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The patient is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, which was visited by the cruise ship in April. BBC News

The woman, 35, says she was praying for a baby and was “overjoyed” to be “blessed with five at once”. BBC News

US giants ExxonMobil and Chevron saw their earnings fall compared with the same period last year, due to supply disruption from the Middle East, but both beat analysts’ forecasts and expect their profits to grow further as the year goes on, with the price of oil still significantly higher than …

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈    The US strikes on Iran once more. The Trump administration says it is in response to Iran targeting US destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz. We have the details. Is the tenuous ceasefire that was hanging by a thread now completely …

Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas. BBC News

A year after their military conflict, India and Pakistan avoid war, but diplomacy and trust remain frozen. BBC News

A third woman who also returned to Australia from Syria was charged with joining a terrorist organisation. BBC News

Fear and uncertainty linger for Somali migrants in Minnesota despite a legal reprieve. BBC News

The blaze in the south-eastern city of Villahermosa erupted during a concert reportedly attended by some 135,000 people. BBC News

Virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius is set to arrive in Tenerife on Sunday, after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde. Authorities have said precautions will be taken to ensure passengers do not make direct contact with locals. It comes as the World Health Organization said the hantavirus outbreak …

Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers: our coverage contains references to and images of someone who has died The case of a five-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered in Australia’s Outback has caused outrage across the country. The BBC’s Katy Watson is in Alice Springs and explains the …

In 2021 – following the arrest of Karasira and others like him – Human Rights Watch called on Rwandan authorities to investigate the “suspicious deaths and disappearances of critics, opposition members, civil society actors, and journalists, and prosecute those responsible”. BBC News

Three women with alleged links to the Islamic State group’s former so-called caliphate in Syria are set to face charges, including slavery and terror offences, Australian police have said. The group, who arrived in Australia on Thursday, reportedly spent years in the al Roj refugee camp in the northeast of …

The International Olympic Committee has lifted all restrictions on Belarusian athletes. The move clears the way for their return to international ​competitions, including at qualifiers for the Los Angeles 2028 Games. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, where Belarus was used as a staging ​ground, the Olympic governing …

Israeli media reports suggest Israel is preparing to resume fighting because of the impasse in talks with Hamas. BBC News

The MV Hondius is sailing towards Spain’s Canary Islands where all passengers will be evacuated, after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde. Three people have died either on board or after travelling on the ship after a hantavirus outbreak. The cruise set off from Argentina a month ago. …

Overnight, EU lawmakers agreed to water down their AI legislation that was world-leading when it launched in 2024. The changes to the EU’s landmark AI Act have been widely criticised by civil society groups, who accuse parliamentarians of bowing to pressure by tech companies. Among the changes are delays to …

A military court on Thursday sentenced Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to death with a two-year reprieve. This means their death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, without the possibility of sentence reduction or parole, Xinhua reports. BBC News

A group of 13 women and children, with alleged links to former Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria, have returned to Australia, where authorities have confirmed some could be arrested. They have been residents of Al Roj camp, also known as Roj camp, where Shamima Begum had also been living …

A video filmed by a passenger on board the MV Hondius shows its captain saying that a man who had died there passed away due to “natural causes”. The captain aboard the hantavirus-hit cruise ship can be seen telling passengers on 12 April that a doctor had said the individual …