Food & Travel

The BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi has been piecing together what happened on 8 April 2026, after one of the deadliest chapters in the country’s recent history.

People in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky say they have been cut off from fresh supplies of food or medicine for months.

The four women and nine children with links to Islamic State have spent years in a Syrian camp.

Oil prices fell after Trump said the U.S. would pause its naval escort endeavor in the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes of a potential deal with Iran. 

He spent much of the race criticising the state’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic led by the Democrat nominee.

Analysts say the daughter of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is not just growing up – she’s being styled for succession.

Mamata Banerjee loses West Bengal state, throwing her party – and political future – into doubt.

He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.

Many people who travel to the Sea of Cortez between December and April come with the same purpose: watching gray whales. Each winter, the animals return to their traditional breeding and calving grounds near Baja California and delight visitors with…

As a spate of incidents in the Strait of Hormuz test the ceasefire, an Iranian official says, “We are just getting started”.