Jonathan Ditchburn

Former crew of the oil tanker Gulf Sky talk publically for the first time about the ship’s disappearance.
BBC News – Middle East

The Paraná is a key waterway for shipping and also provides drinking water for millions of people.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Anti-vaccination protesters say they will target rail services in more than 50 cities.
BBC News – Europe

A UK official is in Qatar for talks to secure the exit of both UK and Afghan nationals, No 10 says.
BBC News – UK

Staying in Afghanistan was not an option, the US president says, as Taliban militants celebrate.
BBC News – US & Canada

Illicit funds are still being moved, Hakainde Hichilema tells the BBC, a week after he was sworn in.
BBC News – Africa

Britons are spending more on home delivered meals than before the pandemic struck.
BBC News – Business

It was the Palestinian president’s first official meeting with a senior Israeli since 2010.
BBC News – Middle East

Armed gang members took hostages as human shields, after a bank robbery in Brazil.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Europe could see another 236,000 deaths by December as vaccinations slow, a WHO official predicts.
BBC News – Europe

The international community will “push as one voice” for the safe passage of Afghans, the PM says.
BBC News – UK

The strike on a vehicle prevented another suicide bombing by Islamic State, military officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Modupe Osunkoya enrolled on her third post-graduate degree because she says there are no jobs at home.
BBC News – Africa

The retailer no longer sells men’s suits at more than half of its large stores as tastes turn casual.
BBC News – Business

Pro-government forces say Houthi rebels targeted the base with missiles and armed drones.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s right-wing president is trying to rally support ahead of next year’s election.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italian coastguards rescue 539 people from a small fishing boat believed to have set off from Libya.
BBC News – Europe

More planes are expected to touch down at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Sunday night.
BBC News – UK

The storm is bringing with it a potentially “catastrophic” storm surge of up to 4.8m, forecasters say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw smashes the women’s half marathon world record at the Antrim Coast event in Northern Ireland.
BBC News – Africa