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America and... the World

2024/9/24

The United States has long been seen as the world’s leading superpower. It is home to the globe’s bi

The BBC sees first-hand the desperate conditions civilians in Sudan are living through. With the wor

Caitríona Perry and Sumi Somaskanda discuss voter sentiment in Michigan, how race and gender are aff

Rupert Murdoch is locked in a secret court battle with three of his eldest children, over the future

Mohamed Al Fayed was an Egyptian billionaire businessman who owned Harrods in London, one of the wor

More blasts have been reported in Lebanon, after a series of pagers exploded across the country. In

Can Taylor Swift and Elon Musk swing the vote for Harris or Trump? From Billie Eilish to Oprah, Hulk

How are Afghanistan’s women and girls coping with harsh new restrictions? When the Taliban took back

Violent unrest is forcing Ireland to reckon with increasing hostility to high levels of immigration,

Did the Harris-Trump debate actually change voters' minds? Caitríona Perry, Sumi Somaskanda, and Kat

Ever since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine there have been widespread reports of Russia

Inside a 30-year mission to expose a pattern of infanticide. In the 1990s, midwives in northern Indi

The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates traded claims over key election issues includi

Brazil’s Supreme Court has banned the social media platform X - formerly known as Twitter. It was on

Democrats and Republicans are donating billions to back candidates in November’s election. So far, t

Israel has been rocked by huge protests after six hostages being held in Gaza were shot and killed l

BBC analysis has identified almost 200 settler outposts in the West Bank, which are illegal under bo

The Hungarian prime minister has become a hero to many US conservatives. So how has Mr Orban changed

Nearly a decade ago, China promised to provide 10,000 remote villages in Africa with free digital TV

Two Nasa astronauts are stuck in space after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft suffered technical pr