Germany investigates an employee of the government’s press office who worked for years for an Egyptian intelligence service
‘I hope someone kills your whole f***ing family!’ | Disabled BLM protester berates police
Shocking eyewitness footage captured during this past weekend’s unrest in Portland shows a Black Lives Matter protester, who claimed to be disabled, wishing death on police officers and their families. As police were...
‘There is the sun and sea, but that does not feed us’: Pandemic hits tourism income on Greece’s Kos
It’s an unusually calm summer on the Greek island of Kos. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to fewer flight connections and social distancing, which in turn means many hotels are shut, a calamity for workers who depend on...
The Syrian girl who fled civil war for a new life in the UK – BBC News
For the past few years we’ve been following the life of a Syrian refugee, Rouaa, who’s now 9 years old. She was born in the year the Syrian conflict started – a civil war that’s led to the world’s biggest...
1959 Enigma Solved | Dyatlov Pass hiker deaths caused by avalanche -investigators
Investigators may have finally established how 9 hikers really died in Russia’s Ural mountains in 1959.
South Africa reinstates night-time curfew to curb coronavirus surge
With 12,000 new daily cases, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is facing a coronavirus storm worse than any seen before. The president has reinstated a night-time curfew across the nation, and a...
Bastille Day: Muted celebrations under shadow of Covid-19
France celebrates its national day, Bastille Day, on Tuesday, July 14 and rehearsals have been taking place in recent days for the traditional flypast over Paris, but this year’s celebrations are set to be a much more...