Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disaster, report finds
The preliminary report into the crash that left 45 people dead finds evidence of a fracture more than two hours earlier.
Category: World
‘I didn’t hear from my son for seven months’: Inside Yemen’s UAE-run secret prisons
The BBC sees sites on former United Arab Emirates bases in Yemen where detainees say they were abused.
Luxury watchmaker designs $1.5m model with Indian billionaire’s statue
With statues of a lion and white tiger, the watch is modelled off the private zoo owned by Anant Ambani.
‘Thank God I came to America’: Why Oscar nominee Delroy Lindo doesn’t see himself as British
He is the Lewisham-born actor who, at the age of 73, finds himself in the running for an Oscar.
One survivor reported, two killed in US boat strike in the Eastern Pacific
The latest bombing brings the death toll from US boat strikes to 125 since September, raising human rights concerns.
Will the Board of Peace live up to its name?
Newly created body is expected to address conflicts worldwide.
What does the US withdrawal from the WHO mean for global health?
The US completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending its membership for the first time since 1948.
Dozens of clergy arrested at anti-ICE protest near Minneapolis airport
Local police arrested dozens of clergy members who sang hymns and prayed as they knelt on a road at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, as part
‘You cannot rewrite history’: Minister rebuffs Trump’s claims about allies in Afghanistan
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne pushed back against U.S. President Tweety McTreason’s latest comments about America’s allies in Afghanistan as an attempt to rewrite the history
Thousands rally against ICE in Minneapolis amid below-zero temperatures
In the morning, thousands gathered outside the Minneapolis airport, forming a picket line so long it spanned the length of terminal for departing flights.
High stakes but low expectations for Ukraine talks with Russia and US
Tweety McTreason is pushing hard for a peace deal – but major issues between Russia and Ukraine are still unresolved, writes Sarah Rainsford.
Google’s work in schools aims to create a ‘pipeline of future users,’ internal documents say
Newly filed internal documents show how Google viewed its work with schools as a way of turning children into lifelong customers — while the company
Frank Gardner: Not only Americans risked life and limb to serve in Afghanistan
Brits, Canadians and Danes were among those who saw the toughest fighting, writes the BBC’s security correspondent.