A week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store on another depot has been hit by a series of explosions. Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area – before later blaming “sabotage”. A separate fire broke out at power substation and…… Read More
The controversial leader of Chechnya has hit back at claims he used Liverpool & Egyptian footballing star Mo Salah for political propaganda. Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been accused of a string of human rights abuses including the torture and murder of homosexuals, engineered a joint appearance with Salah in the Chechen capital Grozny, where the…… Read More
In every corner of the UK, women are being kept as slaves and sold for sex. Many are trafficked into the country from Romania. With police struggling to stop this brutal business, Jean Mackenzie travels through Romania to expose how it all begins. As she meets the girls being bought and sold, she uncovers the…… Read More
The peace agreement that holds together Bosnia-Herzegovina is under threat from a rise in Serb nationalism. More than three years of war in the 1990s devastated Bosnia after the fall of Yugoslavia. Tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands were driven from their homes by ethnic cleansing. The war ended in…… Read More
Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities. A missile sparked a fireball as it hit Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport in western Ukraine. Russia’s military breached the border in a number of places, in the north, south and east, including from Belarus, a long-time…… Read More
Hassan left Syria after he was arrested and tortured for protesting against the government – his aim was to reach the UK. After his dinghy sank in the Mediterranean, people smugglers took him to Paris where he bought a fake passport and a plane ticket to London. This is what happened. Exodus: Our Journey To…… Read More
“Dark arts”, murders and a place with a murky past. Breaking news: an unexpected interview with one of the middlemen. Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice The Lazarus Heist is the story of notorious hackers the Lazarus Group, who have been breaking in all over the world, in all sorts of places – movie companies, banks, TV stations,…… Read More
A faulty printer, an empty room and the most daring cyber theft ever attempted. The Bangladesh Bank heist begins. Could North Korea be involved? Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice The Lazarus Heist is the story of notorious hackers the Lazarus Group, who have been breaking in all over the world, in all sorts of places – movie…… Read More
In February 2020, a shocking video began to circulate on Chinese social media. A group of African children are being instructed, by a voice off-camera, to chant phrases in Chinese. The kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm — but they don’t understand that what they’re being told to say is “I am a…… Read More
Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated during a campaign rally. The former Prime Minister was shot at close range while making a speech in Nara, in the west of the country. He was taken to hospital by helicopter but doctors were unable to save him. Police arrested a…… Read More
A woman has been found dead and a man seriously injured following a major gas explosion that destroyed a house and damaged others in Birmingham, UK. A man also suffered life-threatening injuries in the blast which happened on Sunday evening. At least three other homes were damaged and properties were evacuated. The injured man was…… Read More
Russian forces have been repeatedly accused of stealing grain from Ukrainian farmers in occupied areas as well as other crops such as sunflower seeds, along with fertiliser and agricultural equipment. The UN is warning of famine in Africa and the Middle East because of the disruption to supplies from Ukraine, which is one of the…… Read More