Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 60 Palestinians in the last 24 hours, according to medical sources.
The Israeli strikes targeted multiple areas, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the…
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Israel launches strikes on Yemen’s Hudaydah after missile attack at Ben Gurion airport
Israeli warplanes have carried out a new round of airstrikes against Yemen’s strategic western province of Hudaydah, following the regime’s threats to bomb three ports in the Arab nation to retaliate drone and missile…
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World fertility rates in ‘unprecedented decline’, UN says
Getty ImagesIn a survey of 14,000 people, one in five respondents said they haven’t had or expect they won’t have the number of children they want Namrata Nangia and her husband have been toying with the idea of having another child since their…
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No safe haven left in Israel
Mohsen Rezaei, a senior IRGC commander who is also a member of Iran’s Expediency Council, stated that the Israeli-occupied territories no longer have any secure or hidden zones.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Rezaei referred to the recent…
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A funky life – in pictures
Getty ImagesSly Stone of Sly And The Family Stone poses in London on 16 July 1973. Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who led the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82, his family statement.
A statement said he had suffered a…
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Perfect storm as mass deportations collide with city of immigrants
Kayla Epstein, Bernd Debusmann and Christal HayesReporting fromNew York, the White House and Los Angeles
Getty ImagesCalifornia National Guard troops and vehicles deployed to Los Angeles on Sunday in the wake of protests against federal… Continue Reading
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One dead in strike on Odesa maternity ward, officials say
Russia has launched a “massive” drone attack on the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said, while a maternity ward in Odesa has also been targeted.
The drone attack on a maternity ward and medical facilities in Odesa killed one and injured…
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RFK Jr fires entire US vaccine committee
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations.
Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said…
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China’s electric cars are cheaper, but is there a deeper cost?
Theo LeggettInternational Business Correspondent
BBCTheo will be responding to reader comments about this article between 12pm and 1pm today. Go to the comments section at the bottom of this page to share what you think about the rise of these…
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Palestinians say local gunmen and Israeli forces opened fire near Gaza aid site
Palestinians in Gaza say they were fired on once again as they headed to one of the aid distribution centres run by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday.
Witnesses said that for the first time they were fired on by…
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