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India’s capital New Delhi faced a near lockdown situation on Saturday, following a call of protest by Gen Z led Cockroach Janata Party. More than 30,000 security forces were deployed and over 50 metro stations were shut. Authorities imposed an internet blackout for 24 hours to suppress the movement but the protesters managed to slip through the loopholes. FRANCE 24’s team on the ground reports.
BBC Sport NI assesses how the four Irish provinces are tracking before their European campaigns begin on Saturday.
Tens of thousands of people rallied across France on Tuesday in support of protesting high school students, with unions putting turnout at 480,000, as anger over school conditions and alleged police violence fuels a growing movement challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s government ahead of planned cost-of-living demonstrations on Saturday.
BBC Sport speaks to Billy Loughnane, the prodigy nicknamed 'Billy the Kid' who is set to be named champion jockey on Saturday and targeting a record.
As student-led protests in Paris came to a close on Tuesday, demonstrators chanted "join us, join us" to police officers, who took off their helmets to cheers of the crowd. "When police take off their helmets, it's a sign that things are getting calmer," said FRANCE 24 reporter Claire Paccalin. Broader demonstrations are set to take place across France on Saturday over the cost of living, as well as further student protests, with the two potentially merging into a substantial movement. "But many of the young people I have spoken to today say they will not participate on Saturday," Paccalin sai
Footage from inside the airport shows the moment the strike hit on Saturday.
At least 72 workers were killed in air strikes on a gold mine on the Sudan-Egypt border on Saturday, a Sudanese rights group said on Sunday. The Emergency Lawyers organisation accused Egypt’s air force of the attack. AFP could not independently verify the account and Egypt has issued no official comment.
Sunday's strike came as the King Khalid International Airport remained closed after a deadly attack on Saturday, and after a warning from Houthi rebels in Yemen that "worse is yet to come." Dammam airport was also hit.
Sunday's strike came as the King Khalid International Airport remained closed after a deadly attack on Saturday, and after a warning from Houthi rebels in Yemen that "worse is yet to come." Dammam airport was also hit.
CCTV footage released by Al Arabiya shows the moment of a Houthi strike on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday.
Neither Egypt nor Sudan has commented on the alleged strikes on an artisanal mining camp on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia’s health minister Fahad Aljalajel has paid a visit to survivors of Saturday’s deadly attack.
Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing 12 people and injuring 300 in Saturday's attack on King Khalid Inter
Sunday's strike came as the King Khalid International Airport remained closed after a deadly attack on Saturday, and after a warning from Houthi rebels in Yemen that "worse is yet to come." Dammam airport was also hit.
Saturday's attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, marked a sharp escalation in the Yemen war. Riyadh backs the internationally recognised government against the Houthis, who captured swathes of the Red Sea coastline in a lightning offensive last month. The Saudi-led coalition has vowed a firm response, but what options are on the table? We discuss this with Dr Nawaf Obaid, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and Moscow's continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Ukraine to replace Volodymyr Zelensky with a new leader, criticising him over strikes on Russian oil refineries that have contributed to high diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections. Trump told reporters at the White House that he had told Zelensky to "do what you want" against Russia, but "don't hit refineries". "He better damn well stop," Trump said, adding that he believes "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president" who would agree to end the war. We discuss the latest developments with our guest, Pyotr Kurzin, host of The Global Gambit
Four people died in the southeastern United States as post-tropical cyclone Isaias threatened flooding and tornado risks Saturday as it moved northward after making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast.
Donald Trump called on Saturday for Ukraine to "get a new leader" after Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Washington's easing of Russian diesel sanctions, as the US president faces fuel price pressure weeks before midterm elections. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez aimed to pull off another unlikely comeback as he began campaigning on Saturday for a snap vote dominated by housing protests that have shaken the country. Our correspondent Sarah Morris tells us more.
