Watch: Are the French riots a warning of an intense election to come?
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:43:27 GMT
Rioting, looting and vandalism has gripped France over the weekend after protests spiralled out of control across the country.
Australian MP critically injured after being hit by car in apparent attack
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:09:54 GMT
The independent politician is in hospital after what the prime minister says may have been a deliberate attack.
Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:22:06 GMT
The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
Ukrainians dying because US restricting intelligence sharing, Zelensky adviser tells BBC
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:49:00 GMT
Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing.
Mission blasts off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:45:46 GMT
A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:18:04 GMT
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was found guilty of 191 murder charges - all but one of them children.
Born in jail to a mum with a heroin addiction - how US teenager Abby has been affected by drugs
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:12:02 GMT
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spoke to the daughter of a former heroin addict about the effect drugs have had on her family.
Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support says court filing
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:22:12 GMT
The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
Apu returns to The Simpsons with new voice after race row
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:22:24 GMT
The much-loved shopkeeper has been seen but not heard around Springfield for eight years, until now.
Inside the shadowy world of anti-Putin sabotage from within Russia
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:06:25 GMT
Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.
