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Several undersea communications cables in the Red Sea have been cut, affecting 25% of data traffic flowing between Asia and Europe, a telecoms company and a US official say. Hong Kong-based HGC Global Communications said it had taken measures to reroute traffic after four of the 15 cables were recently severed. The cause is not […]
A student pilot and trainer have been killed after their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, police say. The aircraft, belonging to a flying school, then crashed in Nairobi National Park, killing the two people. The Safarilink passenger plane returned to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport from where it had taken off with […]
Children are dying of starvation in northern Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief says. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency’s visits over the weekend to the Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals were the first since early October. In a post on social media, he spoke of “grim findings”. A lack of food resulted in […]
''මිනිස්සු වෙනුවෙන් හා භූමිය වෙනුවෙන් තමයි අපි සටන් වැදුණේ. අපිට මොනවාද ලැබුණේ. රුපියල් 10 ක් ලැබුණාද? පඩියක් ලැබුණා ද? සටන් වැදිලා අපිට කිසිම ප්රයෝජනයක් ලැබුණේ නෑ. දැන් කරුණා අම්මාන්, පිල්ලෙයාන් වුණත් අපි දිහා හැරිලවත් බලන්නේ නෑ. මම එයාලට සපොර්ට් එකට හිටියා කියලා අහලවත් බලන්නේ නෑ.'' යනුවෙන් වඩිවේල් වසන්ති BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවාය.
Hopes had been high over the past week following talks in Paris that there could be a new Gaza ceasefire deal in place for the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan next week. However, while Hamas has now sent a delegation to Cairo for further negotiations with Egyptian and Qatari mediators, Israel has […]
Haiti has declared a 72-hour state of emergency and night curfew in and around the capital because of two jailbreaks and spiralling insecurity. At the weekend, armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison, leading to the killing of at least 12 people and release of around 4,000 inmates. Gang leaders say they want to force […]
The alleged gang rape of a Brazilian tourist in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has led to outrage in the country. The 28-year-old woman and her husband, who were on a motorbike tour, had stopped for the night in Dumki district when the alleged attack took place. Police say that they have arrested four […]
Haiti has declared a 72-hour state of emergency and night curfew in and around the capital because of two jailbreaks and spiralling insecurity. At the weekend, armed gangs stormed a major Port-au-Prince prison, leading to the killing of at least 12 people and release of around 4,000 inmates. Gang leaders say they want to force […]
Donald Trump won a string of Republican presidential contests on Saturday, edging closer to becoming the party’s candidate in November’s election as he attacked his likely opponent Joe Biden. The former president won the Missouri, Michigan and Idaho caucuses comprehensively, continuing his clean sweep of states so far. Mr Trump, 77, told supporters at a […]
Mercedes driver George Russell summed up what many people in Formula 1 felt after Max Verstappen’s imperious victory for Red Bull in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. “Max is the favourite,” said Russell, who finished fifth, behind a Red Bull one-two and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. “I don’t think anyone is going to […]
A British-registered cargo ship has sunk two weeks after being attacked by Houthis in the Gulf of Aden. Yemen’s government said the Rubymar was drifting and taking on water for days before it sank. It is the first ship to have been sunk by the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen since they began targeting vessels in […]
American Christian Coleman says he is “stepping into his prime” after beating Noah Lyles to 60m gold in their showdown at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Coleman, the world record holder in the event, clocked a world-leading 6.41 seconds to take an impressive victory. World 100m and 200m champion Lyles, unable to add […]
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, arguing it has breached the principles he agreed to when he helped found it in 2015. The lawsuit – which has also been filed against OpenAI boss Sam Altman – says the firm has departed from its original non-profit, open source mission. It says instead of […]
A New Zealand court has ordered NZ$10m (£4.8m; $6m) in compensation to the victims of the White Island volcano disaster, where 22 people died. In December 2019, 47 people were touring the volcano when it erupted, killing nearly half of the group and gravely injuring everyone else. The firms which owned the island and operated […]
''තෙන්නකෝන් මහත්තයාට එරෙහිව ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩුවක තීරණය වෙලා තියෙනවා ඔහු වද හිංසාවට සහ නීති විරෝධී අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සහ රඳවා තබා ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වගකිව යුතු වෙනවා කියලා. ඒ වගේම විවිධ අවස්ථා වලදී නීතිපතිවරයා තීරණයක් අරගෙන තිබුණා අධි චෝදනා නගන්න. පොලීසිය ගැන තිබෙන මහජන විශ්වාසය කඩ වෙලා කියලා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයම තීරණය කරලා තියෙනවා. එවැනි තත්ත්වයක් යටතේ ශ්රී ලංකාවට අවශ්ය වෙන්නේ ආදර්ශවත්...
