Anbarasan Ethirajan,Global Affairs Correspondent, Toaha Faroque,BBC Bangla, Dhakaand Kelly Ng Watch: Large crowd burns rubble after death of Bangladesh youth protest leader Staff at two leading Bangladeshi newspapers say they were “gasping for air” as protesters, roused by the death of a prominent activist, set their offices alight on Thursday. Sharif Osman Hadi, who had…
Sam FrancisPolitical reporter Getty Images Government data has been stolen in a hack though officials believe the risk to individuals is “low”, a minister has said. Trade Minister Chris Bryant told BBC Breakfast “an investigation is ongoing” into the hack, adding that the security gap was “closed pretty quickly”. A Chinese affiliated group is suspected…
The Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, has struck a deal with US and global investors to operate its business in America, TikTok’s boss told employees on Thursday. ByteDance has been under pressure from Washington to sell its US operations over national security concerns. As BBC Asia business correspondent Suranjana Tewari explains, it is still unclear…
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says reports describing him as a potential successor to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola are “100% speculation”. The 45-year-old is the former assistant to Guardiola at City and there have been multiple reports that his mentor could step down at the end of this season. When asked whether there was any…
Surfers and swimmers paid tribute to Sunday’s shooting victims at Bondi beach on Friday morning. They paddled out past the wave breaks to create a ring shape and held a memorial on shore. Bondi beach has become a vigil site for the 15 killed and dozens wounded in last weekend’s attack. Flower bouquets are bundled…
Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images Drivers are being advised to allow extra time to travel with the surge in Christmas travel across the UK Britain’s roads, railways and airports are set to be thronged by festive travellers on what is anticipated to be the busiest day for Christmas trips. The AA has warned of gridlock…
President Donald Trump has suspended the US green card lottery scheme in the wake of a mass shooting at Brown University last week in which two people were killed. The suspect, a Portuguese man who was found dead on Thursday, entered the country through the diversity lottery immigrant visa programme (DV1) in 2017 and was…
Paul is clear-eyed about the reality of Friday. “This is the hardest opponent, hardest challenge, most crazy thing I’ve ever done in my career,” he says. But the discomfort this fight has generated is familiar territory. Controversy has always been his fuel. He did not flinch at the backlash when he fought a near-pension age…
England were pushed towards the precipice of the fastest Ashes series defeat in more than 100 years as a Travis Head century maintained Australia’s grip on the third Test in Adelaide. Head was dropped on 99 by Harry Brook and spent eight balls one run short of a century before belting Joe Root down the…
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, is blocking the publication of trans guidance that would require businesses and public bodies to protect women-only spaces, describing them as “trans-exclusive”, according to the Daily Telegraph. The paper also focuses on Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s criticism of the government’s plan to tackle misogyny in schools, saying…
