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Football fans gathered at a FIFA World Cup watch party at Niagara Falls for the Canadian and USA teams’ opening matches. The setup included a big screen and seats for the football fans from around the world, with a stunning backdrop of the falls, which fittingly straddles the border of …

President Donald Trump has said a “swift and lethal kinetic” US military strike has killed “the infamous leader” of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua street gang. Tren de Aragua has been a target of the Trump administration which claims it had operated under the control of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro before …

President Donald Trump has said a “swift and lethal kinetic” US military strike has killed “the infamous leader” of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. Tren de Aragua has been labelled by the US as a terrorist organisation. In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump wrote: “Tren de Aragua terrorists …

Patnala Suresh and his wife were looking forward to celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary this month. BBC News

The prime suspect in the killing of Lyhanna, 11, was reported to police nine months prior but never questioned. BBC News

Sylvester Muigai Ndung’u was in Nanyuki to fetch a school uniform on Tuesday, his mother says. BBC News

José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is suspected of being unable to show proof he paid import duties on the jewellery. BBC News

A statement said “significant progress” had been made into investigating the crash which left 260 people dead a year ago. BBC News

In addition to military bases, many civilian buildings have been hit across the country. According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), more than 1,700 civilians have been killed since the conflict began. However, Adm Brad Cooper – the US military officer overseeing the war – has challenged …

Holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, Jerusalem is at the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and competing claims to the land. Israel captured the east of the city, including its holy places, along with the rest of the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War and later …

Tom Mueller was the first employee at SpaceX, a company he co-founded with Elon Musk in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, the company is about to make its public market debut, with an estimated worth of more than $1.8 trillion. The BBC’s Michelle Fleury spoke to Mueller about …

Ukraine’s continued strikes on fuel supplies to Crimea have sparked the worst fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Kyiv has been targeting refineries, depots and pipelines as well as tanker trucks along the land corridor from Russia to Crimea in persistent …

The statement said Netanyahu expressed appreciation for Trump’s commitment to work towards a final agreement that included “the removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production, and the cessation of Iran’s support for its terrorist proxies in the region”. BBC News

SpaceX will become a publicly traded company on Friday, in what is expected to be the highest-value stock listing in history. The BBC’s Samira Hussain explains what it means for SpaceX’s future and for the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, who is set to become the world’s first trillionaire. BBC News

A proposed ballot measure on voter ID, popular with Republican voters, could help drive turnout, he added. Hilton has said that he has not seen evidence of voter fraud in the state, but has called for electoral reform, including ending the practice of mailing ballots to California’s 23 million registered …

Forecasters say there is a risk of a “very strong” El Nino, which typically leads to higher global temperatures and drought in some areas, but heavy rainfall in others. The Climate Prediction Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said El Nino conditions have been developing over …

Forecasters say there is a risk of a “very strong” El Nino, which typically leads to higher global temperatures and drought in some areas, but heavy rainfall in others. The Climate Prediction Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said El Nino conditions have been developing over …

Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha has died after nearly four years in a coma, aged 47. The Thai king’s eldest daughter – who was eligible for the throne – was taken to hospital in December 2022 after suddenly losing consciousness during a public engagement in the northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province. She was …

Today, the focus is on Mexico’s festivities. Ahead of the co-hosts match against South Africa, fans in the stadium were treated to musical performances from Shakira, Colombia’s J Balvin, Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Latin music star Danny Ocean and Fher Olvera. BBC News

Petrol stations in the Russian-held ‌Crimea had run dry on Thursday, witnesses said, after Ukraine stepped up drone strikes on supply lines to the peninsula. Ukraine attacks also damaged bridges ​in the ‌Russian-held ​part of ​Ukraine’s ⁠southern ⁠Kherson region, Russian-installed ‌governor Vladimir Saldo ⁠said. The Russian defence ministry said on …