Morocco is reeling after a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the centre of the country killing at least 1,037 people and injuring more than 1,200 others. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) The epicentre was in... Read more »
A powerful cylone has battered Myanmar and Bangladesh, bringing strong rain and winds up to 130 mph (210 kph) but largely sparing a cluster of refugee camps. Around 400,000 people were evacuated... Read more »
There’s growing alarm at the number of kidnappings being reported in South Africa. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Holding people for ransom has become increasingly lucrative against a backdrop of economic hardship and political turmoil... Read more »
Russia’s Vladimir Putin is obsessed with his legacy. He has compared himself to Peter the Great, the tsar who founded St Petersburg and created the modern Russian empire. That was Putin’s plan... Read more »
Vladimir Putin went on Russian TV to call-up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine, in a speech that also threatened the prospect of nuclear war. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Putin accused the West of... Read more »
This is no ordinary weather – burning wildfires, melting runways, warped roads and overheated hospitals – this is the reality of the UK’s unprecedented heatwave. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Major incidents have been declared... Read more »
Flooding in Pakistan has claimed more than a thousand lives since the monsoon began in June. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Today the United Nations launched an emergency appeal, with the Secretary General saying the... Read more »
Russian forces have taken control of Kherson in the south, while in Mariupol residents are trapped by intense shelling. Kyiv remains in government control – with a large Russian convoy still some... Read more »
It is day 21 of this war in Ukraine and there are fears tonight of some of the worst atrocities of the war so far. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) But there are also embers... Read more »
On day 22, the war started by Vladimir Putin between Russia and Ukraine continues to cause suffering and displacement across the country with no clear sign it is near an end. (Subscribe:... Read more »