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People have been queuing across the Indian state of Assam to check if their name is on the National Register of Citizens. India has published the final version of a list which effectively strips about 1.9 million people in the north-eastern state of their citizenship. Families have been required to provide documentation to show their […]

Riot police have clashed with suspected protesters in Hong Kong’s metro system after thousands marched in defiance of a ban. Protesters lit fires, threw petrol bombs and attacked the parliament building. In response, police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse crowds, and fired live warning shots as they tried to clear

In northern Ethiopia, churches are fighting to protect their sacred forests. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, it’s believed that these forests provide protective ‘clothing’ for their sacred spaces. They can also offer the only shade for miles. But encroaching farmland is putting these ancient trees at risk – and livestock is thwarting attempts to rejuvenate

The BBC’s Gavin Lee boards a small boat to see some of the dangers face by migrants who cross the English Channel. Nearly 1,100 have successfully crossed the Channel this year, including more than 336 in August, that’s the highest monthly figure ever recorded. On Saturday alone 66 men, women and children were found aboard

Forget politics and religion. The topic of conversation that raises passions the most in Nigeria continues to be the English Premier League. And if you want to know what’s happening, or who will win the league, the football phone-ins on radio stations are compulsive listening. BBC Africa’s Dan Ikpoyi and Princess Abumere went along to

Hong Kong police used water cannon to fire blue-coloured water at protesters who defied a police ban and marched through the city. The coloured liquid is traditionally used to make it easier for police to identify protesters. Demonstrators lit fires, threw petrol bombs at riot police and attacked the parliament building. The protest movement grew

Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of violently beating civilians in several villages, in the wake of the region being stripped of its autonomy. The Indian army has denied these allegations. The BBC’s Sameer Hashmi met several villagers who say they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. Video edited

An investigation by BBC News Arabic has found evidence of a war crime committed in a missile attack in Idlib in Syria which killed 39 people. The attack used a technique called “double tap” – when an initial airstrike is followed by a second attack by the same plane, killing rescuers trying to help the

Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject tired narratives portraying them as ”inferior”. Fuse ODG, who grew up in both the UK and Ghana, also accuses the Western media of presenting Africa as ”poverty stricken”, with ”kids with flies around their mouths”. The singer told BBC What’s New? he thinks change should come

The former Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticised Bolsonaro’s handling of the Amazon fires.. Lula is currently in jail for two separate corruption convictions. The 73-year-old led Brazil between 2003 and 2010, and is seen as an iconic figure for the left in Latin America. He spoke exclusively to the BBC’s Will Grant