Image copyright AFP Facebook is hiring 3,000 people for its “community operations team”, to help stop hate speech, child abuse and self-harm being broadcast on the website. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said it had been “heartbreaking” to see people “hurting themselves and others” in videos streamed live on Facebook. He added he would make reporting […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Russia-backed plan calls for a ceasefire Russia, the US, Turkey, Iran and Syria are close to agreeing the establishment of “safe zones” in Syria aimed at ensuring the viability of a ceasefire, Vladimir Putin says. The Russian president said they would amount to no-fly zones. Mr Putin said his […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Saad Mohammed has spent three years creating his scroll An Egyptian school drop-out is hoping to make history after spending three years painstakingly creating what he believes to be the world’s largest Koran. Saad Mohammed’s intricately decorated, hand-drawn scroll is 700 metres long (2,296ft) – which means, when it is […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has also been called a “smart cookie” by US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has said he would be “honoured” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the right circumstances. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Hamas officials say the new document does not replace the group’s 1988 charter The Palestinian militant group Hamas has published a new policy document – the first since its founding charter. It declares for the first time a willingness to accept an interim Palestinian state within pre-1967 boundaries, without recognising […]
Media captionFootage shows the aftermath of the turbulence which threw passengers into the aisles At least 27 people were hurt when an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok hit a patch of severe turbulence. No injuries were life-threatening, but several passengers suffered broken bones and three needed surgery, Russian officials said. A passenger described being […]
Media captionUS ready for “military action, if necessary” against North Korea, Rex Tillerson says The US is open to negotiations with North Korea aimed at removing nuclear weapons from the region, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. But he said the US would use military force if necessary. The foreign minister of China, North […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kenneth Williams’ lawyers said he was intellectually disabled Lawyers for a US death row inmate are calling for an inquiry after witnesses said he convulsed and groaned as he was being executed. Kenneth Williams was the fourth inmate put to death by the state of Arkansas in the past […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Germanwings has now merged with Eurowings German airlines are dropping safety rules brought in after the 2015 Germanwings plane crash which require two people in the cockpit at all times. Andreas Lubitz killed 150 people by crashing the plane – apparently on purpose – after the plane’s captain left […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Obama only referred to Trump as “the new president” Former First Lady Michelle Obama appeared to rule out running for elected office during her first public remarks since leaving the White House. The Q&A at an architecture convention in Orlando came days after her husband made his first public […]
