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The US president says the joint operation eliminated “the most active terrorist in the world”, Abu-Bilal al-Minuki. BBC News

Donald Trump has said that freeing Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in China, would be “tough”. Source link

The UK appears to have gone for broke at this year’s Eurovision final, choosing one of its most leftfield entries in years. Could Eins, Zwei, Drei be catchy enough, weird enough, to finally end 29 years of hurt? Or will it be the familiar chorus of “nul points”? And who …

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One after talks in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said the two sides had agreed Tehran could not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which it is currently blocking, prompting a rise in world …

Lischinsky and Milgrim were leaving when the suspect fired 20 shots, killing them both, prosecutors allege. They were in a relationship and Lichinsky had bought an engagement ring, planning to propose to Milgrim on an upcoming trip to Israel, according to CBS News, the BBC’s media partner. BBC News

It marks the third time a New York jury has considered the case against the 74-year-old disgraced film mogul. BBC News

A new Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 65 deaths recorded so far, according to Africa’s top public health body. The outbreak has been identified in the remote Ituri province, where officials have recorded 246 suspected cases, according to the Africa Centres for Disease …

Deisy Rivera Ortega was taken into custody at an immigration appointment in Texas last month. BBC News

The city’s Mayor, Johanna Rolland, has condemned what she calls the “drug trafficking that is plaguing the country”, and emphasised the distress and intense emotion” this community was already going through after another fatal shooting at the end of last month. BBC News

In Friday’s Federal Court judgement, the full court found that Grover had engaged in unlawful direct discrimination, saying she had treated Tickle “who is a transgender woman, less favourably than a person designated female at birth seeking access to the Giggle App”. BBC News

The Russkaya Obshina group stages raids to look for activities contravening “traditional Russian values”. BBC News

Africa’s top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported. BBC News

The US securities regulator had accused the Adanis of paying bribes and misleading investors, which they denied. BBC News

Five tourists, including a professor and her daughter, have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives. Italy’s foreign ministry said the group had been exploring underwater ⁠caves in the Vaavu Atoll at a depth ⁠of around 50 metres (165ft) on Thursday. It gave no further details about the …

A ‘most wanted’ British man who imported large amounts of cocaine into the UK has been arrested in Spain. Simon Dutton, 49, was wanted by Greater Manchester Police for cocaine importation, money laundering, false passport offences, and breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order. He was arrested in La Nucia, near …

Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows BBC News

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants. BBC News

While El Niño forms across the tropical Pacific, forecasters look at one region in particular called the Niño3.4, monitoring a three-monthly average of the sea surface temperature compared to the long-term average. A strong or ‘super El Nińo’ is when that goes above 1.5C. Forecasts from the European Centre for …

A vessel said to be a “floating armoury” in the Gulf of Oman has been seized by Iranian military personnel, according to reports. BBC News

Drones bound for Russia crashed down in Latvia last week, prompting a political fallout. BBC News