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Cape Verde has never won an Olympic medal, and despite the country sending only four swimmers to the 2020 Olympics, siblings Latroya, Troy and Jayla Pina have all been chosen. They have never been to the archipelago nation off the north-west of Africa, but their mother was born there. The Pinas hope to follow in […]

Border officials have shown the scale of a huge heroin haul that was discovered under bathrobes in a shipping container. Thought to be one of the UK’s largest drugs finds, nearly 400kg (62st 13lb) of the Class A drug was discovered at Felixstowe docks, Suffolk. The shipment was unloaded and the empty container was allowed

Bobi Wine has gone from being a popular singer to an MP and now says he will challenge long-time President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 election. The 37-year-old is hoping to be the candidate of Uganda’s youth, who make up more than half of the population. BBC reporter Catherine Byaruhanga spoke to the musician about

A recent announcement gave more freedoms to women, but there are concerns they don’t go far enough. The new rule announced on Friday allows women over the age of 21 to apply for a passport without authorisation, putting them on an equal footing to men. Women are also being given the right to register births,

An attack on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas left 20 dead. Army Specialist Glendon Oakley, who is being hailed as a hero after he ran towards the gunshots and pulled several children to safety, says he is “focused on the kids that I could not get and the families that were lost”. Children’s

A woman in the US has died of a gunshot wound after a police officer fired his gun when he saw a barking dog running towards him. The unnamed policeman was responding to a call about the woman in Arlington, Texas. She has been named as 30-year-old Margarita Brooks. She died of her injury in

A year since an Ebola outbreak was declared in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 1,700 people have died. The country has successfully dealt with nine previous outbreaks, but the current one has been difficult to bring under control. It’s happening in an active conflict zone with a very mobile population, where some still

A cartoon about a family of dogs and the games they play has become Australia’s most streamed TV show – watched more than 100 million times. Bluey has been praised for its portrayal of fatherhood in 2019 and even credited with helping viewers be better parents. Now it will be shown around the world under

A southern white rhino has been born at San Diego Zoo, California, following artificial insemination. It’s the first sucessful artificial insemination birth of a southern white rhino in North America. The mother, Victoria, is one of six potential surrogate mothers that could be used to save the population of northern white rhinos, of which there

A gunman fired “50 shots” according to an eyewitness at a food festival in California that has left three people dead and 15 injured. The gunman was shot dead by police shortly after he began firing, although police are investigating reports that a second suspect may still be at large. Footage shows people running away