VIDEO: ‘It’s never too late for Brazil’
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff says there is no need for a “mea culpa” over claims that she manipulated government accounts.
VIDEO: Fidel Castro gets standing ovation
Fidel Castro got a standing ovation during a rare appearance at the Cuba’s Communist Party Congress on Tuesday.
Iranians vent anger at new police morality unit
Iranians vent anger at new morality police
VIDEO: Dramatic fire tornado in Canada
Footage posted to social media shows a brush fire developing into a fire tornado within seconds.
VIDEO: Stunning Nasa video of Northern Lights
Nasa has released time-lapse footage from the International Space Station showing the Aurora Borealis in spectacular detail.
VIDEO: Who’s the most ‘New York’?
Three of the candidates for the US presidency have ties to New York, but which is the true New Yorker? The BBC asked some locals to weigh in.
Champion Swiss snowboarder killed at 21
Estelle Balet, a 21-year-old Swiss extreme snowboarder, dies in an avalanche in the Alps.
Woman ‘imprisoned by mother for years’
Police in southern Germany say a woman found by officers during an eviction may have been held captive by her mother for years.
Handshake family naturalisation halted
Switzerland suspends the citizenship process for the family of two teenage Muslim brothers who refused to shake hands with female teachers.
Zambia arrests over xenophobic riots
More than 250 people have been arrested in Zambia to curb xenophobic violence as the looting of Rwandan-owned shops spreads, police say.
Strikes on Syria markets ‘kill dozens’
At least 44 people have been killed and dozens hurt in Syrian government air strikes on markets in two rebel-held towns in Idlib province, activists say.
EU should ‘interfere’ less – Juncker
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warns that too much EU “interference” in people’s lives is eroding support for the bloc.
Aid to quake-hit Ecuador stepped up
Major aid groups step up help to Ecuador amid concerns over conditions faced by survivors from the earthquake that killed more than 400 people.
VIDEO: Is Hollywood ‘whitewashing’?
Row over casting Scarlett Johansson in Asian role
VIDEO: 3D technology recreates 2,000-year-old monument
A group of archaeologists have used advanced 3D technology to recreate Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph and it is now being displayed in Trafalgar Square.
VIDEO: Princes’ lightsaber duel on Star Wars set
Princes William and Harry have duelled with lightsabers on a visit to the Star Wars set at Pinewood Studios
VIDEO: Depp dogs video ‘like a Godfather audition’
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Barnaby Joyce says a video apology made by actor Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard for breaking Australia’s quarantine laws will not win an Academy Award.
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