BBC News Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, lured by better pay. “There was more money back then – you could see it everywhere,” she says. “I managed to save and buy a small house.” But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups […]
BBC News Sir Keir won a landslide general election victory two years ago – but he began losing public support within weeks of arriving in Downing Street after a series of policy mis-steps and U-turns. The final straw for many Labour MPs was when right-wing party Reform UK swept the board at local elections in […]
BBC News Ecstatic Spanish spectators and disappointed Argentine fans spoke to the BBC outside New York New Jersey Stadium after the World Cup final on Sunday. Argentina played extra time with only 10 men when Spain’s Ferran Torres scored the winning goal after 106 minutes. Read more on this story #Watch #Spanish #Argentinian #fans #react […]
BBC News A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China’s top literary honours. Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize – named after a writer who has been referred to as the father […]
BBC News Spain and Lamine Yamal have grown through the tournament to leave him with the world at his feet and football’s two greatest prizes in his pocket. As well as having glorious natural gifts, he is also Spain’s lucky charm. They completed their domination of the international stage with Ferran Torres’ decisive 106th-minute strike […]
BBC News Norway has opened a new memorial for the 77 victims of the country’s deadliest terror attack in peacetime, days before its 15th anniversary. On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi Anders Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot dead another 69 – mostly teenagers – at a youth camp on […]
BBC News Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni left his post-match news conference in tears when talking about his future after Sunday’s World Cup final defeat by Spain. Scaloni, 48, was bidding to become only the second manager in history to retain the trophy after overseeing Argentina’s 2022 triumph in Qatar. But European champions Spain proved too […]
BBC News Dr Stuart Lavery, consultant of reproductive medicine at University College Hospital in London, said: “People are understandably using this technology to try to get a greater understanding, and to try and pick up things as early as possible because it has such a profound impact on your life if you’re planning a pregnancy.” […]
