The first stop on Lionel Messi’s tour of India erupted into chaos as fans ripped up stadium seats and threw water bottles onto the pitch after his appearance at Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium was cut short. Supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star, but were … Ler mais
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country. Some of those being released include prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski. BBC Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were taken. More on this … Ler mais
Tom McArthurand Ilma Hasan Watch: Anger and chaos in Salt Lake stadium, Kolkata as Messi leaves event early Angry fans attending Lionel Messi’s tour of India ripped up seats and threw items towards the pitch after his appearance at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium. Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) … Ler mais
Toyin Adedokun / AFP via Getty Images Parts of Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, have been turned into an “open-air gallery”, in the words of the organisers of the city’s first street art festival. One of the featured artists, Ashaolu Oluwafemi, told the BBC that the festival brings art “to the people and the community”. “People … Ler mais
Israel said it killed a senior Hamas commander on Saturday in a strike on a vehicle inside Gaza. In a joint statement, the Israeli military and security agency Shin Bet announced it had “eliminated” Raed Saad, the head of weapons production for Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, in Gaza city. Saad had been regarded … Ler mais
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been been killed in Syria in an ambush by a lone Islamic State gunman, the US military has said. The Pentagon said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was “engaged and killed”. The identities of those killed are being … Ler mais
AFP via Getty Images Akilimali Mirindi is one of thousands who have fled the recent upsurge in fighting The US ambassador to the UN has accused Rwanda of leading Africa’s Great Lakes region toward war, just over a week after a peace deal was signed in Washington to end the decades-long conflict. US President Donald … Ler mais
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the Eastern European country. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those who have been freed following talks in Minsk with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale. The US has … Ler mais
State Emergency Service Of Ukraine A firefighter works at the site of a Russian strike in Odesa More than a million households are without electricity in Ukraine after a barrage of overnight Russian strikes hit energy and industrial infrastructure, officials said. Ukraine’s internal affairs minister, Ihor Klymenko, said five regions were hit and at least … Ler mais
US President Donald Trump has said the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia will halt fighting “effective this evening”. Trump made the announcement after telephone conversations with the two leaders following deadly border clashes in recent days which have left at least 20 people dead and half a million displaced. Neither Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul … Ler mais