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BBC News - World

Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack -- Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.

6 hours ago

Students strike across Germany in protest against military service -- A law establishing voluntary military service came into effect in January, but protest organisers fear compulsory service could follow.

5 hours ago

Man shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler dies -- A gunman shot Jim Copenhaver twice while also killing another man and grazing Trump's ear with a bullet.

7 hours ago

Pope warns against 'losing humanity' to AI machines -- The pontiff delivered the warning on the first day of his trip to France on Friday. -- Europe

1 hour ago

Xi got Trump's red carpet welcome - but not everything he wanted -- China wanted progress on trade, technology and Taiwan - but hasn't got as much as it would have hoped for.

16 hours ago

Senior Kazakh officials detained after 14 service members swept out to sea -- Seventeen service members were swept out to the Caspian Sea during military exercises.

5 hours ago

Jay-Z rape accuser says her allegation was false -- A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 now says she has never met the rap superstar.

9 hours ago

Internet restricted after fighting breaks out in Ethiopia's Tigray region -- During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world.

7 hours ago

US backs Elon Musk's bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X -- The EU had said X "deceives users" by selling blue ticks without "meaningfully verifying" accounts.

6 hours ago

From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema -- After a major win at Toronto, Angh, a film from northeastern India, is now on a path towards the Oscars.

21 hours ago

Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack -- Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.

1 day ago

Trump and Xi come face-to-face as US and China battle to win the AI race -- The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control.

1 day ago

In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles -- With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.

1 day ago

They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image? -- Meta has unveiled audio-only smart glasses, with some questioning whether it is a response to the backlash over privacy.

1 day ago

Robbie Williams' surprise singalong after Peru gig cancelled -- Robbie Williams gave an impromptu performance outside a hotel in Lima after his stadium concert was cancelled.

11 hours ago

Pomp and toasts: Day 2 of Trump and Xi in DC -- Xi's first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the brewing tariff war.

14 hours ago

The world's two most powerful men just met. How did it go? -- The BBC's China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.

19 hours ago

Watch: UN delegates walk out of Netanyahu speech -- The Israeli delegation cheered in support during Netanyahu's speech. Nada Tawfik in New York explains what happened.

9 hours ago

A red carpet and military flyover - How Trump welcomed Xi -- The two B-1 bombers that flew overhead are a key part of the US's combat arsenal, and produce a notoriously loud roar when they pass by.

1 day ago

Russia targeting 'ordinary life' with attacks on data centres, Zelensky says -- Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.

28 minutes ago

What is kratom, the 'gas station heroin' alarming officials in the US? -- Kratom, found during an investigation into the deaths of two college students, has been sold in the US for around a decade.

28 minutes ago

Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship -- Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.

3 hours ago

Why an international arrest warrant didn't stop Netanyahu's US trip -- The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains why Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu was not arrested after speaking at the UN, despite an ICC arrest warrant.

1 hour ago

Media outlets banned by Trump resume White House coverage after judge's order -- US TV news coverage of the White House returns to normal after a judge lifted Trump's ban of three news outlets.

2 hours ago

Trump's plans for massive arch move ahead -- Opposition to building the 250-foot arch, and using it for military purposes, is growing with one Democrat blasting Trump's plans as "foolhardy".

2 hours ago

Two arrested after people seen mysteriously emerging from various New York City sewers -- The city has seen a string of incidents in which people have climbed out of manholes late at night.

2 hours ago

U2 celebrate 50th anniversary at the school where they formed -- The rock band go back to their roots, playing a gig in the Dublin playground where they first met.

3 hours ago