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Since its economic crash nearly a decade ago, Greece has had the highest youth unemployment in the EU. With Greek elections this weekend, politicians are now trying to win them over but their efforts might come too late. BBC Scotland’s Europe correspondent Jean Mackenzie spent a weekend in Athens with those who were fresh out […]

A speech delivered by President Trump at Independence Day celebrations contained historical errors. At the event in Washington DC, for the 4th of July “Salute to America”, he referred to airports existing in 1775. The mistake was attributed by some US media outlets to difficulty reading the teleprompter. The US president also mixed up the

The Director General of Kenyan Civil Aviation says they suspect the stowaway who fell from a plane over south London was an airport employee in Nairobi. In an exclusive interview, Gilbert Kibe told the BBC’s Ferdinand Omondi they are checking lists of airport employees to see if anyone is missing. Read more: Kenya flight ‘stowaway’

Thousands watching in the region of Coquimbo in Chile cheered as darkness descended during a total eclipse of the sun. The Moon’s great shadow, or umbra, then passed over the Andes and across to Argentina. The rest of Chile, as well as Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and parts of Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Panama,

Several dozen schools in Bosnia are split in two, teaching youngsters according to their ethnicity. Bosniaks enter through one school gate, Croats through another. Teachers and children are campaigning for an end to the system which they say encourages division and hatred. Meet some of those standing up for inclusive education. Video produced by Jasmin

Indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest fear their survival is being threatened, as more and more trees are cut down to make way for farming and agriculture. They say Brazil’s new president is now allowing deforestation in some of the 700 protected areas for indigenous groups within the Brazilian rainforest – which cover more

A suspected stowaway who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight bound for Heathrow Airport has been found dead in a Clapham, London, garden. A neighbour says the body – believed to be that of a man – landed just a metre away from someone sunbathing on Sunday afternoon. Police

Afro Napoli is a team trying to stamp out racism which is rife in Italian football, and increasing across the country. The team’s players are mostly migrants from African countries. Sports director Pietro Varriale told BBC OS: “The team is directly addressing one of the biggest issues Italy’s facing at the moment relating to migration.”

Trym is the first person to live on the Svalbard Islands with Down’s syndrome and he isn’t letting it hold him back. The 17-year-old is a three-time national swimming champion and has just represented Norway at the Special Olympic World Games in Abu Dhabi. But despite living his whole life in the Arctic, he may

Mark Ofua, a Lagos-based veterinarian, has dedicated his life to saving animals and sharing knowledge on animal conservation. He rescues distressed animals, treats them and returns them to the wild. He says all animals deserve to live on this earth. His rescues include a female ball python whose eggs he helped incubate and hatch into