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Israel’s government has moved to shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera television network in the country, branding it a mouthpiece for Hamas. Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cabinet agreed to the closure, police raided the broadcaster’s office in Jerusalem on Sunday. The broadcaster, which is headquartered in Qatar, call…

Dozens of people have died after heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides in Brazil’s southernmost state. According to officials, 55 people are confirmed to have died, with another 74 missing in Rio Grande do Sul. Nearly 25,000 residents have been forced to leave their homes since the storms began last Saturday, and at least half a million peop…

Scientists have recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman - one of our closest evolutionary cousins. The 3D model is based on the flattened, shattered remains of a skull whose bones were so soft when excavated they had the consistency of "a well-dunked biscuit". The skull was found in Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the rema…

North Korea’s latest propaganda song “Friendly Father” has proven to be an unexpected hit… on TikTok. The pop-y propaganda has drawn praise from Gen Z users of the social media app, but experts say it hides something more sinister. With lyrics including “Let’s sing Kim Jong Un, the great leader/ Let’s brag about Kim Jong Un, our friendly father”, t…

Miami is a city known for its golden beaches, glamour and entertainment - but it is also the home to the Miami Heat basketball team.But the Miami Heat isn’t just a sports team - it is also a tech start-up.Before, during and after matches, data is gathered on spectators and what they do and purchase while at the venue, before being analysed on the t…

The UK government has been defeated in court - for a second time - for not doing enough to meet its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental campaigners argued that the energy minister signed off the government's climate plan without evidence it could be achieved. The High Court ruled on Friday that the government will now be req…

A hydroelectric dam has collapsed in southern Brazil after days of heavy rain that triggered massive flooding, killing more than 30 people. Another 60 people are missing in Rio Grande do Sul state, officials said. About 15,000 residents have fled their homes since Saturday. At least 500,000 people are without power and clean water across the state.…

UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said that Ukraine has the right to use British weapons to attack targets inside Russia. Lord Cameron, who has met President Zelensky during a visit to the country’s capital, Kyiv, said the UK would donate military aid worth £3 billion a year "for as long as is necessary". He said British support would includ…

Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the strip. The measures would be in place until Israel allowed an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid into Gaza, the Turkish trade ministry said. A UN-backed assessment said last month that 1.1 million people were facing cata…

Apple boss Tim Cook tried to beat back doubts about the future of the tech giant, after it reported its biggest sales fall in more than a year.Sales slumped 4% year-on-year in the first three months of 2024 to $90.8bn (£72.5bn), weighed down by a sharp drop in demand for iPhones.Executives said the results were distorted by Covid-related supply dis…

Paul Dean, a United States official in the State Department, asked China and Russia to declare that only humans – and not artificial intelligence (AI) – will make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons.Officials in China and Russia have not immediately issued a comment.A dizzying array of AI-assisted tools is under development or already in use in …

President Joe Biden has addressed the Pro-Palestinian protests that are continuing at universities across the US, saying students have the right to protest but not "cause chaos”. Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students protesting against the war in Gaza, demanding institutions boycott companies and individuals with…

On the 29 November last year, two Palestinian boys were killed by Israeli forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. BBC Verify has pieced together what happened on the day when Basil, 15, and eight-year-old Adam were killed. The evidence has prompted Ben Saul, UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, to say the death of Adam ap…

As India’s general election is underway the BBC’s has been speaking with influential voting blocs, amongst them more than 18 million first time voters heading to the polls. The country’s general election, which is being held over six weeks between 19 April and 1 June, is the biggest the world has ever seen. With 1.4 billion people, India is the wor…

A 7-year-old girl, Sarah, was among five people who died in an overcrowded small boat in the English Channel, as they tried to reach the UK.The BBC has spoken to Sarah’s father and pieced together what happened - and why the family was taking such a great risk to reach England. Sarah was born in Belgium and grew up in Sweden. She was one of three c…

Police arrested about 300 protesters during campus raids at Columbia University and The City University of New York (CUNY) in New York on Tuesday night, officials say.Footage online shows masked counter-demonstrators - supporting Israel - attacking their rivals with sticks and attempting to dismantle barricades.US universities have been gripped by …

A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman has said she walked six miles (10km) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground. The woman, identified as Lidia Stepanivna, left a rural settlement in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, which is now occupied by Russia – she was trying to reach areas controlled by Kyiv. She said she had walked with…

There are growing fears about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the music industry. A UK parliamentary committee is calling on the government to stop AI firms damaging the business. They cited examples of musicians not being credited for their work and the deepfaking of artists, such as Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift.Subscribe here: http://b…

Protesters have clashed at pro-Palestinian encampments in Los Angeles, hours after police cleared a similar protest in New York. At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), vice-chancellor Mary Osako said, "horrific acts of violence occurred at the encampment tonight". At Columbia University in New York, police arrested protesters nearly 2…

Riot police in Georgia have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds protesting against a bill seen by some to be targeting media freedoms. Under the "foreign agent" bill, independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors would have to register as organisations "bearing the interests of a foreign power". P…

New York City police have entered the Columbia University en masse and are arresting students.The NYPD told the BBC officers have entered Hamilton Hall, an academic building recently occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters.The activists had taken over the Hamilton Hall building nearly 24 hours earlier amid two weeks of campus protests over the Israe…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas. It comes amid ongoing attempts to try to reach an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage releases.His comments follow renewed warnings by the US and UN against a Rafah invasion.The US secretary of state A…

In August 2020, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was elected president of Belarus.Tsikhanouskaya then fled to Lithuania in 2020 after President Alexander Lukashenko deployed a severe crackdown on protests against his disputed election win.Siarhei Tsikhanouski is among several prominent imprisoned opposition figures whom relatives say have not been heard fr…

