Tag Archives: BBC News

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 ...

Image caption, Joe Biggs (right) with Enrique Tarrio at a rally in 2019 By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A leader of the far-right Proud Boys has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, one of the longest terms yet handed out over the US Capitol riot. US Army veteran Joe Biggs, 38, was an instigator of the storming of ...

By Antoinette Radford BBC News At least 64 people have died after a fire broke out in a building in Johannesburg, South African authorities say. More than 40 others are injured. Johannesburg officials say it is unclear what sparked the blaze at the five-storey building in the city centre.  A spokesman for the emergency services, Robert Mulaudzi, told the BBC ...

By George Wright & Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News Image caption, Ali Bongo was declared the winner of Saturday’s election, which the opposition argued was fraudulent Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power.  They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.  The electoral commission ...

By Alex Binley BBC News A gunman killed three black people in a racially motivated attack then killed himself in Jacksonville, Florida, the city’s sheriff said. The man, described as white and in his early 20s, entered a Dollar General store and opened fire, triggering a standoff with police. Sheriff T K Waters said two men and a woman were ...