Hawaii wildfires: hundreds more feared dead - BBC News

Hawaii wildfires: hundreds more feared dead – BBC News

Hundreds of people are still missing following wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui. The Governor of Hawaii has said that many of them may have lost their lives. At least 96 people are known to have died. Rescue…

Hawaii deadly wildfires cause catastrophic damage - BBC News

Hawaii deadly wildfires cause catastrophic damage – BBC News

Hawaii is facing the “largest natural disaster” in its history, after wildfires ripped through the island of Maui and destroyed most of the beach-front town of Lahaina. The island has been ravaged with entire communities and neighbourhoods destroyed, as hurricane-strength…

Child victims of Yemen’s civil war - BBC News

Child victims of Yemen’s civil war – BBC News

The UN says the civil war in Yemen has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Millions of people have been displaced and at least 80% of the population are in need of humanitarian aid. The war began in 2014…

New Tupac Shakur murder lead as house searched - BBC News

New Tupac Shakur murder lead as house searched – BBC News

Police in the US state of Nevada have searched a house in connection with the unsolved killing of rap artist Tupac Shakur. Detectives carried out the search at a home in a suburb of Las Vegas where Shakur was gunned…

President Zelensky criticises NATO “weakness” for denying Ukraine membership - BBC News

President Zelensky criticises NATO “weakness” for denying Ukraine membership – BBC News

President Zelensky has accused Nato of weakness and uncertainty over the reluctance of some members to set a timetable for Ukraine to join the military alliance. Nato leaders meeting in Lithuania have agreed that Ukraine can join but only when…

Texas police face anger for delay in tackling school gunman  - BBC News

Texas police face anger for delay in tackling school gunman – BBC News

Police in Texas are facing criticism after it emerged that it took up to an hour for them to tackle a gunman who entered an elementary school and shot dead 19 children and two teachers. Witnesses said police gathered outside…

Hacked files reveal Chinese “shoot-to-kill” policy in Uighur detention camps - BBC News

Hacked files reveal Chinese “shoot-to-kill” policy in Uighur detention camps – BBC News

A huge collection of data including images linked to China’s mistreatment of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities has been handed to the BBC. The information was hacked from Chinese police computers. It includes evidence of a shoot-to-kill policy for anyone…

14 children and teacher shot dead at Texas elementary school - BBC News

14 children and teacher shot dead at Texas elementary school – BBC News

14 children and a teacher have been killed in a shooting at a primary school in Texas. The attack happened at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde. The state’s Governor Greg Abbott said the gunman was 18-year-old Salvador…

“We are not afraid of Russia” says Ukraine’s President on Day of Unity - BBC News

“We are not afraid of Russia” says Ukraine’s President on Day of Unity – BBC News

Ukraine’s government has been holding what it calls a “Day of Unity” in response to fears of a Russian invasion. The US and Nato have disputed Russia’s claims that it’s been withdrawing some of its forces. Western intelligence estimates, suggest…

8,500 US troops “on high alert” as Ukraine invasion fears grow - BBC News

8,500 US troops “on high alert” as Ukraine invasion fears grow – BBC News

The Pentagon has said around 8,500 combat-ready US troops are on high alert to deploy at short notice amid rising tension over Ukraine. However it made clear there are no plans to send forces to the country itself. Russia has…