BBC Paramedic Munther Abed survived the attack that killed 15 emergency workers by diving to the floor in the back of his ambulance “I’m the only survivor who saw what happened to my colleagues,” Munther Abed says, scrolling through pictures of his fellow paramedics on his phone. He survived the Israeli attack that killed 15…
Rob Cameron BBC News in Prague Getty Images A state of emergency allowing bears to be shot has been extended across much of Slovakia (file pic) The Slovak cabinet has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country’s brown bears, after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers. The academy apologised for not “directly [acknowledging] Mr Ballal and the film by name”, after nearly 700 voting members, including multiple A-list…
Four people have been killed and another 19 injured in a mass Russian drone attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional head has said. Serhiy Lysak said a restaurant complex and several residential buildings were ablaze after the attack late on Friday. He said that “the enemy sent more than 20 drones”…
KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been pictured inspecting new suicide drones, which state media say have been equipped with artificial intelligence (AI). The undated images released by the secretive state’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) show Kim flanked by officials on a runway inspecting a drone. Kim agreed to a plan…
Reuters Three weeks ago, Palestinian film-maker Hamdan Ballal stood in front of the world’s cameras in Hollywood, picking up an Oscar for best documentary film. The cameras were watching him again on Tuesday, a hand to his bruised face, as he walked awkwardly away in bloodstained clothes after almost 24 hours in Israeli detention. The…
Nomsa Maseko & Natasha Booty BBC News, in Bujumbura and London BBC President Évariste Ndayishimiye made the comments in an exclusive interview with the BBC Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye has told the BBC he has seen “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack his country, and said that Rwanda had tried to launch a coup…
Sebastian Usher Middle East correspondent Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Hamdan Ballal poses with Rachel Szor after they won Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land at the Oscars A Palestinian Oscar winner has been detained in the occupied West Bank following an outbreak of violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, activists say….
Getty Images File image shows Pakistani policeman on a train in Quetta Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to…
President Trump announced the capture of a top leader of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan who helped plan the 2021 attack on the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members and dozens of other people. “We have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity, and he is right now on…
