWest Bank Activist critical of Palestinian Authority dies after arrest bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsA Palestinian activist who was a well-known critic of the Palestinian Authority's leadership has died after being arrested by its security forces. Palestinian officers detained Nizar Banat at his home...
BBC NewsMiddle East Mariam Thompson, love-struck US army linguist, jailed for 23 years bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsA US military linguist has been jailed for 23 years for passing classified information to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah. Mariam Thompson, 62, admitted sharing...
BBC NewsChile Adriana Rivas: Pinochet-era suspect loses extradition appeal bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsA woman suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of seven people during the rule of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile is one step closer to facing charges, after a court in Australia quashed her appeal...
BBC NewsAirlines Cathay Pacific crew told to get vaccine or risk losing job bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsCathay Pacific has told its aircrew that they must get a Covid vaccination by 31 August or risk losing their jobs. The airline said staff rostering has become "difficult and complicated" because of a to...
BBC NewsBritney Spears Britney Spears speaks out against 'abusive' conservatorship in court bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsUS pop star Britney Spears has launched a blistering attack on the "abusive" conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years. She said she was traumatised and cried every day, telling a judge...
BBC NewsCanada Canada: Hundreds of unmarked graves found at indigenous school bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsAn indigenous group in Canada says it has found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan province. The Cowessess First Nation said on Wednesday that the discovery...
BBC NewsHong Kong 'Goodbye Apple Daily': Tears in paper's final hour bbc.co.ukHours after Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily announced its imminent closure, hundreds of supporters gathered at the paper's headquarters for a final goodbye. They brought gifts, tied ribbons...
