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It all sounds ominous, but this is still a far cry from the furious exchanges that characterised the first five-and-a-half weeks of this conflict. In that time, the US and Israel launched thousands of sorties against targets all across Iran, and Tehran responded with volleys of drones and ballistic missiles …

Beirut had until now largely been spared even as both Israel and Hezbollah accused each other of breaking last month’s ceasefire. BBC News

A man stabbed and wounded three people at a Swiss train station, police said. The attack happened shortly after 8.30am in Winterthur, in northeastern Switzerland. The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, has been arrested not long after the stabbings. His motive is being investigated, the regional police said. The three …

The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, has been arrested, police say, as areas around the station are cordoned off. BBC News

The case centres on whether the former columnist lied about the funding she received for her civil lawsuit against the US president. BBC News

A fire at a girls’ boarding school in Kenya has killed 16 students, a local official has said. The blaze broke out early Thursday morning in the dormitory of the Utumishi Girls’ ​Academy Senior School, located ‌in Gilgil, in the county of Nakuru and about 74 miles (120km) from the …

An Australian woman has been charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State. The 34-year-old allegedly travelled with others to the war-torn region between 2013 and 2014 to join the extremist group during the height of fighting between government and opposition forces. A man she was said to …

​​The live-in personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor’s death. ​​ Kenneth Iwamasa, who injected Perry with ketamine, worked with two doctors to provide the actor with more than $50,000 (£38,000) of the drug in …

Several groups of women and children who spent years in a Syrian camp have returned in recent months. BBC News

The US military said it targeted a military site in Bandar Abbas – a strategic port city – and shot down four Iranian attack drones. BBC News

El Temach’s earnings from content, including these shows, is sizeable. According to our analysis, from April 2025-26 El Temach made an estimated $1.5m (£1.1m) from social media views alone. He also made $200,000-300,000 (£149,000-£223,211) from YouTube “Super Chats” – in which fans pay to boost the prominence of their comments …

In 2026, Donald Trump’s use of social media has escalated. The BBC sifted through thousands of posts on his platform Truth Social to analyse what the President has been saying and when. What was the busiest day? When are the busiest hours? What type of content does President Trump share? …

A viral buffalo nicknamed “Donald Trump” for its blond tuft has been spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after a last-minute government intervention. The rare albino, weighing nearly 700kg, had already been sold to a ritual slaughter. But a Home Ministry official said on Wednesday that authorities had stepped in, citing …

The BBC visited China’s EV factories and found they are dominating the ecosystems shaping the global auto industry. BBC News

Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week following heavy rain and landslides. Two people are still missing, rescue teams said. Footage shared by the rescuers showed cave divers crawling through narrow, muddy passageways. The seven people were part …

The US president says he believes Iran wants to reach a deal but there is still no agreement on its terms. BBC News

A former member of the notorious Baader-Meinhof gang has been jailed for a string of armed robberies after decades on the run. Daniela Klette, 67, once described as Germany’s most-wanted woman, was arrested with weapons, cash and gold while living under a different name in Berlin two years ago. A …

👉 Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app 👈 The head of the GCHQ intelligence agency has warned that Russia is going after critical infrastructure and democracy in the UK. Anne Keast-Butler also used the inaugural GCHQ annual lecture at Bletchley Park to say the threat of this …

Israel’s military tells residents of Tyre it will “act forcefully” against the armed group, after another wave of strikes in south and east Lebanon. BBC News

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) “faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as the Ebola outbreak continues, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. It is suspected that 220 people have died in the country from the Bundibugyo strain of the virus – for …