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Syrian army seizes country’s largest oil field from Kurdish forces

Syrian troops fighting Kurdish forces in north-eastern Syria have seized the country’s largest oilfield. Read More

Fears Iran’s internet shutdown could lead to ‘extreme digital isolation’

5 hours ago ShareSave Joe Tidy,BBC cybersecurity correspondentand Farshad Bayan,BBC Persian ShareSave NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran is 10 days into one of the most extreme internet shutdowns in history, with 92 million citizens cut off Read More

Gangland killing at a funeral shocks idyllic French island

16 hours ago ShareSave Chris BockmanIn southern France ShareSave Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA/AFP The mourners had gathered in the small village of Vero, a half-hour drive from Ajaccio, the capital of the picture-postcard Mediterranean i Read More

Nasa’s mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad for Artemis II mission

14 hours ago ShareSave Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francisand Kevin Church,Science team ShareSave Nasa’s mega rocket has been moved to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the final preparations get underway for the first crewed mi Read More

Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis, officials say

Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. Read More

Ant and Dec sorry after ‘insensitive’ podcast promo prompts backlash

Warning: this story contains discussion of suicide Ant and Dec have apologised for promoting their new podcast with a video that has been criticised for containing imagery that was insensitive and may be triggering for people struggling with ment Read More

Heated Rivalry author thought ice-hockey romance was too steamy for TV

9 hours ago ShareSave Maia Davies ShareSave Caleb Latreille “I write sexually explicit queer romance novels about hockey players. Read More

Trump tariff threat over Greenland ‘unacceptable’, European leaders say

10 minutes ago ShareSave Henri Astierand Bernd Debusmann Jr,White House correspondent ShareSave Reuters A threat by President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allies opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland has drawn c Read More