Hello, I'm Jerry Smit with the BBC news. There have been protesters in several Brazilian cities against the appointment by president Dilma Rousseff of her predecessor Luiz Incio Lula da Silva as chief of staff. In the capital Braslia, riot police fir...
Hello, I'm Sue Montgomery with the BBC news. President Obama has nominated a moderate judge Merrick Garland to the vacancy to the US Supreme Court, setting up a showdown with Republicans. The appointment has to be ratified by the senate but its Repub...
The authorities in Brussels say a man armed with Kalashnikov been shot dead during a major security operation linked to last year's attacks in Paris. The main part of the operation, a siege in the suburb of the Belgium capital is over. Officers surro...
President Putin of Russia says he has ordered his military to start withdrawing most of its forces from Syria. The Russia Defense Ministry said the air campaign had helped Syrian government forces recapture more than 400 towns and villages. Sara Rain...
President Erdogan of Turkey has promised a relentless fight against terrorism after a car bomb killed at least 34 people in the center of Ankara. It's the third such attack in the capital in recent months. Mr. Erdogan said terror groups were targetin...
The remaining four candidates for the Republican nomination for the US presidency have faced each other in a televised debate in Florida. The front-runner Donald Trump came under fire for saying that Muslims hate America. He was asked if he thought t...
The US Defense Department has confirmed that the American special forces have captured the Islamic State chemical weapons expert in Iraq. The Pentagon said Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar who wants work for Saddam Hussein and now have been handed over to th...
I'm Stewart Macintosh with the BBC news. Hello. China is imposing a ban on North Korean ships entering its ports. Chinese media quoted the foreign ministry as saying that Beijing was applying the terms of latest United Nations resolution. Robin Brant...
This is the BBC news. Hello, I'm Jonathan Izard. The US military has reportedly captured a chemical weapons expert who once worked for Saddam Hussein but now belongs to the militant Islamic State Group. The man identified as Sleiman Daoud al-Afari wa...
Slovenia is the latest European Union member to have closed its border to migrants. The Slovenian government said restrictions came into effect from midnight local time. The Interior Ministry said that entry would be considered only for migrants wish...
European Union leaders say they have agreed at a summit with Turkey the outlines that are planned for coping with the massive influx of migrants across the Aegean Sea. The details of an agreement with Turkey will be moved to a further meeting of EU l...
Efforts to stem the flow of migrants to Europe are gathering momentum. NATO is expanding its mission in the Aegean Sea to try to help stop the smuggling of people from Turkey to Greece. The alliance's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said more ship...
BBC news with Nick Kelly. There have been heated exchanges during the latest televised debate between the main US Republican presidential hopefuls. It was dominated by attacks on the front runner Donald Trump by his two biggest rivals. Senator Ted Cr...
The Republican Party candidates for the last two US presidential elections Mitt Romney and John McCain have denounced the front-runner for this year's nomination Donald Trump. Mr. Romney described him as a bully and a conman who was unfit to lead the...
Hello, this is Jim Lee with the BBC news. North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its eastern coast. It's an apparent response to tough new sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following a North Korean nuclear test...
