By Yusuf Akinpelu BBC News Incumbent Julius Maada Bio has been declared the winner of Sierra Leone’s presidential election but the opposition has disputed the count. Official figures give Mr Bio 56% of the vote. His main rival, Samura Kamara, trailed far behind with 41%. A candidate needs more than 55% for outright victory and
By Madeline Halpert BBC News Parts of the tourist submersible that imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, killing five people, have been seen for the first time since the incident. Metal wreckage from the Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John’s, Canada, on Wednesday. Photographs showed metal pieces
Mattea Bubalo BBC News France’s president has called Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a teen by police “unforgivable”, saying “nothing justifies” a young person’s death. Emmanuel Macron’s comments come after protests over the killing gripped the Paris region overnight. Nahel, aged 17, was shot in his car after failing to stop when ordered to. But the
By Gareth Evans BBC News The FBI and other US government agencies failed “at a fundamental level” to assess the potential for violence ahead of the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021, a new report claims. Democrats on a Senate panel found the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “downplayed” the risks and
By Fan Wang BBC News A Chinese millionaire says he has failed the country’s tough university entrance exams for the 27th time. On Friday, the 56-year-old Liang Shi found out he had scored only 424 out of 750 points. The mark is 34 points short of the baseline needed to apply for any university in
By Max Matza BBC News An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media. In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: “This is highly confidential.” It was first obtained by CNN, but the
(BBC) The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has vowed to “go all the way” to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of “armed rebellion”. Yevgeny Prigozhin said his Wagner fighters had crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia, entering the city of Rostov-on-Don. Mr Prigozhin said his men would destroy
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