Subscribe to BBC World News feed BBC World News
BBC News - World
Updated: 2 min 14 sec ago

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we all be worried?

5 hours 38 min ago
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
Categories: BBC World News

New York Attorney General Letitia James criminally indicted

6 hours 18 min ago
James, who led a civil fraud case against US President Donald Trump, was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia.
Categories: BBC World News

How Trump secured a Gaza breakthrough which eluded Biden

7 hours 31 min ago
Trump's unique style and his relationships with key players helped but there were also factors beyond his control.
Categories: BBC World News

Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life

10 hours 35 min ago
The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.
Categories: BBC World News

South African farm worker describes how women fed to pigs to 'dispose of evidence'

10 hours 56 min ago
Adrian De Wet tells the South African court that "when pigs are hungry enough, they'll eat anything".
Categories: BBC World News

'Joy and pain': Palestinians celebrate deal but fear confronting grief

11 hours 7 min ago
People in Gaza celebrate a potential end to the war, but know it will mean facing the grief they have put aside.
Categories: BBC World News

NBA games back in China for first time since Hong Kong row

12 hours 4 min ago
Two games in Macau this weekend will be the first since the league was effectively frozen out in 2019.
Categories: BBC World News

Tesla investigated over self-driving cars driving on wrong side of road

12 hours 59 min ago
The US government said approximately 2.9 million cars could be impacted by the investigation.
Categories: BBC World News

Fireworks and a toast to life: Israelis delight at deal to return hostages

13 hours 17 min ago
"I can't quite believe this is actually happening, we've been waiting for so long," said Gil Dickman, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat.
Categories: BBC World News

Fireworks and a toast to life: Israelis delight at deal to return hostages

13 hours 17 min ago
"I can't quite believe this is actually happening, we've been waiting for so long," said Gil Dickman, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat.
Categories: BBC World News

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

13 hours 20 min ago
A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.
Categories: BBC World News

Jeremy Bowen: There's now a realistic chance of ending the war - but it's not over yet

13 hours 35 min ago
For the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel two years ago, there is a realistic chance of ending the horrors
Categories: BBC World News

Jeremy Bowen: There's now a realistic chance of ending the war - but it's not over yet

13 hours 35 min ago
For the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel two years ago, there is a realistic chance of ending the horrors
Categories: BBC World News

Jeremy Bowen: There's now a realistic chance of ending the war - but it's not over yet

13 hours 35 min ago
For the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel two years ago, there is a realistic chance of ending the horrors
Categories: BBC World News

'Business is at a standstill' - Mali jihadists' fuel blockade hits the capital

13 hours 41 min ago
More than 300 petrol tankers make it to Bamako under military escort a week after pumps run dry.
Categories: BBC World News

'Business is at a standstill' - Mali jihadists' fuel blockade hits the capital

13 hours 41 min ago
More than 300 petrol tankers make it to Bamako under military escort a week after pumps run dry.
Categories: BBC World News

Half a million bees killed in Dutch arson attack

October 9, 2025 - 21:07
Police investigate after 10 beehives were burned down in a park in the central city of Almere.
Categories: BBC World News

Thirteen killed as hospital shelled in besieged Sudan city, BBC told

October 9, 2025 - 20:21
A group of Sudanese medics says the latest attack on el-Fasher is a war crime.
Categories: BBC World News

Lyse Doucet: Gaza deal is a huge moment but this is just the beginning

October 9, 2025 - 20:04
The BBC's Lyse Doucet reflects on how long-awaited negotiations to move forward, not further back, appear to be succeeding.
Categories: BBC World News

Fireworks and a toast to life: Israelis delight at deal to return hostages

October 9, 2025 - 18:35
"I can't quite believe this is actually happening, we've been waiting for so long," said Gil Dickman, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat.
Categories: BBC World News

Pages