12 June 2014 Last updated at 12:01 The girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok are believed to be held in a remote part of Borno state The UK is hosting a meeting about the security situation in north-eastern Nigeria and how to tackle the Islamist Boko Haram militants. Since …
أكمل القراءة »Brazil ready for 'lone wolf' attacks
12 June 2014 Last updated at 10:06 By Luis Kawaguti BBC Brasil, Sao Paulo Brazilian security forces have trained for a wide variety of attack scenarios, including chemical and biological Brazil’s counter terrorist strategy for the World Cup will focus on the danger from “lone wolves”, senior officials have told …
أكمل القراءة »Doctors reach German cave explorer
12 June 2014 Last updated at 08:18 The rescue operation began on Sunday and is likely to continue for several more days Two doctors have reached an injured man trapped in Germany’s deepest cave and say once he is treated the operation to move him can begin. Johann Westhauser, 52, …
أكمل القراءة »Man found eating love rival's heart
12 June 2014 Last updated at 10:19 South African police have arrested a man they found using a knife and fork to eat the heart of his ex-girlfriend’s new lover. The victim, aged 62, had been stabbed in his chest and neck and had a bite mark on his face, …
أكمل القراءة »Court backs Musharraf exit request
12 June 2014 Last updated at 11:58 Former leader Pervez Musharraf is on trial for treason and faces other serious charges A court in Pakistan has backed ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s request to leave the country. The Sindh High Court removed Mr Musharraf’s name from an exit control list on …
أكمل القراءة »Fourth Indian woman hanged in weeks
12 June 2014 Last updated at 11:21 Last month’s gang rape of two girls prompted hundreds to march against violence towards women A teenager has been found hanging from a tree in a village in northern India, the fourth woman to die in such a way in recent weeks in …
أكمل القراءة »Iraqi Kurds 'fully control Kirkuk'
12 June 2014 Last updated at 11:51 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Paul Wood: “The speed of the jihadis’ advance has shocked the Iraqi government and its Western allies” Iraqi Kurdish forces say they have taken full control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk as …
أكمل القراءة »Haiti polls announced amid protests
11 June 2014 Last updated at 11:17 Police fired tear gas at protesters and live ammunition into the air during demonstrations on Tuesday The Haitian government has announced a date for legislative elections, which are two years overdue. The first round will be held on 26 October 2014, but the …
أكمل القراءة »Blast targets Benghazi checkpoint
12 June 2014 Last updated at 00:31 Islamist groups, the army and paramilitary forces are battling against each other in Libya’s eastern city A big explosion at an army checkpoint some 50km (30 miles) outside the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has wounded six people, army officials say. A suspected …
أكمل القراءة »Four people found murdered in Cuba
12 June 2014 Last updated at 01:39 Over the years, thousands of Cubans have fled to the United States Cuba’s interior ministry says it believes the killings of four people, whose bodies were found west of the capital, Havana, are linked to an attempt to leave the island illegally. The …
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