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US immigration: Deportees sue Ghana’s government over “illegal’ detention
Eleven people detained in Ghana after being deported from the US have sued the West African nation's government, their lawyer has told the BBC.Oliver-Barker Vormawor said the deportees had not violated any Ghanaian law, and their detention in a...
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Trump suggests Starmer could use military to control UK borders
Joshua NevettPolitical reporterEPADonald Trump suggested Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer could use the military to stop illegal migration at a news conference marking the end of the US president's second state visit to the UK.Trump said he discussed migration...
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Malawi’s electoral commission warns parties of Lazarus Chakwera and Peter Mutharika not to declare victory
The head of Malawi's electoral commission has warned political parties not to prematurely declare electoral victory, saying they should wait for the official results.Annabel Mtalimanja's warning came after the parties of the two main presidential candidates, the incumbent Lazarus...
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Royals, Maga and tech CEOs: What we learned from state banquet guest list
Mallory Moench,Visual Journalism team,Simon Jackbusiness editor andSean Coughlanroyal correspondentPABeneath gilded portraits and suits of armour in Windsor Castle, 160 guests wined and dined at a lavish banquet to fete US President Donald Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the...
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Egypt says 3,000-year-old bracelet was stolen and melted down
A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was stolen and melted down, Egypt's interior ministry says.A restoration specialist took the artefact - which dates back to the reign of King Amenemope, a pharaoh who...
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‘Cataclysmic’ situation in Gaza City, UN official says, as Israeli tanks advance
ReutersThe WHO's chief, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the Israeli offensive was "forcing traumatised families into an ever-shrinking area unfit for human dignity"."The injured and people with disabilities cannot move to safety, which puts their lives in grave danger,"...
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Live Updates: Trump’s U.K. visit turns from royalty to politics, as Brits focus on trade, Gaza and Ukraine
U.S. companies will be investing 150 billion pounds, the equivalent of over $200 billion, in the U.K. as part of a landmark package...
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Israeli minister touts Gaza ‘real estate bonanza’, defying international backlash
Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said the Gaza Strip could be a "real estate bonanza" and that he is in talks with the US about dividing up the territory after the war - an idea previously condemned...
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Three arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of spying on behalf of Russia, the Metropolitan Police has said.A 41-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were arrested at an address in Grays, Essex, the force said. A 46-year-old man was...
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Marguerite Gnakadé: Togo leader’s sister-in-law arrested after calling for end to Gnassingbé rule
A former defence minister and vocal critic of Togo's government, Marguerite Gnakadé, has been arrested, according to security sources. Gnakadé, the sister-in-law of long-serving leader Faure Gnassingbé, recently called for his resignation and urged the military to stand with...
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Irreecha: Selfies and singing as Ethiopia’s Oromo people celebrate thanksgiving
Amensisa IfaBBC Africa, Addis Ababa & Bishoftu Amensisa Negera/BBCTens of thousands of vibrantly dressed Ethiopians descended on downtown Addis...