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Hegseth warns China poses 'imminent' threat to Taiwan and urges Asia to boost defence

Desperate Housewives star Valerie Mahaffey dies aged 71

Hamas makes hostage pledge but demands changes to US Gaza ceasefire plan

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Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order

Macron warns the West could lose credibility over Ukraine and Gaza wars

Trump tariffs reinstated as legal battle erupts

Trial of Maradona's medical team collapses

Rat-borne diseases cause crisis in Sarajevo

'Illegal to Mention God': Cuban Pastor and Wife Detained, Facing 8 Years in Prison

Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87

The Coming AI Crime Wave Is Already Underway - Here's How You Can Protect Yourself

Moment police capture two escaped New Orleans inmates

Crowds overrun US-backed group's new aid distribution site in Gaza

Russia's advance in Ukraine's north east may be bid to create 'buffer zone'

Could Nigeria's careful ethnic balancing act be under threat?

A simple guide to South Korea's presidential election

Ex-DR Congo president returns from self-imposed exile, party says

Far-right marchers attack Palestinians as Israel marks taking of Jerusalem

Elderly woman rescued from flood ravaged Australian home

Iran summons French envoy over 'insulting' Cannes remarks

US arrests man for allegedly trying to firebomb embassy in Israel

Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness'

Schumacher's 2001 Grand Prix-winning Ferrari sold for £13.43m

Watch: Suspected sabotage causes Cannes power cut 'meltdown'

Tensions rise as superpowers scrap for a piece of the Arctic

Robbery gang guilty of Kim Kardashian heist in Paris

As Israel faces diplomatic 'tsunami', Trump is staying quiet

A coffee by any other name: Starbucks avoids brewing controversy in South Korea

Watch: German troops permanently sent to Lithuania's eastern border

Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe

Judge says US deportations to South Sudan violate court order

'The mood is changing': Israeli anger grows at conduct of war

Anti-Hamas protests in southern Gaza enter third day

Watch: Fatal storms flood the south of France

French paedophile surgeon says he is 'responsible' for deaths of two victims

Russia and Ukraine to 'immediately' start ceasefire talks, says Trump

US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans

Who are the winners and losers from the UK-EU agreement?

Huge challenges await new president of divided Romania

Austrian Eurovision winner JJ receives hero's welcome at Vienna airport

Warsaw's liberal mayor leads Polish presidential vote – exit poll

US officials investigating fatal Mexican Navy ship crash

India's forgotten actor who lost her legacy to caste oppression

Police investigate fatal explosion near fertility clinic in Palm Springs

Five killed after helicopters collide in Finland

Mexico accuses Youtuber MrBeast of exploiting Mayan pyramids filming permit

Five House Republicans stall Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax bill

Shock in Sweden at death of diplomat questioned for spying

Chris Brown arrested over alleged bottle attack

Franklin Graham Preps for Europe's Largest Evangelism Event in 25 Years: 'We Want to Ignite a Fire'

Ukraine to attend peace talks as US says Trump and Putin needed for breakthrough

Peru's prime minister resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

European Commission wrong to deny release of von der Leyen messages, court says

Scared and malnourished - footage from Gaza shows plight of children and aftermath of Israeli strike

Zambia warns diplomats after US reveals 'systematic' aid theft

'This is my closure': Emotional Kim Kardashian shares fears and forgives robber in court

Rapper Tory Lanez stabbed in California prison

Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released by Hamas in Gaza

Scepticism and cautious hope as PKK takes historic step to disband

BBC team's tense encounter with sanctioned Israeli settler while filming in West Bank

Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

Trump to receive luxury jet for Air Force One from Qatar

How to win Eurovision, according to the experts

India and Pakistan accuse each other of 'violations' after ceasefire deal

How will Pope Leo lead? His first days may yield clues

Mercenary and coup plotter Simon Mann dies

Turkish Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to be released

Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change

Pakistan and India trade accusations over drone strikes

Turkey moves to silence jailed Erdogan rival by blocking account on X

Watch Pope Leo XIV's first public address - in full

Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report

Russia says 60,000 air passengers stranded after Ukrainian drone attacks

Israeli strikes on Gaza restaurant and market kill 33, health ministry says

South African opposition politician hits out after failing to get UK visa

Signs of Revival: Christianity in Britain 'Died…and Has Risen Again'

French hunter given suspended sentence for killing protected bear

EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027

Watch: BBC reports from pier 33 - the gateway to Alcatraz

Is Trump's plan to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison realistic?

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen a day after missile attack near airport

Ukraine claims strike in Russia's Kursk amid reports of fresh incursion

Peru kidnapping leaves 13 dead in gold mine

Watch: How Lady Gaga's record-breaking concert almost ended in disaster

Syrian security forces 'oversaw' armed civilians who killed Alawites, accused man says

Trump says he won't seek a third term

Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' controlled by Turkey

Spain rules out cyber attack - but what could have caused power cut?

Fears of global instability drive Singapore voters into ruling party's arms

Two dead after Peruvian navy ship hits oil platform in Amazon River

Seven killed in tour bus crash near Yellowstone National Park

North Korea: First road bridge to Russia 'significant' development

Talks or no talks: who blinks first in US-China trade war?

Kuwait Frees 23 Americans as Trump Admin Presses to Bring Prisoners Home

Hundreds arrested in crackdown on May Day protests in Istanbul