Simon Furness

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

Shein said it did not fund nor approve adverts that suggested some ethnic minorities need not apply.
BBC News – Business

A parole board calls for Sirhan Sirhan’s release, but the decision now goes to California’s governor.
BBC News – Middle East

Hurricane Ida is forecast to strike as a category 3 storm, the same as Katrina exactly 16 years ago.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The verdict comes two years after a video sting ended Heinz-Christian Strache’s political career.
BBC News – Europe

It is “heartbreaking” not to have been able to evacuate everyone, says the head of the armed forces.
BBC News – UK

The Islamic State group says it carried out Thursday’s deadly bombing outside Kabul airport.
BBC News – US & Canada

A couple who 30 years ago bought an abused chimpanzee are now trying to save a subspecies.
BBC News – Africa

Lowestoft, in sunny Suffolk, is one of the nicest towns in the area. It achieved port status in the ’40s and it hasn’t looked back since. It’s a mild industrial town with a focus on sea life. Although modern Lowes […]