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Como mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit by one

20 August, 2026

The mayor of Como has banned riding bicycles in certain areas of the historic Italian city after he was hit by an electric one. Alessandro Rapinese said the ban was necessary to improve public safety. It means from September, cyclists will have to dismount through an area of around 30 streets.He told Italian news agency

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Togo charges two French journalists over incorrect documents, rights group says

20 August, 2026

The two French journalists detained in Togo since last month have been charged with “false declarations” despite having the correct documents to work there, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said.Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani had been filming a documentary in Kara, northern Togo, for France Télévisions when they were arrested on 27 July, the

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Assad officer extradited to Syria on war crimes charges for first time

20 August, 2026

Lebanon has handed Syria a former general who served under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the first extradition of its kind since his government fell.Maj Gen Adel Issa, 67, is accused of a raft of crimes allegedly committed during the Syrian civil war, which ended in December 2024 when rebel forces took the

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Liberia’s former Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor charged in drug-trafficking probe

20 August, 2026

Howard-Tayor faces charges including the unlicensed importation, sale and transportation of controlled drugs, illicit trafficking, criminal solicitation and criminal facilitation.Police have charged three foreign nationals – two Croatians and one Ukrainian – in absentia as part of their investigation. They are accused of being part of the same network as the former politician. Liberian Justice

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Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

20 August, 2026

Four workers in Japan have died after being struck by a train at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.The collision happened around 10:46 local time (01:46 GMT) while the workers were removing weeds from the train tracks, local media reported.When emergency services arrived at the scene three workers were trapped under the train, while

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Russia unleashes ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv, killing at least eight

20 August, 2026

Kyiv has been battered in near nightly-attacks in recent weeks, with some strikes resulting in dozens of deaths and serious injuries.More than a dozen regions have been targeted across Ukraine over the past week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, with Russia launching more than 1,550 attack drones, 1,560 guide aerial bombs and 62 missiles Ukraine.Ukraine has

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Missing teen hiker found dead in Australian bush after eight-day search

20 August, 2026

The body of a woman has been found in Australian bushland, following an eight-day search for a Sydney teenager reported missing last Wednesday.Police said that while the body was yet to be formally identified, it was believed to be that of 18-year-old Lily Hooper. The confirmation came after local media reported that she had been

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Trump threatens ‘tremendous economic consequences’ on any country helping Iran

20 August, 2026

President Donald Trump has announced the US will inflict “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Iran.He wrote in all capital letters on Truth Social he was launching “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country!” He gave no further details, and did not name any other nation.

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Zomi Frankcom: Australia ‘outraged’ after Israeli decision not to prosecute over killing of aid worker in Gaza

20 August, 2026

Australia’s foreign minister has said she is “outraged” over an Israeli government decision not to prosecute those responsible for the death of aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in an IDF strike.Frankcom was an Australian aid worker with World Central Kitchen who was killed in Gaza with six other colleagues by an Israeli airstrike

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Canada and US say they are finalising a trade deal, but details remain murky

20 August, 2026

The US, meanwhile, has been asking for a number of concessions from Canada, including removing its remaining retaliatory tariffs on American autos and adjusting its dairy quotas to allow greater access for US cheese producers.It has also asked for the ban on US alcohol sales, imposed last year by most Canadian provinces in retaliation to

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Israel opens up tenders for controversial West Bank settlement project

19 August, 2026

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem – land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state – during the 1967 Middle East war. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.Despite the fierce international opposition, successive Israeli governments have allowed settlements

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Trump administration to soon begin targeting Ethiopians for deportation

19 August, 2026

A federal judge has decided the Trump administration can go ahead with cancelling Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which provides humanitarian protections to immigrants, for roughly 5,000 Ethiopians living in the US.”Those with terminated TPS are in our nation ILLEGALLY,” the homeland security department posted on X after the ruling. “They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY

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Helicopter crashes at Mount Ololokwe in Kenya, killing six people

