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Schoolchildren were in shock over a surprise visit from the Duchess of Sussex to mark International Women's Day.This video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is available from the Apple App Store for iPhone and Google Play Store for Android.Read More

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRescuers are searching for survivors in the rubbleAt least six people are dead and 28 remain missing after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed on Saturday. Rescue workers are still searching the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel in the southern province of Fujian.Seventy-one people were in the building when it collapsed and dozens have been rescued, authorities say.It is not clear what caused the collapse on Saturday evening. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rescue workers continued to search for survivors…

Millennials are often defined as 'the loneliest generation' - but one app in the US is trying to tackle that problem for young Jews.OneTable, a non-profit app, is trying to get more young people to celebrate Friday night dinners, known as Shabbat, that begin the day of rest celebrated by practising Jews.Their aim is to use the app to make Shabbat a habit every week, and get more young Jews not only willing to attend these dinners but to actually host them - ensuring that the practice survives for the next generation.For some, it is about ritual and prayer -…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Military and police in Milan prepare to lock down the city Italy has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine as it battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice are both affected.Schools, gyms, pools, and ski resorts will be closed and all events in "public and private spaces" suspended, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.The drastic measures will last until 3 April.Last week the government announced the closure of all schools and universities across the…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Anti-government protesters have been out on the streets for month amid Lebanon's financial crisis Lebanon is to default on a foreign debt payment for the first time in its history as the country struggles with a major financial crisis. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Lebanon would not be making a bond payment of $1.2bn (£900m) due on Monday."The debt has become bigger than Lebanon can bear, and bigger than the ability of the Lebanese to meet interest payments," Mr Diab said.Lebanon has been struggling since the value of its currency plummeted.The Lebanese pound has…

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a freshman congresswoman from New York state who drew national attention for defending President Trump during impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill last year, has become the latest victim of public incivility against Republicans.Stefanik wrote Saturday on Twitter that when she returned to her car earlier in the day after grocery shopping with her husband, she found what she described as a “vile anonymous note.”“Rot in Hell FASCIST PIG,” the hand-scrawled note said.STARTLING THREATS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST GOP VOTERS: PART OF A PATTERN?Stefanik posted a photo of the note, along with her own reaction.“It is truly sad…

A New Jersey gun owner is fighting charges for carrying a firearm for which he had a permit and ammunition state police have publicly said is legal.Roosevelt Twyne, a 25-year-old African-American security guard, was arrested by Roselle Park Police in February after a traffic stop stemming from tinted windows on his car. Evan Nappen, Twyne's attorney, told the Washington Free Beacon that his client was then erroneously charged for illegally carrying a firearm and being in possession of so-called hollow point ammunition.GUN-OWNING FEMINIST SLAMS 2020 DEMOCRATS: THE SECOND AMENDMENT 'EMPOWERS' WOMEN"He was arrested for the hollow point ammunition," Nappen told the Free Beacon.…

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The New York Police Department (NYPD) told Fox News it has charged five suspects with gang assault and robbery for their alleged connection to the beating Thursday of a 15-year-old girl in Brooklyn that was captured by a security camera.An NYPD spokesperson told Fox News that robbery is the likely motive, but that authorities were not ready to confirm any further details at this time.The five suspects were still in custody as of Saturday evening, police said.HORRIFIC VIDEO: VICIOUS NEW YORK CITY MUGGING CAUGHT ON CAMERAA group of teenage boys descended on the girl in Crown Heights and began to hit her and stomp on her head as she lay helpless…