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Since Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed in a US air strike on 3 January, hundreds of thousands of civilians have taken to the streets. There is anger at the US for his death, but also against the government for its response. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent, Martin Patience, explains what’s […]

Mental health is an important topic for young people around the world. In South Africa, surfing is helping people cope. Waves for Change is an organisation that teaches young people from deprived neighbourhoods the value of teamwork, sharing experiences and opening-up about their emotions. BBC Newsbeat went to Cape Town to find out more. Video

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders did not look happy with each other at the end of CNN’s Democratic debate in Iowa. The two senators had sparred over the question of whether a woman could beat Donald Trump and win the White House in November’s election. Both agreed that a woman could become US president –

Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps. Survivors who have returned to Kazakhstan, say during months of incarnation they were tortured, beaten and received unknown injections. Ethnic Kazakhs, as well as Uighurs and other Muslims minorities, have lived and moved freely across the Chinese-Kazakh border for centuries. However,

Tom Hanks has been nominated for an Oscar for his role in the soon to be released A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. But like the Baftas, no women have been nominated in the best director category at this year’s Oscars. Hanks and the film’s director, Marielle Heller, spoke to the BBC before the Oscar

Time-lapse footage has captured a lightning storm swirling in dark clouds around the peak of the Taal volcano in the Philippines. The volcano had spewed a giant plume of ash, prompting thousands of people to be evacuated. Officials said the plume from the Taal volcano stretched 1km (0.6 miles) into the sky. Read more: Taal

A BBC Arabic investigation has uncovered compelling evidence suggesting the Syrian-Kurdish political leader, Hevrin Khalaf, was executed by a faction of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army. Rebel group Ahrar al-Sharqiya, which fights for the SNA, is accused of her murder, but has told the BBC it is not responsible for the politician’s death. But by

Protesters in Tehran have chanted calls for the resignation of officials, after Iran admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane on 8 January. Relatives and friends of those who died held a vigil near the Amirkabir University of Technology on Saturday. Videos uploaded to social media show a crowd gathered, with some chanting

Two high-rise buildings have been demolished in southern India, after a court ruled they were in breach of environmental regulations. Two more will be brought down in controlled explosions on Sunday. In May 2019 India’s Supreme Court ruled that the blocks had been built in violation of coastal regulations, with residents now facing a legal

Ukraine’s top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, has told the BBC that his country’s investigators had already gathered evidence that a missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet, before Iran changed its position. After initially denying responsibility, Tehran has admitted that Ukraine International Airlines flight PS-752 crashed as a result of “human error” when it was