François Bayrou will be the fourth prime minister this year, after Michel Barnier was ousted last week.
Category: World
Bolivia extradites former anti-drugs chief to US on drug trafficking charges
Maximiliano Dávila is accused of facilitating cocaine smuggling to the United States.
Former Syria prison head charged with torture in US
Samir Ousman Alsheikh is accused of torturing and ordering the torture of prisoners at Adra Prison.
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation in Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
The Indian teen who became the world’s youngest chess champion
On Thursday Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world champion at the age of 18.
Moment of relief as Romania and Bulgaria join EU border-free zone
Seventeen years after joining the EU, the two countries are given the green light to join the Schengen zone.
Bolivian shamans refuse to leave shacks on deadly cliff edge
Locals call the shacks “suicide homes” with authorities planning a forced evacuation if necessary.
‘I wish he’d lived to see new Syria’ – Crowds bury anti-Assad activist
Mazen al-Hamada, who returned to Syria from the Netherlands, had publicly testified on the torture he faced while in prison.
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.
Net closing in on South Korea’s president as MPs get death threats over impeachment vote
Yoon Suk Yeol – whose attempt to impose martial law backfired – faces another vote in parliament this weekend.