Hundreds of thousands are estimated to attempt the crossing - with many never succeeding. BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani has been to the Libyan city of Zintan to find out why some are risking everything...
One man gives his account of being smuggled into Europe. Hundreds of migrants are suspected to have drowned when their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Sunday. They are the latest casualties of ...
Many migrants leave Africa in search of a better life in Europe, Hundreds risk their lives on dangerous boats in rough seas. Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville spoke to some men in the p...
Thousands of South African's are marching in the eastern city of Durban to protest against recent violence against foreigners. At least five people have been killed since last week in attacks on mi...
Quentin Sommerville looks around a crowded migrant detention centre in Misrata. As many as 400 migrants are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea as their boat capsized off the Libyan c...
A British child is abducted and taken abroad by a parent, on average, every day. Figures show numbers have increased dramatically - last year the UK Foreign Office dealt with nearly 500 - double th...
Illegal diet pills “cost the life” of 21-year-old Eloise Parry, her mother warns. She drove herself to hospital after starting to feel unwell, only to be told that there was no antidote and that sh...
Victoria Wasteney, a Christian health worker who was disciplined for allegedly trying to convert a Muslim colleague, says such reports are "far from the truth".
Warning: contains a graphic description. A father falsely accused of abusing his two children as part of a "satanic cult" has spoken of the "horrific" allegations he faced. In an exclusive first in...
One man gives his account of being smuggled into Europe. Hundreds of migrants are suspected to have drowned when their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Sunday. They are the latest casualties of ...
Homeland actor David Harewood tells the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme why he has been part of the Operation Black Vote campaign. Just over half of voters from ethnic backgrounds turned out to...
The eagle has landed! And what a journey it was. Watch as Darshan soars above the Dubai sky, capturing stunning views of the world beneath his wings. This Imperial Eagle has broken a world record b...
Stairway to Heaven was one of the biggest rock songs of the 1970s - loved, imitated and sometimes parodied. Now Led Zeppelin's classic track is back on the turntable, on a re-mastered version of th...
SPOILER ALERT!! Have you heard of Cheryl's birthday puzzle? How good are you - or you children - at maths? That question has caused panic amongst parents in Singapore after a devilishly complex pu...
Amateur photographer Martin Le-May has captured an image of a weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker as it flew through the air. He said the photograph was taken at Hornchurch Country Park in e...
Ghetto Kids from Kampala who've become a global online hit - we meet the children dancing their way from Uganda's slums to the stage. Catherine Byaruhanga went to meet them.
Our lives are full of moments.. good and bad. The world of news is no different. This playlists highlights some of the most memorable moments caught on camera.
Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Martine Croxall was about to begin the 9pm broadcast when it became clear she was in front of the wrong camera. She, of course, dealt with it like a...
Stan Beaton who thought he had lost a recording of his late wife's voice he had kept for more than 10 years has described the moment the message was recovered as "wonderful". Mr. Beaton, from Mirfi...
Footage of the TransAsia Airways crash in Taipei appears to show the plane hitting the bridge moments before plunging into a river. At least 25 people have died according to the local officials.
Local bus CCTV has caught the moment a sinkhole opened up in a pavement beneath two South Korean pedestrians. Emergency workers rescued the man and woman, who were then taken to a nearby hospital i...
A plane spotter has captured the moment two aeroplanes almost collided at a Barcelona airport. An Airbus 340 is shown crossing the runway at El Prat Airport as a flight from Moscow is coming in to ...
Footage is released of the moment a bystander tackled a machete wielding robber after a smash-and-grab raid on a luxury City of London jewellers. Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Ch...
Drone video shows the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today - 70 years after it was liberated by Soviet troops. The camp in Poland is now maintained as a World Heritage Site and is v...
Mo Asumang, daughter of a black Ghanaian father and a white German mother, talks to BBC News about her experiences making her new documentary, The Aryans, in which she confronts racists, both in Ge...
The eagle has landed! And what a journey it was. Watch as Darshan soars above the Dubai sky, capturing stunning views of the world beneath his wings. This Imperial Eagle has broken a world record b...
At least 12 people have been shot dead in Paris - 2 of them police officers - after masked men stormed the offices of a French magazine. 10 others have been wounded - several critically - at the of...
A spider has photobombed BBC Scotland's news to capture an insect trapped on a camera showing live shots of the River Clyde in Glasgow. The "webcast" came as Graham Stewart was presenting one of Re...
French doctors at the hospital in Grenoble where Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher is being treated for head injuries say that 'he is fighting for his life'.