Super El Niño breaks sea temperature record weeks ahead of expected peak
Although the most widespread impacts are expected later this year and into 2027, El Niño’s influence is already being felt across parts of the world. The strength of an El Niño does not automatically determine the scale of impacts in any one…
Is Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots?
Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced them. Viral social media posts have claimed…
Hungarian parliament scraps Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ measures
The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender people. LGBTQ and human rights activists warmly welcomed the move, but called for changes to other Orbán-era laws. The 2021 Child…
Bulgarian PM summons Russian ambassador after ship sinks in Black Sea drone attack
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has summoned the Russian ambassador after two merchant ships were struck by drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. Eleven crew members are missing and one sailor was saved, according to local officials, after…
Joseph Kabila: DR Congo ex-president named leader of new M23 rebel coalition
The announcement of the new group comes days after Kabila delivered an address in which he said he would set out how Congolese people should act to «rescue» their country. On Friday, Kabila accused President Félix Tshisekedi’s government of…
One dead, several others hurt on Six Flags rollercoaster in Georgia
One person has died and several others were injured after an incident on a rollercoaster at an amusement park in the state of Georgia. The Cobb County Police Department said it was investigating the fatality at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles…
US emergency call records reveal confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike
Emergency call records have revealed the confusion that developed among prison staff and emergency call handlers after the execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike went wrong last month in Tennessee. Pike, 50, who killed Colleen Slemmer alongside her…
Emergency calls from botched Christa Pike execution released to US media
A series of newly-released calls made after the failed execution of US death row inmate Christa Pike reveal emergency services were delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials. The recordings, first obtained by the…
CJP: India ‘cockroach’ leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site
The detentions came a day after the federal home ministry announced that Jantar Mantar, long associated with public protests in Delhi, would no longer be a designated protest venue. Authorities instead identified three alternative locations where…
Where the US midterm elections will be won and lost
The Republicans are using that financial advantage to buy advertising. More than $1bn worth of political ads were broadcast to US voters in September, according to research firm AdImpact, external. Republicans spent $200m more than the Democrats and…