Tag: bbc.com

  • Wildfires came ‘worryingly’ close to our animal rescue centre

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/68f4/live/af01bc80-c4b4-11f1-892b-f7bfd6496ad0.jpg”] BBC Gavin Bruce praised the “remarkable effort” of his team A charity has described how wildfires came “worryingly” close to its rescue centre. International Animal Rescue, based in East Sussex, told the BBC its conservation project in Borneo has been impacted by wildfires sweeping across Indonesia. “When the fires really got a…

  • Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/82b6/live/15d89210-c4b7-11f1-9ce9-55293bd7f0d9.jpg”] Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters A woman has been arrested after injuring three people in the third knife attack recorded at schools in Poland this week. The 21-year-old used a “dangerous object” to attack a 17-year-old girl at an educational institution in the capital Warsaw, police have told news agencies PAP and AP.…

  • Drone strike by Sudan paramilitary kills 41 near Ethiopian border, rights group says

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a17b/live/c6c5e2c0-c4b8-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Getty Images A drone attack by Sudan’s paramilitary forces has killed 41 people in the country’s Blue Nile region bordering Ethiopia, a rights group has said. The strike by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted a camp for displaced people in the state’s Abu Shandi area on Friday, Emergency Lawyers said. The…

  • Singapore Grand Prix: Max Verstappen beats Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to pole

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/2084/live/95f182b0-c4ba-11f1-9ce9-55293bd7f0d9.jpg”] Verstappen beats Ferraris to Singapore pole Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Max Verstappen won the sprint race earlier on Saturday By Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent in Singapore Published 10 October 2026, 15:39 BST Updated 16 minutes ago Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took his second pole position in a week by beating the…

  • Australia vs South Africa: Matt Renshaw epic innings puts tourists in command

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/a11f/live/8619ef40-c4b4-11f1-892b-f7bfd6496ad0.jpg”] Middlesbrough-born Renshaw’s epic 190 lifts Australia Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Renshaw’s century was his first in Tests for nine years and 280 days ByMatthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist Published 1 hour ago First Test, Durban (day two of five) Australia 390: Renshaw 190, Cummins 43; Mulder 4-68 South Africa 27-1: Markram…

  • Sara Sharif’s grandfather granted guardianship of her siblings in Pakistan

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d3c2/live/adc04a90-c4ae-11f1-ac13-6da90f5ff039.jpg”] Surrey Police/PA Wire The siblings of Sara Sharif will stay in Pakistan with their grandfather Sara Sharif’s paternal grandfather has been granted guardianship of her siblings by a court in Pakistan. The decision comes after years of legal limbo following the murder of 10-year-old Sara by her father and stepmother in 2023.…

  • Teesside community unites for Boro 150th anniversary performance

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/56e6/live/aa663510-c3e8-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Tom Powell The project brings together generations of Teessiders, “reflecting the community spirit” A community performance involving 300 dancers and a new song will take place on the pitch at the Riverside Stadium to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Middlesbrough Football club. The dance and the new song – The Sound of…

  • CJP at Jantar Mantar: ‘Cockroach’ group says leaders detained at Delhi protest

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/98ee/live/0a7efdf0-c4b7-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Watch: Why have hundreds of ‘cockroach’ protesters been detained in Delhi Hundreds of protesters have been detained in Delhi during the latest demonstration by the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calling for electoral reforms. The group said its founder Abhijeet Dipke – who began the movement in May after India’s Chief…

  • Headmaster detained after BBC investigation into alleged sexual abuse of students

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c29f/live/f2a9f120-c499-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] BBC Indonesia Ex-headmaster Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, known to students as Abah, has been accused of sexual abuse A former headmaster of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia has been named as a suspect in a sexual abuse investigation and detained by police, following a BBC Eye report. Ahmad Imanuddin Sumar, known to…

  • Giro di Lombardia: Competitor safety protest delays start of UCI World Tour race

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/5ec2/live/cba4e310-c498-11f1-b094-cb5c335b015a.jpg”] Rider safety protest delays Giro di Lombardia Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Remco Evenepoel addressed the crowd in Bergamo after the peloton did not set off on time ByMike Peter BBC Sport journalist Published 3 hours ago Riders at the Giro di Lombardia staged a protest which delayed the start of the…