The most important developments from the last seven days.
In the 215-208 vote, four Republicans joined Democrats to pass the measure, which is largely symbolic. This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
Justice department filed charges against Trump’s former adviser in 2025 as part of onslaught against president’s critics US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email John Bolton, the former US national security adviser who left Donald Trump’s first administration and became a staunch critic of the US president, has reached a plea agreement in a case criminally charging him with mishandling classified documents, accord...
The United States announced the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday night following a fresh round of talks.
Women and children were among those killed in the attacks on four residential buildings, which Israel's military says killed four Hamas security officials. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Peter Kyle says British politics fails to reward political accomplishment and Labour risks aping Tory instability The Labour party has not learned the right lessons from the Conservatives about changing leader, a senior cabinet minister has warned, saying in a swipe at potential challengers that “entitlement is not a qualification”. Peter Kyle, the business secretary, said he was worried that British politics “rewards the wrong behaviour” and there was lit...
US president accused of ‘putting polluters first’ by invoking Defense Production Act to prop up coal output Donald Trump is to use a wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to coal-fired power plants in the US, the latest move by the president to bolster what he calls “beautiful clean coal” despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels. Trump is using the Defense Production Act, a cold war-era statute used to accelerate American industrial output in t...
Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, Lt Cmdr Chris Grayson and Petty Officer Owen Green died during Royal Navy training exercise Britain’s only serving female naval commando has been named as one of the three people who died in a helicopter crash during a military training exercise in Devon on Wednesday. The victims have been named by the Ministry of Defence as Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Lt Cmdr Chris Gayson, 42, and Petty Officer Owen Green, 24. Continue reading...
Advocates warn that 51 people have disappeared during Ecuador's military operations, leaving loved ones without answers.
Despite serving as Trump's national security adviser, Bolton has emerged as a top critic of the president.
Hampshire force whose officers responded to the murder of 18-year-old has a higher than average racial disparity The police force accused of anti-white racism after officers’ response to the murder of Henry Nowak is over five times more likely to subject black people to a stop and search than white people, according to the latest figures . The racial disparity in the Hampshire force is higher than the average for England and Wales, and has worsened in rece...
Israel’s Supreme Court rejects government ban on prisoner visits, affirming Red Cross access under international law.
State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium.
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here The commander of the Quds Force, the foreign arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), said Hezbollah is demanding Israel retreat to positions it held before the start of the war, according to a statement carried by Iranian media. “Supporting the resistance in Lebanon is the duty of all of us, and removing Israel from the region is an attainable goal for Muslims,” Esmail Qaani was quote...
Group calls ceasefire a ‘roadmap to annihilate part of the Lebanese people’, throwing regional peace talks into doubt Hezbollah has rejected a US-brokered ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments, throwing the future of a truce in Lebanon and regional peace negotiations into question. The group’s leader, Naim Qassem, called the plan a “roadmap to annihilate part of the Lebanese people” in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...
Trump, still negotiating to conclude the war, claims it’s already over. Some Republican lawmakers have had enough Donald Trump has two things to say about his war with Iran. The first is that it’s already over. And second, a symbolic congressional vote to end it – carried by four members of his own party – is a stab in the back that could derail the peace talks he’s conducting for the war that’s already over. By a 215-208 margin on Wednesday, the US House ...
No handshake and no photo as Mirra Andreeva of Russia beats Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine to reach French Open final.
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have a long history of violations, going back to when they were known as the ‘Janjaweed'.
Trump takes aim at lawmakers after House passes war powers resolution; advocates call on Senate to advance the measure.
Nauran government says its citizens are ‘friendly’ after MP spoke of serious threats allegedly made against former Australian detainees Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Nauruan government has issued a rare statement insisting it is a “friendly” and “welcoming” country after a whistleblower alleged “serious threats of physical violence” were made against a group of non-citizens removed there by the Albanese government. The un...
The ceasefire's prospects appear uncertain before its implementation has even started.
The lower chamber of Congress passed a measure that seeks to halt further military action, in a vote seen as largely symbolic.
Iran national players Saeid Ezatolahi and Mohammad Ghorbani talk about how war is overshadowing a World Cup dream.
Criticism comes from across political spectrum after blow to Friedrich Merz’s government Germany’s unprecedented failure to win one of the rotating seats on the UN security council has prompted an intense round of soul searching in Berlin, and raised questions about its claims to international leadership under Friedrich Merz. The council vote on Wednesday, which elected Austria and Portugal to a two-year term along with Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe, wa...
The U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.
Kim says expansion necessary due to worsening security threats, long-term confrontations with 'most ferocious enemies'.
Lebanese government agrees ceasefire with Israel but Israeli drone strikes continue. Plus the story of the man who launched Cuba’s first independent magazine Good morning. Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities , the Trump administration has announced – but it comes with caveats. Not only is the deal contingent on a complete cessation of fire from the Iran-aligned Hezbollah armed group, and on the evacuation of all its f...
The far-right finance minister says the new houses will 'strengthen our hold on the land'.
A UN peacekeeper serving in Lebanon died early Thursday after mortar fire on his position near Marjayoun in the country’s southeast, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Thursday for greater protection for environmental and land defenders, noting that hundreds worldwide have been killed or detained in recent years.
At least 10 people have been injured in the attacks, according to Russian-backed officials.
Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed one of the alleged shooters during the deadly attack at a Jewish event.
BBC correspondent John Sudworth reports from the Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah support, Dahieh.
Despite internal criticism, analysts argue Ben-Gvir holds a mirror to much of Israeli society.
Police allege the 44-year-old lauded for disarming one of the gunmen in December’s attack put his father in a headlock Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Sydney man who disarmed one of the Bondi terror attackers has been charged with assaulting his father. Ahmed al-Ahmed, 44, is accused of allegedly putting his father in a headlock on 9 March at a house in Bankstown, in the city’s west. Continue reading...
Iranian footballer Mehdi Taremi talks to Al Jazeera ahead of one of the most politically charged World Cups in history.
The US announced an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire framework, but Hezbollah's absence leaves questions over enforcement.
Four Republicans join Democrats in rare rebuke of president. But Congress still far from able to stop further attacks.
Germany lost its Security Council bid to Austria and Portugal, which secured the two available seats.
Foreign affairs minister says her position is to ‘always believe women’ when sexual assault allegations are made Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says she believes the Australian women who have alleged they were sexually assaulted and beaten by Israeli soldiers after being detained as part of a humanitarian flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza. Appearing at Senate estimates, Wong sai...
Civil rights scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw warns Birmingham City University’s decision part of extremist campaign that has ‘travelled across Atlantic’ A leading US civil rights scholar has urged Birmingham City University (BCU) to reverse its decision to close its black studies course, comparing it to the attack on diversity, equity and inclusion in the US. Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles and Columbia Universi...