- Sunday, 22 February 2026
BBC
Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
Aid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more tents and urgently needed supplies into Gaza after the first heavy winter rainfall, saying more than a quarter of a million families need emergency help with shelters.
Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if AI bubble bursts
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.
Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over brutal protests crackdown
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
Thousands protest against government in Mexico as clashes leave 120 injured
At least 120 people - 100 of them police officers - have been injured in clashes during anti-government protests in Mexico City, police said.
I can't take any more of this, Andrew told Epstein, released emails show
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell "I can't take any more of this", when he was first alerted 14 years ago that a British newspaper was about to run a report about the trio.
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97.
Typhoon barrels towards Cambodia after killing at least 193 in Philippines and Vietnam
Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 188 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, according to the latest figures from the two countries.
US to cut flights at 40 airports if shutdown doesn't end, transportation secretary warns
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned there will be a 10% reduction in air travel capacity at 40 major US airports from Friday, if the government shutdown continues.
Bali halts Chinese construction of glass lift on cliffside
Bali authorities have suspended the construction of a 182m (597 ft) cliffside glass lift on one of the Indonesian province's most-photographed cliffs, after it sparked outrage over concerns of environmental harm.
Dozens dead in 'total devastation' left behind by Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has continued its devastating sweep across the Caribbean, decimating homes and infrastructure, flooding neighbourhoods and leaving dozens dead.
Thailand's former queen Sirikit dies aged 93
She passed away "peacefully" in a Bangkok hospital at 21:21 local time (14:21 GMT) on Friday, according to the Thai Royal Household Bureau.
Gaza doctors struggle to investigate 'signs of torture' on unnamed dead returned by Israel
Out of a single room, with no DNA testing facilities or cold storage units of its own, the forensics team at Gaza's Nasser hospital face the challenges brought by peace.
Smuggler jailed for 40 years after shipping ballistic missiles parts from Iran
A weapons smuggler who used a fishing boat to ship ballistic missile parts from Iran to Houthi rebels in Yemen has been sentenced to 40 years in a US prison.
China has found Trump's pain point - rare earths
The announcement detailed sweeping new curbs on its rare earth exports, in a move that tightens Beijing's grip on the global supply of the critical minerals - and reminded Donald Trump just how much leverage China holds in the trade war.
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 16
At least 16 people have died after a huge fire broke out at a garment factory in Bangladesh, with officials warning that the toll could rise.
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