BBC News:
| In pictures: French landmarks damaged and destroyed by violent protesters | Mon 19th Oct 2026 16:21 BST |
France is used to protests but the violence and damage seen across the country is shocking many people. | |
| Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza | Mon 19th Oct 2026 07:00 BST |
The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. | |
| A wave of homemade, synthetic drugs sweeps US and deepens crisis | Sun 18th Oct 2026 06:04 BST |
BBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as the country battles with a deadly new drug epidemic. | |
| Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US | Sun 18th Oct 2026 22:00 BST |
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from Chicago, where communities are battling a new wave of synthetic drugs. | |
| Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery | Sun 18th Oct 2026 12:09 BST |
The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace. | |
| Watch: Shops looted and restaurants gutted in Paris riots | Mon 19th Oct 2026 07:40 BST |
Violence broke out across France, with more than half a million people taking to the streets over the weekend. | |


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