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The former Manchester mayor could be installed as prime minister in weeks if no other MP puts themselves forward. In her Q&A this morning Rachel Reeves , the chancellor,…

Husband arrested after Sylvie Yasmina, 54, and five children found at home in north-western province. Pakistan police say they have rescued a French woman and her five children…

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Savannah Guthrie spoke on NBC's Today show about a note sent to the media in February regarding her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, which claimed she had died

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Protesters demand justice for the dozens killed during the 2024 demonstrations and last year's anniversary protests

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Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee. The British…

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The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model

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French capital hails ‘landmark decision’ against oil firm relating to disclosure of emissions from oil and gas products. A Paris court has ​ruled that the French oil company…

Consumer prices rose 4.1% in May from a year earlier – a sign rising costs could pose problem for Trump in midterms. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new…

Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide. Families across Papua New Guinea’s Highlands are…

But the budget faces an uphill battle as the president spars with some members of his own party over the issue

Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials say deaths linked to the heat are being seen among young people

The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children

More than 100,000 plaintiffs had filed cases in US state and federal courts alleging cancer link to weedkiller Roundup

Liberal justices say the ruling 'circumvents' US law by allowing agents to prevent asylum seekers from filing a claim

Past winners Uruguay and Spain face off in Guadalajara, battling for top-spot in Group H and a kinder knockout draw

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports three people killed after an Israeli attack on a car in Nabatieh

NATO boss tries to convince Trump that European allies were there for the US during war on Iran

A North Korean soldier has been detained by South Korea's military after he crossed the heavily fortified border between the two countries

New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime

Brad Lander unseats Dan Goldman in a race that laid bare the city's divisions over the Israel-Gaza war

France is being forced to re-think its longstanding reservations about air-conditioning as temperatures soar

Rafael Grossi says the IAEA is "working on modalities" but an Iranian minister says such access would only be part of a final deal with the US

The Nobel Peace Prize nominee has spent years demanding answers about the missing in Balochistan province

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Donald Trump praised “courageous” Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he said the Ukrainian president was “doing pretty well” in the war against Russia

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Investigators says one of two teenagers who allegedly opened fire on students at high school was regular player. Philippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming…

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The denial contradicts the US administration, which said unfrozen funds will be spent on produce from American farmers

Directive aimed at government workers, but reports of wider implementation spark warnings of future Afghanistan-wide prohibition. The Taliban have ordered a sweeping ban on the…

The deaths come amid escalating Israeli military raids and settler attacks across the occupied territories

In a World Cup for everyone, as it has been dubbed by FIFA, players carry historic stories of war and displacement

Schools are closing, public transport is slowing and cooling items are flying off shelves as Britons swelter

The UK may have squandered the freedoms it won, but leaving the EU was the right decision, say pro-Brexit Britons

Blocking of proposal backed by Oman signals new threat to free passage through strait vital to world economy. Iran has rejected UN-backed plans for the mass evacuation of ships…

Top Democrat signals party will not back paying for unpopular conflict never authorized by Congress. The White House has requested Congress approve $87.6bn in new funding, much of…

British disinfectant brand withdraws advert about a man’s efforts to find a ‘clean and untouched’ woman. The British hygiene brand Dettol has apologised after an advertisement…

Written in 1947, Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s account of the horrors of the atomic bomb attack will be published in August and is being made into a film. The memoir of a man who survived…

A war meant to isolate Iran instead deepened Gulf pragmatism and strengthened support for diplomacy

The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces

Prosecutors say Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala could provide evidence against "high-ranking officials"

The rare school shooting that left three students killed and 20 others injured has shocked the country

French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very low. The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s…

Decision comes after Aden Duale was held in contempt for ignoring previous high court ruling to stop work. Kenya’s health minister told a court he had ordered preparations for a…

Rights campaigners and MEPs say meeting would normalise regime that erases women from public life. Rights campaigners and MEPs have warned that a meeting between EU officials and…

Financial sanctions are known to limit the flow of aid, but political influence is also a concern amid the devastation

Ukraine said its forces destroyed a key railway bridge in Crimea, as it seeks to isolate the Russian-occupied peninsula

Video filmed by BBC reporters, contributors and locals shows the aftermath, as frantic residents evacuate

BBC correspondent Jessica Parker explains some key points of the direct talks between the US vice-president and Iran

Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is rising. There are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a…

Accuser declines to testify in fourth trial after May mistrial with prosecutors citing her ‘extraordinarily taxing ordeal’. Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop a…

Noris Soto says authorities appear to lack a clear response plan in the aftermath of two powerful earthquakes

New deconfliction mechanism seeks to prevent return to all-out war in Lebanon and in the region

Kerala is searching for new ways to care for its ageing population as migration leaves more elderly people living alone

Attacks continue on the ground as Moscow expels Romania’s consul general in a tit-for-tat move

Fleeing scorched earth, Darfur’s mothers share harrowing tales of starvation and survival in Chad

Experts say disagreements over shipping routes and transit fees could complicate efforts to reach a permanent agreement

Sevastopol's Moscow-installed governor warns there will be no electricity in some areas until the evening

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said all Gulf countries oppose a toll in the Strait of Hormuz

Australia's highest-paid TV presenter is reportedly set to lose his job after hosting British far-right activist Tommy Robinson on his podcast

The capital and its surrounding areas have seen some of the worst damage from the 7.2 and 7.5 quakes, which hit a minute apart

Dr Mazen Al-Rantisi, a 71-year-old physician well known for providing care to low-income Palestinians, was arrested in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces on Sunday arrested a…

Al Jazeera’s Linh Nguyen explains how the HPV vaccine changes the way we think about cancer

Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender say Community Strong Australia will offer citizens 'reason over rage'

France, Spain and Italy, have been hardest hit by the heatwave so far

From what to wear to getting a restful night's sleep, you share your tips for beating the heat

Two back-to-back earthquakes have struck Venezuela, devastating infrastructure and sending panic through the streets

How decades of sabotage and brinkmanship over Iran's nuclear programme erupted into the 2026 US-Israeli war on Iran