Even under missiles we carry on living – how young Iranians are coping with war

Maia Daviesand Laura Gozzi Getty Images President Putin and his foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov Russia’s Vladimir Putin hosted US negotiators at the Kremlin on Tuesday for five hours of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov said the discussions – held behind closed doors with US envoy Steve Witkoff…

Madagascar’s president has said he will dissolve his government, following days of youth-led protests over longstanding water and power cuts. “We acknowledge and apologise if members of the government have not carried out the tasks assigned to them,” Andry Rajoelina said in a televised national address on Monday. The so-called Gen-Z protests have seen thousands…

Paul Njie,BBC Africa, Garoua and Wedaeli Chibelushi Issa Tchiroma Bakary: ‘We will never accept stolen votes’ Cameroon’s opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has declared himself the winner of the 12 October elections, has told the BBC that he will not accept a stolen vote, with the results due to be announced on Monday. He…