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Nearly two weeks into the US and Israel’s war with Iran, Donald Trump has shown no signs that the ‘excursion’ is coming to a close. As President Trump travelled to Kentucky on Wednesday to speak to supporters, the BBC’s North America editor Sarah Smith spoke to two military families in …

Modelling agent used businesses to recruit girls and arrange US visas to visit Jeffrey Epstein, Brazilian women tell BBC. BBC News

BBC correspondents give us their biggest takeaways from China’s National People’s Congress. BBC News

Leo Brent Bozell apologises after weighing in on a dispute rooted in the country’s apartheid past. BBC News

The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC’s international editor. BBC News

“Under no circumstances” can Iran compete in this year’s World Cup, the country’s sports minister has said. The team’s participation has been in doubt after US and Israeli forces struck Iran, with Tehran retaliating with attacks on American assets and allies across the Middle East. Follow the latest on the …

A van has been driven into a barricade near the White House, officials have said. The driver has been apprehended in Washington DC and no injuries have been reported, a police spokesman said. Officers were called at about 6.37am local time “to the vicinity of the White House… after a …

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded in the US-Israeli airstrikes which killed his father. The 56-year-old assumed the top position after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the initial strikes on Iran, but has not been seen in public since. Mojtaba Khamenei had been lightly wounded in the …

“In order to prevent such barbaric actions by the Kyiv regime from continuing, the special military operation is being conducted,” Dmitry Peskov said, using the Russian description for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Putin ordered on 24 February 2022. BBC News

A British married couple have drowned at a popular beach on the New South Wales coast in Australia. They ran into difficulty while swimming at Shellharbour Beach, about 70 miles (114km) south of Sydney, shortly after 11am (local time) on Wednesday. The 66-year-old man and 64-year-old woman were pulled from …

Lori Idlout, formerly of the NDP, has become the latest lawmaker in the current parliament to cross the floor. BBC News

Donald Trump said Iran is “welcome to compete” in the World Cup, FIFA’s Gianni Infantino has said. Their participation was in doubt after US and Israeli forces struck Iran, with Iran retaliating with attacks on US assets and allies across the region. However, Mr Infantino has said he met the …

Harish Rana has been in a vegetative state since 2013, when he fell from a balcony and suffered head injuries. BBC News

One member of the Iranian women’s football team has decided to leave Australia, taking the number seeking asylum to six, amid fears they could be in danger after they did not sing Iran’s national anthem before a game. They were in Australia for the Asian Cup when the Iran war …

The woman posted about the singer online prior to the attack, the BBC’s US news partner CBS reports. BBC News

Activists played a key role in making contact with the women as they tried to dodge their minders. BBC News

When the sirens sounded around the city of Beit Shemesh on the second day of the war, Rabbi Yitzhak Biton suggested to his son they find a safe space at home rather than go to the nearest shelter. But Yaakov felt worried and preferred to go. Follow live updates on …

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Who is the new Iranian leader and will he make a difference to a war Donald Trump says is already “won”? Yalda is in Qatar and Richard is in Tel Aviv for this week’s episode, which also looks at who …

Amid the sound of bombs and distant gunfire, we heard church bells ripple through Beirut’s suburbs. Then we saw a large group of people congregate, all dressed in black.  They had to come to a Maronite place of worship, Sacred Heart church, to commemorate the death of man called Sami Ghafari. The …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are returning to Australia in April, their first visit since 2018. BBC News