How fresh fighting in Tigray could spark wider conflict in Ethiopia
Exploring the issues behind the escalation of tensions between the TPLF and the national army.
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Inside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach
Current and former agents speak to the BBC about the devastating impact of the FBI hack.
The treasured 'eternal snow' on this tropical island is about to disappear forever
Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance.
Russia targeting 'ordinary life' with attacks on Ukraine's data centres, Zelensky says
Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.
"إدانة مانشستر سيتي بغالبية المخالفات المالية"، وعقوبات محتملة قد تصل إلى الاستبعاد من البريمرليغ
قالت مصادر لبي بي سي إن مانشستر سيتي أُدين بغالبية المخالفات المالية الـ115 التي اتهمته بها رابطة الدوري الإنجليزي، فيما لم تُعلن العقوبات بعد، وتشمل الاتهامات معلومات مالية غير دقيقة ومدفوعات للاعبين ومدربين وعدم التعاون مع التحقيقات.
Protests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest
More than 100 people were arrested at large protests against the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN general assembly. Susan Sarandon, Chelsea Manning and Caleb Hearon were among the famous faces arrested. Inside the assembly hall, Netanyahu faced a mass walkout as he took to the stage. Then, in an inflammatory address, he claimed Israel’s war in Gaza was the ‘opposite of a genocide’ and labelled the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, antisemitic. Lucy Hough speaks to UK g…
Two arrested after people seen mysteriously emerging from various New York City sewers
The city has seen a string of incidents in which people have climbed out of manholes late at night.
OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma
As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI raceWhen the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an interview in the heart of Silicon Valley at the weekend he had known for two days that his was the first government known to have been attacked by a rogue AI agent.He didn’t reveal the attack then, but he sounded a warning about the march of AI: “the risk is that AI develops in a way in which humans are no lo…
كيف أصبحت المسيرات قادرة على استهداف بعضها؟
أعلن الجيش السوداني مؤخرا عن عدة عمليات إسقاط لطائرات مسيرة صينية الصنع مملوكة لقوات الدعم السريع عبر صواريخ جو - جو أطلقت من مسيرات يملكها الجيش. فماذا نعرف عن تقنيات اعتراض الطائرات المسيرة؟ ولماذا يعد ما حدث في السودان تاريخيا؟
Pakistan locks down Islamabad as Imran Khan’s party vows to march on capital
Tens of thousands of police deployed and roads barricaded as PTI party demands release of jailed former PMLeaders from Imran Khan’s party have vowed to go ahead with a nationwide demonstration in Pakistan to demand the former prime minister’s release, even as the government deployed tens of thousands of police to Islamabad, barricaded highways and issued arrest warrants to try to stop the march.The state has taken extreme measures to prevent Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party from proce…
Robbie Williams' surprise singalong after Peru gig cancelled
Robbie Williams gave an impromptu performance outside a hotel in Lima after his stadium concert was cancelled.
Pomp and toasts: Day 2 of Trump and Xi in DC
Xi’s first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the brewing tariff war.
The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?
The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam
Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ Rick Wakeman has played to all kinds of people around the globe, but he has now performed to an audience he had never encountered before – an enclosure of 150 bears.The former Yes musician, who has gone on to have a prolific solo career, played the piano at a Vietnamese bear sanctuary.
Rebel offensive against Ethiopian army stokes fears of return to civil war
Fighting escalates after Tigrayan rebels form new coalition aimed at overthrowing Abiy Ahmed governmentThere are growing fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia after an offensive by fighters from Tigray into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara and the formation of a new rebel alliance aimed at overthrowing the government of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed.About 600,000 people died between 2020 and 2022 during a devastating war between the Ethiopian army and the political party and para…
ما الفرق بين المملكة المتحدة وإنجلترا وبريطانيا؟
المملكة المتحدة تضم أربع دول، إنجلترا وويلز وإسكتلندا وأيرلندا الشمالية، وهذه بعض أبرز المعلومات عنها.
كيف يساعد الذكاء الاصطناعي على إدارة تخزين واستهلاك الكهرباء في المنزل؟
كيف يساعد الذكاء الاصطناعي على إدارة تخزين واستهلاك الكهرباء في المنزل؟
الذكاء الاصطناعي ونهاية الزمان: لماذا يعتقد بعض الناس أن هذه التكنولوجيا هي المسيح الدجال؟
بدأ العديد من المسيحيين البارزين، عبر منصات تتراوح بين تيك توك والبودكاست وقطاع النشر، مناقشة ما إذا كان الذكاء الاصطناعي يمكن أن يكون عاملاً محفزاً لدمار العالم.
Indian billionaire’s payments firm plots biggest London flotation in years
Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel Money targets $9bn IPO in boost for ailing UK stock marketNils Pratley: Does this mark the end of London’s listing drought? Not yetA payments business that operates across Africa and is ultimately controlled by an Indian billionaire has announced its intention to float on the struggling London Stock Exchange.Airtel Money, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, is planning one of the biggest UK listings in years, in a boost for the shrinking London market that has fac…
هل يمكن للعقوبات الأمريكية أن تغلق الباب أمام الرحلات الجوية الأجنبية إلى إيران؟
بينما توقفت فعلياً رحلات شركات الطيران الأجنبية إلى إيران عقب الحرب والتوترات الإقليمية، فرضت الولايات المتحدة عقوبات جديدة على قطاع الطيران الإيراني قد تجعل عودة هذه الرحلات أكثر تعقيداً وصعوبة، حتى بعد انحسار المخاطر الأمنية.