19 August, 2026

A helicopter has crashed in central Kenya at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu county, killing all six people on board, air accident officials have told the BBC.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department said the identities of those on board were yet to be confirmed. Local media is reporting that the helicopter was carrying tourists.The Kenya Civil Aviation

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Apparent human remains found in US reservoir as water levels hit record low

19 August, 2026

A woman and her friend spotted the bones while visiting the Nevada side of the reservoir, which is located on the border with Arizona.Dianelis Molina Cruz told CBS affiliate KLAS: “My friend was playing with the rocks in the lake, and then he grabbed the jaw. And when he looked, he saw the teeth and

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Sacked Ukrainian defence minister calls for presidential election

19 August, 2026

Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections, in what is widely seen as the biggest challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since Russia’s full-scale invasion four and a half years ago.”Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Fedorov, 35, in a video posted to YouTube on Tuesday, adding that Ukraine is

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US-South Korea war games cut short after Washington request, Seoul says

19 August, 2026

South Korea’s annual joint military drills with the US will be cut short by six days at the request of Washington, its defence ministry has announced.Seoul said that the “period and scale” of the 2026 Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise had been adjusted due to a “proposal of the US side”. The drill will now conclude

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Iranian woman writes of US detention ‘hell’ over link to 1979 hostage crisis

19 August, 2026

The US decision to revoke the family’s status came amid several enforcement actions taken against relatives of regime officials, as US hostilities with Iran escalated this year. At the same time, amid Iran’s brutal crackdown on protesters months ago, some diaspora activists identified relatives of Iranian officials abroad and campaigned to revoke their legal status.An

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Harvard agrees to pay millions after morgue manager sold body parts

19 August, 2026

Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million (£39 million) to resolve lawsuits from families who alleged the university mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school.The settlement, proposed in a Boston court on Monday, would end the suits filed against Harvard Medical School (HMS) after former morgue manager Cedric Lodge pleaded guilty

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Tracking USS Lincoln’s months-long mission as concerns about conditions grow

19 August, 2026

There have been reports of poor conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, which the US Navy says will soon be brought home from the Middle East.The aircraft carrier was originally expected back in May – but the US war with Iran has kept it at sea for around 250 days straight.BBC Verify has used

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Man in doll mask threatening Philadelphia residents, police say

19 August, 2026

A man in a creepy doll mask has been terrorizing Philadelphia residents, running up to them and making threats, police said.The Philadelphia Police Department said on Tuesday it is searching for the suspect, who allegedly threatened and chased at least half a dozen people near City Hall last week.The man, who surveillance video captured wearing

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US announces new sanctions on ICC president and top lawyer

18 August, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against the president and a senior lawyer of the International Criminal Court (ICC).The move is the Trump administration’s latest escalation in its campaign to “dismantle” the court which is empowered by more than 120 member countries to investigate war crimes.Rubio said the US was sanctioning ICC

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Brazil’s President Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon river

18 August, 2026

The oil discovery was made in the sea about 175km (110 miles) off the Amazon coast but the size of the field is not yet clear.It is also still unknown whether extracting the oil, which is located at a depth of 2,886m (9,469ft), would be commercially viable. Conservationists have warned that the area where the

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Lake Kariba disaster: Death toll from Zimbabwe ferry accident rises to 93

18 August, 2026

The death toll from a ferry disaster on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba has risen to 93, which makes it the country’s deadliest transport disaster, according to the state-run Herald newspaper.The ferry had a capacity to carry 90 passengers, but the paper estimates at least 168 people were actually on board when it was hit by a

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Norway’s King Harald admitted to hospital and put on sick leave

18 August, 2026

Norway’s royal household said in April 2024 King Harald would make a “permanent reduction” to his public engagement “out of consideration for his age”.The king ascended the Scandinavian country’s throne in January 1991 and has openly ruled out abdicating.He was taken to hospital in February on the Spanish island of Tenerife while suffering from an

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