At least 170 have died in Kenya after weeks of heavy rains and flooding. The country’s president has announced that people living in areas of risk of flooding or landslides will be asked to evacuate from tomorrow. William Ruto was speaking in Mai Mahiu, north of Nairobi, where an overflowing reservoir has wiped out a swathe of houses and swept doze…

Donald Trump has been fined $9,000 for violating the court’s gag order imposed to stop him attacking jurors and potential witnesses in his hush-money trial. Judge Merchan ruled against Trump on 9 out of 10 contempt charges and imposed a financial penalty of $1,000 (£799) per violation. The Judge added that if Mr Trump continues to flout the court’s…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas. The Hamas delegation are considering a new Gaza truce and hostage release proposal from Israel. But at a meeting of hostages' relatives, Mr Netanyahu said he would invade "with or without" a deal. The US…

Three years ago, Covid ravaged India and brought it to its knees, yet health is not a major campaign issue for parties. For voters who were affected – it is. The BBC visited rural health clinics in two states - Bihar and Kerala – on opposite ends of the healthcare spectrum.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUogFor more news, analysis and features vi…

World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th birthday this year and some of the game's most senior bosses have told the BBC there is "boundless" potential and "easily" enough stories to keep the game going for another 20 years. Since Microsoft's merger with World of Warcraft's maker Activision Blizzard last year, there has been speculation about the f…

Four police officers have been fatally shot with four others officers wounded while serving a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials say. At least one suspected attacker was found dead in the front yard of a barricaded home after a standoff that lasted three hours, police said. Authorities said two armed suspects were involved. It is one o…

An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document seen by BBC Eye Investigations says. 16-year-old Nika Shakarami disappeared during an anti-regime protest in 2022. The Woman, Life, Freedom movement had been sparked just days earlier by the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Am…

For months BBC reporter Adnan El-Bursh reported on the war in Gaza while living in a tent, eating one meal a day and struggling to keep his wife and five children safe. Since the attacks on Israel on October 7th more than 100 journalists have been killed in Gaza according to the organisation Reporters Without Borders. Israel says it take all reason…

Protests calling for universities to boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza have swept college campuses across the US.The campus movement ignited when Columbia University in New York called the police two weeks ago to remove a small group of student protesters who had pitched tents on campus.Columbia Univ…

Pedro Sanchez has said he will stay on as Spain’s prime minister, after days of speculation over his future. A court opened an initial enquiry into his wife over corruption claims, and after Mr Sanchez cancelled official engagements, many expected him to either resign or call a confidence motion. But instead, he denounced the claims as a harassment…

In Gaza, Palestinian journalists document the war as they live it on a daily basis. In this BBC World Service film, we hear the story of BBC Arabic’s reporter in Gaza, Adnan El-Bursh who found himself reporting the news, as he was living through it.Israel launched a military campaign in response to Hamas' cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is “hopeful” Hamas will accept Israel’s latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage release deal. He called the offer "extraordinarily generous", and a Hamas delegation is now discussing the potential deal with mediators in Cairo. It comes after weeks of impasse, while Israel’s government f…

More than 40 people have died in Kenya after a dam burst, following heavy rains and flooding. People in villages 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, were swept away as they slept, and rescue teams are digging through the mud in search of survivors in several villages, including Kamuchiri and Kianugu in Nakuru county. Seventeen of the 42 bodi…

Scottish National Party leader Humza Yousaf quits, triggering a search for a successor and new first minister. He said he had "underestimated" the level of hurt after ending a power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens last week. The deal which brought Green ministers into government for the first time anywhere in the UK was designed to last until…

For the last 10 days, thousands of Georgians - many in their late teens and early 20s - have been bringing the traffic of the capital, Tbilisi, to a standstill.They demand that the government scrap plans to introduce a controversial bill - dubbed the "foreign agent" law - many say is inspired by authoritarian legislation neighbouring Russia uses to…

This story contains references to severe mental suffering which some viewers might find distressing. Germany, France and the UK are all currently debating whether medically assisted dying should be permitted, and for whom. But medical assistance in dying in Canada, also known as MAID, is already available for adults with terminal illness, or seriou…

The United Nations human rights director has said tht Israel may be using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. More than 70% of the population in northern Gaza are facing “catastrophic hunger” according to the UN.BBC News has obtained exclusive video filmed by an American doctor in a hospital there, documenting the scale of the crisis. Israel has…

Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza. In undated footage filmed under duress, Omri Miran says he has been held for 202 days and Keith Siegel mentions this week's Passover holiday, indicating the clips were filmed recently. Both were captured when Hamas launched its deadly attacks on 7 O…

Protests against the war in Gaza that started at Columbia University a week ago have swept college campuses across the US. Protesters are calling for universities to boycott companies and individuals with ties to Israel amid the ongoing war there. The past 10 days have seen the most intense and widespread US protests of the past six months. Subscri…

British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned. The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach. The UK is understood to be considering tasking British troops with this when the aid corrido…

Aeroplanes have become bigger and faster but their impact on the climate has also increased. Jet engines burn kerosene which releases carbon dioxide - one of the main greenhouse gases causing climate change. So, could hydrogen powered planes be the solution?This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.Subscribe here: http:/…

Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has created a documentary which can rewrite itself before every screening. So, how does the technology work? This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUogFor more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news#BBCNews…

The Pentagon says it will "rush" Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package. However Patriot systems for launching the missiles will not be sent, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were "urgently" needed to face a growing Russian air…

A baby rescued from her dying mother's womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned. Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday. Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a hand pump to push air into her lungs. However she died on T…