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At least 17 people have been killed and 73 others woundedafter a vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to Pakistan’s news agency. Seven police officers and a four-year-old child are among those killed in the attack, which also involved gunmen opening fire within a police facility in the city of Kohat in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. Video found by BBC Verify shows the site covered in rubble and people tending to casualties. Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari expressed “his best wishes for the swift recovery of…

The security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior MI5 officers were repeatedly dishonest. It is the first time MI5 has accepted that lies were told to the courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy whose abuse was uncovered by the BBC. The lies were revealed by the BBC in February 2025, which the security service then vehemently denied. Timothy Otty KC, representing MI5, announced the position during a High Court hearing in London on Friday. He said “MI5 accepts without reservation” the findings of a damning reportwhich concluded that it gave…

The lone holdout juror in the trial of Lindsay Clancy has said he “didn’t have any doubts” that she was criminally responsible for killing her three children. “Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing and planned it,” Michael Desronvil said in a statement to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The judge declared a mistrial on 4 September after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict following nearly 40 hours of deliberating. Clancy admitted to the killings but her…

Police have begun moving hundreds of migrants in Ceuta to a new tented site in the port area of the Spanish territory in north Africa. Officers struggled to contain crowds of people jostling to secure a place at the site after weeks of living on the beaches. Shots could be heard, with reports that police fired into the air. Several hundred migrants have now reached the camp, which has a capacity for 1,700 people. Most of the 72,000 migrants who breached the border from Morocco in July have returned. Ceuta’s authorities have estimated that 13,000 remain in the enclave, but…

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the threat of hybrid attacks by Russia against Europe and France has intensified. In a news conference at the Elysee Palace, Macron said he had ordered a plan to protect critical infrastructure and defence industry sites in the face of this threat. He said France had been targeted by Russian hybrid attacks in the past few weeks which would not be left “without a response”. A growing number of European leaders have warned that Russia may be preparing attacks to test their commitment to supporting Ukraine. The French president was speaking to journalists…

Every Nigerian is now an oil magnate. At least that is what the social media memes would have you believe as investor fever hits the country. Nigerians have been eager to have a piece of the energy business that was built up by the country’s – and continent’s – richest man: Aliko Dangote. More than four billion shares in his giant oil refinery – representing just over 3% of the company – went on the market on Monday in Africa’s biggest-ever sale of its kind. The minimum purchase was 10 shares for about $4 (£3) and despite this only representing…

Thirty-seven people accused of illegal mining in north-central Nigeria have died in custody, local officials said. Police have set up an investigation into the deaths, which the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) blamed on an apparent disease outbreak. However, an intelligence report shared with the AFP news agency suggested the group died because of overcrowding and poor ventilation inside the detention facility in Niger state. “We believe they suffocated because there was no ventilation,” the father of one of those detained told the BBC. Abdullahi Dalhatu said his son had survived because he was near a small window.…

A British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi nearly a week ago has been rescued in a police operation that left four suspected kidnappers dead and a senior police chief wounded. Nusrat Osman, 47, was freed on Thursday during an operation on the outskirts of the southern city of Blantyre, police said. Officers exchanged gunfire with the suspected kidnappers, who police said were armed with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol. “The criminals got shot and were rushed to the hospital where they succumbed to the injuries,” the Malawi Police Service said in a statement. Deputy Inspector General of Police…

For Ndaikech Ali, who has been traversing the streets of the Kenyan capital eking out a living as a tuk-tuk driver for the past nine years, Nairobi’s traffic – not xenophobia – has been his biggest concern. During his time in theEast African nation, the Burundian says he has always found Kenyans to be friendly and welcoming – that is until last week, when the president ordered a crackdown on foreigners working as traders or operating small-scale businesses. “Now they have turned against us,” he told the BBC at the Burundian embassy in Nairobi where many have been queuing this…

A pack of African wild dogs has completed a record-breaking 2,485-mile (4000km) journey across Zambia. Scientists say it is the furthest recorded distance for any African land mammal searching for a mate, offering hope that wildlife can travel across vast distances despite growing human pressures. The three brothers zigzagged across Zambia, navigating a landscape increasingly shaped by people and avoiding obstacles including major cities. However, other wild dogs tracked with GPS collars in the study died in illegal snares, underlining the dangers they face. Three sisters almost completed an equally epic journey, but stopped when one became trapped in a…