Mexican influencer Valeria Marquez killed on TikTok livestream
A 23-year-old Mexican social media influencer has been shot dead while live streaming on TikTok, the state prosecutor’s office said. Valeria Marquez was killed when a man entered her beauty…
Georgetown academic freed from immigration detention
Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been freed from a Texas detention centre after he was arrested as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on activists across college campuses.…
Do Afrikaners want to leave South Africa for the US?
Khanyisile Ngcobo BBC News, Johannesburg Ulrich Janse van Vuuren Ulrich Janse van Vuuren has made it his passion to share and showcase some of South Africa’s best features with his…
Putin not on Kremlin list of officials attending Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not among the names listed by the Kremlin as being due to attend peace talks on the war in Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday, despite…
Trump’s critics and supporters unite against Qatar plane deal
Reuters US President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at a signing ceremony in Doha on Wednesday In his eagerness to accept a plane from Qatar,…
At least 21 killed in Puebla
BBC At least 21 people have been killed in a road accident in central Mexico, according to a local official. The three-vehicle crash happened on the highway between Cuacnopalan and…
How real is the risk of nuclear war?
Corbis via Getty Images India’s nuclear capable Agni-5 missile has a range of over 5,000km In the latest India-Pakistan stand-off, there were no ultimatums, no red buttons. Yet the cycle…
Uruguay’s José Mujica, world’s ‘poorest president’, dies
Gerardo Lissardy BBC News Mundo AFP/Getty Images Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89. The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to…
Switzerland traffic cameras catch flying mallard
A duck has been caught speeding on traffic cameras in the town of Koeniz in central Switzerland. Local police said the mallard – a wild duck – was snapped on…
Trump’s meeting with Sharaa, unthinkable just months ago, boosts Syrians’ hopes
Donald Trump has said his administration is now exploring the possibility of normalising relations with Syria – his comments coming shortly after he met Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose…