A high-profile member of the International Olympic Committee, Patrick Hickey,has temporarily stepped down after being arrested in Brazil by police investigating the illegal sale of tickets for the Rio Games. Mr. Hickey is a member of the IOC executiv
BBC news with Johnson Izard. Russia says it's prepared to back a 48-hour ceasefire in the city of Aleppo following an impassioned appeal by the UN envoy to Syria,Staffan De Mistura who welcomed the Russian move but warned the challenge now was for Mo
This is the BBC News. Hello, I'm Nick Kelly. President Barack Obama has made a scathing attack on the republican candidate Donald Trump, saying he is unfit to serve his president. He also questioned why the Republican Party is continuing to support M
The US health authorities have stepped up warnings about the risks to pregnant women from the Zika virus in a district of Miami in Florida. Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, are heading to the city to reinforce eff
A security law has come into force in Malaysia that gives the Prime Minister Najib Razak sweeping new powers. The Prime Minister said the legislation was necessary to combat terrorism, but others fear it will be used to silence government opponents.
Latest reports from the besieged Syrian rebel-held city of Aleppo suggest that only a small number of civilians and fighters have made use of humanitarian corridors set up by Russian and Syrian forces. About 300,000 people are still in the city. Russ
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has announced that a gesture of good will he's withdrawing all lawsuits against individuals accused of insulting him. Almost 2000 prosecutions for insulting the president have been approved in the last two yea
South Africa is marking the 40th anniversary of the start of the Soweto Uprising with thousands of black students marched against being forced to learn in the Afrikaans's Languge. It was a turning point in the fight against white minority rule. Hundr
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding around the embattled Iraqi city of Fallujah after mass exodus of its civilian population. Aid workers say thousands have fled in the last few days as the Iraqi army has driven Islamic state militants out of much of
There has been chaos in the US congress where Democratic party politicians have been staging a sitting to demand tighter gun laws. They occupied the floor of the House of Representatives taking in sleeping bags and pillows as their protests continued
There have been extraodinary scenes in the US Congress where Democratic Party politicians are stating a sitting to demand tighter gun laws. They've occupied the floor of the the House of Representatives late into the night. The Republican speaker Pau
The Columbian government and FARC rebels say they wish to join ceasefire to end more than five decades of conflict. The announcement follows three years of peace talks in Cuba. Candace Piette reports. The bilateral ceasefire comes after the two sides
Hello, I am Jerry Smit with the BBC News. North Korea's neighbors have expressed concern at two missile tests carried out in defiance of UN sanctions. Japan said the launch of what are believed to be Musudan ballistic missiles was intolerable. South
Hello. I'm Julie Candler with BBC News. Meeting figures in the campaigns for and against Britains membership at the European Union have clashed in the biggest live television debate on the issue ahead of Thursday's referendum. They were answering que
The United Nations Refugee Agency says the number of people displaced by conflict has reached the highest level ever recorded. Releasing its annual reports on forced displacement, the UN says that by the end of last year more than 65 million people w
More than 50 US State Department officials are reported to have signed an internal memo, sharply criticizing the Obama administration's policy in Syria.The memo seen by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal says the United States should take
Plans to build the UK's first nuclear power plant in a generation have been delayed by the British government, hours after the French energy company EDF agreed to go ahead with it. The new British Business Secretary Greg Clark said he wants to carefu
Refugees are risking their lives trying to get to Britain by crossing the channel in small boats. While this is raising fears of a similar situation to that in the Mediterranean where thousands have died. It's starting to become a very similar situat
Campaigning to the EU referendum in Britain has been suspended after a member of parliament was killed in an attack in Northern England. The Labor MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed outside the library where she was meeting her constituencies in West Yor
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