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Ukraine's prime minister has said there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia. Denys Shmyhal urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill, which has $61bn (£49bn) earmarked for Kyiv. The House of Representatives is set to vote on the package this Saturday. Mr Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that…

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Operations at Dubai airport remain severely disrupted as heavy rains continue to batter the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries. The storm pounded the UAE on Tuesday, flooding roads and the sections of the busy international airport. Flash floods have now killed 20 people in Oman and one in the UAE. Some inbound flights have resumed on …

A dangerous species of fire ants will cost Australians more than $22bn by the 2040s if left to run rampant, a new report has found.It is believed that the red imported fire ants entered Australia in the 1990’s via shipping containers from South America.With a powerful sting, they pose a threat to both people and livestock and can prey on a variety …

Qatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, the country's prime minister has said. Qatar has had a key role - along with Egypt and the US - in trying to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of hostages. But Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said Doha had been exploited and abused and was bein…

A BBC investigation suggests more than 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine. Researchers from the BBC and the independent Russian website Mediazona studied burial sites and other evidence. The Kremlin does not disclose official figures. The war also continues to claim many Ukrainian lives. The latest Russian missile strike has ki…

Boeing is under scrutiny over a series of incidents, including when a door blew out of a 737 Max plane shortly after take-off. Two competing hearings were held in Congress on Wednesday to discuss safety issues on Boeing planes. Engineer Sam Salehpour accused Boeing of taking shortcuts in the construction of its 787 and 777 jets. He claimed he was "…

Former British senior diplomat Edward Chaplin was kidnapped in Iran in 1987, and relations between the UK and the Islamic Republic quickly deteriorated afterwards. That kidnap followed claims by Iran that an Iranian consulate worker in Manchester was assaulted by British police. Mr Chaplin sat down with Newsnight's Joe Inwood and spoke publicly for…

A Russian missile attack has killed 15 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. More than 60 people, including three children, were injured in the attack, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area, the city's mayor said. The attack came hours after reports of a Ukrainian strike on a…

French police have removed hundreds of migrants from a camp in Paris as part of an operation to prepare the capital for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games. The camp in Vitry-sur-Seine was home to more than 400 migrants before police carried out a large-scale eviction. Authorities say the squat was illegal, as they push to dismantle homeless and migrant…

Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm. In the country's second 12 months on the front line - as Moscow pushed its so-called 'meat grinder' strategy - the body count was found to be nearly 25% higher than in the first year. BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been c…

India’s general election begins on Friday this week. Most predictions suggest Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win another resounding victory – his third consecutive mandate.While Mr. Modi is a controversial figure, he has amassed a huge following of supporters, almost unparalleled in contemporary India. From the Uttar Pradesh state which is a str…

The United Nations is launching a $2.8bn appeal to provide aid to the Palestinian population in Gaza. Meanwhile, the US and EU say they are looking at imposing further sanctions on Iran, after its attack on Israel. It's as the UK foreign secretary Lord Cameron has urged Israel to do "as little as possible to escalate" tensions in the Middle East, a…

The military government in Myanmar has said it has pardoned 3,300 prisoners and has moved the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. State media, quoting a spokesman for the junta, said extremely hot weather had caused Miss Suu Kyi and other elderly prisoners to be relocated as a precaution against heat stroke. The No…

Warning: some viewers may find this video distressing Medics have been hard at work on Ukraine’s frontlines, trying to save the lives and limbs of soldiers in the country’s war with Russia. The BBC has been following the medics of the 28th Mechanised Brigade as they carry out treatment under risk of being attacked by Russian forces. Documentary fil…

A Tesla whistleblower who has battled Elon Musk and his company through the courts for a decade tells BBC News she is still seeking a public apology. Engineer Cristina Balan was once such a rising star at Tesla in the US that her initials were engraved on the batteries inside every Model S electric car.But after raising a safety concern about a des…

Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are being debated and will be voted on later. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the country's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would ensure anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from buying cigarettes, an…

Brussels police has been enforcing an order to close down the National Conservatism Conference, on Tuesday. Organisers said the event in the Belgian capital would continue, but guests were no longer allowed to enter. Local authorities raised concerns over the safety of the public, saying the conference should not go ahead. The conference aims to br…

Israel is calling for sanctions to be imposed on Iran's missile project after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory.A wave of missiles and drones were fired from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen on Saturday, with most being downed by Israel and its allies. Tehran said the attack was retaliation for the presumed Israeli air strike on…

It’s nearly 100 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Olympic flame has been lit. The ceremony takes place in Greece’s ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. The torch will first travel 3,000 miles through Greece, before crossing the Mediterranean to France in May on the three-masted ship Be…

Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire.The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city's oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames.Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic paintings.For latest updat…

Dozens of potential jurors have been ruled out of Donald Trump's unprecedented criminal trial in New York on impartiality grounds.Mr Trump denies falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels just ahead of the 2016 election. Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say they could not be impartial after pr…

Israel’s war cabinet met to discuss its response on Monday night but did not say whether a decision had been reached.World leaders have strongly condemned Iran's actions, but urged Benjamin Netanyahu's government to show restraint.The Israeli military’s chief of staff said the attack "will be met with a response".Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Rishi …

Australian police have declared Monday's stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated "terrorist act". A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. At least four people suffered "non-life-threatening" injuries, police say. The attacker was a…

Israel’s top general has given the clearest indication that the country will retaliate against Iran, following its mass missile and drone attack.General Herzi Halevi, the IDF chief os staff, said that “the launch of so many missiles, cruise missiles and drones into Israeli territory will be met with a response”. It’s not yet clear what form that re…

