2017年2月28日 星期二
Coptic Christian mother sees husband and son killed
Hundreds of Coptic Christians have fled Egypt’s northern Sinai region after a spate of attacks by the Islamic State group.
They are taking refuge in the city of Ismailiya after seven Christians were murdered within two weeks.
Coptic Christians make up about 10% of Egypt’s population and have been frequently targeted by Islamic militants, most recently in December when 30 people were killed after a bomb exploded at a church in Cairo.
BBC Arabic's Sally Nabil reports.
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Israeli army sets sights on recruits with autism
The Israeli army has started a programme to give jobs to young people with autism.
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The US poverty challenge facing Donald Trump
The US poverty challenge facing Donald Trump
28 February 2017 Last updated at 23:06 GMT
Ian Pannell reports from the city of Baltimore, where 25% of the population lives in poverty.
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Owl and husky puppy are the best friends
Unusual friendship: Owl and husky puppy get on just great.
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A week in the life of the White House press briefing room
The battle between Donald Trump and the media has proved to be one of the defining features of his presidency so far.
What is it like to be a fly-on-the fall inside the White House press briefing room? Filmmaker Olly Lambert spent a week behind the scenes.
His report for BBC Newsnight covers the week in mid-February when national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned and Mr Trump held his first solo press conference since taking up the presidency.
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Why Zimbabwe has declared Harare's roads to be a disaster
The potholed roads in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, are an increasing hazard for drivers. They are especially dangerous following heavy rains, as standing water hides some of the potholes.
Some residents have taken advantage of the poor state of the roads to fix potholes themselves, stepping in where the state authorities are not acting and collecting money from grateful drivers.
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Offbeat moments in the Oval Office
Pete Souza was the official White House photographer during the Obama administration. He said of this photo: "I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition focused on just the feet as the President sat on the Resolute Desk during a casual meeting with Beth Cobert, OMB Deputy Director for Management, Valerie Green, Director of Presidential Personnel and Anita Decker Breckenridge, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations."
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Storm surge batters Pico Island in the Azores
Storm surge batters Pico Island in the Azores
28 February 2017 Last updated at 18:01 GMT
High winds and waves cause a trail of damage in Madalena, on Pico Island in the Azores.
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Mount Etna erupts for first time this year
Europe's most active volcano has erupted for the first time this year, sending a tower of bright lava into the sky.
Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, has been largely dormant for the past two years.
Authorities have reported no danger to the nearby towns and there has been no disruption to air traffic. Its last major eruption was in 1992.
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Ambassador: 'Tunisia is safe'
The Tunisian ambassador to the UK, Nabil Ammar, tells the BBC that his country is safe after a terror attack in 2015 that left 38 dead, including 30 Britons.
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A Tunisia hotel worker describes efforts to stop the Sousse attack
In June 2015 Ibrahim Elghoul was was working at the Hotel Royal Kenz when he heard shots.
A gunman was opening fire in the resort of Sousse, in a terror attack which would leave 30 British people dead.
In this clip he describes the events of the day as he and his friends formed a 'wall' to stop the gunman getting to the next hotel where dozens more holidaymakers were.
This clip was first broadcast on 28 February 2017.
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Google robot leaps and spins with leg-wheels
Boston Dynamics has revealed its latest robot - a machine that can jump over obstacles and roll over uneven surfaces.
The US-based company is owned by Alphabet, the parent of Google.
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Tunisia attack survivor reacts to coroner's conclusion
The police response to a terror attack at a Tunisian beach resort in which 30 Britons were killed was "at best shambolic and at worst cowardly", a coroner has concluded.
In all, 38 people were killed when an Islamist gunman opened fire at a hotel in Sousse on 26 June 2015.
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Meet the costume-making devils of north-west Argentina
Every year hundreds of people dance down Cerro Blanco hill in Argentina dressed as the Devil.
The nine day carnival celebrates Mother Earth and a successful harvest.
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2017年2月27日 星期一
'They escorted me as if I were a terrorist'
Irene Clennell, a woman married to a British man for 27 years, has been sent back to Singapore.
She tells the BBC she was unable to contact her lawyer and did not have the chance to get any clothes from her home.
Periods spent abroad caring for her parents are thought to have invalidated her residential status in the UK.
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Scientists have found a way of growing human tissue on apples
Scientists at the University of Ottawa have developed a way of growing human cells and tissue on apples. This biohacking discovery opens the door to new possibilities for the future of regenerative medicine.
Video by Dan Lytwyn
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Tunisia attack inquest: British holidaymaker who went back
The inquests into the deaths of 30 Britons who died in the 2015 Tunisia beach attack end on Tuesday.
Allen Pembroke, 62, ran back to the location of the attack after first getting his wife to safety.
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Why is Geert Wilders so popular?
With just over two weeks to go before the Dutch election, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders is still leading the polls.
Why do so many people in this usually liberal country support him?
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Are motorbikes a barometer of India's economy?
India's latest economic growth numbers are expected to reflect the impact that the sudden withdrawal of currency notes in November had on the country. So how has the economy been doing? Sales of two-wheelers are among the best indicators.
