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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by US federal agents in El Paso, Texas. Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organisation with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is currently jailed in the US. Arrested with Zambada on Thursday was Guzman's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, said the US justice department. In Febr…

A humanitarian crisis has unfolded in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war.Local officials warned that more than two million people are now at risk of starvation and the BBC has gained exclusive access to some of the worst affected areas in Tigray province. Subscribe here: …

US Vice-President Kamala Harris - who is expected to be the Democratic nominee for November's presidential election - has held what she called "frank and constructive" talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Ms Harris said she made clear her "serious concerns" about casualties in Gaza, and told Mr Netanyahu how Israel defended itself m…

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China. It comes after widespread flooding and landslides across Taiwan and the Philippines, which killed at least 21 people. The Philippines says it is "racing against time" to contain an oil spill after a tanker carrying 1.5 million …

A series of fires have hit French high-speed rail lines, hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.Rail company SNCF said it is a "massive attack aimed at paralysing the network" and France's transport minister condemned the "co-ordinated malicious acts".Some 800,000 customers are affected with disruption expected all weekend, the rail firm …

Barack Obama has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, ending days of speculation over whether he would support her.Former President Obama and ex-First Lady Michelle Obama said in a joint statement that they believe Ms Harris has the "vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demand…

Paris is set to host the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games, with athletes and dignitaries set to be carried down the River Seine on a flotilla. But, with the eyes of the world watching, a mammoth security operation has been put in place, involving tens of thousands of police. In the hours before the ceremony, French rail company SNCF has s…

An array of tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are under development or already in use in the defence sector.For instance, BAE Systems, a global defence contracting company, has unveiled the industry’s first AI-powered learning system that aims to instruct military trainees to be “mission-ready” faster.Blending human and machine intellig…

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has agreed a new security partnership with India designed to unlock investment in emerging technologies. On a visit to the country, Mr Lammy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told the BBC that Britain would work with India to agree a free trade deal in the coming months. The BBC's diplomatic correspondent, James …

In a rare televised address from the Oval Office, US President Joe Biden made his first public comments on why he dropped out of the presidential race. The 81-year-old also endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to unite their fellow Democrats and the country. Biden said he would level with the American people, and tell the truth, but did he answer …

Benjamin Netanyahu has told US lawmakers "our enemies are your enemies" in a landmark speech to US Congress.The Israeli prime minister intended to rally support for the war against Hamas in Gaza, but was marked by pro-Palestinian protests inside and outside the Capitol.The Israeli leader received a raucous reception from mostly Republican politicia…

Rescue officials in Taiwan are searching for a cargo ship with nine crew members that has sunk off its southern coast. The Tanzania-flagged freighter had been off the southern port city of Kaohsiung when Taiwan was struck by Typhoon Gaemi. The storm has also brought relentless rain to the Philippines, where a tanker carrying close to 1.5 million li…

US President Joe Biden says he ended his re-election bid to unite his party and his country. In a televised address from the Oval Office, Biden says it's time to "pass the torch to a new generation" adding that "personal ambition" cannot get in the way of "saving our democracy.” Biden stepped aside as the Democratic candidate for November's electio…

Ukraine is engaged in the bleak future of war, with both sides using remotely-operated drones to strike individual soldiers, army positions and other targets with deadly speed and precision.With the frontline largely static and soldiers dug in, drones have become the new means of attack, with both Russian and Ukrainian forces seeking to gain an adv…

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters have descended on Washington for a "day of rage" over the war in Gaza. The protests come before Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress in a bid to bolster support for his country.Mr Netanyahu was invited by the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, whose Republica…

Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast, bringing gusts of about 240kmh (150mph).Gaemi, which has landed near the city of Hualien, is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the island in eight years.Taiwanese officials said two people had been killed and hundreds more injured.The island's largest annual military drills have be…

Tesla has reported its lowest profit margin in five years. The car maker has been forced to cut prices in recent months to compete with rivals. "Overall, our focus remains on company-wide cost reduction," the company said on Tuesday in an update for investors. Elon Musk, the company's CEO, said he would be shocked if his self-driving cars weren't r…

More than 150,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Khan Younis since Monday, two UN agencies have said.Khan Younis has been the focus of a new Israeli military offensive, which it says is aimed at combating “efforts by Hamas to reassemble its forces there".The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued an evacuation order for eastern parts of Khan Younis…

Kamala Harris has told her first election campaign rally that American voters face “a choice between freedom and chaos”. She was speaking in the critical swing state of Wisconsin.It came as senior Democrats threw their support behind Kamala Harris to be their party's candidate in November’s presidential election, after Joe Biden withdrew from the r…

Vice-President Kamala Harris has addressed voters for the first time since she secured enough support to become the Democratic Party's nominee for US president.She said Donald Trump "wants to take our country backward", speaking at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, in the critical swing state of Wisconsin.Harris said she will spend the coming weeks un…

An influx of international music tourists attending concerts and festivals in the UK led to more then £8bn being spent in 2023.The total number of people attending live music events across the UK from abroad was 19.2 million - an increase of 33% on 2022 when the figure was 14.4 million.But despite the growth in music tourism, independent events and…

The World Health Organization is “extremely worried” about the possibility of an outbreak of the highly infectious polio virus in Gaza after traces were found in wastewater.Dr Ayadil Saparbekov, head of the WHO’s team in the Palestinian territories, told reporters a risk assessment was being implemented and that health workers were providing protec…

Rescue teams have retrieved the bodies of more than 200 people killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, a local official has told the BBC. The landslides occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a remote mountainous area of the Gofa zone. The local authority said the search for survivors was "continuing vigorously" …

In one single day, since Joe Biden announced he was stepping down as the Democrat’s nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris has raised over $150 million for her presidential campaign. She has also gained the endorsements of a large number of Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi and the Clintons. But how realistic are her chances of winning against Donal…

