Women horrified as they board plane only to find their seats don’t exist
A group of women who boarded an easyJet plane were left stunned to find out their allocated seats didn't exist.Excited holidaymakers Daisy Barr and her friends navigated the...
Fearless Ukrainian women determined to fight Russian invaders with machine guns
Fearless Ukrainian women are determined to fight Russian invaders with machine guns.Ukrainian fighter experts have created a programme in Zaporizhzhia in the south east...
British Airways Heathrow staff back summer strikes over pay
Hundreds of British Airways workers at Heathrow Airport have voted to go on strike over pay.Unite and GMB union members who are mostly check-in...
UK regulator fines Ghana International Bank £5.8 million
The regulator of financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined the Ghana International Bank (GIB) £5.8...
Germany puts in place measures for gas rationing
Germany has taken a step closer to gas rationing after a drop in supplies from Russia.The country has triggered the "alarm" stage of an...
Ukraine set to be an EU candidate
Ukraine is set to be approved as an EU candidate at a Brussels summit on Thursday, after the European Commission gave the green light.Ukraine...
Brics nations push for global clout amid Ukraine war
The leaders of the Brics group of nations are meeting this year amid major shifts in the geopolitical order.The group, which owes its name...
Russia to stop gas supply to Europe
The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Russia may stop supplying gas to Europe this winter.Fatih Birol says he believes a...
Russia aiming to destroy Donbas – Zelensky
A key advisor to Ukraine's president has said the battle for the eastern cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk has reached a "fearsome climax".Oleksiy Arestovych...
India’s richest state in crises after lawmakers flee
India's richest state, Maharashtra, is witnessing high political drama that has put the fate of its government in jeopardy.Around 35 lawmakers - led by...
Man wakes up to find he’d lost three generations of family including baby girl in crash
A man lost three generations of his family after they were involved in a horror crash on their way home from a funeral.Pedro Clariman, 26, awoke to find...
Man, 30, arrested after 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home
A man has been arrested after an 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death at home.Police were scrambled to the property in Croydon, South...
Heavily-armed Finland fires warning to Vladimir Putin as nation vows to fight if attacked
Finland has prepared for decades for a Russian attack and would put up stiff resistance should one occur, its armed forces chief said.The Nordic country has built up...
French elections: Macron loses majority as French vote fragments
Less than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron has lost control of the French National Assembly following a strong performance by...
Man jailed over sexual assault of Alibaba staff
A client of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting one of its female employees on...
Soldier, 26, dies in horror accident during exercise
A soldier has died during a routine exercise on Salisbury Plain after crashing with an armoured vehicle.Emergency services were rushed to the Wiltshire training ground on...
Singapore records first monkeypox case
Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week.Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the...
Australia state bans display of Nazi symbol
Victoria has become Australia's first state to specifically ban the display of the Nazi swastika.Under a new law, people who intentionally exhibit the symbol...
Gun control bill clears US Senate hurdle
The US Senate has taken a first step towards passing what has been called the most significant new gun controls in a generation.Senators voted...
Canada MPs given panic buttons
Canada's Members of Parliament (MPs) will be given panic buttons to call police in an emergency, amid growing harassment, intimidation and threats of violence.The...
Thousands evacuated as flood raze south China
Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been evacuated in several southern and eastern provinces after unrelenting rains caused floods and triggered landslides.Two...
Scores wounded, others dead after earthquake hits Afghanistan
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency.Pictures show landslides...
At least 280 killed as earthquake hits Afghanistan
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency.Pictures shared on...
Burkinabé junta head in surprise talks with ex-leader
Burkina Faso’s military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January.Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré...
Bill Cosby found liable in civil case for sexual assault in 1975
A California jury in a civil case ruled on Tuesday that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when...
Russia warns Lithuania over rail transit blockade
Russia has warned Lithuania of "serious" consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.Russia "will certainly...
Officers flee as bees invade police station
Northamptonshire Police’s Wootton Hall headquarters suffered a bee infestation, an incident that forced the security operatives to evacuate. The police station became a hive of...
Singer devastated as fiancee dies on wedding day
X Factor singer Tom Mann has been left devastated after his fiancee Dani tragically died on their wedding day.Tom, who appeared on the hit...
Daughter of Elon Musk cuts ties with father
Elon Musk's transgender daughter has applied to legally change her name and gender, saying she no longer wants to "be related to my biological...
Boy, 5, dies in hot car after being left for 3 hours
A five-year-old boy died in a hot car after mistakenly being left for up to three hours by his mum, it is claimed.The mother...
French court upholds ban on burkini swimsuits
France's highest administrative court has upheld a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits in public pools, rejecting an appeal by the city of Grenoble.Last month,...
BBC Africa Eye expose’: Chinese man held over racist videos
A Chinese filmmaker wanted by Malawi as part of an investigation into allegations of racism and child exploitation has been arrested.Lu Ke was a...
Africa is a hostage of Russia’s war – Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called Africa "a hostage" of Russia's war during an address to the African Union (AU) on Monday.Russia's invasion, and...
FIFA launches Menstrual Health and Education project in South Sudan
Following the visit of FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura to South Sudan in 2021, FIFA in February 2022, in cooperation with the South Sudan...
Israel to get a new PM as government collapses
Israel is set to hold a fifth general election in under four years, after its fractured coalition government concluded it could not survive.In a...
Baby dies after being snatched by monkey
A one-month-old baby boy has died in Tanzania after being snatched from his mother by a monkey which had gone into their house, authorities...
Two people dead after helicopter plunges into field
Two people have been confirmed dead after a helicopter plunged from the sky and crashed into a field today.A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson confirmed the tragic news...
Japanese court rules ban on same sex marriage constitutional
Japan's ban on same-sex marriages does not violate the constitution, a district court in Osaka has ruled.The ruling dealt a blow to gay couples...
Irish PM defines Brexit deal as economic vandalism
Plans by the UK government to scrap parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it agreed with the EU would be "economic vandalism" on Northern Ireland, the...
Russia blockading grain is a real war crime – EU says
Russia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime", says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell."It is inconceivable -...