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First round of Israel and Hamas ceasefire talks ends without breakthrough

The latest round of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have ended without a breakthrough, a Palestinian official familiar

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Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

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Idaho gunman in deadly ambush of fire crews had ‘idolised’ firefighters

Watch: Procession honours firefighters killed in Idaho ambush shooting A 20-year-old Idaho man who fatally shot firefighters after luring them

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Did a JD Vance meme get a tourist banned from the US?

A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry into the US after immigration agents took issue with a meme of

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US strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear facilities: Pentagon assessment

The US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the country’s nuclear programme and probably only set it back

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Hot air balloon incident kills eight in Brazil

EPA Brazilian police and firefighters work at the crash site At least eight people have died in a hot air

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Trump’s Iran dilemma exposes bitter split in president’s circle

Bernd Debusmann Jr & Max Matza BBC News Getty Images The dilemma of whether the US should join Israel in

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Iranians on life under Israeli attacks

“Stuck”. That is the word most people who have spoken to the BBC use to describe life in Iran right

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Trump vowed to make the world safer

Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent, BBC News Getty Images When Donald Trump was sworn in as US president for a

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Moment Israeli forces board Gaza aid boat

Security camera footage shows the moment Israeli forces boarded a yacht that was carrying activists towards Gaza, to deliver humanitarian