Titanic tourist submersible: Rescuers scan ocean as clock ticks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65957990?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 20, 2023, 3:33 AM
The US and Canada are urgently searching for a tourist submersible not seen since Sunday.
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Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed by BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65951188?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 11:12 PM
A year-long investigation uncovers a sadistic abuse network stretching from Indonesia to the US.
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Greece boat disaster: Trafficking suspects plead not guilty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65947919?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 11:40 AM
Nine men have appeared in court in connection with last week's migrant boat disaster in Greece.
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TerraUSD: South Korea 'cryptocrash king' Do Kwon jailed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65957999?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 20, 2023, 2:17 AM
The collapse of the terraUSD stablecoin and the associated Luna token rocked cryptocurrency markets.
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US and China pledge to stabilise tense relationship after talks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-65947192?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 4:09 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met China's president for talks at the end of a visit to Beijing.
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Alexei Navalny: Putin critic defiant as new trial begins
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65951504?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 3:55 PM
Alexei Navalny's trial was held miles from Moscow - a sign the authorities want to avoid publicity.
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IndiGo: Record aircraft purchase announced at Paris Airshow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65952879?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 3:45 PM
The deal between the Indian carrier and Airbus is the largest single order by any commercial airline.
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Five Palestinians killed in Israeli military raid in Jenin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65949618?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 3:56 PM
An Israeli attack helicopter fires missiles after militants target troop carriers with explosives.
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Moldovan court bans pro-Russian party Sor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65952878?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 1:48 PM
Moldova's president welcomed the decision, saying the party posed a 'threat to the constitutional order'.
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Amazon, Hilton and Pepsi to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65954249?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 9:03 PM
More than 40 big European firms pledge to hire and train 250,000 Ukrainian and other refugees.
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Graf Spee: Nazi battleship's bronze eagle saved from smelter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-65943819?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 10:49 AM
A plan to melt down the eagle from the Graf Spee and turn it into a statue of a dove is scrapped.
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Bebe Rexha rushed off stage after a phone hits her in the face
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65948988?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 3:31 PM
The pop star collapsed to the floor after being hit in the face during a concert in New York.
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Controversial land sale puts Jerusalem Armenians on edge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65876162?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 11:37 PM
A top priest is in hiding following at a secret deal for part of the Old City's Armenian Quarter.
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Titanic tourist submersible: My trip aboard the sub
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65957709?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 20, 2023, 12:11 AM
CBS journalist David Pogue says it will be challenging for rescuers to find the vessel in time.
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Uganda ADF school attack: I covered myself in blood to hide
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65950983?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 11:17 PM
A student tells the BBC he survived an attack by suspected Islamist rebels by pretending to be dead.
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NCERT textbooks: Why some Indian scholars are disowning books they wrote
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65947356?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 9:01 PM
A group of Indian academics want their names to be removed from textbooks they helped write - why?
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Ukraine war: BBC on the front line as Ukraine attacks Russian trenches
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65921377?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 5:03 AM
Quentin Sommerville joins troops pushing eastward from a recaptured village in Donetsk.
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Africa's Ukraine-Russia peace mission: What was achieved?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65951350?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 3:22 PM
South Africa's leader hails last week's trip as "historic" but what difference did it really make?
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Greece boat disaster: BBC investigation casts doubt on coastguard's claims
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65942426?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 18, 2023, 4:27 PM
The BBC finds evidence an overcrowded fishing vessel was not moving for at least seven hours before it capsized.
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Missing Titanic tourist submersible is 'rock solid'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65956622?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 8:17 PM
CBS Correspondent David Pogue travelled aboard the submersible to see the shipwreck last year.
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Bodycam shows Florida police officer dragged into drainpipe in flood rescue
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65956619?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 5:25 PM
The officer and the man he was rescuing are swept through a drainpipe, and underneath a four-lane highway in Florida.
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Chaos on BBC sofa! Norway's Viggo leaves hosts in shock
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65948626?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 19, 2023, 7:47 AM
The Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn made a high-energy entrance when he appeared on Breakfast.
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Greece boat disaster: Tracking data sheds light on migrant shipwreck
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65945527?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 18, 2023, 4:20 PM
BBC Europe correspondent reveals data challenging the Greek authorities' account of boat disaster.
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Philippines passenger ship catches fire at sea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65942742?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 18, 2023, 7:32 AM
All passengers and crew on board have been accounted for and no casualties were reported.
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Trooping the Colour: Charles's first birthday parade as King in 57 seconds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65937832?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 17, 2023, 12:48 PM
This is Charles's first Trooping the Colour, a ceremony that marks his official birthday, as king.
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Poland: Thousands march through Warsaw in LGBTQ+ Pride
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65941814?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
June 17, 2023, 10:38 PM
The city's mayor attended the event and spoke about his hopes for a more diverse Poland.
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