Leading surgeon trains Ukraine’s doctors to treat war injuries - BBC News

Leading surgeon trains Ukraine’s doctors to treat war injuries – BBC News

Heavy fighting is continuing in the east of Ukraine and the war is taking a terrible toll. Hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians are being killed or injured every day, mainly as a result of Russian shelling. Ukraine’s medical services…

Boris Johnson survives leadership vote but 41% of his MPs have “no confidence” - BBC News

Boris Johnson survives leadership vote but 41% of his MPs have “no confidence” – BBC News

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership but failed to win the backing of a large number of his own members of Parliament. More than 41% of Conservative MPs refused to…

Whistleblower says UK’s “chaotic” Afghan withdrawal led to murder of some left behind  - BBC News

Whistleblower says UK’s “chaotic” Afghan withdrawal led to murder of some left behind – BBC News

The British government has been defending its withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Taliban seized power, after a UK government whistleblower said the operation was “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” and it was clear that some of those Afghans left behind had been…

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic - BBC News

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic – BBC News

Barbados is holding a ceremony to mark the island’s transition to a Republic, with the Queen removed as head of state. The Barbadian government said the time had come to fully leave the Caribbean island’s colonial past behind. Barbados gained…

Jury told Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell “preyed on young girls” - BBC News

Jury told Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell “preyed on young girls” – BBC News

Prosecutors have alleged that the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and former girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were “partners in crime” and that she groomed vulnerable young girls for him to sexually abuse. Ms Maxwell appeared in court in New York…

Libya considers extraditing Lockerbie bombing suspect - BBC News

Libya considers extraditing Lockerbie bombing suspect – BBC News

More than 30 years after the Lockerbie bombing, Libya is considering extraditing a man wanted by the United States in connection with the attack. 270 people died when a PanAm plane was blown up over Scotland, just before Christmas in…

Anger and grief of families of soldiers killed in Afghan war - BBC News

Anger and grief of families of soldiers killed in Afghan war – BBC News

It’s 20 years since US forces first launched airstrikes against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, in response to the attacks of 9/11. For military families of coalition troops who lost relatives in the conflict, it will be a…

Warning of new “civil war” in Afghanistan if Taliban reject power-sharing talks - BBC News

Warning of new “civil war” in Afghanistan if Taliban reject power-sharing talks – BBC News

One of Afghanistan’s main opposition leaders has warned there will be civil war, unless the Taliban reach agree to share power, following their takeover of the country. Ahmad Massoud has warned that war is inevitable unless the Taliban agree to…

Taliban "shooting protesters" as thousands try to flee Afghanistan - BBC News

Taliban “shooting protesters” as thousands try to flee Afghanistan – BBC News

Taliban fighters are reported to have opened fire on crowds and shot dead protesters in Afghanistan who were demonstrating against their takeover of the country. There have been more desperate scenes outside the international airport in Kabul, as thousands of…

Taliban promise amnesty and freedoms for women and media - BBC News

Taliban promise amnesty and freedoms for women and media – BBC News

Taliban leaders, who’ve never been seen in public before, have been making their first statements on Afghan soil, to a world shocked by their lightning seizure of power. They hoped to calm a worried nation and international community, with assurances…