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The detainees say they were slapped, hit, humiliated and even subjected to sexual violence, but Israel’s prison service says the allegations are false. BBC News

Images from a cave where the four Italians were found reveal the difficulty that rescuers had in recovering their bodies. BBC News

The US has warned that a peaceful agreement with Cuba is unlikely, Havana insists this is a “fraudulent case” designed to justify military intervention. BBC News

A Waymo spokesperson said it had expanded the temporary pause “out of an abundance of caution”. BBC News

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “spreading rapidly”, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, as UK scientists work on a new vaccine that could be “months away”. There are at least 750 suspected Ebola cases in the DRC, along with 177 …

British soldiers are fighting a Russian invasion from a platform on the London Underground in a wargame that reveals the UK must invest much more in defence – or risk defeat. In the scenario, the year is 2030, and the troops are part of a UK-led NATO headquarters that has …

Ana Rosa Romero lives on the 11th floor of the Granma Dos building, an imposing modernist social housing block in the Cuban capital, Havana. A widow in her 70s, she said that when her husband died recently, a blackout in her neighbourhood meant she had to sit with his body …

Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out a “monstrous crime” after an overnight drone attack on a school killed at least four and left 35 children wounded. Kremlin officials blamed Kyiv for the overnight drone attack on the school in the Luhansk region. Photos and videos released by Russian authorities …

Petrini’s movement rejected fast food to promote sustainable production and traditional cooking. BBC News

Timelapse footage shows Paris’ oldest bridge being transformed overnight into a giant inflatable cave structure. The 17th-century Pont Neuf bridge is a familiar landmark spanning the River Seine, but was left almost unrecognisable to Parisians on Thursday. Titled ‘La Caverne’ or ‘the cave’, it was created by French artist Jene-René …

The India-Africa summit was set to be held next week in Delhi after more than a decade. BBC News

The body of Matthew Cameron Paton, 53, was found on Thursday, about 300m (984ft) down an abyss. BBC News

Twisha Sharma, a model and actor, had been married for just five months when she was found dead. BBC News

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The 15 deportees describe the uncertainty they face in a country they had never seen before. BBC News

The late-night host will appear behind his CBS desk for the final time after the network announced last summer that the show would end after 11 seasons. BBC News

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 …