British adventurer returns home after 28-year journey around the world
British adventurer Karl Bushby returns to his mother’s home in Hull after completing a 28-year, 50,000-kilometre journey from Chile.
Uganda withdrawing troops from peacekeeping mission in Somalia
In tonight’s edition, Uganda starts drawing down troops just days after the UN ends its political mission in Somalia. Also, upcoming municipal elections in South Africa risk solidifying growing political fragmentation. And the drought gripping Chad could be the country’s worst in more than 40 years.
TRT World – Trump downplays renewed US strikes on Iran after midterm elections
US President Donald Trump has downplayed the possibility of renewed military strikes against Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections, saying diplomatic efforts were progressing.”No,” Trump responded when asked by a reporter on Monday in Washington whether he was considering striking Iran again following the elections.Trump insisted that Tehran would never obtain nuclear weapons, adding that Iranian…
Russian bombing kills 26 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says
Officials say at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a southern Ukrainian village in what the president called an “utterly horrific” attack.
US midterms campaign 'shattering' spending records to be most expensive ever
The 2026 campaign is projected to cost nearly $12bn – BBC Verify looks into where all that money has come from.
The Long Hull: Karl Bushby reflects on perseverance & 'best of humanity' on his 28-year journey home
“They say it takes a village. In this case, it took a world.” After 28 years and some 50,000 kilometres, British explorer and adventurer Karl Bushby has returned to his hometown of Hull, completing an extraordinary life journey across four continents that illustrates not only the limits of human endurance, but also the intricate relationship between…
Migration is a moral issue for Burnham – but is he trying to please everyone?
PM wants to tie Shabana Mahmood’s hard line on borders to recognition of the value of migration, but he may need to shout his convictionHow will UK immigration rules change under Shabana Mahmood’s latest plans?While out on the campaign trail in Makerfield, Andy Burnham gave a glimpse into where he might land on Labour’s plans…
EU says fridge attacks 'deliberate attempt to disrupt' bloc's food supply
Grocery stores from Sweden to Portugal were hit Monday by a suspected cyberattack on their freezer systems, in what the EU denounced as a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc’s food chain. Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were among at least eight countries affected in the incident, which came three…
Man guilty of stealing cash from farm owned by South African president
The case, part of the “Farmgate” scandal, has left President Cyril Ramaphosa mired in an impeachment saga.
Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists
Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around bodyIt could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to be fossilised red blood cells, and traces of the molecule that gives the beast’s blood…
