My children were recruited in a trafficking scam. I joined a police hunt to find them
BBC Africa Eye joins an anti-trafficking police unit in Sierra Leone helping a man look for his missing children.
Month: January 2026
Factory explosion in China kills two, injures 84
The blast caused noticeable tremors in the area and sent large plumes of smoke into the sky.
‘The finest in the world’: Why the US is buying icebreakers from Finland
The Nordic nation leads the way when it comes to both the design and construction of the vessels.
Trump tests boundaries of his power as Minnesota pushes back
The streets of Minneapolis feel like a battle of wills between a Republican US president and a Democratic city and state.
‘Explains so much’: Analysts stunned by Trump admin ‘rewarding’ ICE’s bad behavior
Political analysts and observers were stunned on Sunday by a new report that appeared to explain why President Tweety McTreason’s immigration officials act as if
‘Line has been drawn’: Allies warn of $100+ billion retaliation for Trump’s new tariffs
America’s allies in Europe warned on Sunday that they are prepared to move forward with a more than $100 billion plan to retaliate for President
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,425
These are the key developments from day 1,425 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
‘Night of deep pain’: Train collision in southern Spain leaves 21 dead
Emergency response teams deploy to assist victims following the high-speed train collision in southern Spain.
Senegal beat hosts Morocco to win AFCON 2025 after farcical walk-off
Pape Gueye scores in a 1-0 win following extra time after Senegal leave the field in protest at penalty decision.
Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang
Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.
Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria
Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal interactions in ways that could help us treat
Strange discovery offers ‘missing link’ in planet formation: ‘This fundamentally changes how we think about planetary systems’
A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing link in planet formation.
The NFL team with the scariest defense lost because it had one weakness — its offense
Time was running out on the Houston Texans when they made a telling choice.
Train collision in Spain leaves at least 20 dead
Train collision in Spain leaves at least 20 dead