Marseille and Lyon to face Leverkusen in Europa League, Rennes take on Juventus
French clubs Marseille and Lyon were spared an early clash with Italian heavyweights Juventus and AC Milan in Friday’s Europa League draw, which saw Ligue 1 rivals Rennes land a tough trip to Turin. Olympique Lyonnais, who missed out on a place in…
Close race as Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Ahead of the referendum, the two sides held a televised debate where the Yes campaign team was headed by Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir and the No campaign was led by Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, chair of the opposition Independence Party. Kristrún told…
Rescuers grapple with mountain of challenges after the Nepal-Tibet floods
Rescue teams searching for survivors of a deadly flash near the border between Nepal and Tibet were forced to stop their work on Friday after water overran the banks of a lake formed by mountains of debris upstream of the flood zone. While rescuers were…
Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwards
The security sources say six international warships are now in the seas close to the Lutuf – two from Turkey and one each from Spain, Denmark, the US and India, something the BBC has not been able to independently verify. «There is military…
There is no proof that this video shows a plane crash in Tel Aviv
A video that has gone viral on X is said to show a plane crash in Tel Aviv, Israel, after an attack carried out by Iran. The footage, which has garnered more than five million views, was published on August 26 by a fake account pretending to belong to…
US and Venezuela reach ‘historic’ oil deal, Trump says
The US has reached a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced. «This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will…
Austria: Anger over a business park being built on top of former Nazi camp
Anger is growing in #Austria over the planned construction of a business park on top of what was a #Nazi concentration camp during the #SecondWorldWar. Around six million #Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust, around half of them in concentration…
How ‘Book Queen’ Dolly Parton inspired millions of children with gift of reading
It’s a legacy that Parton built quietly in the background as she presided over pop culture for more than six decades. «The biggest thing that I like is the fact that she didn’t do anything for recognition,» said Geoff Blacklin, 67, of…
Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception scheme
Greenland said Friday it would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Denmark‘s forced contraception of thousands of indigenous Inuits, after experts failed to agree on whether the scheme constituted «genocide«. The forced contraception…
Nepal: How a 97-year-old was rescued during the flash floods
A 97-year-old woman pulled from flood debris in Nepal is recovering in hospital, according to her doctors. Guna Maya Bohara’s great-nephew, Dipak Bohara, has told BBC Nepali she looked like «a warrior» who had returned victorious from battle. The…