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Khanyisile NgcoboJohannesburgCorbis via Getty ImagesFor instance, the name of former Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, a key figure in implementing apartheid, has been removed from many places.Other changes include the city of Port Elizabeth. Named after the wife of a...

Colin PatersonEntertainment correspondentNetflixNo matter what happens this awards season, Kang says their expectations for the film have already been more than surpassed. She surmises that the aim was "to connect people and bring them to Kpop"."Just seeing people bond...

Gopal KateshiyaBBC Gujarati, MorbiHasina MajotiOn Wednesday, after the video went viral, Gujarat's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) questioned Ms Hasina and her brother in Ahmedabad. Her relatives said she separated from her husband around her son's birth and supports her...

Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World ServiceGetty ImagesA turbocharged monsoonWeather experts say the monsoons in South Asia at times appear to have become stronger because they are increasingly coming into contact with another weather system, the westerly disturbance. This...

Alice CuddyTel Aviv andJaroslav LukivRaja Salmi, 52, told AFP she reached Gaza City's Rimal neighbourhood to find her home also gone."I stood before it and cried. All those memories are now just dust," she said.Under the terms of the...

Former US President Joe Biden is receiving radiation therapy as part of his treatment for prostate cancer, his spokesman has said.The spokesman also said that Biden, 82, was undergoing hormone treatment, without giving any further details.The radiation treatment was...

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79, according to US media reports.Keaton, who was born in Los Angeles, shot to fame in the 1970s through her role as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather films.She was...

Norberto ParedesBBC Mundo andAlex BoydNobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has told the BBC she is grateful for what US President Donald Trump is doing "around the world for peace".Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, was awarded the 2025 prize...

BBCThe staff in the hostage returns unit emphasise that their job does not end when the hostages return home. Medical and psychological rehabilitation will continue and the hostages must also be prepared, says Ms Shwartz, for the moment "when...

One of the five British army horses that broke from their trainers after being spooked and galloped through the...