The head of the US Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle has said she plans to resign following security lapses in the run up to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to step down following the assassination attempt of Donald Trump. The demand came during and…

Dozens of people have been killed in Kenya, as police cracked down on protests countrywide. And with a new series of demonstrations about to begin, there are concerns over how security forces will respond. Protests began with demonstrations against a finance bill that was going to raise new taxes. And as protesters became more defiant, police switc…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the US this week under pressure to end the Gaza war, from both Israelis and the US administration. Mr Netanyahu is set to meet Joe Biden and address a joint session of Congress, the only foreign leader to do so for a fourth time. The trip offers him a platform for a reset with Washington after months…

Bangladesh's Prime Minister has blamed her political opponents for the deadly unrest in the country, adding she was "forced" to impose a curfew for public safety. "I never wanted it," Sheikh Hasina said on Monday in a meeting with business leaders in the capital Dhaka. "We will lift the curfew whenever the situation gets better." Her comments come …

US Vice-President Kamala Harris made her first public appearance since President Joe Biden left the 2024 race on Sunday.More leading Democrats are backing Harris as the party's new presidential nominee, as her campaign sees a surge in donations.Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says her support for Harris is "official, personal and political…

Republican members of Congress are focusing on the role of the Secret Service, as their frustration and anger grow over the agency's response to an attempt to assassinate presidential nominee Donald Trump. During a House committee hearing US Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle described the shooting was "the most significant operational failur…

US Vice-President Kamala Harris made her first public appearance since President Joe Biden left the 2024 presidential race on Sunday.More leading Democrats are backing Harris as the party's new presidential nominee, as her campaign sees a surge in donations.Some key Democrats haven't yet endorsed Harris after Biden dropped out, including former Pre…

The fallout from Fridays’ global IT outage, caused by a faulty security update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike which caused Microsoft Windows computers to crash around the world, is continuing to affect businesses.Delta Airlines cancelled more than 600 flights that were due to take off today. The airline appears to have been worse affected than r…

A convicted South African murderer who shot dead dozens of black men during apartheid has told the BBC the police sanctioned his violence. Louis van Schoor says others should share the blame for the killings he carried out as a security guard. Over a three-year period in the 1980s under the country’s racist apartheid system - which imposed a strict…

US President Joe Biden has said it's "in the best interest of my party and the country" for him to withdraw from the upcoming presidential race.Biden has endorsed his Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate.The announcement caps a tumultuous period in US politics, which began with his sometimes incoherent debate perf…

A number of students in Bangladesh have vowed to continue protesting, despite the Supreme Court's decision to change the controversial government job quotas which sparked last week's protests across the country.The court ruled just 5% of the roles can be reserved for veterans' relatives. However, protestors are calling for the court order to be imp…

Joe Biden has become the first president in almost 60 years to abandon a campaign for re-election.The president announced the news on social media and stated that he would be supporting the vice-president Kamala Harris in the race to become the Democratic Party’s nominee. Ms Harris said “my intention is to earn and win this nomination”.Mr Biden has…

US President Joe Biden has announced that he will end his candidacy for re-election, saying "it is in the best interest of my party and the country."It follows weeks of intense pressure from fellow Democrats after a faltering debate performance against Republican Donald Trump at the end of June.President Biden said in his statement he would address…

US President Joe Biden has announced he is withdrawing from the race to be the next president, following mounting pressure from Democrats. Mr Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, the current vice-president, as the Democratic nominee for the US 2024 presidential race."Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of…

US President Joe Biden ends re-election campaign, saying "it is in the best interest of my party and the country.” Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUogFor more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news#US #Election #BBCNewsAf BBC News

Thousands of people in Majorca are protesting against the surge in tourism that is being blamed for plummeting living standards among the local population. Activists say spiralling housing costs on the Spanish Island are being driven by a huge number of properties being bought by foreigners. This year, the anger among many locals is reaching a new …

Bangladesh's top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked violent clashes across the country that have killed more than 100 people. A third of public sector jobs had been reserved for the relatives of veterans from the country’s war for independence from Pakistan in 1971. But after widespread protests, the court has…

Israel has carried out air strikes on the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodeidah in Yemen, a day after a drone launched by the group hit Tel Aviv. According to Houthi-linked news outlets, three people have died, and more than 80 injured in Saturday’s strikes. On Sunday morning, the Israeli military said it had shot down a missile fired from Yem…

Donald Trump has held his first rally since an attempt was made on his life – and the first with his new running mate JD Vance. The Republican presidential nominee told the thousands of attendees in Michigan that he “took a bullet for democracy”, and to huge applause, said he was ready to "take back the White House". An investigation is under way i…

The Olympic and Paralympic Games are returning to Paris this summer, with mountain biking to take place at Elancourt Hill - the highest point in the Paris region. But despite mountain biking being a an Olympic sport since 1996, mountain biking hasn't featured in the Paralympics - partially due to lack of suitable bikes. Many traditional handcycles …

Around 11% of the Earth's land mass is covered by permafrost. But its delicate balance is being threatened by climate change.Video made in partnership with @bbcideasand @royalsociety.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUogFor more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Permafrost #BBCIdeas #BBCNews…

Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed a nationwide curfew, as protests and rioting have continued. At least 67 people have now died in violence, which was sparked by students calling for the government to axe a rule reserving scores of public jobs for the families of veterans of the country's independence war in 1971. The prime minister's office a…

US President Joe Biden has said he is “looking forward” to getting back on the campaign trail next week, after testing positive for Covid-19. But, despite his commitment to stick in the race ahead of the US election, more Democrats have called for him to step aside as the party nominee. In recent weeks, Biden has been caught in a whirlwind of polit…