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Key Dutch party sees 'no basis' for talks with Wilders A major Dutch political party has said it will not enter talks with anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders about forming a coalition cabinet for now. The New Social Contrac…

Freed Hamas captives tell of fear, squalor and hunger Bare benches for beds in "suffocating", airless rooms. Little to no food. A child captive forced by Hamas to watch the carnage of 7 October on video. Stories emerging…

How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October Five armed Palestinian groups joined Hamas in the deadly 7 October attack on Israel after training together in military-style exercises from 2020 onwards, BBC News an…

COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned. Leaked briefi…

Israel-Gaza: Four-year-old girl among released hostages A four-year-old Israeli-American girl who was kidnapped by Hamas during its 7 October attack in southern Israel was among the 17 hostages released by the group on S…

Israel-Gaza: Families' relief as hostages released Families of 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas have spoken of their relief at their return. The group, which includes young children and elderly women, are now back i…

Dublin riot sees clashes with police after five hurt in stabbings Vehicles have been set on fire and shops looted in Dublin after a knife attack that left a number of people, including three children, injured. A five-yea…

China: WHO seeks data on 'pneumonia clusters' in children The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for more information on "clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia" reportedly spreading among children in the north o…

Guns N' Roses Axl Rose accused of 1989 sexual assault in lawsuit Former model Sheila Kennedy has sued Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose for alleged sexual assault and battery. According to her lawsuit, the popular rock mus…

Sam Altman: Ousted OpenAI boss to return days after being sacked OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman will return as boss just days after he was fired by the board, the firm has said. The agreement "in principle" involves new bo…

Binance chief Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering charges The Binance chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, has resigned after pleading guilty to money laundering violations. "I made mistakes, and I must take res…

Sacked OpenAI boss Sam Altman to join Microsoft Sam Altman is joining Microsoft, the tech-giant has announced, ending speculation he might return to OpenAI just 48 hours after his chaotic ousting. Microsoft chief executi…

WHO says Gaza's al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave The World Health Organization (WHO) has described al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as a "death zone" after a visit to the complex. A joint UN team led by th…

China navy used sonar pulses against divers, Australia says Australia has accused China's navy of using sonar pulses in an incident in international waters that resulted in Australian divers suffering injuries. The Austr…

Bowen: Ceasefire demands will grow without proof of Hamas HQ at Al-Shifa It is now days since Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and what appears to be happening on Friday is that they are continuing…

Al-Shifa Hospital director in Gaza says no water or oxygen left The director of the Gaza Strip's main hospital raided by Israeli soldiers says the facility has now run out of oxygen and water, and patients "are screaming…

US and China agree to resume military communications after summit The US and China have agreed to resume military-to-military communications in an effort to ease rising tensions, President Joe Biden says. "We're back to…

Xi Jinping arrives in the US as his Chinese Dream sputters When Xi Jinping stepped off his plane in San Francisco for the Apec summit, it was in circumstances very different to the last time he landed on American soil. F…

Israel-Gaza war: US says Hamas has command centre under Al-Shifa hospital The US says it has intelligence that Hamas has a command centre under Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. National Security spokesman John Kirby said…

Gaza war: US and UK raise pressure on Israel to protect hospitals Israel is facing mounting international pressure to protect civilians trapped in Gaza's hospitals, as it released what it said was evidence of a Hamas bas…

Iceland quake evacuees return to collect belongings Residents of an Icelandic town struck by hundreds of earthquakes have briefly been allowed back to their homes to collect belongings. More than 500 quakes hit the south…

Five US troops die in training air crash in eastern Mediterranean Five American service members have died in a helicopter crash in the eastern Mediterranean, the US military says. It says the aircraft suffered a mishap w…

Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza's women and babies Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview at the Élysée Palace, he said…

Kenya's Ogiek people being evicted for carbon credits - lawyers Kenya's government is illegally evicting hunter-gatherers from their ancestral lands to profit from carbon offsetting schemes, human rights lawyers say. Hun…

'I’m calling from Israeli intelligence. We have the order to bomb. You have two hours' The call to Mahmoud Shaheen came at dawn. It was Thursday 19 October at about 06:30, and Israel had been bombing Gaza for 12 days str…

European Commission calls for talks on Ukraine membership The European Commission has recommended that formal talks should begin with Ukraine on joining the European Union. The step takes Kyiv closer to the coveted prize…

Optus outage: Millions affected by Australian network failure Millions of Australians were left without mobile and internet after a network failure at telecoms firm Optus. The failure caused transport delays, cut hospita…

Ohio votes to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution Ohio voted to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Tuesday, marking a major victory for pro-choice campaigners in the state. The BBC's US partner CB…

Donald Trump clashes repeatedly with judge during New York testimony Former US President Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with a judge while testifying in New York at a civil fraud trial that threatens his property empire…

Hamburg Airport hostage drama is over, police say A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police. The man drove through a security barrier and on to the…