http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/world/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:55:01 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/world/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 President Obama tells a heckler at an LGBT event at the White House not to be "disrespectful". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33265062#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33265062 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:59:56 GMT How one family went from a farming life to becoming self-made millionaires. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33255773#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33255773 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:00:43 GMT Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as a wildfire spreads north of Los Angeles. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33265884#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33265884 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 04:09:02 GMT Footage shows scuffles between police and French taxi drivers in Paris during a protest against the app-based cab firm Uber. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33266221#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33266221 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 09:54:16 GMT A 1911 Fiat S76 is to take part in the Goodwood Festival of Speed's hillclimb, after 10 years of restoration work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33266088#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33266088 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:30:57 GMT Which countries pay ransoms for hostages? - In 60 seconds http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33265309#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33265309 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:52:04 GMT South African mini-bus taxi drivers are trying to change the negative image of being rude, aggressive and scruffy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33255771#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33255771 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:03:55 GMT One year after the EU imposed sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis, Moscow announces it will renew its ban on some EU produce. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33266217#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33266217 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 05:59:36 GMT Brazil is traditionally a football-loving nation - but the sporting authorities are trying to change that. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33265065#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33265065 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:30:12 GMT The US has announced changes to how it deals with kidnappers, but journalist David Rohde, once held by the Taliban, says western approaches have to improve. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33264851#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33264851 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:40:56 GMT Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has apologised to his victims in court at a hearing where he was formally sentenced to death. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33261550#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33261550 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 07:04:30 GMT Hundreds of migrants in Calais who are attempting to enter the UK illegally have been jumping on lorries again on Wednesday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33251240#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33251240 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:17:41 GMT The Queen is on the second day of her State visit to Germany, where she has been meeting the country's President, Joachim Gauck, and the Chancellor Angela Merkel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33254584#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33254584 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:10:35 GMT David Shukman goes inside the Madagascan breeding and conservation programme for the endangered ploughshare tortoise. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33149337#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33149337 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:04:18 GMT A display of the northern lights was witnesses near the US city of Minneapolis early on Tuesday morning. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33251039#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33251039 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 08:15:31 GMT Footage of a cat 'standing up' to a mountain lion has been captured by a man at a home near Boulder, Colorado. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33251042#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33251042 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:06:06 GMT Music fans have begun setting up camp at the Glastonbury Festival after the gates opened for this year's event. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33258403#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33258403 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:44:02 GMT 59-year-old Vivian Gabb from London lost her life savings when she fell victim to a 'phishing' scam http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33257129#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33257129 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:21:32 GMT Protesters in Columbia, South Carolina, demand the Confederate flag be removed from the state capitol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33250738#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33250738 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:49:48 GMT Reigning Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton's brother Nicolas Hamilton has cerebral palsy and will become the first disabled driver to compete in the British Touring Car Championships this weekend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33245990#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33245990 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:04:44 GMT David Cameron is expected to lay out his demands for EU reform this week. Katya Adler asks how his plans will be received in France. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33247472#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33247472 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:46:21 GMT Pictures are circulating online - thought to be the first look at currency issued by the Islamic State group. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33250937#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33250937 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:34:36 GMT Dragica Srzentic, now 103 years old, delivered a letter to Stalin that led to Communist Yugoslavia's split with the Soviet Union http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33185017#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33185017 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:25:11 GMT The creator of the pink plastic flamingo Donald Featherstone has died aged 79. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33250418#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33250418 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 03:07:58 GMT The Queen and Prince Philip are welcomed by the German president at his official residence, Bellevue Palace, where they exchange gifts, including German marzipan and books. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33254581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33254581 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:54:37 GMT A BBC team has travelled to the heart of Yemen's civil war, where the ongoing fighting has brought untold suffering to its people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33245755#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33245755 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:06:02 GMT The United States and China currently have the world's biggest economies but which country does the rest of the world think will dominate in future? