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Friday, April 10, 2026 12:53 AM ET

BBC News - World

Taiwan opposition leader meets Xi Jinping in Beijing -- Cheng Li-wun is the Kuomintang's first sitting leader to visit China in a decade.

11 minutes ago

Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East's reshuffling is not yet done -- Both sides have reason to end the war but share no common ground.

4 hours ago

Russia and Ukraine agree to truce for Orthodox Easter -- Vladimir Putin announced the truce, which will last from Saturday afternoon on 11 April through Easter Sunday.

6 hours ago

Al Jazeera condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in Gaza -- The Israeli military claims Mohammed Wishah was a "Hamas terrorist" - which the Qatar-based network has previously denied.

16 hours ago

Melania Trump denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein and urges hearing for survivors -- She called rumours that Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump "mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation".

6 hours ago

UK says Russia ran submarine operation over cables and pipelines -- Defence Secretary John Healey says there is "no evidence" of any damage to UK infrastructure in the Atlantic.

4 hours ago

White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets -- The gambling platforms have grown in popularity, with some users making wagers on conflicts.

22 minutes ago

US has let in 4,499 refugees since October - all but three were South African -- Trump has given priority to Afrikaners, a white minority group he says is being persecuted. South Africa has objected to his characterisation.

4 hours ago

Artemis crew returning to Earth with 'all the good stuff' from Moon discoveries -- The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".

22 hours ago

Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 68 -- The Bronx born rapper's global hit Planet Rock is credited with shaping hip-hop in the 1980s.

1 hour ago

India proposes new rules to regulate news and political posts on social media -- The changes will give government more power over news-related posts shared by podcasters and influencers.

4 hours ago

Fans delighted with BTS first show in $1bn world tour -- The pop stars will perform 85 shows across the world in their first global tour since 2019.

5 hours ago

Hot in the city: Energy crisis tests Singapore's air-con addiction -- The rise in energy prices has hit Asia particularly hard as many nations are heavily reliant on Gulf oil.

6 hours ago

Lebanon thought there was a ceasefire - then Israel unleashed deadly blitz -- Israel says Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire the US agreed to halt the war with Iran.

16 hours ago

Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran? -- Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.

15 hours ago

What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran -- The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran.

1 day ago

The US refinery now processing Venezuelan oil -- Chevron is now importing 250,000 barrels of crude per day from Venezuela.

1 day ago

Melania Trump: 'I never had a relationship with Epstein' -- Watch the first lady's full statement from the White House as she addresses her links to the late sex offender.

7 hours ago

BBC at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut -- At least 182 people were killed and 890 others wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

9 hours ago

Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space -- The BBC's Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the Artemis II crew ahead of their likely splashdown on Saturday.

1 day ago

Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters -- US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.

1 day ago

How the Artemis crew will splash down on Earth -- The Artemis crew will return to Earth on 10 April after a 10-day mission that took them around the Moon.

22 minutes ago

Trump says Iran's handling of Strait of Hormuz is 'not the agreement we have' -- The US president accused Iran of "doing a very poor job" with the waterway as Israel and Lebanon to begin peace talks.

2 hours ago

Spreading Islamist insurgency dominates Benin's presidential campaign -- Cross-border raids from militant Islamists are increasingly threatening the West African state's stability.

5 hours ago