Author: Godson Lithuli

This will be the fourth consecutive winter of outages since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Palestinians in Gaza are reported to be stockpiling food, amid anxiety that the ceasefire will unravel.

BBC Verify investigates the damage done by two years of war, which could take $70bn and decades to repair.

Evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians in el-Fasher amounts to war crimes, researchers say.

Under the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to hand over the bodies of 15 Palestinians in return for every dead Israeli hostage.

Plans to re-introduce military service have been thrown into chaos because of an 11th hour disagreement.

Shadi Abu Sido told the BBC an Israeli prison officer said his family had been killed.

The Grammy-winning singer, who died of cancer, “transformed R&B forever”, says Beyoncé.

Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India, family sources tell the BBC.

The dead have been burned beyond recognition and officials have warned that the toll could rise.