We visited festive markets in the UK and Germany to check which come closest to the real deal.

Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US last year to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to import cocaine into the country.

Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

BBC Verify looks into claims that the Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington DC entered the US unvetted.

People who left Afghanistan urge the US president not to toughen his stance after an attack allegedly carried out by an Afghan national.

Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.

Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.

The three nuns say they were taken out of the convent against their will and placed in a care home.

People who left Afghanistan urge the US president not to toughen his stance after an attack allegedly carried out by an Afghan national.

Andriy Yermak, 54, has been the Ukrainian president's chief of staff throughout Russia's full-scale war.

Zambia's government is accused of 'hypocrisy' as fallout from ex-president's death deepens.

The village of Beit Jinn came under attack in what Israel said was an operation against a militant group.

Yermak, 54, has been Zelensky's closest adviser throughout Russia's full-scale war.

The defendants were accused of attempting a coup - but human rights groups say the trial was politically motivated.

Russia's leader praised what he called Orban's "balanced position on the situation in Ukraine".

Russia's leader praised what he called Orban's "balanced position on the situation in Ukraine".

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, succumbed to her injuries, while a second guardsman remains in critical condition, Donald Trump says.

Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.

Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.