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In supermarkets across several European countries, a huge amount of food has been dumped after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack. Belgium and Luxemburg saw some of the worst damage, with 40 Delhaize supermarkets affected, with incidents also taking place in stores in Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia and Finland. In a branch […]

Fighting has resumed in Ukraine’s Kherson after a six-day truce brought quiet to the front-line region for the first time in years. The ceasefire – the longest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 – allowed hundreds of people trapped in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky and its surroundings to be evacuated. […]

A Wizz Air flight travelling from London Luton Airport to Sofia has been escorted by a Hungarian fighter jet to Budapest after a mid-air bomb threat. The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International. Authorities there “carried out the necessary security checks on the aircraft and passengers”, a spokesperson […]

Ukraine’s emergency alert app issued a nationwide air raid warning, as well as alerts for a radiological threat, a chemical attack and street fighting in Kyiv on Sunday evening – all of which turned out to false. A few hours later, Russia said its equivalent app had also issued false alerts, with both countries claiming […]

Dozens of supermarkets in Belgium and Sweden have been hit by a suspected cyber-attack affecting its refrigerators and freezers. Around 40 Delhaize supermarkets and 15 Carrefour stores were affected in Belgium, while several ICA and Coop shops in Sweden were hit. Thirteen SuperValu shops have also been impacted in Ireland. Thousands of euros worth of […]

The BBC’s Maddie Gerber explains what’s on the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections in the United States.

Uganda has begun withdrawing its troops from Somalia after nearly two decades of military involvement in the country. The first contingent of 109 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops reportedly left the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, following an announcement by Uganda’s army chief, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Uganda’s acting army spokesperson, Chris Magezi, did not respond […]

In a year marked by protests, crackdowns and war, ordinary Iranians have found their lives turned upside down. BBC Panorama follows a grieving mother, Samira, who takes on the regime after her teenage daughter, Sevda, was shot dead while protesting on the outskirts of Tehran.

Sevda was killed on 9 January as she and Samira took part in huge demonstrations on the outskirts of the capital Tehran which had begun the previous month. They had been sparked by economic discontent, before escalating into calls for an end to the country’s Islamic Republic. Though Samira denies she was especially political then, […]