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More than 50,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry said on Sunday. That number – 50,021 – equates to about 2.1% of the 2.3 million pre-war population of the territory, or around 1 in 50 people. A total of 113,274 others…

Pope Francis has greeted cheering crowds from the window of a hospital in Rome, the first time he’s been seen in public since he was admitted in February. The 88-year-old pontiff will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, doctors treating him have said. During the past…

Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney is expected to announce snap elections Sunday, seeking a stronger mandate as his country fights off a trade war and annexation threats from Donald Trump’s United States. Meanwhile on Saturday, pro-Canada demonstrators gathered for a “elbows up” rally as the trade war with neighbouring…

One of the largest humanitarian crisis on the African continent continued to unfold in Sudan as the army made advances in the country’s embattled capital of Khartoum. Sudanese soldiers recaptured the presidential palace from the Rapid Support Forces on Friday, dealing a major blow to the paramilitaries who responded with…

A Russian drone attack on Kyiv overnight has killed at least three people and wounded 10, said Ukrainian officials on Sunday. The deadly attack on the Ukrainian capital came prior to ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia during which Ukraine and Russia are expected to hold indirect US-mediated talks on Monday…

An Israeli air strike in the southern city of Khan Younis in Gaza has killed top Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel, a Hamas official told the BBC early on Sunday. Locals say the air strike killed both Bardaweel, a member of the group’s political office, and his wife. Israeli officials…

Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News The Plug Entertainment Afrobeats performances during holiday periods draw in big audiences with many from the diaspora Scenes playing out in Nigeria during holiday periods could be in a movie: emotional reunions at airport terminals, champagne flowing like water in high-end clubs and A-list Afrobeats…

Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent Reporting fromPoeni, Romania BBC/Sarah Rainsford The nationalist George Simion is polling strongly in Romania ahead of elections The Romanian village of Poeni has a couple of shops, a kebab grill and a pack of stray dogs. It also has a fair few voters who wanted…

Family handout Athena Rowley and her son Robert received unexpected gifts after going trick or treating Readers have told the BBC about strangers’ random acts of kindness, following research that found people underestimated the good intentions of others. In an experiment by the University of British Columbia, researchers deliberately lost…

Zhanna Bezpiatchuk BBC Ukraine Maria Smerechanska Maria’s life has been reduced to waiting for the next phone call from her husband – never knowing if it might be the last. Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the skies from the very first hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion in…