US diesel prices hit an all-time-high
BBC Newsby Mitchell Labiak4 Sept 2026
- Published Drivers in the US are paying more than ever for diesel at the pump as the US-Israel war with Iran continues to hit Americans' wallets.
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top 59%After renewed US-Iran strikes - how could the conflict end?
BBC Newsby Alex Boyd4 Sept 2026
- Published The prospect of an imminent agreement to end the conflict between the US and Iran again seems unlikely, with the warring sides exchanging strikes and uncompromising rhetoric.
Indonesia: Around 2,000 fall ill after eating free school meals
BBC Newsby Florence Freeman3 Sept 2026
- Published Around 2,000 students and teachers across Indonesia have fallen ill with food poisoning over the past three days linked to the government's free school meals programme.
Indonesia fires: Toxic haze spreads across South East Asia amid 'super' El Niño
BBC Newsby BBC Indonesian; Gavin Butler; Virma Simonette3 Sept 2026
- Published A blanket of toxic haze is enveloping parts of Indonesia and spreading into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as weeks-long wildfires continue to burn.
Liechtenstein MPs vote to legalise abortion despite threat of veto
BBC Newsby Florence Freeman3 Sept 2026
- Published Liechtenstein's parliament has narrowly backed a citizens' initiative to legalise abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Kenya's President William Ruto orders crackdown on foreigners operating small businesses
BBC Newsby Wycliffe Muia3 Sept 2026
- Published Kenya's President William Ruto has ordered a crackdown on foreigners operating small-scale businesses, saying local traders and hawkers need to be protected.
USS Abraham Lincoln: US sailors unwind in Thailand by shopping and bar-hopping
BBC Newsby Jonathan Head3 Sept 2026
- Published Far from hitting the bars and fleshpots of the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, in their first hours onshore most of the nearly 5,000 sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln seemed determined...
Trump $1 coin makes him first living president on US currency in a century
BBC Newsby Osmond Chia3 Sept 2026
- Published Donald Trump's portrait has made its way on to a US coin - the first time a living president has appeared on American currency in a century.
'Genital theft' accusations: How social media fuelled rumours that turned deadly
BBC Newsby Mungai Ngige; Alfred Lasteck3 Sept 2026
- Published More than 80 people were killed between October 2025 and July this year following false accusations about what is termed "genital theft", the BBC Global Disinformation Unit has found...
Uber shuts operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect
BBC Newsby Makuochi Okafor2 Sept 2026
- Published Uber has announced it is closing its operations in Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - and the East African nation of Uganda with immediate effect The global ride-hailing giant...
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Maltese tycoon acquitted of orchestrating journalist's murder
BBC Newsby Jake Lapham2 Sept 2026
- Published A Maltese businessman on trial over the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted.
Iranian attack on Saudi tanker killed two sailors, Saudi Arabia says
BBC Newsby David Gritten2 Sept 2026
- Published Saudi Arabia has condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a Saudi-owned supertanker on Monday night that killed two Filipino sailors.
South African airline Airlink behind daring stadium stunt cancels next flyby, regulator says
BBC Newsby Damian Zane; Pumza Fihlani2 Sept 2026
- Published The South African airline behind a daring aerial stunt last Saturday that saw two planes flying in close formation low over a packed stadium has pulled out of doing a similar operation...
EU and Nato vow to step up pressure on Russia after 'new escalation' in Leipzig
BBC Newsby Paul Kirby2 Sept 2026
- Published The heads of Nato and the European Commission have warned that Russia is growing increasingly reckless and vowed to respond to a "new normal".
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Lizzo's production company
BBC Newsby Naomi de Souza2 Sept 2026
- Published US pop star Lizzo has spoken out after the remaining claims in a lawsuit against her production company were thrown out by a US district judge.
Madagascar ex-Senate chief Richard Ravalomanana jailed over deadly Gen Z protest crackdown
BBC Newsby Wycliffe Muia; Omega Rakotomalala2 Sept 2026
- Published Madagascar's former Senate president has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labour over his alleged role in the violent crackdown on youth-led protests that helped bring down the...
Nepal-Tibet flood: Thousands still missing as flood relief and recovery intensifies
BBC Newsby Mallory Moench2 Sept 2026
- Published Thousands of people remain missing after a catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border a week ago, as rescuers scramble to reach anyone who may be alive even as they turn to...
Guinea-Bissau referendum approves new constitution that expands president's powers
BBC Newsby Thomas Naadi; Wycliffe Muia2 Sept 2026
- Published Voters in Guinea-Bissau have approved a new constitution that significantly expands presidential powers ahead of general elections later this year.
Alps murders: Luger in a lake gives hope for French cold case
BBC Newsby Hugh Schofield1 Sept 2026
- Published Police investigating the unsolved murder of a British family in France 14 years ago have an unexpected new clue with the discovery of a Luger pistol in the waters of a nearby lake.
Nepal-Tibet floods: River water smashed into tunnel and chased me, hydropower engineer says
BBC Newsby Ashok Dahal; Kamal Pariyar1 Sept 2026
- Published Nepalese hydropower workers have told the BBC about the catastrophic moment water from the Trishuli River crashed into their tunnel as the region was inundated by deadly flash floods...