When you think you’ve won £280k, but it’s £28
A couple have told the BBC about considering getting married after believing they had won a small fortune.
BBC investigation reveals hidden deaths at India festival crush
The Uttar Pradesh government says 37 people were killed in the Kumbh Mela crush, but the BBC has verified at least 82 deaths.
Russia’s Largest Bombardment of Ukraine – NPR
- Russia's Largest Bombardment of Ukraine NPR
- Russia launches the biggest aerial attack since the start of the war, Ukraine says AP News
- Ukraine loses F-16 fighter amid massed Russian drone, missile attack ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Ukraine loses an F-16 pilot and his jet while fighting one of Russia’s biggest ever aerial attacks CNN
- Russia Pounds Ukraine With Drones and Missiles in One of War’s Largest Attacks The New York Times
MAGA Civil War Explodes Over Trump Support for Israel – The Daily Beast
- MAGA Civil War Explodes Over Trump Support for Israel The Daily Beast
- Young Republicans are fueling the GOP’s generational divide on Israel The Washington Post
- Trump’s base grows restive Le Monde diplomatique - English
- Iran oo fulisay mowjado dilal iyo xadhig isugu jira ka dib dagaalkii Israa'iil BBC
Tunisia court sentences lawyer critical of president to two years in prison
Sonia Dhamani, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, has criticised him for practices against refugees and migrants.
UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules – BBC
- UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules BBC
- Nonprofits Lose Legal Bid to Halt U.K. Exports of Fighter Jet Parts to Israel The New York Times
- Judges rule against Palestinian human rights group's claim that the UK is illegally arming Israel AP News
- High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel Al Jazeera
- UK’s sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful, high court rules The Guardian
Violence Erupts Between Israeli Settlers and Military in West Bank – The New York Times
- Violence Erupts Between Israeli Settlers and Military in West Bank The New York Times
- 5 illegal West Bank outposts razed by security services after attacks on IDF troops The Times of Israel
- Why 'Emboldened' Jewish Settlers Are Now Attacking Israeli Soldiers in the West Bank - Podcasts Haaretz
- Gov't must deal with Jewish settler violence in West Bank The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli military detains 6 settlers after attack on forces in occupied West Bank CNN
Iran intensifies mass deportations of Afghan refugees, some accused of being ‘Israeli spies’ – Ynetnews
- Iran intensifies mass deportations of Afghan refugees, some accused of being 'Israeli spies' Ynetnews
- At least 1.2 million Afghans forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, says UN AP News
- Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say NPR
- Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel’s war on Iran Al Jazeera
- More than 250,000 Afghans left Iran in June alone, UN says BBC
Pro-Palestine protesters at Wimbledon over Barclays sponsorship
Pro-Palestine activists rallied outside Wimbledon on the first day of the tennis championships in London.
Who will feed Sudanese refugees?
Millions of Sudanese who have fled to neighbouring countries face the risk of hunger.
Mamdani’s New York victory sparks Islamophobic backlash in US
Advocates say attacks targeting mayoral candidate's Muslim identity show Islamophobia remains tolerated in US politics.
Israel, Syria hold security talks, discuss Abraham Accords – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel, Syria hold security talks, discuss Abraham Accords The Jerusalem Post
- Will Syria normalise relations with Israel? Al Jazeera
- Israel eyes ties with Syria and Lebanon after Iran war Reuters
- Scoop: Israel And Syria Will Sign A Peace Agreement Before The End Of 2025 i24NEWS
- Israel in ‘advanced talks’ for deal to end hostilities with Syria, says senior official The Times of Israel
White House says Canadian PM ‘caved’ to Trump demand to scrap tech tax
Trump officials hail U-turn as Mark Carney says decision to rescind digital services tax means revival of trade talks
The United States has said that Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney “caved” to demands from the White House after his government abruptly scrapped their digital services tax on US technology companies, which was set to go into effect on Monday.
“It’s very simple. Prime minister Carney and Canada caved to president [Donald] Trump and the United States of America,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing.
Continue reading...935 people killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, official says – Reuters
- 935 people killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, official says Reuters
- Iran raises death toll from war with Israel to more than 900 AP News
- Iran raises death toll from conflict with Israel to more than 900 The Times of Israel
- Iran: More than 900 killed in war with Israel The Hill
- Over 900 Iranian Killed, 31,000 Buildings Hit in Israel; Netanyahu Shown Strolling in ‘Free Tehran’ News18
Russia seizes Ukraine’s most valuable lithium deposits, but US minerals deal not at risk, investor says – The Kyiv Independent
- Russia seizes Ukraine’s most valuable lithium deposits, but US minerals deal not at risk, investor says The Kyiv Independent
- Russia has taken first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk, state media claims The Guardian
- Russian forces advance and take first village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, state media say Reuters
- Russia Seizes Key Lithium Field in Challenge for U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal The New York Times
- Putin knocked out of Zelensky's hands one of the last trump cards in a deal with the United States — deputy EADaily
Israeli settlers attack Israeli soldiers in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers targeted Israeli soldiers in an occupied West Bank riot.
Twenty bodies discovered in Sinaloa as Mexican cartel violence surges
Grisly finding comes at end of worst month in war between Sinaloa factions as government tries to stop killings
Mexican authorities have found 20 bodies in the state of Sinaloa, a region gripped by a war between factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel that is reaching new heights of violence.
The state prosecutor’s office said on Monday that four of the victims had been decapitated and their bodies had been found hanging from a bridge on a main road near Culiacán, the state capital.
Continue reading...Mexican authorities find 20 bodies, some decapitated, in Sinaloa state
Incident is latest in months of intense violence between rival drug cartel members.
Checkmate in Tehran: The fall of Israeli and American strategy – Middle East Monitor
- Checkmate in Tehran: The fall of Israeli and American strategy Middle East Monitor
- Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself The Times of Israel
- How to win peace in the Middle East The Economist
- Visualising 12 days of the Israel-Iran conflict Al Jazeera
- Israel’s War With Iran Has Reordered the Middle East—but Not as Expected WSJ
‘Unprecedented’ alerts in France as blistering heat grips Europe
Dozens of the country's mainland regions are currently under the second-highest alert as the heatwave continues.