Page Updated: Friday, September 04, 2026 10:02 PM ET

BBC News - World

Europe targeted by spiralling campaign of sabotage - and Russia is the chief suspect -- Germany has blamed Russia for an attack on Leipzig airport but there has been a series of suspicious incidents elsewhere.

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Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote -- If it wins an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, it would be the first time a far-right party has held state-level power in Germany since World War Two.

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Russia hits Ukrainian security headquarters in drone attack, Zelensky says -- The unmanned aerial vehicle struck without warning in the heart of the Ukrainian capital.

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Nepal rescuers try to reach dozens trapped in tunnel as two pulled out alive and one found dead - A tunnelling expert tells the BBC that a "Goldilocks zone" may hold more survivors, after Sanjaya Shah and Kabir Maharjan were rescued alive on Friday.

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'A rare moment of joy': Nepal tunnel rescues bring hope for more flood survivors -- There are still hundreds of workers trapped in a network of tunnels that run along the Trishuli river.

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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size -- The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - with the US as the only nation to vote against it.

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Trump's peace envoys to visit Moscow and Kyiv over weekend -- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have led President Donald Trump's efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war - but talks have stalled.

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UK support for Falkland Islands 'unwavering' after Argentina restates claims, No 10 says -- The comments come as Argentinian president Javier Milei says the "winds of change" favoured his country's claim on the British overseas territory.

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Argentine couple to return Nazi-looted painting to rightful owner -- The late-baroque Portrait of a Lady was lost for 80 years until it was spotted in photographs of a house for sale near Buenos Aires.

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Steve Irwin's family celebrates 'superhero' dad, 20 years after shock death -- The Australian icon was killed in 2006, after a stingray's barb pierced his chest during filming.

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US diesel prices hit an all-time-high -- Fuel prices have soared since the Iran conflict began at the end of February, mirroring the surge in wholesale oil prices.

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Flock says its cameras make US safer - so why are they being sabotaged? -- The AI-powered cameras have been vandalised across the US, as citizens object to the growing surveillance network.

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Nepal bet nearly everything on hydropower - the floods show why that's a problem -- More than 10% of Nepal's energy generation capacity was knocked out by last week's floods.

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'Layer upon layer of miracles' to find tunnel survivors, Nepal rescue adviser tells BBC -- From searching for a buried tunnel entrance to blowing up rocks the size of cars, rescuers had to surmount multiple challenges to reach survivors.

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How could US-Iran conflict end? Three experts give their views -- After renewed strikes this week, does either side have an exit strategy?

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AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost? -- Advocates say data centres will bring jobs but others worry they will suck up resources while providing little advantage.

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'We expect our sons to be killed,' father of teen shot dead in West Bank tells BBC -- Palestinian teenagers Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia were shot dead when Israeli settlers and soldiers entered a village in the occupied West Bank.

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Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnel -- Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.

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Nepal says it will need billions in funding to rebuild after flash floods -- BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is in Nepal where authorities are trying to begin rebuilding amid the debris.

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Watch: Inside court as Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to remove juror -- The jury now faces a seventh day of deliberations in the triple-murder trial.

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How the Lindsay Clancy trial gripped America - and ultimately fell apart -- A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case against the US mother after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

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Indian state gives taxi and tuk-tuk drivers a year to learn local language -- A new rule making it mandatory for drivers to learn Marathi or lose their licence had sparked protests.

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Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder case, after jury deadlocks -- The mistrial now puts the murder case - and Clancy's future - in limbo as to whether she will be held criminally liable in the deaths of her three kids.

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Key moments from Lindsay Clancy's trial over children's killings -- A mistrial has been declared in the case of the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three small children

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Watch: Inside court as judge declares a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case -- The BBC's Ione Wells was in the courtroom as the case of the US mother accused of murdering her three children fell apart.

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