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209053#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209053 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:04:39 GMT The moment news of Napoleon's defeat reached the shores of Britain in 1815 is being re-enacted, concluding a week of commemorations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33214624#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33214624 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:37:36 GMT Dashcam footage has emerged of the moment Charleston suspect Dylann Roof was arrested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33249892#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33249892 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:44:49 GMT David Cameron is expected to lay out his demands for EU reform this week. Katya Adler asks how his plans will be received in Poland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33227682#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33227682 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:09:47 GMT State Department spokesman John Kirby says there is 'room for improvement' in China-US talks on cyber security following a major hack of US government data http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33234362#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33234362 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:08:22 GMT Cross-Channel transport is returning to normal after a strike by ferry workers which gave hundreds of migrants the chance to try to board queuing lorries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33251243#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33251243 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:34:56 GMT Large numbers of migrants are attempting to get into cars and lorries, backed up at Calais, because of a strike by French ferry workers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33235157#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33235157 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:30:23 GMT Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been heckled at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33245750#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33245750 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:52:12 GMT Australians in Melbourne and Adelaide give their reaction to a warning that skinny jeans can cause damage to nerves and muscles. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33248151#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33248151 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:09:41 GMT A giant sinkhole appears on hole 13 of the Canyon Farms golf course in Lenexa, Kansas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33235387#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33235387 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:24:59 GMT Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband has calls on the UK to take more refugees from Syria, saying that it would be morally and politically wise to do so. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33240236#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33240236 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:18:12 GMT Nato tests its new rapid reaction force for the first time amid growing tensions with Russia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33233721#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33233721 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:08:53 GMT In the aftermath of the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina residents share what they think of the Confederate flag in the grounds of the state capitol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33209464#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33209464 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:02:02 GMT Ghana's oldest slum was the scene of running battles on Monday, between police and residents who were protesting the demolition of their homes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33232652#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33232652 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:11:11 GMT How the attack on the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Monday unfolded. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33230256#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33230256 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:41:58 GMT Many members of the Masai tribe, traditionally a culture centred around farming, living in Dar es Salam have turned to a different profession, hairdressing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33235382#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33235382 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:57:20 GMT BBC Click's Marc Cieslak puts VR gaming to the test http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33230703#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33230703 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:26:01 GMT Both Israel and Palestinian militants may have committed war crimes during the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, UN investigators have said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33233719#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33233719 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:01:04 GMT Labourers continue to wait for work in the searing heatwave of Pakistan, where more than 200 people are now believed to have died. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33230332#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33230332 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:36:33 GMT Protests over the health and safety of the dog meat trade take place in Yulin, southern China, where a traditional festival is taking place. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33220535#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33220535 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:02:13 GMT The BBC's Christian Fraser reports from Athens, where he found there is still an appetite for the drachma, when there was apparently greater prosperity and more tourism in Greece. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33230331#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33230331 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:23:22 GMT A Europe-wide police team is being formed to track and block social media accounts linked to Islamic State (IS). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33220558#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33220558 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:06:17 GMT People in Greece's second largest city have taken to yoga in order to try and relieve the stress caused by the country's economic crisis. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33220527#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33220527 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 05:36:31 GMT Seventy years on, a British ex-POW who worked on the Burma "death railway" meets a Japanese soldier who employed his forced labour. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33221020#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33221020 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 08:00:59 GMT The BBC's Tom Burridge reports from the rebel-held city of Donetsk where there are signs it is becoming like an independent state as Ukrainian influences are being swept away. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33219380#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33219380 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 05:01:02 GMT A heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province claims the lives of more than 200 people. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33219378#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33219378 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:56:14 GMT China has been building new islands in the South China Sea to the alarm of its neighbours. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33166981#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33166981 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:04:22 GMT The World Health Organization is warning that it may have to shut down its network of 77 clinics serving people who fled their homes to escape Islamic State. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33220528#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33220528 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 07:52:08 GMT Rev Waltrina Middleton, whose cousin was murdered in the Charleston shooting, says the attacks on black people in the US are "modern day lynchings". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33214626#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33214626 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:58:02 GMT Thousands attend a mass yoga session in the Indian capital, Delhi, to mark the first International Yoga Day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33214177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33214177 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 07:31:18 GMT A new world record has been set in California when 66 people rode on a huge surfboard at once. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33214627#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33214627 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:06:07 GMT A small robot, the same size as an 8-year-old child, is the star of an opera performance at Berlin's Komische Oper. