Four astronauts return to earth after an eight-month space mission
The crew completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
What Man City charges anger Liverpool before Premier League game?
Clubs reportedly want reimbursements after Man City charges - one of those, Liverpool, are first opponent in fallout.
What Americans think about the death penalty
The BBC spoke to Americans and international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty following the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
Police use tear gas and water cannons on student protestors in Paris
Police fired tear gas and water cannons as demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand more funding and teachers.
Russia’s Yandex says it is unclear whether data centre can be restored after drone strike – Reuters
- Russia's Yandex says it is unclear whether data centre can be restored after drone strike Reuters
- Russia's Yandex says second data centre hit by drone attack Reuters
- Drones hit Yandex data center in first major attack on Russian data hub NBC News
- Ukrainian drone attack takes out Russian datacenter The Register
- Russian factory housing Yandex data centre attacked and catches fire – photos, video Українська правда
Trump gives top US science awards to Elon Musk and other tech executives
The National Medal of Science is annually given to scientists and engineers for major contributions in their fields.
Taliban Arrest Women for Dress Code Violations – Newser
- Taliban Arrest Women for Dress Code Violations Newser
- Afghan women facing arrest for dress code violations: UN DW.com
- Afghanistan: Women face fresh dress code arrests amid record refugee returns UN News
- Faiq at UN Calls for End to Arbitrary Detentions, Torture and Killings in Afghanistan 8AM Media
- UN rights council slams Taliban's 'oppression' of women Al-Monitor
What is the Mecca defence pact?
Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan are activating their defence pact to counter attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.
Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat
Contest seen as test of Andy Burnham’s ability to unite Labour voters amid threat from Green party’s Zack Polanski
Polls have closed in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a test of Andy Burnham’s ability to unite Labour’s voters or whether Zack Polanski can peel off support from the party’s progressive flank.
Labour is seeking to retain Keir Starmer’s former north London seat, where he won a majority of more than 11,000 votes in the 2024 general election, in what has become a measure of the political landscape under Burnham, months into his premiership.
Continue reading...South Africa protests turn violent amid rage over asylum ruling – Al Jazeera
- South Africa protests turn violent amid rage over asylum ruling Al Jazeera
- South Africa blames disinformation as anti-migrant protests turn violent Reuters
- Anti-immigrant mob is fuelling the dangerous anti-constitutionalist fire Daily Maverick
- South Africa: Anti-migrant protests turn violent DW.com
- Vehicles torched in South Africa as protests over asylum ruling rage on AP News
US charges Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro over torture allegations
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores face a new US charge over alleged torture.
South Africa protests turn violent amid rage over asylum ruling
Several cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to shut in Johannesburg's Soweto and coastal city of Durban.
Men accused of shooting Australian surfer brothers and US friend dead in Mexico to learn fate as trial concludes
Martin and Debra Robinson, the brothers’ parents, will address the court before a Mexican judge hands down the verdict
A Mexican judge is expected to hand down his verdict on Thursday in the high-profile murder trial of three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and their American friend in 2024.
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast when they were shot dead in Baja California state in an alleged robbery.
Continue reading...Israel shuts down British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
The British government says it will retain its presence in occupied East Jerusalem after Israel removed its consulate.
U.S. Makes F-35 Push As Portugal Weighs F-16 Replacement – TWZ
- U.S. Makes F-35 Push As Portugal Weighs F-16 Replacement TWZ
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel at a Joint Press Availability U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- Portugal seriously considers US F-35 jets along with other options Reuters
- Rubio says US pressure on NATO allies to boost defense spending is ‘not hostile’ AP News
- Rubio visits Portugal, praising a 'great ally' and looking to build deeper ties ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Jared Kushner, 45, Drops Stunning Admission About His Education – The Daily Beast
Thousands march in Madrid after death of evicted pensioner Maricarmen
Rally to remember woman, 87, whose rent battle with investment firm triggered nationwide protests over housing crisis
About 20,000 people took part in a march through the centre of Madrid on Thursday evening in memory of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her flat in the capital a fortnight before her death triggered mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis.
The pensioner, whose flat had been bought by an investment firm that sought to increase her rent by 230%, had become the public face of the crisis before her death in hospital on Wednesday night.
Continue reading...How much worse can Yemen’s humanitarian crisis become?
UN says fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people in five weeks.
Hurricane Isaias forecast to bring dangerous storm surge, with millions under warnings in US
Residents in areas from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Florida urged to ‘evacuate if told to do so’
Millions of people from Louisiana to Florida are under hurricane warnings on Thursday as Hurricane Isaias heads toward the US Gulf coast, with weather officials warning of dangerous storm surge, hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and flooding.
Isaias intensified from a tropical storm into the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season on Wednesday night, and has prompted state of emergency declarations in Florida, Alabama and Georgia, as well as evacuation orders and school closures in several Florida counties as officials urge residents to prepare for its arrival.
Continue reading...Israeli settlers take Palestinian olives, and their harvest traditions
As Israeli settlers harvest olives on Palestinian land, farmers face growing violence and loss of an ancient tradition.