BBC Social media footage went viral showing an officer lapping a Camlough roundabout in his patrol car The Police Service of Northern Ireland is conducting criminal investigations into officers who joined in celebrations of Armagh’s all-Ireland GAA win, sources have told the BBC. Three neighbourhood officers have been informed that they are being investigated for … Read more
PA Women played a significant role in the Viking invasion, evidence at Repton suggests The peaceful rural village of Repton in Derbyshire is thought to have witnessed a pivotal blood-soaked moment in British history – and an expert says it deserves national recognition. A chilling truth – which sounds like a cross between a horror … Read more
Watch: Australian B-Girls compete in Sydney despite Raygun backlash When breaker Rachael Gunn – aka Raygun – bombed out of the Paris Olympics, the shockwaves hit a tiny hip-hop scene on the other side of the world. In a Sydney warehouse-turned-community centre, breakers warm up with ab exercises that would make a Pilates teacher cry, … Read more
Getty Images After Sheikh Hasina’s abrupt resignation, Hindu families have felt vulnerable to attacks The videos are shocking: buildings burning, horrifying violence and women weeping as they plead for help. They are – the people sharing them say – proof of a “Hindu genocide” happening in Bangladesh in the wake of the sudden fall of … Read more
BBC Martina is one of 16,000 Tsimanes who live in the Amazon rainforest As Martina Canchi Nate walks through the Bolivian jungle, red butterflies fluttering around her, we have to ask her to pause – our team can’t keep up. Her ID card shows she’s 84, but within 10 minutes, she digs up three yucca … Read more
AXEL HEIMKEN/AFP Holes mysteriously found cut in army base fences. An alleged plot to assassinate Germany’s top weapons manufacturer. Phone taps on a high-level Luftwaffe call. These aren’t storylines lifted from a 1960s spy novel but real-life events in Germany, this year. Not all of these events can definitively be blamed on Moscow, but Germany … Read more
Getty Images Internationally acclaimed author and poet Mia Couto describes himself as an African, but his roots are in Europe. His Portuguese parents settled in Mozambique in 1953 after fleeing the dictatorial rule of Antonio Salazar. Couto was born two years later in the port city of Beira. “My childhood was very happy,’ he tells … Read more
New Delhi: Doctors protest against the sexual assault and killing of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata | (Photo: PTI) 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 17 2024 | 5:33 PM IST This report has been updated. The Union government on Saturday announced to form a committee, which it said would … Read more
The former diplomat said he felt that India and Bangladesh, since the 1971 independence and even during the Liberation War maintained two sets of relationships | Photo: Shutterstock India will benefit if it supports the current transition in Bangladesh and moves to build relationships with other political parties instead of focussing on one person … Read more
BBC When Kamala Harris steps onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week as the party’s presidential nominee, she’ll do so knowing that many in the audience cheering her on once counted her out. Ms Harris, 59, has faced years of doubt from some within her party about her ability to … Read more