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Eighteen people are missing and more than 50 people are injured after an explosion at a key Qatar gas facility previously targeted by Iranian strikes. Authorities said a “technical accident” during start-up operations at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar’s main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site, led to an explosion …

A teenager killed during a rally crash in Ireland has been named as Tadhg Callaghan Carter. The Donegal International Rally on Saturday was cancelled after Mr Carter, 15, was killed and two others injured on the Gartan stage of the event. Irish police, the Gardai, said they and other emergency …

Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a remarkable 11-ball 50 for India A, breaking the record for the fastest half-century in the history of List A 50-over cricket. The 15-year-old’s latest remarkable feat came for India A against Sri Lanka A as he made 94 off 29 balls in a total …

Fuel had already been rationed due to shortages caused by Kyiv’s attacks against supply routes in Russian-occupied territories. BBC News

A left-wing senator who backs talks with armed gangs faces an outsider endorsed by Trump. BBC News

Victims’ families say there are ways to be an ethical true-crime fan – not an exploitative one. BBC News

Annual street parties attended by millions ordered to help “preserve” healthcare services in 40C (104F) heat. BBC News

Davey Hearn says he was simply touching the new paint at the site out of curiosity and did not remove or alter it. BBC News

The founder of Ubisoft, the gaming company behind Assassin’s Creed, has been killed in a plane crash.  Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were both killed when the twin-motor Cessna 421 they were travelling in crashed into a field near La Baule-Escoublac Airport, western France. He was 65 years old. …

An ongoing heatwave has triggered weather warnings across Europe, with several nations – including the UK – bracing for what could be one of the hottest June days on record. France is introducing alcohol bans to keep people safe in the heat, and there’s a chance the UK could record …

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given Belarus’s leader a week to remove equipment from his country used in Russian drone attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader has threatened to take action if his message is ignored. President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for decades, said recently that Ukraine had nothing …

Mona Khalil, who had refused to leave the beach she had spent years protecting, died from her injuries after the Israeli strike. BBC News

Iran said Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon are a breach of Tehran’s agreement with the US to end the war. BBC News

The BBC has been given rare access to the part of southern Lebanon that is under Israeli occupation, as part of a humanitarian convoy of the Order of Malta distributing aid to Christian villages that have been isolated because of the war. The mission happened on Thursday, a day before …

The move comes after weeks of anti-government protests that have caused a shortage of basic goods in Bolivia. BBC News

Trump said the Italian leader asked “over and over” for a picture at G7, after she said the US president “made-up” a story that she “begged” for a photo. BBC News

At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced citizens in northeastern Congo, with some confirmed to have died from Ebola, in a sign the disease could be spreading quickly there. It was not possible to confirm the causes of all the deaths …

Donald Trump has hit back at Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni after she accused him of making up a story that she begged him for a picture. The US president had told an Italian TV channel: “She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with …

Earlier this week, the White House criticised the Israeli government’s military operation in Lebanon, saying it risks scuppering the peace deal. But speaking near Washington as he unveiled a new Air Force One jet, President Donald Trump praised Netanyahu, calling him a “warrior”. BBC News

There are moments when life in Moscow feels completely normal – Thursday morning wasn’t one of them, writes Steve Rosenberg. BBC News