British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World

• news
• Breaking news
• World news
• Facebook
• Twitter
• headlines
• search

All the breaking news and latest world news from British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World, with Twitter and Facebook search trends.

Twitter Search News Trending

Tweets by BBCWorld

Facebook Search News Trending

1. Hundreds arrested and dozens of police injured after Champions League riots in France

   Nearly 800 people were arrested after clashes with police which saw 219 people injured, including 57 police officers.

2. Japan defence minister denies militarism and criticises China's 'huge arsenal'

   Shinjiro Koizumi makes some of Tokyo's most pointed remarks yet in the dispute over Japan's military build-up.

3. Ebola spread in DR Congo 'deeply alarming', MSF warns

   The medical charity's comments come as the head of the World Health Organization visits the region worst-hit by the virus outbreak.

4. Laos cave survivors help with plan to find last two missing men

   So far, five men have been freed from the narrow, flooded cave but efforts are ongoing to locate two more.

5. Colombia votes in presidential election that could redefine relations with US

   The election is held after months of public recrimination between current left-wing President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart Donald Trump.

6. Israel seizes castle in Lebanon as it expands ground offensive

   The Israeli military says everyone south of the Zahrani river should leave, after it captured the strategic Beaufort Castle.

7. South Africa made to look like fools after World Cup visa issues, says minister

   The country's football association says it is working to resolve the problems that have delayed the team's departure to Mexico.

8. Nigerian retired general abducted with his wife in the north-west

   Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar's kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

9. Oscar-winning Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas dies aged 80

   The film editor and ex-wife of director George Lucas was widely recognised as a pivotal creative force behind the original space trilogy.

10. Trump attacks artists dropping out of US Freedom 250 concert and mulls appearing himself

    Performers Young MC, Poison frontman Bret Michaels and country singer Martina McBride raised concerns the event will be political.