Barack Obama

Obama vetoes bill for 9/11 victims

Posted at 22:44 23 Sept

US President Barack Obama vetoes a bill allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government, saying it would be "detrimental to US interests".

Why America remains segregated

Posted at 23:34 22 Sept

Rajini Vaidyanathan

BBC News

In many parts of the US, Americans of different races aren't neighbours - they don't go to the same schools, they don't always have access to the same services.

Why police body cam footage is withheld

Posted at 15:52 22 Sept

In this 15 January, 2014, file photo a Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body camera during a demonstration in Los Angeles

As unrest continues over the police killing of a black man in North Carolina, we ask why body police camera footage is not released.

Ghana leader quotes 'Heal the World'

Posted at 14:10 22 Sept

Ghana's president John Mahana speaking at the UN general assembly

After Ghana's president John Mahama quoted lines from Michael Jackson's Heal the World at the UN, here are five more politicians who used their favourite lyric to make a point.

Six-year-old offers Syrian boy a family

Posted at 11:13 22 Sept

Six-year-old Alex wrote to Barack Obama, offering a place in his family to the Syrian refugee Omran Daqneesh

A six-year-old American boy writes to Barack Obama, and offers a place in his family to the Syrian refugee whose photo shocked the world.

Alex, 6, offers new home to Syrian boy

Posted at 10:57 22 Sept

Alex, 6, from New York, and Omran, 5, from Syria, side-by-side in a composite image

A letter and video from a six-year-old US boy offering a place in his family to a Syrian refugee whose photo shocked the world goes viral.

Duterte in profanity-laden attack on EU

Posted at 15:56 21 Sept

President Rodrigo Duterte raises his fist during a rally on September 13

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte calls European Parliament members who questioned extra-judicial killings "hypocrites" during an expletive-laden rant.