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Thousands ready to evacuate as flooding hits Pacific Northwest
Several days of heavy rain have swollen a number of rivers causing major flooding in parts of Canada and the US.
📢 Published on 📅 12 December 2025 🕒 2:02 am
Crypto fraudster sentenced for 'epic' $40bn stablecoin crash
In August, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud and apologised for his actions.
📢 Published on 📅 12 December 2025 🕒 12:21 am
Tricked, abducted and abused: Inside China's schools for 'rebellious' teens
Young people tell the BBC that military-style schools deceive and abuse students they claim to help.
📢 Published on 📅 12 December 2025 🕒 12:13 am
Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.
📢 Published on 📅 12 December 2025 🕒 12:08 am
Myanmar's army says it wants to eradicate scam compounds. Is it really doing that?
The junta has been demolishing buildings in KK Park, one of the largest and most notorious scam compounds.
📢 Published on 📅 12 December 2025 🕒 12:04 am
Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids
It said the landmark policy has serious implications for Australians' privacy and political rights.
📢 Published on 📅 12 December 2025 🕒 12:02 am
Chief of S Korea's high-stakes exam quits over 'insane' English test
Some critics say the questions were unnecessarily complex, while others argue that's their intended purpose.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 11:59 pm
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from immigration detention after court order
A judge ruled that the government did not have the legal authority to continue detaining the Salvadoran national, who is married to an American citizen.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 11:49 pm
US sanctions six more ships after seizing oil tanker off Venezuela
The White House plans to move the tanker to a US port and seize the oil on board, a move Caracas has labelled as an act of "international piracy".
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 11:40 pm
US wants 'special economic zone' in Ukraine's frontline region, Zelensky says
Ukraine's president says territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power remain unresolved issues in a peace plan.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 7:23 pm
Cameras on killer whales record first evidence of joint hunt with dolphins
Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two working together.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 6:03 pm
Ethiopia arrests 'indecently' dressed social media stars after awards ceremony
Adonay Berhane, Wongelawit Gebre Endrias and four others are accused by police of undermining public morality.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 5:40 pm
Elite Coast Guard squad and 'dark fleet' ship - what we know about US seizure of oil tanker
The US seizure of a crude oil ship is the latest in a series of escalations in the Trump administration's pressure campaign on Venezuela.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 3:51 pm
From Iran to China to Venezuela - how tanker seized by US hid true location
A seized tanker accused of smuggling sanctioned oil has long hidden its true location. BBC Verify examines how.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 3:03 pm
Bulgarian PM and government resign after mass protests
Rosen Zhelyazkov's dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days before Bulgaria joins the euro.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 2:32 pm
Pakistan's military sentences its former spy chief to 14 years in jail
Faiz Hameed led Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency during the tenure of now-jailed former PM Imran Khan.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 2:03 pm
'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is among the influential tech figures that adorn one of the two covers.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 1:52 pm
Poland arrests Russian archaeologist wanted in Ukraine
The allegations against the suspect includes the illegal excavation of an ancient city in Crimea.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 1:41 pm
Austria bans headscarves in schools for under-14s
A similar ban for girls under 10 was struck down by the Constitutional Court for specifically targeting Muslims.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 1:15 pm
Panic in France as children fall victim to lethal violence of Marseille drug gangs
The number of teenagers involved in the drugs trade has quadrupled in eight years, the government says.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 1:05 pm
Venezuelan Nobel winner tells BBC she knows 'risks' of Oslo trip after months in hiding
María Corina Machado, who has been threatened by her home country's government, speaks about her secret journey to Norway.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 12:28 pm
Severe disruption hits Portugal in first general strike for 12 years
PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government's labour reforms.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 10:50 am
More than 30 dead after Myanmar military air strike hits hospital
The junta has stepped up bombardments by air in an attempt to reclaim territory from ethnic armies.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 8:12 am
Moment skydiver's parachute wraps around plane tail
Footage shows the skydiver stuck on the tail before cutting himself free and continuing with dive.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 7:38 am
Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia hit highest level since 1980
New figures show that 33 of the 113 deaths in custody between last July and this June were Indigenous
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 1:28 am
The Swiss city that lets you pay for most things with bitcoin
Shops, restaurants and even the local council in Lugano now accept the cryptocurrency.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 12:22 am
String of celebrity scandals renews debate on South Korea's 'cancel culture'
In a matter of days, three big entertainers in South Korea have made headlines in separate scandals.
📢 Published on 📅 11 December 2025 🕒 12:05 am
Why Thailand and Cambodia are fighting again after Trump ceasefire
Between the neighbours is a gulf of mistrust that has proven near impossible to bridge.
📢 Published on 📅 10 December 2025 🕒 11:03 pm
Watch: Video shows US military seizing oil tanker off Venezuela coast
According to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who shared the footage, the tanker was used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.
📢 Published on 📅 10 December 2025 🕒 10:35 pm
Watch Australian teens test out social media on first day of ban
Teenagers affected by Australia's under-16 social media ban showed the BBC what happened when they tried to access their accounts.
📢 Published on 📅 10 December 2025 🕒 4:38 am
Watch: Ozzy the dog sets Guinness World record for longest canine tongue
The mastiff mix from Oklahoma City broke the previous record with his tongue measuring in at 7.83in (19.89cm).
📢 Published on 📅 9 December 2025 🕒 11:42 pm
'What's your name?' - Moment police confront Luigi Mangione at McDonald's
Prosecutors have released bodycam footage showing the initial interaction between officers and the suspected CEO killer.
📢 Published on 📅 9 December 2025 🕒 10:18 pm
CCTV shows suspects make off on foot with stolen artworks
Brazilian officials say thieves held up a security guard and an elderly couple before making off with the artworks, including some by the famed French artist Henri Matisse.
📢 Published on 📅 9 December 2025 🕒 2:10 pm
Nasa astronaut and cosmonauts return to Earth after 245 days in space
Nasa's Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky have touched down in Earth after 245 days on the ISS.
📢 Published on 📅 9 December 2025 🕒 11:02 am
