- Sunday, 22 February 2026
BBC
Missing girl found after nine years recounts ordeal
After nine long years, 16-year-old Pooja Gaud is finally able to rest her head on her mother's lap. Pooja went missing on 22 January 2013 when she was seven years old. She says she was picked up from outside her school in Mumbai city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra by a couple who lured her with ice cream.
Children killed as storms sweep across Europe
Powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern Europe, killing at least 12 people including three children. The deaths, most from falling trees, were reported in Italy and Austria, and on the French island of Corsica.
China inducing rainfall to combat severe drought
Provinces around the drought-stricken Yangtze river have turned to cloud seeding operations to combat the lack of rain, with Hubei and a number of other provinces launching rockets carrying chemicals into the sky, according to local media.
Dozens of migrants found on tiny, unnamed island
A group of 38 migrants, including a heavily pregnant woman, have been found stranded on a tiny, unnamed island along the Turkish-Greek border. The 22 men, nine women and seven children say they have been on the Evros river islet since mid-July.
Storms and heavy rain hit UK amid weather warnings
Torrential rain and thunderstorms have been forecast for England and Wales with some areas warned to expect sudden flooding. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday with possible travel disruption, power cuts and lightning.
India soldier's body found in Siachen after 38 years
The body of an Indian soldier who went missing in the Himalayas 38 years ago has been found. Chandrashekhar Harbola and 19 colleagues were caught in an avalanche during a patrolling operation in the Siachen glacier along the India-Pakistan border in 1984.
Oscars apologises to Littlefeather after 50 years
The Oscars has apologised to Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American woman booed off stage nearly 50 years ago. The activist and actress appeared on live TV in 1973 to refuse an Oscar that Marlon Brando won for The Godfather.
UK first country to approve dual-strain Covid jab
The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant. The upgraded vaccine should be available as an autumn booster and give better protection against variants.
From Kabul and beyond, a year of Taliban rule
They're the women who seized new spaces for education and job opportunities during two decades of international engagement which ended with Taliban rule. Taliban officials say women are still working. Those who do are mainly medical staff, educators and security workers including at the airport - spaces where women frequent.
Fear in Bangladesh after huge fuel price rise
Bangladesh, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has raised fuel prices by more than 50% in just a week. It blames rising oil prices in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest, as another South Asian nation faces a growing financial crisis.
Salman Rushdie: The writer who emerged from hiding
The novelist is one of the most celebrated and successful British authors of all time, with his second novel, Midnight's Children, winning the illustrious Booker Prize in 1981. But it was his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, published in 1988, which became his most controversial work - bringing about international turmoil unprecedented in its scale.
India HIV patients in 'drugs shortage' pain
"But over the past few months, we started getting reports from our members in various states that they were receiving medicines for only a couple of weeks. Then that time period also began getting shorter," he alleges, adding that this is hard on people who can't afford to travel to ART centres every few days.
Drought highlights dangers for electricity supply
The ongoing drought in the UK and Europe is putting electricity generation under pressure, said, experts. Electricity from hydropower - which uses water to generate power - has dropped by 20% overall.
The new problem for 'overthinkers'
In a physical workplace, overthinkers can more easily observe body language cues, or lean over a desk to ask a colleague a question when they feel unsure about a situation. But remote work away these outlets.
India man wins 22-year court battle against railways over 25 cents
An Indian man has won a case related to an overpriced railway ticket after almost 22 years. Tungnath Chaturvedi, a lawyer, was charged 20 rupees ($0.25; £0.21) extra for two tickets he had bought in 1999.
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