India’s fiercest female politician faces a fight for survival
Mamata Banerjee loses West Bengal state, throwing her party – and political future – into doubt.
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Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.
Continue ReadingOffensive stage of Iran war is over, US Secretary of State Rubio says
As a spate of incidents in the Strait of Hormuz test the ceasefire, an Iranian official says, “We are just getting started”.
Continue ReadingBBC traces how 10 minutes of Israeli bombing brought devastation to Lebanon
The bombs started falling at 14:15 in the afternoon – bringing chaos and destruction across the country.
Continue ReadingHantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says
Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.
Continue ReadingZelensky condemns Russian ‘utter cynicism’ as it strikes ahead of truce
Ahead of its own midnight ceasefire, Ukraine also launched a series of aerial attacks on Russia, hitting an industrial area in Kirishi in the Leningrad region and a factory that produces military components in Cheboksary, in Russia’s Chuvash Republic.
Continue ReadingBowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all-out war
The US and Iran’s determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.
Continue ReadingNine coal miners die in gas explosion in Colombia
The explosion is the latest accident in the locality of Sutatausa, the site of another deadly mine disaster in 2023.
Continue ReadingExplosion at China fireworks factory kills 26 people
A blast at a fireworks factory in Hunan province has killed 26 people and injured 61, state media report.
Continue ReadingSpain seizes record amount of cocaine in Atlantic Ocean, authorities say
The Civil Guard found between 30,000 and 45,000kg of the drug on a freighter headed to Libya.
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