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Netanyahu ‘determined’ to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages

Israel’s prime minister has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is “determined” to secure the return of the dead hostages still inside Gaza, and that the country will continue to fight terr Read More

French PM survives major test but breathing space will not last long

2 hours ago ShareSave Hugh SchofieldIn Paris ShareSave AFP via Getty Images France’s new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has bought himself breathing space after winning two no-confidence motions tabled by the opposition. Read More

Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s trains in ‘battle for the railways’

10 hours ago ShareSave Gary O’Donoghue in Kyiv ShareSave Iona Hampson/BBC Propped up in her hospital bed, railway conductor Olha Zolotova speaks slowly and quietly as she talks about the day her train was hit by a Russian drone. Read More

Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says ‘no to regime change’

US President Donald Trump has confirmed a report he authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela, provoking outrage from the South American nation’s leader. Read More

Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials

OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded on its journey to the wreck of the Titantic because of poor engineering and multiple failures to test the vessel, according to an official report. Read More

Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright, Giuffre claimed in memoir

11 hours ago ShareSave Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent ShareSave Getty Images A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of being “entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthrightR Read More

‘I can’t afford to save both twins’: Sudan’s war left one mother with an impossible choice

10 hours ago ShareSave Nawal Al-MaghafiSenior international investigations correspondent, Khartoum and Scarlett BarterBBC World Service, Khartoum ShareSave Warning: This piece contains details that some readers may find distressing Touma hasn Read More

Hamas returns two more bodies but says it cannot retrieve remaining dead hostages

Hamas says it has handed over the bodies of two more Israeli hostages under the terms of the US-brokered ceasefire deal, but says it needs time and specialised equipment to recover the rest of the deceased from the ruins of Gaza The group’s ar Read More