A military ceremony has been held in honour of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is due to step down next week after 16 years in office.Mrs Merkel chose three pieces of music - one of which raised a few eyebrows. She chose a popular song by Hildeg...
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Omicron is the 13th variant of the Covid-19 virus to receive a Greek name under the World Health Organization's classification system for variants of interest or concern.But how do you pronounce it? BBC Health Correspondent Laura Foster and archaeolo...
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, says that restaurants and supermarkets remain packed, ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. People are talking about the new variant - but so far there's little panic and,...
Migrants were often left waiting in Mexico for months, where they sometimes fell prey to criminal gangs. According to charity Human Rights First, there have been more than 1,500 publicly reported cases of kidnapping, rape, torture and other crimes ag...
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Her successor Olaf Scholz, who is expected to take over as chancellor next Wednesday, had already said he backed the move, which would come a few weeks later than a similar Austrian law. Berlin Mayor Michael Müller said the vast majority of Covid cas...
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The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has described the Taliban as his "brothers" in an exclusive interview.The BBC's Yalda Hakim also questioned Mr Karzai on when girls and women would be able to return to education and work. He said he...
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, says that restaurants and supermarkets remain packed, ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. People are talking about the new variant - but so far there's little panic and,...
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A leopard was captured in the northern Indian city of Aligarh after it entered a school and attacked a student. The student, who suffered minor injuries, said he ran out of the classroom when he saw the animal hiding there. The five-year-old leopard...