Steve Witkoff is visiting Moscow this week – is it a sign that an agreement between Russia and the US to end the fighting in Ukraine could yet be reached?
Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
When the atom bomb was dropped, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan’s Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.
Brazil judge orders house arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s supreme court issued the order saying Bolsonaro allegedly breached a ban on using social media.
Trump threatens India with ‘substantial’ tariff hike for buying Russian oil
The US president says India doesn’t care “how many people in Ukraine are being killed” – but India calls the tariff threat “unjustified”.
Danish zoo asks for unwanted pets to feed its predators
Aalborg Zoo says the unique scheme is aimed at mimicking what its predators would eat in the wild.
Irish missionary and child, 3, among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage
Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a “planned act”, officials say.
Irish missionary and child, 3, among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage
Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a “planned act”, officials say.
Hundreds of Israeli ex-officials appeal to Trump to help end Gaza war
It comes amid reports that PM Netanyahu is pushing to expand Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
South African farm worker says he was forced to feed women to pigs
At the start of a murder trial, a farm supervisor says his boss ordered him to dispose of two women’s bodies.
Soulja Boy arrested on suspicion of weapons charges
He was arrested during a traffic stop on suspicion of possession of a firearm while being a felon.
