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AFP Residents said there were fresh Israeli strikes in the south-west of Jabalia overnight Israel’s defence minister has said troops will remain in so-called security zones they have established by seizing large areas of Gaza even after an end to the war. Israel Katz said the zones would provide a…

Caitlin Wilson & Jessica Rawnsley BBC News Getty Images Federal judge James Boasberg ordered a 14-day halt to the deportations but the flights to El Salvador went ahead A US judge has said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for “wilful disregard” of an order to…

Viral TikTok videos from Chinese manufacturers claim that luxury brands are making their products in China. This comes as both the US and China have raised tariffs on each other’s imported goods. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton looks into the truth behind the claims, and what we know about how luxury…

Charlotte Edwards Business reporter, BBC News EPA WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called US-China relations “really worrying” at a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday The World Trade Organization (WTO) has forecast that global trade will fall this year because of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. It added “severe downside risks”,…

The Trump administration is suing the state of Maine for refusing to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. The move is an escalation in the public battle between the state’s governor and Donald Trump that has included threats from the president to cut funding to Maine’s education department….

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has released new body cam footage from inside the home of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. In the video, officers discover the bodies of the couple with their dog sitting in the bathroom near Arakawa’s body. In February, Arakawa died of hantavirus…

Every spring for the past six years, millions of people have tuned in to a round-the-clock livestream of moose on the move in northern Sweden. “The Great Moose Migration” tracks the animals as they swim across the Angerman River and make their annual journey toward greener, summer pastures. This year’s…

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle future pandemics. The pact is meant to avoid the disorganisation and competition for resources seen during the Covid-19 outbreak. Key elements include the rapid sharing of data about new diseases,…

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor AFP File pic of France’s Emmanuel Macron with Algeria’s president Abdelmajid Tabboune from 2022 France has recalled its ambassador to Algeria and ordered 12 Algerian diplomats to leave Paris as a diplomatic row escalated. Algeria earlier this week expelled 12 French officials after one of…

The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has unveiled its first ever cash machines in a move hailed as momentous by the prime minister. Their instalment marks the first time the island’s 11,000 inhabitants have had access to electronic banking. Five machines and 30 sale terminals have been installed on…