BBC News:
| Corruption charges dropped against South Africa's police intelligence boss | Fri 21st Aug 2026 15:38 BST |
Officials had faced charges over the appointment of a civilian to a top post within crime intelligence. | |
| Bodies of two hikers missing for decades found after Swiss glacier melts | Fri 21st Aug 2026 11:03 BST |
Officials say the bodies of the two Belgians, who went missing in 1992, were discovered after the Trift Glacier receded. | |
| 'We are devastated' - Nigerian villagers bury bodies after overloaded boat capsizes | Fri 21st Aug 2026 11:48 BST |
The overloaded boat was taking people, including many children, to farms to harvest rice. | |
| Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch chief fit to stand trial in sex trafficking case, judge says | Fri 21st Aug 2026 15:23 BST |
Jeffries was declared "mentally incompetent" by a court last year and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease. | |
| Panama Canal to cut number of ships passing through due to El Niño | Fri 21st Aug 2026 07:46 BST |
The crucial waterway's operator says low rainfall caused by the ocean pattern had led to the decision. | |
| Eight killed in plane crash at remote Alaskan military site, air force says | Fri 21st Aug 2026 17:05 BST |
It is unclear why the civilian-contracted plane was at the radar site on Alaska's south-west coast. | |


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