Produced by Yogita Limaye & Aakriti Thapar, filmed and edited by Jaltson AC
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Gentle Bones: Singapore's answer to Ed Sheeran
Singer-songwriter Joel Tan, known as Gentle Bones, angered his parents by choosing music over university, but he is now one of Singapore's most successful artists.
Produced by Helier Cheung
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'Hundreds' of US Jewish graves attacked in Philadelphia
People have been expressing their shock at vandalism to headstones at a Jewish graveyard in Philadelphia.
The vandalism comes less than a week after a Jewish cemetery near St Louis, Missouri, was defaced.
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Reykjavik time-lapse captures overnight snowfall
Iceland's capital has seen its biggest snowfall in 80 years, with 51cm (20in) falling over the weekend.
One Reykjavik resident set his camera to time-lapse when he went to bed on Saturday night. This was the result on Sunday morning.
Video courtesy of Jón Atli Magnússon
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Oscars 2017: Denzel Washington officiates mock marriage
A group of star-struck Hollywood tourists were given the surprise of their lives when their tour led them to the Oscars.
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France election: Why people are voting for Marine Le Pen
We go behind the scenes at a Marine Le Pen rally in Nantes.
She is expected to win the first round of the French presidential election.
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Producer 'devastated' at photo mix-up
Oscars organisers used a picture of a woman who's still alive during their "in memoriam" segment, which honours members of the film industry who've died recently.
Janet Patterson, an Australian costume designer and four-time Oscar nominee, died last year.
While she was correctly credited in the text, the picture was of "friend and long-time collaborator" Jan Chapman.
Jan Chapman is a film producer who is still "alive and well".
"I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator Janet Patterson," she said in an email to Variety.
"I had urged her agency to check any photograph which might be used and understand that they were told that the Academy had it covered.
"Janet was a great beauty and four-time Oscar nominee and it is very disappointing that the error was not picked up.
"I am alive and well and an active producer."
Janet Patterson designed costumes for a variety of period films including Far From the Madding Crowd, Bright Star, The Portrait of a Lady and The Piano.
"She's not here any more, but she lives on through those beautiful clothes and images," said Nicole Kidman, when news of her death was announced.
At the time, her family asked for her age and date of death to be kept private.
Garry Shandling, Robert Vaughn, Dan Ireland and Doris Roberts were also missed out of the "in memoriam" segment.
Headlines from the Oscars ceremony were dominated by another mistake, as the best picture award was wrongly given to La La Land.
Acceptance speeches had already begun when the error was revealed.
Moonlight eventually was crowned the correct winner.
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What's up with Kidman's hands?
Never mind the mix-up over the wrong film being announced as best picture.
Nicole Kidman's weird hand clapping is the real talking point of this year's Oscars.
When the camera cut to her in the audience clapping during the 89th Academy Awards, viewers were quick to point out her seal-like clap.
She seemed to be clapping only with the palms of her hand - not her fingers.
The Australian-born actress was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Lion, but lost out to Viola Davis.
She won major fashion points for her champagne-coloured Armani Prive gown.
But it was the hand clap and elongated fingers, shown twice to viewers watching at home, that was most memorable.
Speculation quickly turned to why she might be clapping so weirdly.
Was her nail varnish still wet?
Perhaps she's a robot....
And some people pointed out that director Steve McQueen might have the same affliction.
We're guessing she might have been wearing some fairly hefty rings. Maybe that made clapping properly a problem?
Or maybe she was remembering her role as a witch in the 1999 film Practical Magic?
Whatever the reason, now we all know that one of the things you don't get taught at acting school, is how to clap...
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Chile mudslides cut off water to millions
Torrential rain over the weekend in Chile has prompted mudslides into the Maipo river, cutting off clean water to millions of people in Santiago.
The country's central region has had months of droughts and a series of deadly wildfires which burned for weeks.
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Mexico's world record bulldog attempt
Never before has such a large gathering of bulldogs been seen, according to the event organiser, as 951 of the hefty dogs converged on Mexico City.
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2017年2月26日 星期日
The moment producers realised they hadn't won
The moment La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz realised Moonlight had actually won the best picture Oscar.
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The stars on the red carpet at the Academy Awards
Frocks, tuxes and flashes; the stars are snapped on the red carpet at this year's Oscars.
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Moonlight director Barry Jenkins predicts political moments at this years' Oscars
Barry Jenkins says he believes the ceremony will get political.
Speaking from the red carpet the Moonlight director said he expected people to 'speak from their hearts'.
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Child sexual abuse victim's '60 years of hate'
As the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse begins its first public hearings, one of the first claims to be investigated is the mistreatment of thousands of British children sent abroad after World War Two.
Clifford Walsh, now 72, was sent to Australia in 1954 and was sexually abused at a Catholic institution.
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Denmark's food waste fighter
How Selina Juul devotes all her time to reducing food waste.
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The remittances propping up Lesotho's economy
As a landlocked country, Lesotho finds itself dependent on its neighbours for trade, foreign currency and even jobs. Almost half the population is working outside the country and sending money home to support their families.
