bbc.comadded August 2026
BBC News (World)by Adrienne Murray26 Aug 2026
- Published Inside a waterfront factory, workers in hairnets and blue overalls are sorting freshly caught cod and haddock, and machines process the fish into fillets, mostly bound for Europe.
BBC News (World)by Geeta Pandey26 Aug 2026
- Published Recent footage of young women swearing during a protest in India has sparked an unusual debate: are expletives worse when they come from women?
BBC News (World)by Madeline Halpert26 Aug 2026
- Published The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for pancreatic cancer that, in clinical trials, nearly doubled the overall survival time for patients.
BBC News (World)by Hafsa Khalil26 Aug 2026
- Published Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa's main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday - and some of them have now hatched.
BBC News (World)by Hafsa Khalil26 Aug 2026
- Published Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for "desertion", including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021.
BBC News (World)by Carrie Davies; Usman Zahid26 Aug 2026
- Published It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted.
BBC News (World)by Basillioh Rukanga26 Aug 2026
- Published China's foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over "security risks".
BBC News (World)by Mark Savage26 Aug 2026
- Published In 1980, Dolly Parton was filming her first Hollywood movie, 9 To 5, and between scenes she had an idea for the tune that would become the movie's theme song.
BBC News (World)by Sebastian Usher26 Aug 2026
- Published A far-right member of the Israeli parliament has badly damaged a Palestinian memorial with a sledgehammer in the occupied West Bank while under military escort.
BBC News (World)by Geeta Pandey26 Aug 2026
- Published An Indian jewellery brand has removed their new advertisement for the upcoming festival of Rakshabandhan, also known as Rakhi, after backlash over the outfit worn by the female lead.
BBC News (World)by Archana Shukla26 Aug 2026
- Published India, the world's largest consumer of sugar, is trying to avoid a bittersweet festive season.
BBC News (World)by Osmond Chia26 Aug 2026
- Published Hidden car door handles - the sleek designs often found on electric vehicles (EVs) - have come under the spotlight over the past week.
BBC News (World)by Hafsa Khalil25 Aug 2026
- Published Fifty-eight people linked to organised West African cyber-crime groups have been arrested in an operation across 22 countries and six continents.
BBC News (World)by Nadine Yousif25 Aug 2026
- Published Canada has announced counter-tariffs as high as 50% on a range of US goods in retaliation to the latest wave of levies on Canadian imports imposed by President Donald Trump last...
BBC News (World)by Bethany Bell25 Aug 2026
- Published German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that those responsible for drone attacks and other hostile acts against Germany, including a recent case at Leipzig Airport, would "pay a...
BBC News (World)by Abayomi Bamidele Adisa25 Aug 2026
- Published Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered a manhunt for armed kidnappers who launched deadly attacks on four villages in a remote part of Niger state last Friday.
BBC News (World)by James Gregory25 Aug 2026
- Published The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to immediately release Osman Kavala, an activist and philanthropist who has been detained in prison for almost a decade.
BBC News (World)by Joe Coughlan; Daniel Bush25 Aug 2026
- Published The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC's US news partner CBS has reported.
BBC News (World)by Ian Aikman25 Aug 2026
- Published China has vowed to protect its interests after the US announced plans to widen economic sanctions against Iran and its trading partners, which include Beijing.
BBC News (World)by Simon Atkinson25 Aug 2026
- Published Songs that are largely or wholly created by AI have been banned from Australia's music charts. From this week, all releases must be "substantially human made" to be eligible.
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