BBC The large container ship trapped in the Suez Canal could be dislodged as soon as Saturday, the vessel’s Japanese owners have said. Yukito Higaki,...
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Niger suffers deadliest raids by suspected jihadists
BBC The death toll from co-ordinated raids on three villages in Niger by suspected jihadists on Sunday has risen to 137. “By systematically targeting civilians,...
Congo-Brazzaville presidential candidate in hospital with Covid-19
BBC The leading opposition candidate in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential election is in hospital with Covid-19 while voting is under way. In a video circulating on social...
Samia Suluhu Hassan – Tanzania’s new president
BBC On Wednesday evening she had the task of announcing to Tanzanians that President John Magufuli had died and now Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan has...
EU Agency: ‘No indication’ of AstraZeneca clot link
BBC The European Union medicines regulator has reiterated there is “no indication” that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab causes blood clots, after several countries paused their...
Prince William says Royal Family ‘very much not racist’
BBC The Duke of Cambridge has said the royals are “very much not a racist family” in his first comments after accusations by the Duke...
Former French president sentenced to jail for corruption
BBC French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption. The 66-year-old was found guilty of...
Boeing 777s grounded after Denver engine failure
BBC The US plane manufacturer Boeing has recommended grounding dozens of its 777 aircraft around the world after one of the jets suffered an engine...
Demi Lovato shares experience after 2018 overdose
BBC Demi Lovato has said she had three strokes and a heart attack after a drug overdose in 2018, and that doctors told her she...
Biden to reverse Trump’s Covid rule change on president’s final day in office
BBC US President-elect Joe Biden is to undo one of Donald Trump’s last actions in office by blocking his decree lifting Covid travel bans on...