The Happy Pod: AI helped find the siblings I didn’t know about
Avtar Singh, who was born in India and is now 66 years old, grew up not knowing his Kenyan-born mother, because his father had separated from her and not told him anything about her.One day he typed t...
22 Aug 26min
Russian drone attacks kill 16 in Ukrainian shopping centre
Search and rescue efforts continue in Ukraine after Russian drone attacks kill at least 16 in a shopping centre in the city of Kryvyi Rih. President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack on his home to...
22 Aug 29min
El Niño could be 'strongest in living memory'
Scientists warn the El Niño event developing in the Pacific could be the strongest in living memory, pushing up global temperatures and increasing the risk of extreme weather. Effects are already bein...
21 Aug 24min
Western powers issue a joint rebuke to Israel
Britain, Canada, Germany and others call on Israel to stop bids from construction firms to build homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank that would, in the words of an Israeli minister,...
21 Aug 29min
Kyiv hit by major Russian attack
Russia launched a big attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, striking blocks of flats, a school and a children's hospital. Ukraine has appealed to its allies for more ballistic missile interc...
20 Aug 28min
Israel investigates death of five-year-old girl in Gaza
Israel's military has confirmed for the first time that its troops opened fire on a car carrying Hind Rajab, the five-year old Palestinian child who was killed alongside six of her relatives in Gaza i...
20 Aug 28min
Zelensky sacks key aide as pressure on him grows
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has fired one of his top aides, who is reported to be the target of a corruption investigation. Iryna Mudra, the president's deputy chief of staff, was sacked ...
19 Aug 31min
Meta 'hid the truth' over child safety, US court hears
The technology giant Meta has gone on trial in California over allegations its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, are deliberately designed to keep young people hooked. Nearly thirty US states are se...
19 Aug 29min
