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Friday, November 13, 2026 11:21 PM ET

BBC News - World

LIVE - US flights allowed to take off again as nationwide ground stop lifted but delays expected - The US transportation secretary says the outage is going to take time to unwind with many passengers still stranded at airports.

2 hours ago

'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision -- The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.

3 hours ago

Setback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch test -- Elon Musk's company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket's booster - instead it came down in the ocean.

2 hours ago

Rosenberg: Uncompromising Putin ups demands for peace with Ukraine -- The fact the question of European security now features in discussions is viewed in Moscow as a victory, BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg says.

11 hours ago

Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage as it reports broad recovery -- Experts say the event is a "stark reminder" of how heavily the world relies on a small group of big tech providers.

49 minutes ago

Why is Microsoft's outage lasting so long and will emails be lost? -- Microsoft says it is continuing to restore services including Outlook and Teams following a global outage.

10 hours ago

Watch: How a server outage took down Microsoft Teams and Outlook -- A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.

15 hours ago

Nvidia scandal fallout widens as Trump's treasury secretary blames cabinet colleague -- Scott Bessent suggests Howard Lutnick's commerce department failed to ban exports of Nvidia's chips to a firm thought to have links with China.

10 hours ago

The Peruvian city that has embraced Pope Leo as one of its own -- Pope Leo XIV is in Peru as part of his Latin America tour, just weeks after having surgery for lung cancer.

7 hours ago

German spies handed new powers to tackle 'hybrid threats' from abroad -- German reforms mean foreign and domestic intelligence services will have greater powers to combat espionage, terrorism and sabotage.

11 hours ago

Democratic Senate leader Schumer set to face leadership challenge -- Maryland Senator Van Hollen says "new leadership" is needed for Democrats following the party's recent midterm successes.

11 hours ago

Aide to fugitive Ukrainian ex-PM wounded in latest Moscow car bombing -- Sergei Zavorotny, now a journalist and commentator, was previously an adviser to Ukrainian ex-prime minister Mykola Azarov.

8 hours ago

'We'll get home one day' - US travellers impacted by nationwide ground stop -- Passengers throughout the country were impacted over what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) describes as "safety and communication issues".

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Watch: Cruise ship seen sinking after collision with cargo ship in New Orleans -- All passengers have been accounted for after a cargo ship collided with a docked cruise ship.

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Watch: Divers explore US ship sunk off Florida coast to create new reef -- The ship was intentionally sunk off the coast of Florida in order to create the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

7 hours ago

Will the Eurovision Song Contest succeed in Asia? -- The world's biggest and longest-running song contest is coming to Asia, with eleven countries competing in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.

18 hours ago

Military cemetery decorum: The tradition behind Hegseth's Veterans Day reprimand -- BBC's Bernd Debusmann breaks down why Defence Secretary Hegseth's group was reprimanded at Arlington National Cemetery and the history behind its strict rules of conduct.

1 day ago

Arrested generals and a threatened VP: President's son fuels Ugandan succession fever -- The 52-year-old general's provocative posts and military threats have fuelled rumours of a dynastic succession.

3 hours ago

How a sex scandal at Nvidia is putting pressure on the White House -- Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.

5 hours ago

How the Jensen Huang scandal created a headache for business-friendly Singapore -- The scandal has cast a spotlight on Singapore's success as a chip hub - and a location for alleged illicit trade.

3 hours ago

After a summer win, India's Gen Z protesters face a winter of uncertainty -- A new wave of youth dissent swept India this summer, fuelled by frustration and irreverent online satire.

3 hours ago

What we know about the longest US nationwide flight ground stop since 9/11 -- US officials say the disruption was caused by old equipment overloading and not a cyber-attack or a Microsoft outage.

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Trump, Putin and Xi plan historic joint meeting in China next week, White House says -- Trump will discuss the "reduction of nuclear weapons" during the unprecedented talks, a spokeswoman says.

2 hours ago

Jojo the gorilla has spent his life alone. Can he finally find a companion? -- Jojo was poached as an infant and grew up in captivity. His keepers want to find him a friend - but it's not straightforward.

3 hours ago

'It's going to take some time' - US Homeland Security secretary on nationwide ground stop -- US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also said that there should be 'no fear' and that 'everyone is safe' when discussing a nationwide air traffic outage.

5 hours ago

'Gloves are off' - how Australian papers reacted to Cummins on Khawaja -- The Australian newpapers have their say after Pat Cummins' extraordinary 68-minute news conference.

6 hours ago