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It is estimated that 25% of Derna has been wiped out By Lucy Fleming BBC News The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,000, a senior official who visited the eastern port of Derna has said. “Bodies are lying everywhere,” the minister from the eastern-based government told Reuters news agency. Much of ...

By Alice Cuddy, in the Atlas Mountains BBC News Tayeb ait Ighenbaz was forced to choose whether to save his 11-year-old son or his parents when they became trapped under rubble after Morocco’s earthquake struck. The goat herder from a tiny community in the Atlas Mountains says he is haunted by the decision he had to make. Tayeb was with ...

By Nereah Obimbo Granted, you likely know a thing or six about sex. Yet, while each person and each couple is different, certain pitfalls appear to crop up among men. Here are some common mistakes men make during sex that inadvertently diminish the quality of their sexual encounters. Hopefully making the necessary changes leads to more fulfilling experiences for all ...

Watch: Piles of rubble are left in the street in Marrakesh after the disaster By Laurence Peter & Alex Kleiderman BBC News A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 632 people, the country’s interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of ...

Image caption, The ARVs were used to treat African swine fever By Dorcas Wangira Africa health correspondent, BBC News  Uganda’s National Drug Authority has admitted it knew HIV medicine was being used to fatten up animals in 2014 but did not warn the public.  The regulator’s senior drugs inspector Amos Atumanya told parliament it became aware anti-retrovirals were being given to ...

By Michael Ertl Watch: Footage shows impact of torrential rains in Greece BBC News An Austrian couple on honeymoon is missing in Greece after torrential rains swept away the house they were staying in. Emergency services have told the BBC they are searching for the couple and several other missing people. People in central Greece were trapped on the roofs ...

Image caption, Fred Leparan (left) was convicted after attempting to sell a baby boy to an undercover reporter By Joel Gunter & Anna Payton BBC Africa Eye A Kenyan hospital employee who was caught by the BBC selling a baby on the black market has been convicted of child trafficking. Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairobi’s Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, was ...

By Ed Thomas A growing number of women who say their children were handed to abusive partners by England and Wales’ family courts have abducted them and fled to Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus. The BBC spoke to six of them to investigate some of their stories. “I’m told there is an arrest warrant out for me. Court orders say I can’t ...

Image caption, A teacher’s suicide has sparked huge protests in Seoul – more than 100,000 teachers protested over the weekend By Jean Mackenzie On 5 June, Lee Min-so* described in her diary the fear that overtook her body as she entered her classroom to teach: “My chest feels too tight. I feel like I’m going to fall somewhere. I don’t even ...

Video shows police fatally shooting pregnant black woman By Max Matza BBC News Police in Ohio have released bodycam footage showing an officer fatally shooting a pregnant black woman. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, died on 24 August when she was shot while in her car outside a Kroger grocery store in Blendon Township, a suburb of Columbus.  Footage shows officers attempting ...