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33214176#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33214176 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 23:55:10 GMT A British man killed while fighting with Islamist militant group al-Shabab in Kenya was second in command of his unit and also played the role of cameraman, the BBC has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33209991#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33209991 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:02:02 GMT Refugees from Syria, and many other people who have migrated to Europe in search of a better life, have been left stuck at national borders across the continent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33210002#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33210002 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:57:28 GMT A ton of confiscated ivory is destroyed in a ceremony in New York's Times Square to draw attention to the illegal ivory trade around the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209655#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209655 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 02:50:06 GMT Trails and roads have been closed and hundreds of people have been evacuated as firefighters tackle a raging wildfire at Big Bear Lake, California. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209993#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209993 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 09:09:51 GMT A friend of Dylann Roof, the man charged over a shooting in a church in South Carolina, tells BBC News the suspect had told him a week earlier he wanted to attack a local university. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209654#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33209654 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:03:41 GMT A boxer who fled to England to escape the Taliban in Afghanistan is now on the cusp of fighting for a world title. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33209992#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33209992 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:05:08 GMT Hundreds of thousands of tiny crabs have been washing up on Southern California's beaches, after warm ocean currents carried them closer to the shoreline than usual. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33195695#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33195695 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:03:03 GMT Monks in Myanmar are fighting plans for development of land close to the Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the country's most famous Buddhist landmarks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33192133#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33192133 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:12:51 GMT Mount Sinabung, on the island of Sumatra, is continuing to spew gas and ash high into the air. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33195699#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33195699 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:38:52 GMT A group of South Africa's top CEOs have slept rough on the streets of Johannesburg to raise money for a local children's charity. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33196804#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33196804 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:56:27 GMT The town of Rishikesh in northern India is often called the yoga capital of the world, with a whole industry having built up around the art. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33198201#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33198201 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:02:42 GMT The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes steps aboard one of the most powerful missile cruisers in the US Navy, the USS Chancellorsville, which has arrived in Japan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33195351#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33195351 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 03:31:00 GMT It is thought hundreds of unemployed men from Afghanistan, supported by the Iranian government, have taken up arms alongside President Assad's forces in Syria. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33195694#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33195694 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:57:54 GMT A documentary about the life of the late award-winning singer, Amy Winehouse has its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33194213#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33194213 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:33:53 GMT Denmark's opposition beats the ruling coalition in the general election, with an anti-immigration party becoming the second largest in parliament. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33195353#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33195353 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:05:29 GMT India claims a cross-border raid against rebels in Myanmar last week was a big success, but the lack of detail about the operation has fuelled speculation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33194119#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33194119 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:57:24 GMT Aaron Snell is a 29-year-old Londoner who was lured to the northern Australian city of Darwin in search of work and adventure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33186837#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33186837 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:46:19 GMT The man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at a US church has been flown back to Charleston http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33196643#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33196643 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:37:52 GMT Chinese TV footage shows houses washed away and people rescued after torrential rainfall caused flooding in China's Hubei and Jiangsu province. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33179629#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33179629 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:30:29 GMT Withdrawals from cash machines in Greece increase to over 1.5bn euros in a week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33192254#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33192254 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:28:05 GMT The gunman who killed nine people at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, had been "taught to hate", civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33195697#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33195697 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:32:04 GMT The Pope issued his letter on the environment on Thursday. In it he said that climate change was mostly a man-made problem. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33179092#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33179092 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:56:20 GMT The of nine people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina revives memories of Alabama bombing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33194785#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33194785 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:14:11 GMT Greece needs to seize a "last opportunity" to reach a deal with its creditors, the head of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33179587#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33179587 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:46:33 GMT North Korean officials say the country has been hit by its worst drought in a century, causing widespread damage to agriculture. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33179592#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33179592 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 07:18:58 GMT A pygmy hippopotamus calf has taken to the water for the first time with his mother at Melbourne Zoo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33187324#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33187324 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:47:35 GMT US President Barack Obama has responded to a shooting at a church in Charleston. saying the US should recognise that "this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries'.' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33192128#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33192128 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:59:31 GMT Inside the new Antonov AN-178 cargo plane on display at the 51st Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33161945#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33161945 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:14:37 GMT Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33183731#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33183731 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:05:08 GMT The BBC's Robert Hall reports from a re-enactment camp as rehearsals take place to "fight" key moments of the Battle of Waterloo. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33188656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33188656 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:25:18 GMT