Donald Trump's first criminal trial is getting under way, with jury selection due to begin on Monday. The former president has in recent months faced judges in two separate New York civil trials, but his criminal trial there will look very different. Mr Trump, 77, has been charged with 34 counts of fraud, related to hush-money that was paid to porn…

Frank Prentice's survival of the Titanic's sinking in 1912, at the age of 23, is one of the miraculous tales from that tragic night.More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912, causing the boat to sink.In the BBC documentary The Great Liners from 1979, he vividly depicted the harrowing event…

Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll. It has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Bleaching happens when coral gets stressed and turns white because the water it lives in is too hot. C…

Donald Trump is in court as his long-awaited hush-money trial gets under way in New York.The trial, which is expected to last at least six weeks, marks the first time ever that a US president has faced a criminal trial.Trump is accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. He als…

The UK joined Israel's defence against Iran in order to prevent an escalation of the conflict, Lord Cameron has said.UK RAF jets intercepted a small number of drones bound for Israel in Iran's first ever direct attack on its territory.The foreign secretary urged Israel to be "smart" and "tough" as it considers its response.Lord Cameron added that t…

Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken in chilling detail to the BBC about what he remembers of an attack two years ago, in which he was stabbed on stage. The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was left hanging down his face "like a soft-boiled egg", and that losing the eye "upsets him every day". "I remember thinking I was dying," he said. "Fortunate…

It has been one year since the eruption of a civil war in Sudan. Fighting between Sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces has claimed thousands of lives, displaced more than eight million people and triggered the world’s largest hunger crisis, according to the UN. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other organisations have said the break…

Donald Trump will set foot in a New York courthouse on Monday and become the first former US president to stand trial in a criminal case. He is accused of falsifying his business records to disguise a hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels, a former adult film star, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr Trump, 77, faces a maximum of four years in…

It's time to "step back from the brink", UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, after Iran's attack on Israel. Iran launched more than 300 projectiles at Israel on Saturday, in what it said was retaliation to an earlier strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. It’s unclear how Israel plans to respond, but war cabinet minister Benny Gan…

In recent months, commuters in South Korea's capital have been riding what is believed to be the world’s first driverless night bus.So, what is a late night ride like on the streets of Seoul?Read more on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/3VOpKmDSubscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog#Seoul #SouthKorea #BBCNews…

Why do some young people from really tough backgrounds beat the odds? And what can we all learn from them? Read more on the BBC News website: https://bbc.in/3vRk7JS Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUogVideo made in partnership with @bbcideas and the University of Oxford.#BBCIdeas #BBCNewsبقلم BBC News

Israel said the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted overnight. The attacks - which drew international condemnation - marked the first time Iran has targeted Israel directly from its own soil. It is unclear how Israel plans to respond, but war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has said it will "exact a pri…

Israel has said it and its allies have intercepted the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran. It said there were a small number of hits on its territory, including at an IDF base in southern Israel, while one child has been injured. Iran's attack is a retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed an Iranian military co…

In a dramatic escalation of the crisis in the middle east, Iran has launched a mass drone and missile attack on Israel..Retaliation by Iran has been widely predicted, following an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus.Israel says its armed forces are on full alert with air defences prepared and combat planes in the …

A man has been shot after reports of multiple stabbings at a Sydney shopping centre sparked a major police response. Crowds could be seen fleeing Westfield shopping centre near Australia's Bondi beach where local media say four people are dead. Police declared a critical incident following the shooting of a man just before 16:00 local time (07:00BS…

After 6 months of war in Gaza, medical services there have all but collapsedThe European Gaza Hospital in the city of Khan Younis is one of the last functioning medical facilities.A British plastic surgeon, Dr Victoria Rose, has been recording conditions while working there, treating people with bullet wounds, burns and blast injuries. Many of them…

A major power plant near Kyiv was completely destroyed by Russian strikes early on Thursday, energy company Centrenergo said. Trypillya power plant was the largest electricity provider for three regions, including Kyiv, officials said. Russia has long been deliberately and systematically targeting Ukraine's energy system. President Vladimir Putin s…

Scientists have discovered the cause of the brightest burst of light ever recorded – but discovered two even bigger mysteries in the process. The burst of light, spotted in 2022, is now known to have had an exploding star at its heart, researchers say. But that explosion, by itself, would not have been enough to have shone so brightly, and the disc…

Floods in the Russian city of Orenburg have raised water levels to two metres above critical, leaving just the roofs of some houses showing. The city's mayor urged many residents to leave home, as sirens sounded. Levels in Orenburg are likely to peak on Friday, but floods are expected to spread through neighbouring regions over the coming days and …

The United States has restricted travel for its embassy personnel in Israel amid fears of an attack by Iran. The US embassy said staff had been told not to travel outside the greater Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Beersheba areas "out of an abundance of caution". Iran has vowed to retaliate, blaming Israel for a strike on its consulate in Syria 11 days ago…

Ukraine’s President Zelensky has warned the country is running out of air defences, as it faces another wave of Russian strikes. On Thursday, a major power plant near Kiyv was completely destroyed, after being targeted by multiple missiles. Staff on shift at the Trypillya plant were able to run for cover and escape, but the plant – which was the la…

Tens of thousands of children are malnourished in Sudan, an international humanitarian organisation has said. Doctors Without Borders warned that a "catastrophic hunger crisis" in the country is even worse than feared. It found that one third of children were malnourished in displaced people's counts in Sudan's North Dafur's state - double the thre…

A false and AI-generated headline that claimed heavy missiles had struck Tel Aviv was spread on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.The fake headline was generated by X's official AI chatbot, Grok, and then promoted by X's trending news product, Explore, on the first day of an updated version of the feature.Verified users on X sh…