[ad_1] Anne Soy & Lucy FlemingBBC News, Nairobi & LondonUkrainian HelicoptersCaptain Serhiy Muzyka, who started his career in the Soviet army, never dreamt that his final deployment before heading into retirement after 43 years piloting helicopters would be play out like a Tom Cruise movie.The 60-year-old Ukrainian ended up in a terrifying and deadly situation in South Sudan when what seemed like a routine operation for the UN earlier this
[ad_1] They say writers are their own worst critics - but for the man who could become the next President of Poland, nothing could be further from the truth.Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago, he donned a disguise to praise his own book on TV.Written by a mysterious author called Tadeusz Batyr, the book documented the life of a gangster from 1980s communist
[ad_1] Ana Faguy & Brandon DrennonBBC News, Washington DCWatch: US drivers react to Trump's new auto tariffFor two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car dealership in Virginia on Thursday, peering at sticker prices with a newfound worry: blanket tariffs on foreign
[ad_1] US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to "partner" with the US.Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island, Vance said he hoped Greenlanders would vote for independence from Denmark, which he said had not invested enough to protect the semi-autonomous territory. Vance's claims that its ally Denmark had "not done a good job" in protecting Greenland come after repeated US threats to take over the
[ad_1] A woman gave birth to a baby on a street in Bangkok shortly after a hospital evacuation following tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar.The patient was lying on a stretcher as hospital staff surrounded her and delivered the baby. Patients from both King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and BNH Hospital were gathered in a park, some of them were in stretchers and wheelchairs.Hospital staff were also seen attending to patients
[ad_1] Rachel Hagan and Mallory MoenchBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe Burmese city of Mandalay has become the "scene of a tragedy", a survivor of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck central Myanmar on Friday has told the BBC."It's like a ruined city. Some are still stuck under rubble," she said. "It was so severe. So severe that I have never seen anything shaking like that.""There are so many people injured at the
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump says he had an "extremely productive" first call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, amid an ongoing trade war between the two neighbours.In a Truth Social post, Trump said that the two will meet "immediately" after Canada's upcoming elections on 28 April to discuss "politics, business, and all other factors". Carney, currently in the midst of an election campaign, described the call as "very constructive",
[ad_1] 'We're trying to bring democracy back': BBC reporter speaks to protesters on the ground in IstanbulI had just sent my family a message saying how happy I was to be back in Turkey, where I used to live, and how it felt like coming home. Then, the phone in my hotel room rang."We have an urgent matter to discuss in person", the receptionist said. "Could you come down?"I arrived
[ad_1] Prominent figures, including several Jewish leaders, have stayed away from an international conference on antisemitism held in Jerusalem, in protest at the inclusion of politicians from across Europe associated with the far right.Those who declined to attend included Israel's own president and the chief rabbi of the UK, Sir Ephraim Mirvis.At the conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning about the rise in antisemitism.He said Europe was
[ad_1] Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November.The Israeli military said it had hit a drone storage unit used by Hezbollah on Friday, after issuing an evacuation warning that sparked panic.The attack occurred hours after two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel. Israel said it had intercepted one
