Texas mall shooting: Heavily armed gunman identified as 33 year old
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65521656?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 8, 2023, 1:16 AM
The gunman who killed eight people in a Dallas mall is identified as Mauricio Garcia, aged 33.
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Brownsville: Eight dead as car strikes people in Texas border town
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65521233?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 9:18 PM
The driver has been arrested and police say it is not yet clear if the incident was intentional.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner boss 'promised ammunition' after retreat threat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65516633?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 11:07 AM
Yevgeny Prigozhin seemingly U-turns on his threat to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
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Ukraine war: 'Mad panic' as Russia evacuates town near Zaporizhzhia plant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65515443?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 1:09 PM
UN watchdog warns of "threat of a severe nuclear accident" at the Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine.
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Arab League: Syria reinstated as Assad rehabilitation continues
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65519288?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 7:55 PM
The reinstatement is part of a recent thaw in relations between Damascus and other Arab governments.
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Che Guevara: Bolivian General Gary Prado Salmón who captured revolutionary dies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-65522061?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 10:22 PM
Gary Prado Salmón led troops who caught the famous Cuban revolutionary in the Bolivian jungle in 1967.
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Janet Yellen: US treasury secretary warns of debt ceiling 'catastrophe'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65522169?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 11:01 PM
The US treasury secretary warns Congress it must act to raise the country's borrowing limit.
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Arequipa gold mine fire kills at least 27 in Peru
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-65518526?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 11:55 PM
The blaze broke out while workers were about 100 metres underground, officials say.
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Climate change: Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65518528?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 12:18 PM
One farmer said the fierce heat meant people had to finish work by 10 o'clock in the morning.
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DR Congo floods: Digging through mud to find relatives
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65521521?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 7:48 PM
Nearly 400 bodies have been retrieved following floods and landslides that hit two villages last week.
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Zakhar Prilepin: Russian pro-war writer defiant after car bomb attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65516630?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 6:51 PM
Zakhar Prilepin said he had been driving and the bomb had been under the passenger seat.
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Canadian province of Alberta declares wildfire emergency
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65515446?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 1:00 AM
More than 100 wildfires rage in the western province of Alberta and 25,000 people are evacuated.
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Manipur violence: Dozens dead as ethnic clashes grip Indian state
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65513157?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 6, 2023, 6:48 PM
At least 30 people are reported to have been killed in violence over job and opportunity quotas.
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Sudan crisis: Mediators over a barrel in mission to end fighting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65495539?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 11:18 PM
The dilemma for those trying to bring peace to Sudan and why it will be so hard to end the fighting.
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Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65491533?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 9:00 PM
A slate of young, idealistic candidates hope for a sea change in this election.
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Sudan fighting: Student engineer electrocuted fixing power in Darfur clinic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65519324?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 8:05 PM
He was among volunteers who had reopened a medical facility that had shut amid clashes and looting.
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Serbia mass shootings: Country reels in the wake of deadly attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65513160?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 6:18 AM
Questions about the country's gun laws are being asked following two separate attacks this week.
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Sudan fighting: The Nigerian footballer who fled in his shorts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65485847?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 6, 2023, 11:08 PM
The midfielder had no time to gather his belongings as fighting broke out in his neighbourhood.
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Your pictures on the theme of 'three colours'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-65469304?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 6, 2023, 11:01 PM
A selection of striking images from our readers around the world.
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Sudan fighting: Bittersweet ending for one family fleeing conflict
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65497616?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 5, 2023, 6:04 PM
After a tortuous wait, Azza is heading to the UK with her children, but without her husband.
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Watch the King's Coronation side by side with his mother's
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65515302?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 5:42 AM
Watch to see what's changed since 1953 and what's stayed the same.
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Texas shooting: People flee as gunshots are heard at mall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65515303?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 7, 2023, 3:34 AM
A gunman opened fire at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, killing eight people.
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Fire rages at Shell chemical plant in Texas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65505717?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 6, 2023, 3:22 AM
Huge plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky - reports say a blast caused the fire at Deer Park.
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Kenya: Moment helicopter lifts lorry driver from flash flooding
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65505715?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 5, 2023, 11:29 PM
Flash flooding surrounded a lorry driver who was crossing the Gulana-Kulalu causeway in Kenya.
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Fighting breaks out between Russian and Ukrainian delegations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65493246?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 5, 2023, 9:23 AM
Russian Valery Stavitsky grabbed the banner after it was held up behind his colleague by a Ukrainian MP.
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Serie A: Fans ecstatic after Napoli win first title in 33 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65490618?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
May 5, 2023, 1:25 AM
Fireworks and flares were set off across the city after Napoli’s first Serie A title in 33 years.
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