Asia

Latest Updates

  1. Samira Hussain reports from Ahmedabad

  2. Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng on 24 November 2024

  3. Women mourn as the bodies of their relatives, killed the previous day after Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area, are taken out of a hospital mortuary in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. Rescue teams with sniffer dogs combed the crash site on June 13 of a London-bound passenger jet which ploughed into a residential area of India's Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP) (Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images)

  4. A group of three men in traditional Indian attire stand on a decorated stage inside a Hindu temple. One man, wearing a white kurta with an orange scarf, speaks into a microphone. Behind them are statues of Hindu deities, garlanded and set within small thatched-roof shrines. The backdrop includes images of spiritual figures and floral decorations, suggesting a ceremonial or religious gathering.

  5. Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae walk past honor guards with a destroyer in the background

  6. apples

  7. The tail of the crashed plane lies on top of a building that has been heavily damaged

  8. A group of people stand near a plane crash site, as black smoke billows into the air.

  9. A graphic showing the Boeing 737-8 Dreamliner that crashed on Thursday. It is shown in flight and imposed over the BBC Verify colours.

  10. A group of about 30 people stand in a large red-carpeted room. A boy in the foreground has his eyes closed and hands clasped in front of him. Other people are singing and clapping their hands.

  11. BBC South Asia correspondent Yogita Limaye at plane crash site.

  12. Man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people walking

  13. Muhammad Yunus, interim head of the Bangladesh government, attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025.

  14. Building surrounded by smoke

  15. Rescue team members work as smoke rises at the site where an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025.

  16. Air India passenger plane descends over neighbourhood

  17. A head and shoulders shot of President Xi

  18. Rescue team members work as smoke rise at the crash site where an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India

  19. Firefighters douse flames after plane crash

  20. Back view of men in bright orange vests and helmet standing at the tip of the ship. In front of them are three more ships.

  21. Motorcycles on fire in parking lot with black smoke billowing into sky

  22. A ship is on fire. Thick dark smoke rises from the containers on its deck. In the foreground, we see the deck of another vessel with railings and a large green area marked “0205.” A strong stream of water sprays from the boat, aiming at the fire.

  23. An electric car is parked inside a battery swap station

  24. K-pop band BTS's member Jungkook salutes after being discharged from a mandatory military service on 11 June