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The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon cancelled a planned deployment of 4,000 troops to the country. BBC News

The inauguration of the new consulate comes amid a push by the US president for greater control over the island. BBC News

In 2012, Africa’s oldest surviving political party expelled South African opposition leader Julius Malema for “bringing the party into disrepute” and “sowing internal divisions”. Fourteen years on, he has shown he can still throw the African National Congress (ANC) into disarray. “Our long game is that we want to take …

Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR champion, has died aged 41 after being taken to hospital with a “severe illness”. In a joint statement, the Busch family, NASCAR and Richard Childress Racing – the team Busch competed for – said they were “heartbroken” at the loss of “a giant of the …

At least 16 people have been killed, including six police officers, in two separate attacks on the coast of Honduras, police said. The first attack took place at a ranch in the Trujillo municipality in northern Honduras, where at least 10 workers were shot and killed, National Police spokesman Edgardo …

Cuba’s foreign minister accused Rubio of trying to “instigate a military aggression”. BBC News

The disgraced tycoon is serving a life sentence for embezzling from a major Vietnamese bank. BBC News

Fears are growing that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gathering momentum, as a treatment centre is set alight by an angry crowd. The outbreak has resulted in 160 suspected deaths out of 670 suspected cases, of which 61 have been confirmed, according to DRC …

Marco Rubio said there are “some good signs” that a deal to end the Iran war could be in sight – but added that he doesn’t “want to be overly optimistic”. The US secretary of state added that while the talks are progressing – with Pakistani representatives travelling to Iran …

Another flotilla has attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Israel intercepted the Gaza-bound aid flotilla and faced global condemnation for its treatment of the pro-Palestinian activists on board. You need javascript enabled to view this content Enable javascript to share Share ‘My wife has been abducted in international …

Iran publishes a map claiming “armed forces oversight” across more than 22,000 sq km of the waterway. BBC News

The companies were found guilty by a French court over an air disaster which killed 228 people. BBC News

“These infections can cause severe complications, such as chronic pain and infertility and, in the case of syphilis, problems with the heart or nervous system,” said Bruno Ciancio, the head of the agency’s Directly Transmitted and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases unit. BBC News

A fire has destroyed the Reikado Hall on Miyajima island in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Reikado is part of the Daishoin Buddhist temple complex and houses the ‘eternal flame’, which the temple says has been burning for nearly 1,200 years. The temple has moved the flame to a …

India’s newest political movement started with an insult – and led to people proudly dressing up as cockroaches. BBC News

A man has been arrested in Texas accused of intentionally driving his Tesla Cybertruck into a lake to use the vehicle’s “wade mode” feature. A witness captured the partially-submerged vehicle which was removed from near the shoreline of the south side of the lake, with the Grapevine Fire Department Water …

BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Havana, hours after the US charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes. The case unveiled on Wednesday accuses Castro and five others over the 1996 downing of two planes belonging to Cuban-American group Brothers to the …

After four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has become far more successful at fighting off air raids. BBC News

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