More than 110 Palestinians are reported to have been killed while trying to get desperately needed aid in north Gaza. Crowds of waiting civilians descended on a convoy of lorries after it passed through an Israeli military checkpoint on the coastal road west of Gaza City. Israel’s military said troops fired at some people they […]
An organiser of a “whites only” party in Sri Lanka has apologised after the event sparked a backlash online. The event’s advertisement specified a white dress code, but also had a line saying “Face control: White” – which was largely interpreted to mean the event was open only to white people. An organiser later said […]
''තෙන්නකෝන් මහත්තයාට එරෙහිව ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩුවක තීරණය වෙලා තියෙනවා ඔහු වද හිංසාවට සහ නීති විරෝධී අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සහ රඳවා තබා ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වගකිව යුතු වෙනවා කියලා. ඒ වගේම විවිධ අවස්ථා වලදී නීතිපතිවරයා තීරණයක් අරගෙන තිබුණා අධි චෝදනා නගන්න. පොලීසිය ගැන තිබෙන මහජන විශ්වාසය කඩ වෙලා කියලා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයම තීරණය කරලා තියෙනවා. එවැනි තත්ත්වයක් යටතේ ශ්රී ලංකාවට අවශ්ය වෙන්නේ ආදර්ශවත්...
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French police have seized 72 firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of screen legend Alain Delon. A shooting range was also found at the actor’s home in Douchy-Montcorbon, about 135km (84 miles) south of Paris. Prosecutors said Mr Delon did not have a permit to allow him to own a […]
Australian police are investigating an allegation by a paparazzo that he was assaulted by Taylor Swift’s father. Ben McDonald, 51, accused Scott Swift, 71, of striking his face on a Sydney wharf. He did not need medical help. The confrontation happened on Tuesday after Mr Swift and the pop megastar disembarked from a yacht. A […]
India has unveiled four Air Force pilots who have been shortlisted to travel on the country’s maiden space flight scheduled for next year. The Gaganyaan mission aims to send three astronauts to an orbit of 400km and bring them back after three days. India’s space agency Isro has been carrying out a number of tests […]
''මේ කාර් එක පුරා එල්ලලා තියෙන්නේ, ඇඳලා තියෙන්නේ මගේ සිතුවිලි. මේක මගේ ප්රකාශන මාධ්යය. මම හිතන්නේ තරුණ පරපුර මේ වගේ දෙයකට ඇබ්බැහි වෙන එක හොඳයි වෙන දේකට නැතුව'' යනුවෙන් තාරුක තියුම් දාබරේ BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
Sweden has cleared its final obstacle to joining Nato after Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify the bid. The Nordic nation applied to join the defence alliance after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Every member must approve a new joiner, and Hungary had delayed, accusing Sweden of being hostile to it. But last week […]
A Palau-flagged, British-owned cargo ship was damaged and a minor injury was reported in the Gulf of Aden after it was hit by two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthis, the US military says. The MV Islander is continuing its voyage following the attack south-east of the Yemeni port city of Aden. UK maritime authorities said […]
A high-rise residential building in the Spanish city of Valencia has been engulfed by a major fire. The blaze – which is ongoing – occurred at a 14-storey block in the Campanar neighbourhood and spread to an adjoining building. Firefighters have been seen rescuing people from balconies, and local media reports others may be trapped […]
A Spanish winery has suffered losses of more than €2.5 million (£2.1 million) after an unidentified intruder emptied 60,000 litres of wine. A representative of the Cepa 21 winery told the BBC the wine spilled came from two of the winery’s most expensive varieties, Horcajo and Malabrigo. He said the incident took place at about […]
The US has proposed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which calls for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. It has also warned Israel against invading the overcrowded city of Rafah. The US has previously avoided the word “ceasefire” during UN votes on the war, but President Joe Biden has made similar comments. However, […]
A zookeeper at a Nigerian university has been killed by one of the lions he had been looking after for close to a decade. Olabode Olawuyi, who was in charge of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) zoo, was attacked as he was feeding the lions, the OAU said. His colleagues were unable to save him […]
An alligator at a US zoo had to undergo surgery after veterinarians discovered 70 coins in the animal’s stomach. The coins were found in a rare, 36-year-old leucistic alligator, which has translucent white skin and blue eyes. Veterinarians identified “metal foreign objects in the stomach of an iconic resident” – Thibodaux. The Henry Doorly Zoo […]