BBC News - Home (Sat, 23 Jun 2018 09:52:56 GMT)

• Deadly explosion hits Ethiopia PM rally
  
  PM Abiy Ahmed was whisked away by guards at the event attended by thousands in Addis Ababa.
• US military plans migrant tent camps amid Trump crackdown
  
  A leaked memo reveals plans for "austere" camps on disused airbases for thousands of migrants.
• Migrant father describes moment his daughter was taken away
  
  The BBC speaks to a detained migrant who has not spoken to his daughter since they were separated.
• Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds
  
  Flesh-footed shearwater chicks are starving to death because of plastic, a BBC documentary reveals.
• Trump says North Korea still 'extraordinary threat'
  
  Donald Trump renews sanctions against North Korea, just days after saying it posed no nuclear risk.
• Brexit: March planned as Fox says PM not bluffing on no deal
  
  Warning comes as anti-Brexit campaigners prepare to march on the second anniversary of the EU vote.
• North Korean propaganda changes its tune
  
  Pyongyang's propaganda changes from blasting the US as enemy to a much more conciliatory note.
• Baron Edouard-Jean Empain who lost finger to kidnappers dies
  
  Edouard-Jean Empain was an industrialist whose abduction and mutilation gripped France in 1978.
• Anthony Bourdain: Chef's mother plans memorial tattoo
  
  Gladys Bourdain says she hopes to get "Tony" inked on her wrist by the chef's own tattoo artist.
• Migrant families separation poster girl not taken from mum
  
  The two-year-old and her mother were kept together in a Texas border town, says the father.
• Italy migrant row: 'Inhumane' Malta refuses rescue ship
  
  Italy had urged Malta to open its ports and called the island's decision "inhumane' and 'absurd".
• Why does India's air look different from space?
  
  Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite tracks formaldehyde emissions in the air over the Indian sub-continent.
• 'This is what surviving Auschwitz taught me'
  
  Max Eisen arrived at the Nazi death camp aged 15 in 1944. Every year he returns to speak to people about his experience.
• Week in pictures: 16 - 22 June 2018
  
  A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.
• What do people in CAR make of envoy Boris Becker?
  
  The former tennis champion says his Central African Republic passport is genuine, but officials say it's fake.
• 100 Women: 'You are truly free while freediving'
  
  Egypt's record-breaking female freedivers explain their passion for the extreme sport.
• The Kashmiri art bringing Hindus and Muslims together
  
  A rare exhibition prompted those who had fled their homes to return for the first time since they left.
• Meet Game of Thrones' woman of weapons
  
  The show's only female armourer is in charge of swords, flaming arrows and giant catapults.
• Melania Trump jacket: Five things 'I don't care' could mean
  
  People are trying trying to decode the First Lady's message with her unusual anorak.
• Exiled white farmers return to Zimbabwe
  
  Rob Smart was driven from his farm under Robert Mugabe's rule and has now been allowed back by the Zimbabwean government.
• What does it take to relocate a 195kg tiger in India?
  
  Numerous forest officers, wildlife veterinarians - and at least five elephants.
• North Korea: A sacred mountain and other ideologies
  
  ...and other concepts which help to understand the isolated country's unique ideology.
• Akon wants to build 'real-life Wakanda' using a currency called AKoin
  
  The multi-platinum selling artist announces his own cryptocurrency and city - both named after himself.
• Quiz: What record has The Greatest Showman broken?
  
  It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
• The Aquarius: Migrant taxi service or charitable rescuers?
  
  The BBC's Gavin Lee sails with the crew of a ship accused by Italy of encouraging illegal migration.
• Turkey's elections explained in 100 and 500 words
  
  Turkey's elections will decide if President Erdogan will stay in power. Here's what you need to know.
• Undocumented migrant families embark on chaotic reunion process
  
  Parents describe feeling "powerless" as advocates scramble to help return children to their families.
• Unravelling the mystery of Akon's Wakanda
  
  The US-Senegalese singer announced plans to build a new city with his own crytocurrency at the centre.
• Is racism worsening Australia's China influence row?
  
  Australia is asserting its sovereignty at home, but some fear the rise of prejudice and suspicion.
• Why many mums are better than one
  
  They say you can't choose your family - but why not? Sometimes an extra mother figure is just what you need, says Sue Elliott-Nicholls.
• What are tariffs and how do they affect us?
  
  As a trade war becomes an increasing risk, how do governments use tariffs in international commerce?
• Migrant children: Latin America unites in outrage
  
  The fury in Latin America over the US policy on migrant children shows little sign of abating.
• Two different pregnancies in power
  
  Jacinda Ardern and the late Benazir Bhutto are the only leaders to have given birth in office.
• How powerful will Turkey's next president be?
  
  The winner of Sunday's election will take over the prime minister's power to add to their current duties.
• The Indian women lighting the way for change
  
  In India's desert state of Rajasthan, rural women are training as solar entrepreneurs, to bring power to those living off grid.
• Are Instagram stars facing a brand backlash?
  
