In a Mexican restaurant in north-east Australia, the tacos are served by staff from France, Italy, Ireland and Argentina. Cairns has long attracted a young and transient international crowd, who enjoy the tropical lifestyle while earning money for travel. But one nationality is in shorter ...
David Walliams has been accused of grooming girls as young as 15 and harassing women in the workplace after he lost a court battle trying to block publication of the allegations. In an investigation by ITV News and the Guardian, multiple women allege the comedian and author used his celebr...
Traffic was disrupted in some parts of the country as protesters tried to set up roadblocks using burning tyres. Several passenger vehicles were also set on fire in various parts of Bangladesh in the run up to the protest. A 60-year-old driver of a passenger bus was killed by smoke inhalat...
Sydney’s jacaranda trees typically flower for six weeks every spring, turning the harbour city, and social media feeds, purple. BBC journalist Tabby Wilson visits one of Australia’s most famous jacaranda photo spots and speaks to visitors who have travelled from across the globe to see the...
As Ghana prepare for two make-or-break 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers with women's coach Kim Bjorkegren in temporary charge, former boss Chris Hughton has called for greater consistency in the Black Stars dugout. The West Africans face Somalia in back-to-back fixtures over t...
Australia plans to create a new AI safety regulator and has flagged criminal penalties for tech companies who do not comply, months after an OpenAI hack. In September, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that a rogue OpenAI agent had "infiltrated" a government health websi...
Qantas will outsource 850 local corporate jobs to consulting giant Accenture with most roles moving to India as the airline fast-tracks AI investment. In an internal email to staff on Tuesday, the Australian company's CEO Vanessa Hudson said "this is hard news for some and I'm sorry for th...
A round-the-world cruise that left passengers stranded in Cambodia after its US-based operator ran out of money has been seized in Singapore. The Odyssey, which set off from Belfast in October 2024 and was meant to take guests on a years-long voyage around the world, is now anchored in Sin...
'If I tell you to run, run': BBC joins a Ukrainian drone unit as it protects a front-line city. Video, 00:01:36 Subsection Europe Published 2 days ago...