House Republicans reject Senate deal, prolonging partial government shutdown
Airport security agents have not been paid in more than a month due to a congressional impasse, causing travel chaos across the US.
‘Our home is gone’: BBC speaks to displaced families in Lebanon
The BBC’s Hugo Bachega speaks to families in Beirut as more than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon.
‘Our home is gone’: BBC speaks to displaced families in Lebanon
The BBC’s Hugo Bachega speaks to families in Beirut as more than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon.
Nepal’s ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown
More than 70 people were killed during an uprising last year which ousted Oli’s government.
From jammed broadcasts to a blocked website: BBC Russian’s 80 years of defiance
For half a century, BBC Russian had to fend off jammers. Now its website is blocked, but millions still read it.
‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?
African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be straightforward.
‘Memory of a generation’: China mourns the sudden death of a controversial education influencer
The divisive 41-year-old was among the country’s most prominent influencers.
I escaped North Korea with my mum. Now I’m terrified she might be sent back
Geumseong made it safely to South Korea, but his mother is stuck in a Chinese prison and may be forcibly repatriated.
Man arrested over plot to firebomb pro-Palestinian activist’s NY home
Agents found eight Molotov cocktails in the man’s Hoboken home, according to court documents.
‘My daughter is under the rubble’: Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises
One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.
