Pogacar takes Tour de France stage 19 with solo attack on Alpe d’Huez
Tadej Pogacar took a stunning victory atop Alpe d’Huez after a long and tense chase up the iconic final climb of Friday’s 19th stage of the Tour de France. Having launched his attack with 12km left, the reigning champion finally caught…
India cockroach protests: Videos of officers firing ‘pellet guns’
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital Delhi as part of the cockroach protests, calling for educational reforms and the resignation of a government minister. BBC Verify has been analysing videos from across the capital, which…
#Ukraine targets Russian #ecommerce giant’s warehouses in fourth #attack
#Ukraine struck several warehouses owned by the so-called ‘#Russian #Amazon’ #Wildberries on July 24, which it says supplies the Russian army. A separate attack on a factory killed at least six people, while Russian strikes just outside #Kyiv…
Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting
At least four Palestinians and two Israelis have been killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank – the deadliest single incident there in months. There are conflicting accounts of the sequence of events in the northern village of Tal.…
Trump to speak at rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner following failed April shooting
US President Donald Trump will address the White House Correspondents’ Association at a rescheduled dinner on Friday, nearly three months after a shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel interrupted the event. The black-tie gathering of…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa wins bid to temporarily halt impeachment inquiry over ‘Farmgate’
On Friday, Western Cape high court judge Andre le Grange halted the parliamentary committee from proceeding with its hearings «pending the determination by this court of the applicant’s review» – a reference to Ramaphosa’s case against…
India youth movement agrees to talk but insists protests will continue
India has extended a mobile internet shutdown in the capital, New Delhi, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces his biggest youth-led challenge since taking office in 2014. Leaders of the youth-led «Cockroach» movement are due to meet government officials…
France orders evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as hundreds flee wildfires
French authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat. Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of…
Live: Thousands forced to flee as deadly wildfires rage in parts of France, Italy and Spain
24/07/2026 – 09:50 24/07/2026 – 09:49 Over 100,000 hectares burnt in Spain since January Spain has seen over 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) already burned this year, including its second-largest ever fire that consumed some 32,000 hectares…
Families still search for bodies a month after Venezuela earthquakes
Families in Venezuela are still searching for the remains of their loved ones, lost amid the rubble of flattened apartment buildings that line the coast of La Guaira, the region worst-hit by twin earthquakes on 24 June. Government officials say the death…