Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk’s Nearly $1tn Pay Package

Lily Jamali, North America Technology correspondent and Osmond Chia, Business reporter Watch: Tesla shareholders cheer Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the

Libyan general wanted by ICC arrested in Tripoli

A Libyan general wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity has been arrested in Tripoli. Osama Almasri Najim, the former chief of Libya’s judicial police, was arrested over allegations of torturing prisoners, leading to the death of one, at Tripoli’s main prison, Libya’s prosecutor’s office said on

Undercover: Alleged fixer offered to erase £60K migrant fines

Ed Thomas, UK editor , Patrick Clahane and Rebecca Wearn Watch: "Why are you facilitating illegal working?" BBC confronts Shaxawan after he is filmed by our undercover reporters A man at the centre of an organised crime network has been secretly filmed telling BBC undercover reporters how he can help to erase fines of up

UN chief: Sudan war spiralling out of control

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said the war in Sudan is spiralling out of control as he called for a halt to the fighting and an end to the violence. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are reportedly backed by the United Arab Emirates, seized El Fasher in Darfur last week after a

Kurdish ‘ghost director’ network enables illegal work in UK shops

Ed Thomas, UK editor , Patrick Clahane and Rebecca Wearn Watch: BBC's Ed Thomas confronts Surchi of the Top Store mini-mart in Crewe A Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts on High Streets the length of Britain, a BBC investigation can reveal. The fake company directors are paid to put

Over 36,000 Flee Kordofan After El Fasher Falls to RSF

More than 36,000 people have fled Sudan’s Kordofan region since Saturday amid a surge in fighting, the UN’s migration agency has said, after the capture last week of the city of El Fasher in neighbouring Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than a year under siege. The strategic central area between

Police probe links between train attacker and other local incidents

CCTV The BBC has obtained an image of Anthony Williams in Peterborough the evening before the alleged train attack Police are investigating whether a man accused of stabbing 10 people on a train is linked to an attack on a 14-year-old boy and to two reports of a knifeman at a barbers' shop. Cambridgeshire Police

Chaos and Killings After RSF Capture of El Fasher

Nawal Khalil had been volunteering as a nurse for three years at El Fasher South hospital when the city was captured on Sunday by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). She was busy treating patients, including an elderly woman who needed a blood transfusion, when the attack began. “They killed six wounded soldiers and civilians in

Hundreds reported killed inside El Fasher hospital

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher, according to the World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors Network, after the paramilitary group claimed control of the city on Sunday. The WHO secretary general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was “appalled and deeply shocked” at reports that

Tanzania unrest as president nears election victory

Violent demonstrations broke out in Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, as the country held an election on Wednesday. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president, is expected to strengthen her grip on the country against the backdrop of rapidly intensifying repression and the exclusion of opponents from the presidential contest. Social media videos show protesters throwing
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