BBC News:
| 'Unprecedented' rain in Japan kills eight people | Fri 14th Aug 2026 11:36 BST |
The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport. | |
| Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross | Fri 14th Aug 2026 13:19 BST |
BBC's Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence. | |
| Zambia vote counting resumes after pause over alleged attacks on polling staff | Fri 14th Aug 2026 17:28 BST |
The electoral commission said violence had "resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers". | |
| Many Canadians are boycotting the US, so this is where they're travelling instead | Sat 15th Aug 2026 00:16 BST |
From exploring their own backyard to travelling abroad, many Canadians are spending their money elsewhere to send a message to the US president. | |
| Five years after the Taliban swept to power, does the West have any influence? | Fri 14th Aug 2026 18:00 BST |
Five years after the Taliban swept to power, many are asking whether the West has any bargaining chips left | |
| Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI? | Sat 15th Aug 2026 12:25 BST |
Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI - and ending up pulped. | |


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