The death toll from Friday’s attack on a remote village in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Taraba has risen to at least 48, police have told the BBC. The police had initially reported 10 deaths after unidentified gunmen on motorcycles raided the village of Binnari, looting shops and setting houses ablaze. More bodies were discovered
The digital age has bred a new type of philanthropist: online content creators with huge followings and platforms to share issues they care about. YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has the biggest subscriber count on the site. This weekend, Donaldson—reportedly worth $2.6 billion—posted a video sharing the process of building a village
A man has been given a six-month jail term in France after he threatened to kill a female primary school teacher who had disciplined his son at a village primary school. He was sentenced after a fast-track hearing on Thursday, six days after the events unfolded in Le Fauga, a village with a population of
UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have triggered a series of Israeli counter-measures against UK nationals and organisations. The sanctions came after Israel opened up tenders for the construction of settlement homes in the strategically important so-called E1 area east of Jerusalem, plans that have drawn widespread international condemnation. The
At least 81 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year, according to the UN’s figures. At least 23 of those deaths have occurred in the context of settler attacks. Three Israelis, both security forces and civilians, have been killed by Palestinians in the
The third stage of the Vuelta a España cycle race, which was taking place in the Aude area of south-western France, had to be cancelled when a hail storm forced the riders to take shelter about 15km from the finish line. The extreme weather has left about 2,800 homes across 10 villages without electricity, according
