People with coronavirus symptoms are still being forced to travel miles to get tested. In Bolton, where a local lockdown is in place, only 20 people are being tested per day – despite the capacity to test 200...
Bolsanaro says the Amazon isn’t on fire – our pictures prove it is
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro says it’s a “lie” to claim the Amazon rainforest is on fire. But as Stuart Ramsay reports, the rainforest is on fire – and in Para state alone there are...
Terrifying sandstorm sweeps through Turkey
This is not the sight you want to see when you open your curtains in the morning. In a scene at home in a disaster film, an apocalyptic-looking sandstorm was filmed sweeping through parts of Turkey’s Ankara province on...
Sandstorm sweeps through Ankara
A heavy sandstorm swept over Ankara province’s Polatli and Haymana districts, leaving at least 6 injured.
Natural disaster | 2,000yo Al-Bajrawiya ruins in Sudan threatened by rising Nile floodwaters
The Nile’s floodwaters have already killed 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands, and they’re now threatening to damage the 2,000-year-old archaeological site of Al-Bajrawiya.
‘Controversy’ resurfaces | Sanctions tabled on Russia for alleged bounties on US soldiers
As the peace talks – part of a troop-withdrawal pact signed by Washington and the Taliban in February – got underway in Qatar, a ‘controversy’ over alleged ‘bounties’ on the heads of US soldiers in Afghanistan has re...
