Israel has accepted a ceasefire with armed Palestinian militants in Gaza without pre-conditions. It’s hoped that the agreement, brokered by Egypt, will end the bloody eleven...
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev, who took power in 1985,...
Ukraine has celebrated Christmas on 25 December for the first time this year. The country has traditionally used the Julian … source
Why have there been more than 100,000 Covid deaths in the UK – the most in Europe – and among the highest in the world? The...
Hundreds of thousands of people are facing hunger and the threat of starvation in Somalia, due to drought, crop failure and decades of conflict. It’s one...
President Zelensky has thanked the United States after Washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine. It’s a weapon that has been banned by more than...
Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews Heavy shelling is continuing in Gaza, after one of its heaviest nights of bombardment in three weeks of conflict with Israel....
Troops on the frontline in Ukraine’s Bakhmut have told the BBC they welcome news they are to receive around a dozen Challenger tanks from the UK,...
The UK has recorded the highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day since the start of the pandemic — 1,325 more people have lost...
It is 50 years since Uganda’s former-dictator Idi Amin expelled thousands of members of the Asian community from the country, after accusing them of disloyalty. They...
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