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The move follows similar steps in other European countries, including France and Spain.

Around 20% of the world’s oil supply normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway between Iran and the horn-like tip of the Arabian peninsula. Right now it is effectively closed, with Iran deciding which ships can get through, and the impact is being felt worldwide. The BBC’s Diplomatic Correspondent Paul Adams […]

The US president’s commitment to deadlines is fluid but he uses them for a purpose, writes the BBC’s James Landale.

The US television presenter will return to hosting the NBC news programme in April.

Travellers across the US are facing unusually long lines at airports, as hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents have quit while others continue to miss paychecks and call out of work amid a partial government shutdown. BBC journalist Christal Hayes was returning home after her honeymoon and was caught in the chaos, reporting wait […]

Mohammad al-Malhi is the seventh Palestinian killed by a settler in a surge of violence since the start of the war with Iran.

Noelia Castillo died on Thursday evening in a Barcelona hospital, after a protracted legal battle with her own father.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a video address to the UN meeting in Geneva that the bombing was a “deliberate and intentional” attack by the US. “This atrocity cannot be justified, cannot be concealed, and must not be met with silence and indifference,” he said.

“We’re here because, thanks to Democrats determined refusal to reach an agreement, there will be no Homeland Security funding bill this year,” he said. “Instead… Republicans funded the Department of Homeland Security piecemeal. That is not the way to fund the department.”