Modi’s BJP wins big in high-stakes contest
Nikita Yadav and Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Getty Images The victory is a shot in the arm for Modi’s BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
Belgian police hunt for gunmen in Brussels underground
Belgian police are looking for armed men after a shooting reported outside a metro station in the centre of Brussels. CCTV footage shows at least
Woman dies in Australian flood as thousands flee homes
A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall has caused flooding in northern Queensland. Authorities
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi vows ‘vigorous’ response to M23 rebels in Goma
Basillioh Rukanga BBC News AFP The M23 have been been advancing to other areas after their offensive in Goma Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed
Sweden seizes ship after suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage
Swedish authorities have seized a ship suspected of damaging a data cable running under the Baltic Sea to Latvia. Prosecutors said an initial investigation pointed
Australians react to smell of plant in bloom
Almost 20,000 people have visited Sydney’s Botanic Gardens to catch a whiff of an endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” as it bloomed. Dubbed
Turkish ski resort fire at hotel in Bolu leaves 10 dead
Getty Images The fire is thought to have started in the hotel’s restaurant area A fire at a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of
Four killed in strike on central Kyiv, officials say
Four people have been killed in a Russian air strike on Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials have said. A previous air raid had only just ended
SpaceX rocket launches private missions to the Moon
Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to
Trump threats cast ominous shadow over icy fjords of Greenland
BBC The sun is rising over the ice-covered mountains of Nuuk fjord and we are travelling along one of the world’s last wild frontiers. But