Joe Tidy,BBC cybersecurity correspondentand Farshad Bayan,BBC Persian NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran is 10 days into one of the most extreme internet shutdowns in history, with 92 million citizens cut off from all internet services and even disruption to phone and text messaging. The Iranian government cut off services on 8 January, apparently to stifle … Ler mais
EPA Syrian forces have entered the town of Deir Hafer The Syrian army is moving into areas east of Aleppo city, after Kurdish forces started a withdrawal. Syrian troops have been spotted entering Deir Hafer, a town about 50km (30 miles) from Aleppo. On Friday, the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia announced it would … Ler mais
Henri Astierand Bernd Debusmann Jr,White House reporter Reuters Protesters in Greenland rallied on Saturday against any US move acquire the territory A threat by President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allies opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland has drawn condemnation from European leaders. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move … Ler mais
Five off-piste skiers have died in two avalanches in the Austria’s Alps following heavy snowfall in the region. An avalanche hit a group of seven skiers in the Pongau area near Salzburg, killing four and seriously injuring one on Saturday, local mountain rescue officials said. A similar avalanche swept away a skier in the same … Ler mais
Sammy AwamiBBC Africa, Kampala Bloomberg via Getty Images For supporters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, his resounding victory in the just-concluded election is a vindication of his 40-year-long rule. He won with 72% of the vote, close to his highest-ever tally of 74% in Uganda’s first direct presidential election in 1996. It reinforces the 81-year-old’s … Ler mais
Anita Nkonge,BBC Africa, Damian Zaneand Lucy Fleming AFP via Getty Images Yoweri Museveni first came to power in 1986 as a rebel leader Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election extending his four decades in power by another five years. He gained 72% of the vote, the election commission announced, … Ler mais
Reuters / Getty Images / EPA Ajay Banga, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are among those on the committee The White House has released the names of the members who will form the Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” for Gaza. With the US president as chair, the founding Executive Board will oversee the work … Ler mais
A US federal judge has issued an order limiting the crowd control tactics that can be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) towards “peaceful and unobstructive” protesters in Minneapolis. Judge Katherine Menendez ruled on Friday night that federal agents can’t arrest or pepper spray peaceful demonstrators, including those monitoring and observing ICE agents. … Ler mais
Getty Images The White House has announced the first members of its Gaza “Board of Peace”, and the list of names will do little to dispel the criticism from some quarters that the US president’s plan resembles, at its heart, a colonial solution imposed over the heads of the Palestinians. There are still several unknowns … Ler mais
Guinea Presidency Official pictures of Mamadi Doumbouya have portrayed him in a more relaxed mode From the moment he seized power in September 2021 Guinea’s Mamadi Doumbouya struck an imposing figure. Just 36 years old at the time, the broad-shouldered colonel, standing at well over six feet (1.8m), wearing military fatigues, mirrored sunglasses and a … Ler mais