Image copyright PA Media Image caption Chloe McCardel has swum the Channel 34 times – her next crossing would break the men’s record A cross-Channel swimmer is facing a new challenge in her latest record-breaking feat – quarantine restrictions between France and the UK. Australian Chloe McCardel’s planned ten-hour swim starting on Saturday night will […]
Image caption An investigation has been ordered into the incident Eight patients at a Covid hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad have died after a fire broke out inside its critical care unit. Senior fire department official Rajesh Bhatt told BBC Gujarati that the blaze had spread after a staff member’s PPE kit […]
Image copyright Isabelina Pinto family archives Image caption Isabelina Pinto (second from right) is seen here as a child a few days before she was taken away When she was only five years old, Isabelina Pinto was taken from her family by an Indonesian soldier. She was one of thousands of children taken to Indonesia […]
