Hurricane Milton threatens more devastation in Florida after Helene
Evacuations are planned just days after the US’s deadliest mainland storm since Katrina in 2005.
07
Oct
Monthly Archives: October 2024
07
Oct
Author to go on trial in France for downplaying Rwanda genocide
French-Cameroonian writer Charles Onana faces trial in Paris over a controversial book about the killings.
07
Oct
Ukraine strikes oil depot in occupied Crimea
Officials in Kyiv say they hit an oil processing facility in the occupied peninsula overnight.
07
Oct
Madonna pays heartfelt tribute to brother Christopher
The veteran star says her younger brother was the “closest thing to me for so long”.
07
Oct
Mexican mayor murdered days after starting job
Alejandro Arcos is the second politician to be killed in a week in the city of Chilpachingo.
07
Oct
Israeli hostage family’s fight ‘not over’ one year on
On the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks in Israel, survivor Hadas Kalderon speaks to the BBC.
07
Oct
Blast kills two Chinese near Pakistan’s Karachi airport
The blast happened close to Jinnah International Airport on Sunday night.
06
Oct
Oasis on the Adriatic where Ukrainians and Russians have gone to escape war
Immigrants descended in large numbers on Montenegro, which has managed the influx despite its small size.
06
Oct
Russian opposition activist killed fighting for Ukraine
Ildar Dadin was killed when his battalion came under Russian artillery fire in north-eastern Ukraine.
06
Oct
Antisemitic incidents in US surge to record high – report
The Anti-Defamation League identified 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the year after the 7 October attacks.
