With less than a week to go before the opening ceremony, preparations step up a gear, although the Australian delegation is worried by a potential lack of toilets onboard. Elsewhere, our reporters in Kenya follow...
What happens when the permafrost thaws? | BBC Ideas
Around 11% of the Earth’s land mass is covered by permafrost. But its delicate balance is being threatened by climate change. Video made in partnership with @bbcideasand @royalsociety. Subscribe here: For more...
Cyprus marks 50th anniversary of Turkish invasion | DW News
In 1974, Turkish troops invaded the Mediterranean island after Greece staged a brief coup five days earlier. Turkish Cypriots in the North, view today’s anniversary as a liberation from the Greek-speaking majority...
Israeli strikes launched against Houthi-held Yemeni city – day after Tel Aviv attack
Israeli military said in a statement: "A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah [Hodeidah] Port in Yemen in response to the hundreds...
Bangladesh imposes national curfew as protests continue | BBC News
Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed a nationwide curfew, as protests and rioting have continued. At least 67 people have now died in violence, which was sparked by students calling for the government to axe a rule...
In Bangladesh, some are fleeing to India as army enforces curfew following student-led protests
Soldiers were patrolling Bangladeshi cities on Saturday to quell growing civil unrest sparked by student demonstrations, with riot police firing on protesters who defied a government curfew. Amid the unrest, some...
Germany honors plotters who tried to kill Hitler | DW News
It’s been 80 years since the failed assassination plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Today Germany is commemorating the uprising — at the Resistance memorial centre in Berlin. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid...