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…
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
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…
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…
“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
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…