Victoria Bisset

London

Breaking news, international news

Education: Cambridge University; SOAS, University of London

Victoria Bisset is a breaking-news reporter for The Washington Post's London Hub, covering the most urgent and consequential stories as they unfold on the European day. Bisset spent six years covering global news and Arabic-language media with the BBC. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern studies and completed a master’s degree focusing on South Asia at SOAS, University of London.
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U.N. agency says six of its staff among those killed in Israeli strikes

The workers were killed when two airstrikes hit a Gaza refugee camp, said UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel said it was targeting Hamas militants.

September 12, 2024

Bird flu explained: How it spreads, milk and egg safety and more

Here’s what to know about avian influenza, its symptoms and treatment, and its risk to humans and pets.

September 7, 2024
Eggs are cleaned and disinfected in January at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., which had experienced an outbreak of avian flu. (Terry Chea/AP)

Brothers sentenced in sextortion case that led to Michigan teen’s suicide

Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, extradited from Nigeria last year, previously pleaded guilty in a scheme that targeted Jordan DeMay and over 100 others.

September 6, 2024

U.K. defends decision to restrict arms to Israel; Netanyahu calls it shameful

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision to halt 30 of 350 arms export licenses was “shameful,” while Amnesty International called it insufficient.

September 3, 2024
Police clear protesters on Aug. 16 outside the British Consulate in East Jerusalem who were calling on Britain to stop providing arms to Israel for its war in the Gaza Strip.

How many hostages are still in Gaza since Hamas attack on Israel? What to know.

Israel estimates some 117 hostages held by Hamas have been released or freed; 64 are believed still to be alive in Gaza. Here’s what we know.

September 1, 2024
Thai nationals who were released after being taken hostage by Hamas leave the Shamir Medical Center in Ramla, Israel, on their way to be flown back to Thailand.

Dallas officer ‘executed,’ two others injured in targeted attack, police say

Police said they fatally shot Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, on Thursday after he killed Officer Darron Burks while he sat in his squad car between assignments.

August 31, 2024
Dallas police officers comfort each other outside the Dallas County medical examiner's office on Friday.

What to know about the mosquito-borne virus circulating in the Northeast

Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, is a rare but serious disease that can cause brain inflammation. There is so far no vaccine against it for humans.

August 30, 2024
Cattail mosquitoes, which can transmit eastern equine encephalitis to humans, in a petri dish at the Maine Medical Center Research in 2010.

Namibia to cull elephants, zebras for their meat during major drought

The southern African country plans to distribute the meat of hundreds of animals, including hippos and antelopes, to support relief efforts.

August 29, 2024
An African elephant, surrounded by zebras, drinks from a water hole in Etosha National Park in Namibia.

Author of children’s book on grief to stand trial for husband’s murder

Prosecutors say Kouri Richins poisoned her husband’s sandwich days before she allegedly killed him with fentanyl.

August 28, 2024
Kouri Richins attends a preliminary court hearing Monday in Park City, Utah.

U.S. soldier who entered North Korea will plead guilty to desertion

Travis King, an Army private, crossed into North Korea last year and was expelled. He’ll appear at a hearing Sept. 20, his lawyer said.

August 27, 2024
U.S. soldier Travis King, in a photo displayed by his grandfather Carl Gates as he talks about King in Kenosha, Wis., in 2023.