These remittances now account for 30% of the local economy and often do much more for Lesotho than foreign investments or aid.
But in a time of volatile markets, can Lesotho continue to rely on remittances to prop up the economy?
Jessica David-Preyser went to find out more for Africa Business Report.
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Kansas shooting victim's wife: 'I am here to spread love'
The Indian man who survived a shooting in a bar which claimed the life of his best friend Srinivas Kutchibhotla, has been speaking about the ordeal for the first time.
Alok Madasani and Mr Kutchibhotla's widow Sunayana have been talking about the question of race in America.
Both spoke exclusively to the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan.
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Colombia: Baby boom in Colombia's Farc rebel army
Since the landmark Colombian peace deal came into force last December, the Farc rebel group has been been experiencing a baby boom.
During the 50 year-long conflict, female Farc fighters were banned from getting pregnant and some were even forced to have abortions.
Now that peace has come many women are putting down their guns and starting families instead.
Reporter Natalio Cosoy
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Who killed Kim Jong-nam?
The mystery surrounding the killing of Kim Jong-nam leaves more questions than answers two weeks on.
Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes went to Kuala Lumpur to find out who may have killed Kim Jong-nam.
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Clingy panda video racks up 163m hits online
Footage of a panda repeatedly grabbing a keeper's leg in China has been viewed 163m times on Facebook in just 4 days.
The panda, called Qi Yi, lives at the Chengdu Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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South Sudan: People queue for food cards and vaccination
Aid has started to reach some of the 100,000 people affected by famine in parts of South Sudan.
Three years of civil war have driven families into the marshes of the Nile to hide from the fighting, and the UN and other agencies have been struggling to get access to deliver food.
BBC Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead traveled to the rebel-held town Thonyor in Leer County - where people have been told to gather to get help.
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MWC 2017: Blackberry revives classic keyboard phone
A new Android-powered Blackberry with a physical keyboard has been unveiled by Chinese phone-maker TCL Communication.
The company now licenses the brand for its devices, after Blackberry decided to outsource the development and manufacture of its smartphones.
TCL's Nicolas Zibell told the BBC's Chris Foxx that he hoped to revive the brand with "strong products".
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Hugh Jackman says new film featured wall before Trump
Hugh Jackman is playing superhero Wolverine for one last time in the film, Logan.
However, as the star told the BBC's Andrew Marr, the reflective movie shows the mutant X-Men in the final years of their lives.
It also features a wall running along the Mexican border - but Jackman said that was in the script long before the Trump presidency.
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Olathe shooting: Witness and widow on US shooting
The Indian man who survived a shooting in a bar which claimed the life of his best friend and injured another, has been speaking about the ordeal for the first time.
Alok Madasani told the BBC how his attacker asked him if he was in the United States illegally, questioning where he'd come from.
His friend Srinivas Kutchibhotla was killed in the gun attack. Mr Kutchibhotla's wife Sunayana has also been describing events of that evening, for the first time.
Both spoke exclusively to the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan.
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Pick-up truck hits crowd in New Orleans
A vehicle has driven into a crowd at a Mardi Gras parade in the US city of New Orleans, leaving 28 people injured, some seriously.
It hit crowds watching the Krewe of Endymion parade in the Mid-City district early on Saturday evening.
Russell Trott reports.
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Greek activists storm court hearings to save homes
In Greece, a group of protestors, are storming Athens County Court regularly in a bid to stop home foreclosures.
The activists, who are part of the "I won't Pay" movement, say they've disrupted and prevented hundreds of house repossession hearings in the past six months.
With thousands of Greeks still unemployed and struggling to get by in the country's crisis-stricken economy, many can not afford their mortgage repayments and are losing their homes.
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Kansas shooting victim's wife 'feared hate crime'
The widow of an Indian man killed in a suspected race crime in the US says she was worried about hate attacks.
Sunayana Dumala told the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan that her husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, told her not to worry.
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How to achieve the 'Oscars look'
Celebrity make-up artist, Amy Hollier, shares her tips on how to achieve the perfect look for the red carpet.
Video by Charlie Northcott
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2017年2月25日 星期六
Islamic State uses drones for Mosul attacks
Islamic State uses drones for Mosul attacks
25 February 2017 Last updated at 22:11 GMT
The so-called Islamic State has using drones in the battle for Mosul in Iraq.
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Heidelberg car attacker shot by German police
A man who injured three people by driving a car at them in the German city of Heidelberg has been shot and injured by police.
The attacker drove what is thought to be a rental car into pedestrians in one of the city's central squares. One of those injured is said to be in a serious condition.
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Seoul rally against South Korea's President Park
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have held a rally demanding that South Korea's president resign.
A rival demonstration in support of President Park Geun-hye was also held in Seoul.
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Why are these men dressed as nuns?
Thousands of people dressed as nuns have been enjoying a street party in Rio, Brazil on the first day of the city's carnival.
Legend has it that a Carmelite nun jumped over the convent's walls to join the fun and only returned four days later when carnival ended.
Julia Carneiro reports from the Carmelitas party in the bohemian Santa Teresa neighbourhood.
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