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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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This Nigerian goat is now a celebrity – how a graduation gift went viral

18 August, 2026

He says he was not embarrassed at all. Instead, his classmates cheered.The moment was captured on video and quickly spread online, drawing thousands of warm reactions.For some people outside south-east Nigeria, a goat might seem like an unusual gift to mark the end of university. But among the Igbo people, the animals can carry deep

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CJI Surya Kant: Why Indian law students don’t want top judge at their graduation ceremony

18 August, 2026

The backlash against Mishra, who’s an MP from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, was swift and widespread, including from Chief Justice Kant who said the students had a right to protest and that the Bar Council had no business getting involved in what was “a dialogue between law students and me”.Within hours, Mishra backtracked on

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Watch: BBC breaks down Trump’s latest shift on North and South Korea

18 August, 2026

President Donald Trump has said that the US will “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship” with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. The move comes after Trump expressed frustration with Seoul for declining to join the US in the “denuclearisation” of Iran. The BBC’s Tom Bateman explains Trump’s

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Philippines: School shooting in Zamboanga leaves student dead

18 August, 2026

A student at a Catholic junior high school in the southern Philippines was shot dead by a fellow student, who later took his own life, a local official said on Tuesday.The alleged shooter managed to sneak in a .45-calibre pistol into a classroom at the school in Zamboanga City, Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso told local

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Watch: What we learned from opening statements in Tupac Shakur murder trial

18 August, 2026

A former gang leader is on trial in Las Vegas for the murder of Tupac Shakur, who died following a drive-by shooting on 7 September 1996. The prosecution and defence have delivered their opening arguments as Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs

18 August, 2026

Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.More than 9,000 life jackets, dozens of dinghies and engines and 360 pumps were seized by police this spring during a

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Russia says UK ‘will pay’ for supplying drones to Ukraine

18 August, 2026

Russia has accused the UK of “deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis” following confirmation that British-made drones had been used in strikes on targets in Russia. “In doing so, the United Kingdom is acting as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of the bloody crimes and terrorist attacks,” the Russian Embassy to the UK

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Sri Lanka: Doctors remove 3.1kg stone from man’s bladder

18 August, 2026

Doctors in Sri Lanka have removed a 3.1kg (6.8lb) bladder stone from a man – which they believe to be the largest of its kind on record. The procedure was carried out last week at a hospital in Trincomalee, in the east of the country.The 55-year-old patient had been admitted to hospital after suffering a

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Jharkhand protests: Devendra Nath Mahto ends hunger strike after 16 days

18 August, 2026

An activist in India’s eastern Jharkhand state has ended a 16-day hunger strike after the government agreed to protesters’ demands to cancel a controversial recruitment exam.However, the protesters say they will not call off demonstrations until India’s premier investigative agency begins probing alleged malpractices in other recruitment exams.Devendra Nath Mahto ended his fast in the

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Zambia elections: Hakainde Hichilema re-elected president with 60% of the vote

18 August, 2026

Zambia has a record of peaceful transfers of power. Since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, presidential transitions have occurred through the ballot box.It is unclear if the opposition will challenge the election result.Mundubile had earlier alleged there had been discrepancies between polling-station results and those officially announced and claimed military involvement at tallying

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IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about donors at northern Cyprus clinics

18 August, 2026

At least 30 children, most of them British, are feared to have been conceived by IVF treatment in northern Cyprus using the wrong sperm or egg donors.In each case, the parents suspect they did not get the donors they had selected.The figure is one of several new findings in a BBC investigation that, earlier this

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Hayden Panettiere: Ex Wladimir Klitschko says family is in ‘profound shock and grief’

18 August, 2026

Panettiere met Klitschko, who was was 13 years older than her, at a party in Los Angeles when she was 19.After their daughter was born, the actress was hit hard by postpartum depression and was drinking heavily.Klitschko helped get her treatment but when their daughter was three, he asked her to sign over custody.Panettiere reluctantly

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Zhu Rongji: China censors public mourning as it holds former premier’s funeral

18 August, 2026

Flags at government sites are flying at half-mast and security vehicles are parked in the heart of Beijing, as China mourns former Premier Zhu Rongji.Zhu died of an illness last week at 97 and was cremated at a funeral in Beijing on Tuesday. The ceremony, attended by senior leaders including President Xi Jinping, was kept

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What is it like to be on a warship for months?

18 August, 2026

It remains unclear what the conditions on the Lincoln are like now. A crew from CNN visited last month, and did not discover any widespread issues during the three days on board. Several troops mentioned being forced to ration food, and losing weight over “many months”, but when CNN boarded on 7 July, “food was

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