World News
- Black beauty queen who represented South Africa at Miss World during apartheid dies aged 76on April 20, 2026 at 5:38 pm
At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa - one black and one white.
- Police gunfight with favela gang traps 200 tourists on hilltopon April 20, 2026 at 5:34 pm
The access route to Morro Dois Irmãos was blocked during the operation in Vidigal, leaving scores of alarmed sightseers stuck on the hill.
- More than 200 rescued from IS-linked group in DR Congoon April 20, 2026 at 4:25 pm
The youngest of those freed from an Allied Democratic Forces camp is a girl aged just 14, Uganda's army says.
- Days of Our Lives and Starship Troopers actor Patrick Muldoon dies aged 57on April 20, 2026 at 3:51 pm
The actor and producer also appeared in Melrose Place and Saved By the Bell.
- Elon Musk snubs interview summons by French prosecutors amid X probeon April 20, 2026 at 3:44 pm
The Paris prosecutor's office told the BBC it had "taken note of the absence of the people summoned".
- Japan on high alert for 'huge' second quake after issuing tsunami warningon April 20, 2026 at 2:54 pm
Japan's meteorological agency warns another, stronger earthquake may hit in the next week,
- Oil prices rise after Trump says Iranian ship seizedon April 20, 2026 at 2:41 pm
Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.
- Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanonon April 20, 2026 at 2:28 pm
The Israeli military says it views with "great severity" the actions of the soldier, as the US ambassador demands "swift" consequences.
- The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidencyon April 20, 2026 at 1:53 pm
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
- Iranian woman arrested in US for allegedly trafficking arms to Sudanon April 20, 2026 at 1:32 pm
Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.