  Unilever has taken a stand against 'influencers' who buy social media followers to game the system.
• Viewpoint: Why the Kashmir government fall is a tragedy
  
  The coalition government's roadmap was the only feasible path to a better future, writes Sumantra Bose.
• The man who was fired by a machine
  
  When a machine decided Ibrahim Diallo no longer worked at his office there was little any human could do.
• The 'Baby' that ushered in modern computer age
  
  Scientists are celebrating the birth 70 years ago of a machine that kick-started the modern computer age.
• World Cup Catch Up: Neymar's rollercoaster & magic Musa
  
  Watch all the best action and funnies from day nine of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
• Noah Lyles runs fastest 100m of year in 9.88secs
  
  American Noah Lyles runs the fastest 100m of the year to win the US national title in Iowa.
• Travelers Championship: Rory McIlroy three shots off lead, Paul Casey two
  
  Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is three shots off the lead after two rounds of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
• Lewis Hamilton tops French GP practice as Sergio Perez loses wheel
  
  Lewis Hamilton fastest in second practice for the French Grand Prix, as Sergio Perez loses a wheel at high speed.
• World Cup 2018: 'That's outrageous!' How was that not a penalty?
  
  Aleksandar Mitrovic's protests for a penalty go unanswered by the referee, despite seemingly being wrestled to the ground by two Switzerland defenders.
• World Cup 2018: Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri scores 90th-minute winner against Serbia
  
  Switzerland take a huge step towards the last 16 of the World Cup as Xherdan Shaqiri scores a 90th-minute winner against Serbia.
• World Cup 2018: Neymar sparks debate with dives, flicks and tears
  
  The dives, the 'arrogant' flicks, the big cry at the end - Neymar's World Cup escapades have got everyone talking.
• World Cup 2018: Footballer's hair 'too wild' for Iranian TV
  
  Ex-Barcelona star Carles Puyol was due to be a World Cup pundit in Iran but was barred from the studio.
• World Cup 2018: Philippe Coutinho & Neymar late goals hand Brazil win
  
  Philippe Coutinho and Neymar bail Brazil out with stoppage-time strikes against Costa Rica following another uninspiring display at the 2018 World Cup.
• World Cup 2018: Nigeria 2-0 Iceland
  
  Ahmed Musa scores both goals as Nigeria beat World Cup debutants Iceland to leave Group D intriguingly poised.
• World Cup 2018: Germany walking a tightrope - Cesc Fabregas column
  
  Spain’s World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas on the pressure you face after losing your opening game, and why the big names have not shone in Russia so far - even Cristiano Ronaldo.
• World Cup 2018: Argentina 0-3 Croatia
  
  Argentina are facing the prospect of an early World Cup exit as Croatia win 3-0 to reach the last 16.
• World Cup: Lionel Messi carrying Argentina's weight of expectation
  
  Argentina captain Lionel Messi carries the burden of 44 million people - and it seemed to show against Croatia in Thursday's World Cup match.
• World Cup 2018: England's barber on cutting the squad's hair
  
  Meet Justin Carr - the man who helps Dele Alli, Kyle Walker and Danny Welbeck look their best for the World Cup.
• World Cup: Binocular booze smuggling gets Colombian sacked
  
  Colombian airline Avianca fires a man for smuggling alcohol in binoculars into a World Cup match.
• World Cup 2018: What's wrong with Neymar?
  
  The Brazilian player's fans explain why he's been off his game so far at the World Cup.
• World Cup 2018: Referee denies asking Cristiano Ronaldo for shirt in Morocco game
  
  World Cup referee Mark Geiger "categorically" denies asking for Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo's shirt at half-time in the Morocco game.
• The FBI said I was my parents' stolen baby - but I found the truth
  
  Foundling Paul Fronczak was given to a family whose baby had been stolen - but was he really their son?
• Why are people sharing this photo?
  
  A family portrait celebrating mixed heritage has been widely shared online and has prompted others to tell their similar stories.
• World Cup 2018: The Indian who cycled to Russia to meet Messi
  
  Clifin Francis took a bike to meet his hero and is now just days away from Moscow.
• Hong Kong sci-fi film mixes robots and Chinese opera
  
  A surreal Hong Kong animation that blends sci-fi with Chinese history aims to break stereotypes.
• In pictures: Summer and winter solstice celebrations
  
  From a summer sunrise at Stonehenge to an icy swim in Antarctica.
• The man who went to the North Korean place that ‘doesn’t exist’
  
  One US citizen warns of the consequences of a visit to a forbidden area in North Korea.
• The untold good news story of America today
  
  A grassroots movement getting few headlines could yet herald a new American age of change.
• Leslie Grantham's dramatic life on and off screen
  
  The actor who served time for murder and played Dirty Den in BBC One's EastEnders, dies aged 71.
• Sex, lies and payday loans: The parachute murder plot
  
  How Emile Cilliers' lifetime of cheating and lies led to his eventual unveiling as a would-be murderer.
• 'Why my daughter wants a hysterectomy at 15'
  
  A mother and daughter both have a severe form of premenstrual syndrome.