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Venezuela has entered a period of political transition following the ousting of former president Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026. The US and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations, with the two sides promising to make an effort to promote stability, support economic recovery and advanced political reconciliation. However, Venezuelans inside the […]

Standing in front of an awkward-looking Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and the other stars of the Inter Miami soccer team on Thursday, Trump told the team’s owner, Cuban-born magnate Jorge Mas, that they would soon be “celebrating what’s going on in Cuba”, adding that the Cuban authorities “want to make a deal. So badly you […]

Teens are infuriating locals by riding over golf courses and doing wheelies on the Harbour Bridge.

In Lebanon, some residents in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh have left their homes amid evacuation orders and ongoing air strikes by Israel. BBC Arabic’s Carine Torbey says people from the area, which a Hezbollah stronghold, have been sleeping in tents and cars. More on this story.

A drone attack on Azerbaijan has narrowed choices for airlines scrambling to respond to disruption in the Gulf.

Suspected Islamist militants reportedly seized control of a village for two days before being forced out by troops and air strikes.

But just days into this latest conflict, the mood in Israel – basking in the military partnership with Donald Trump – is already breathlessly looking to a new future, and a new Middle East, prompting one Israeli commentator, Avi Issacharof, to urge his country to “come down to earth for a moment”.

The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

“This will start with platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live, and Roblox,” said Hafid, adding that the ban would make Indonesia “the first non-Western country to delay children’s access to digital spaces according to age”.

As the US and Israel continue strikes on Iran, and with retaliatory strikes hitting nearby Middle East states, key shipping routes are being disrupted. Oil and gas production in the region is also being affected. The BBC’s Nick Marsh examines how the war could cause a rise in living costs around the world.