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DRC’s is the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak ever recorded, with 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths.Published On 28 Aug 202628 Aug 2026The fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history has reached two new health zones in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with a total of 60 areas now affected, according to the latest government figures.The two new zones affected are Biena and Manguredjipa in DRC’s North Kivu province, where the fatality rate is much higher than the overall rate of 48 percent, partly due to delayed response efforts, according to data by the Ministry of Health released on Friday.Recommended Stories list…

The trade war that United States President Donald Trump has triggered with Canada is expected to hurt businesses in both countries.But experts say the damage to the Canadian economy will be worse, as the tit-for-tat tariffs have raised the chances of a recession.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listOn Saturday, the US imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20bn worth of Canadian goods after trade negotiations between the two countries collapsed. On Monday, Trump also threatened Canada with new 50 percent levies on all car products, starting January 1.On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled retaliatory measures against more than…

Available for 32 daysIn May, the Chief Justice of India unwittingly gave a name to a generational protest. He called unemployed young people “cockroaches” and the mass youth movement that had begun in the wake of the sudden cancellation of a national exam took on the title – the Cockroach Janta party. But India hasn’t been the only country that has seen Gen Z – people aged between 14 and 29 – engaging in mass protests this year. It’s been happening all over the place, from Serbia to Kenya. Different grievances, different circumstances, but the same generation. So what are…

As rescue operations continued on Friday, the office of Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said “additional” personnel were on the ground to speed up recovery efforts.It added that a 1,200-strong team has been deployed “along the riverbanks from Rasuwa to Chitwan” and “to all possible locations along the affected areas”.Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired an emergency meeting of officials to co-ordinate rescue efforts, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.Kamal Kishore, special representative of the UN secretary general for disaster risk reduction, urged countries to support response efforts.The US previously promised $500,000 (£367,982) in aid for communities affected by the…

British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, was apparently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the agency’s records. Yiannopoulos, 41, a former editor of the right-wing US website Breitbart and employee of rapper Kanye West, appears to be held in Louisiana, according to a search of ICE’s inmate registry. The self-styled provocateur has called himself the “most fabulous supervillain on the internet”. His critics call him a purveyor of hate speech.Neither ICE nor Yiannopoulos have responded to the BBC’s request for comment, but his name and British origins appear in a…

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has revealed he will not vote on the assisted dying bill for England and Wales unlike his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer.MPs are likely to get the chance to debate and vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in two weeks’ time.The bill is identical to the one put to Parliament last year, where it passed in the House of Commons but stalled in the Lords after an unprecedented number of amendments meant it ran out of time.Burnham said he has his “own personal views on the issue” but it was “a matter for…

Six people have been injured by a falling sign at a Christian festival in West Sussex.Emergency services were called to reports of multiple people in need of medical attention at Big Church Fest, near Steyning, shortly after 15:30 BST on Friday.Ambulance crews, critical care paramedics and specialist response teams are at the scene, according to South East Coast Ambulance Service. Organisers said that Friday’s show had been cancelled due to a “serious incident”.”All day visitors must leave the site now,” organisers wrote on social media. “If you are camping with us, please return to your campsite and await further updates.”Traffic…

Published On 28 Aug 202628 Aug 2026Kathmandu/Nuwakot/Trishuli, Nepal – Loknath Chaulagain is looking for his 23-year-old nephew Sudarshan at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital.A bus conductor, Sudarshan was waiting at the checkpoint in Timure, a town bordering Tibet, when the flash flood that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet struck on Wednesday. His family says a phone call went through to his number at 9:54am local time – after the flash flood struck the border region – but Sudarshan did not pick up the call. Since then, his phone has been unreachable.The family has been searching for him…

Families are rushing to Nepal to search for the 33 British nationals who are still missing, as fears mount over the risk of a second wave of flooding in the region.The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and sweeping away entire villages, have killed at least 538 people, while more than 1,500 remain missing.Among them are hundreds of foreign tourists who were visiting the mountainous region, which is popular with trekkers and pilgrims for its natural beauty and religious significance.Relatives of missing Britons have shared their devastation as they desperately try to reach…

A summer holiday to the south of France scuppered Sir Ed Davey’s attempt to give blood to the NHS.The Liberal Democrat leader had been poised to donate at the Brixton Donor Centre but, after filling out paperwork, was told he could not go ahead due to his recent trip to the Charente region.The NHS says those returning from certain parts of France between May and November should wait four weeks before donating due to the risk of mosquito-borne viruses.A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said Sir Ed would return to give blood once the 28 days had passed.His visit to the south…