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Danai Nesta Kupemba in London and Shingai Nyoka in Harare BBC News Getty Images At least 14 South African troops have been killed in the fighting in DR Congo Southern African leaders have announced they will pull their troops out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they have been helping the government fight rebel…

China’s biggest hotpot chain Haidilao has offered to compensate more than 4,000 diners who visited one of its Shanghai branches, where two teens urinated into their hotpot broth. A video of the boys peeing into their broth pot while dining in a private room was widely shared online last month. It is not clear who…

Shingai Nyoka BBC News, Harare Blessed Geza / Facebook Blessed “Bombshell” Geza has gone into hiding and been expelled from the ruling party for his outspoken remarks A long convoy of armoured personnel tanks rolling through a Harare neighbourhood sparked concerns – for a brief moment – that a military coup was afoot in Zimbabwe….

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected the idea of negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme, as Tehran confirmed receiving a letter from President Donald Trump. Last week, Trump said the letter proposed talks on a deal that would prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and avert possible military action. Although Khamenei said…

EPA Passengers who made it to safety spoke of fear and panic on the train Passengers who were freed from a train seized by armed militants have spoken of “doomsday scenes” that unfolded on board the Jaffar Express in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. “We held our breath throughout the firing, not knowing what would happen next,”…

João da Silva and Tom Espiner Business reporters, BBC News Reuters The 25% duty on steel and aluminium imports is a major hit to some of the US’s top trading partners The UK is pushing for a trade deal with the US as tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of steel and…

Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers and taken a number of them hostage, military sources told the BBC on Tuesday. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar. The separatist group said it had bombed the…

Reuters The move was announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after peace talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a day of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia. US Secretary of State Marco…

Aleks Phillips & Paulin Kola BBC News Getty Images Sweden’s security service said Russia’s activities were mainly aimed at undermining Nato cohesion Russia poses the greatest threat to Sweden due to its aggressive attitude towards the West, the Scandinavian nation’s security service Sapo has said. It wrote in its annual report that while Sweden joining…

Jaroslav Lukiv & Rachel Hagan BBC News Watch: At the scene of drone attack on Moscow At least two people have been killed and three injured in a “massive” overnight drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region, local officials say. Seven apartments in a residential building were damaged, in what appears to be the…