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In a lab on the western edge of Paris, where the River Seine flows wide and trams slide past glass-fronted buildings and blossoming cherry trees, a technician called Rémi makes some adjustments with a spanner. The machine, a cascade of gold and silver-coloured cylinders descending through a cloud of wires, is a cryostat, a device […]

The fresh leader of South Africa’s second-largest party has to solve a problem that none of his three immediate predecessors were able to crack: how to extend the Democratic Alliance’s popularity beyond its core support mostly made up of white humans and other racial minorities. Despite the advent of the multi-ethnic “Rainbow Nation” and the […]

His fevers were so poor that he insisted on sleeping in the rain, and he writhed in pain “like he’d been thrown in hot oil”, says his mother, Sughra. “He used to fight with me, but he also loved me,” 10-year-old Asma says as she kneels at her younger brother’s graveside. Not long after her […]

With Lebanon, again, engulfed by war, I remember a meeting I had with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace, a modernist building at the top of a hill overlooking Beirut last August. Aoun, a former army chief, took office after a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia and political party that […]

Democrats already had a lot to worry about in the 2026 California governor’s race, an election they would typically expect to win easily: Too many candidates. Low name recognition. Voter apathy. Then on Sunday, their leading candidate, Representative Eric Swalwell, faced with allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, dropped out of the contest, even as […]

Police in Greece have been recruiting migrants to violently push other migrants back across its land border with Turkey, according to wide-ranging evidence uncovered by the BBC. We have seen internal police documents in which guards describe how the recruitment of so-called mercenaries was ordered and overseen by senior officers. Our findings reveal allegations of […]

Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr fought rumours of his ill-health with a set of impromptu star jumps on 13 April. He challenged naysayers to “come and exercise with me” if they doubted his fitness. The president was diagnosed with diverticulitis, an abdominal ailment, in late January and briefly put on a strict soup-based diet, […]

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are in Australia this week for a four-day tour, seven years after their first trip to the country when they were still senior members of the Royal Family. The BBC spoke to individuals in Sydney about what they think of Harry and Meghan’s visit. Surfers and swimmers pay tribute […]