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killed by the taliban. thats according to us officials. 70 civilians and 13 american troops were killed when a bomber detonated his device among packed crowds as people tried to flee afghanistan, in august 2021. the officials did not reveal the name of the man, who was the leader of an islamic state cell. they said the leader died weeks ago, but it took time to confirm his death. us officials say intelligence gathering and monitoring of the region led them to conclude the leader had di...

detention centre to remove people from the french coast. the news came at the end of the first summit when the two countries of five years. now, uk government loans meant to help keep companies afloat during the covid pandemic but billions of pounds were defrauded in the governments bounceback loan scheme. bbc investigation can reveal the story of a criminal gang is still more than £10 million of taxpayer money. they launder tens of millions more after a final court case which ended t...

on well—established platforms such as facebook and instagram in the face of challenging economic conditions. those concerns have led meta and other tech giants to embark on a cost—cutting campaign that has so far resulted in 150,000 lay—offs across the sector. for more on metas results and what they say about the state of big tech lets bring in ray wang, founder of tech advisory firm, constellation research. yeah, they showed that the digital add is fine, yeah, they showed that t...

america correspondent, tim davey insisted that he would not be resigning. well, im very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about that. were trying very hard to resolve the situation. and make sure that we get output back on air. he is an outstanding broadcaster. he is a brillia...

us, now, tiktok absolutely denies that, chinese estate spokespeople have been saying they deny that as well. but it has raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals? how is it, on occasions, trying to put this information into the information ecosystem? lets information ecosystem ? lets start information ecosystem? lets start by understanding these broad ambitions of presid...

of thousands of asylum—seekers, but few can be as strangely located as this — wedged as it is between a retirement village and a golf course. to provide beds for more than 51,000 asylum—seekers — and rising — the home office has booked out hotels in seaside resorts and cities, in villages and the countryside, at airports and on golf courses — anywhere they can find willing hotel owners. there are 395 hotels in all — 363 in england and 20 in northern ireland — but far fe...

in moscow last night, they blame ukraine, saying it was an assassination attempt on president putin. ukraine has denied any involvement and in the last hour the us has said it is looking into the incident. secretary of state antony blinken has said we do not know what happened, adding in an interview you should take anything coming from the kremlin with a large shaker of salt, his words. we will get more on the us secretary of states reaction in a moment but lets take you now to the vi...

comes after a meeting between the taiwanese president and the us house speaker kevin mccarthy in california last week. tensions, as international monetary formed —— fund has warned of severe weakness in the global economy in the next half decade. the says it outlook for global economic growth the next five years is the weakest. i spoke to our correspondent earlier, the chief executive at xm australia and he told me situations like this are where they look to rebalance portfolios.- ...

england, with some trust warning patients not to go to a&e, except for life—threatening emergencies. the cop royal college of nursing says this is the biggest walk—out so far. the union did agree to provide cover in some places, but in places like newcastle the system is hanging by a thread. the head of the rcn said unless the government a chance to talks, there will be more of this to talks, there will be more of this to come. ., , , ., ., to come. for the nurses that are losin: a...

in sudan is entering a third day, with doctors warning of increasingly desperate conditions in hospitals in the capital, khartoum. so far, 97 people have been reported killed and hundreds injured in the violence. fighting is between the sudanese army and the countrys biggest paramilitary group, known as the rapid support forces, or rsf with these two men at the heart of it. the head of army is general abdel fattah al—burhan. the leader of the rsf is mohamed hamdan dagalo. theyre both...