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Gallo via Getty ImagesFeroz Khan was due to appear before a police corruption inquiry when he was shotOne of South Africa’s most senior police officers has survived an attempted assassination in Johannesburg, police say.Suspended deputy crime intelligence boss Maj-Gen Feroz Khan was shot on Sunday evening as he was driving home and has since been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery, local media say.The shooting comes just days before Khan was due to testify at a public inquiry set up to investigate criminality in South Africa’s police force.Khan, alongside two other people, was arrested in May for alleged illegal gold…
‘A miracle’: Mother and son in hospital after being pulled from rubbleA mother who was pulled from the rubble of her wrecked home in Venezuela with her 18-day-old baby has told the BBC of how her son helped keep her alive.Dayana Patino said her son Juan David gave her “motivation to be awake and alert”.”As long as he was alive, I was going to be alive. Every now and then I was touching his nose for proof that he was still breathing,” she said.Footage of the rescue has been shared around the world, with Juan David becoming a symbol of…
Tony Jolliffe/BBC NewsThe fossil was originally found in 1985 on James Ross IslandAn unassuming-looking fossil that spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer has turned out to be the first dinosaur bone ever found in Antarctica.The specimen was unearthed in 1985, but the team that discovered it was not sure what it was – so it was stored away in the geology collection of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge.Now the fossil has been studied by palaeontologists who have confirmed that it is a tail bone from a type of dinosaur called a Titanosaur – this group contained…
BBCJan-Niklas Hustedt remembers going to techno parties in the abandoned canteen of a pump factory that had drastically downsized after reunification, in his hometown of Oschersleben.He was born in East Germany in 1989, just a few weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He describes himself as a “wendekind”; a child of the turning point.Now, at 36, he recalls how that time would change his community.Parts of the old East quickly emptied out”You hear all the stories,” says Jan-Niklas. “Lots of people left because the opportunities were in the west.”In the 35 years after reunification, the country’s overall population…
Getty ImagesPakistan has long accused Afghanistan of harbouring terrorists who carry out attacks on its soil, a claim the Taliban government rejectsPakistan launched airstrikes and sent ground troops into Afghan provinces along its western border on Sunday, killing dozens of civilians, officials say.Afghanistan’s Taliban government condemned the “cowardly act” and called it “a crime and atrocity”. At least 100 people have been killed or wounded, Taliban officials told BBC Pashto.Twenty-nine militants were killed in strikes targeted at their hideouts, Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said, adding that the strikes were a response to “recent terrorist attacks against innocent people”.Pakistan has…
ReutersThe US and Iran have agreed to “stand down” following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports say citing a US official.It comes after several attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, culminating in both nations accusing each other of violating their ceasefire.The official confirmed to the BBC’s US partner CBS News that vessels will now be able to move through the waterway “freely”, and added that renewed talks aimed at ending the war will continue.Iran has not commented on the reports that it has agreed to halt strikes in the strait.As part of the…
Anger directed at Venezuela’s official response to earthquake recoveryResidents in quake-affected areas have expressed anger over the state’s efforts to locate survivors and help victims, the BBC’s Orla Guerin reports.41 mins agoLatin America
Getty ImagesMillie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge return as Enola and Tewkesbury in Enola Holmes 3It is rare to meet two co-stars whose chemistry is obvious before the interview has even begun but before I ask Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge a single question, they are already laughing together.As they return for Enola Holmes 3, they say that off-screen friendship has helped them bring more ease and affection to Enola and Tewkesbury’s developing relationship.”We realised we don’t do much prep for some of the scenes – we learn our lines and rehearse and it’s not that we don’t take…
Stokes’ unconventional exit is fitting for a rebellious but brilliant playerBen Stokes’ shock retirement as England captain during the third Test against New Zealand was unconventional – just like the great player himself, says Jonathan Agnew.7 hrs agoEngland
‘You are Canadian heroes’ – the forgotten hosts making World Cup historyCanada are making history at this World Cup with a run that is likely to change the face of football in the country forever.1 hr agoWorld Cup