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A Sudanese war monitor has accused the military of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country’s western Darfur region. The Emergency Lawyers group – which documents abuses by both sides in Sudan’s civil war that erupted in April 2023 – said the bombing…

Justices on Brazil’s top court are debating whether former President Jair Bolsonaro should stand trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup against the current President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court will weigh up evidence presented by the chief prosecutor, who accuses Bolsonaro…

Four people, including the grandparents of Emile Soleil, have been arrested over the two-year-old’s disappearance and death in the French Alps in July 2023. The two other people arrested on suspicion of voluntary homicide and concealment of a corpse are adult children of Emile’s grandparents, prosecutors said in a statement….

EPA Trump and his top aides have consistently raised concerns about footing the bill for European defence Washington DC is still digesting an apparent security breach at the heart of the Trump administration. It’s the story of how a journalist – the Atlantic magazine’s Jeffrey Goldberg – was added to…

A classic car owned by the late French rock star Johnny Hallyday before he lost it at poker has sold for €132,000 ($143,000; £110,000) at auction. The Panther De Ville was given to him in 1975 by his then-wife, fellow singer Sylvie Vartan. Its custom-made fittings include mink seats, a…

A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader’s ties with the church –…

Nomsa Maseko in Bujumbura & Natasha Booty in London BBC News BBC President Évariste Ndayishimiye made the comments in an exclusive interview with the BBC Burundi’s president has told the BBC he has seen “credible intelligence” that Rwanda plans to attack his country. Évariste Ndayishimiye also said that Rwanda had…

Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the…

A man who fell into a large sinkhole in South Korea’s capital Seoul has been found dead, according to the local fire department. The man was riding his motorbike in the Gangdong district when the road caved in at about 18:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Monday. Rescuers found his…

Sebastian Usher Middle East correspondent Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Hamdan Ballal poses with Rachel Szor after they won Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land at the Oscars A Palestinian Oscar winner has been detained in the occupied West Bank following an outbreak of violence between Israeli…