Thursday, 27 August 2026
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BBC World · 00:02
At least one dead after car crashes into crowd in northern France ↗One suspect was arrested after the incident in Caen, police said, following a reported fight at a nearby bar.
BBC World · 02:10
At least 12 dead as wildfires sweep through northern Algeria ↗Northern Africa has experienced severe heatwaves this summer, leading to hundreds of fires across the region.
BBC World · 06:02
People pulled from mud in Nepal after deadly flash floods ↗At least 160 people have been killed along the Nepal-Tibet border as rescuers struggle to reach the disaster zone.
BBC World · 06:41
Key moments from Lindsay Clancy's five-week trial over children's killings ↗Closing arguments are about to start in a trial which has drawn global attention to the rare condition postpartum psychosis.
BBC World · 07:09
'The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away ↗One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.
BBC World · 08:59
Norway's royal family gathers at King Harald's bedside as his condition worsens ↗The 89-year-old has been in hospital for over a week receiving treatment for a rare blood condition.
BBC World · 09:50
Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say ↗Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.
BBC World · 09:55
What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods ↗Hundreds have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
BBC World · 10:17
What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods? ↗At least 270 people have died in the massive flash floods, while more than 800 others are missing.
BBC World · 10:25
Tanzania's VP expelled from ruling party for indiscipline as his successor named ↗Nchimbi announced his resignation earlier this week after reportedly falling out with President Samia.
BBC World · 11:23
Man who attacked nun on CCTV in Jerusalem acquitted on grounds of mental health ↗A Jerusalem court said the Jewish attacker was having a psychotic episode when he assaulted the nun, in an incident which caused outrage.
BBC World · 12:41
Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist ↗The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.
BBC World · 13:26
'Silence is complicity' - top footballer hits out over Cameroon femicides ↗The killing of at least eight women in a week has sparked outrage in Cameroon.
BBC World · 13:46
Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić dies aged 84 ↗He was jailed for life in 2017 for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars in the ex-Yugoslavia in 1992-95.
BBC World · 13:48
The monstrous crimes of Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' ↗The Bosnian Serb commander led a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian conflict.
BBC World · 14:17
Board of Peace's Gaza envoy criticises Israeli strikes and Hamas actions ↗Nickolay Mladenov warns that a collapse of last October's ceasefire would be "a point of no return" for the region.
BBC World · 14:49
Jellyfish force partial shutdown of French nuclear plant ↗It is the second consecutive year that jellyfish has forced the closure of the Gravelines power station in northern France.
BBC World · 15:47
Two killed in 'violent incident' at school near Berlin ↗Police have arrested a man after an incident in which two people were killed including an 18-year-old.
BBC World · 16:00
Optimus Prime and Eeyore voice actor Peter Cullen dies ↗Cullen voiced the heroic Optimus Prime in the Transformers TV series and then the Hollywood films.
BBC World · 16:13
Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood ↗BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.
BBC World · 17:02
What we should make of CIA boss's secret trip to Moscow ↗There is nothing routine about John Ratcliffe making a secret, 10,000-mile return dash to Moscow, writes Frank Gardner.
BBC World · 18:12
Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war ↗BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.
BBC World · 20:11
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America ↗Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
BBC World · 20:39
Jury deliberating in trial of Lindsay Clancy, US woman accused of killing her children ↗Prosecutors argued Clancy made a calculated decision to murder the children, while the defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
BBC World · 22:10
What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview ↗The official look at the blockbuster video game leaves fans and critics impressed.