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At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes -- Attacks hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, hours after a US-Iran ceasefire was announced.

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LIVE - Iran warns it will respond if Israeli attacks on Lebanon don't stop immediately - Israel and the US say Lebanon is not included in a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran. PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel struck "the greatest blow" to Hezbollah in strikes today.

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Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost -- The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.

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Greece to ban social media for under-15s from next year -- It follows similar moves in other European countries, including France and Spain.

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Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45 -- The requirement to obtain permission had gone largely unnoticed until a German newspaper reported on it.

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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.

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Oil prices plunge and shares jump on US-Iran ceasefire plan -- Crude prices tumbled by as much as 15% on the conditional pause but remain far higher than before the war.

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Iran Strait of Hormuz warning adds to shipping uncertainty -- Only a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.

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Nigeria begins mass trial of 500 terrorism suspects -- Very few people are ever prosecuted following terror attacks with suspects often held without trial.

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Cameroon 'military contractors' killed in Russia-Ukraine war - BBC confirms leaked message -- The government usually refrains from commenting on the participation of its citizens in the conflict.

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Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene -- He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, which ends in January 2027.

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Gambia appoints British barrister to prosecute gruesome Jammeh-era crimes -- Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule was known for enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

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How Pakistan helped secure a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran -- Pakistan has a historic relationship with Iran, but an agreement was far from certain, writes the BBC's Caroline Davies

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BTS turned millions on to K-pop. But now it's caught between Korea and the world -- It boils down to a single, loaded question: Is BTS straying from K-pop in trying to woo the world?

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

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Indian migrant workers hit by cooking gas shortages are leaving cities -- Migrant workers say they are struggling to access cooking gas cylinders as the Iran war squeezes supplies.

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Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again? -- The Artemis II mission has been near flawless to date, but has the test flight shown Nasa is ready to send humans to the lunar surface?

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Watch: Fire damages roof of Rio's Olympic velodrome -- Around 80 firefighters and 20 fire trucks tackled the blaze, the state's military fire department said, adding that no one was hurt.

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Watch: When will fuel prices go down? -- The BBC's Nick Marsh takes a look at whether fuel costs will get cheaper now the US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire.

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Iranians form human chains at bridges and power plants -- Tehran had urged people to gather outside potential US and Israeli targets after Donald Trump threatened to attack civilian infrastructure.

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Mum of twins who says home was bombed in Lebanon speaks to BBC -- More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced since the start of the war as Israel expands its ground operation there.

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Negotiators face huge task to close gaps in rival Iran peace proposals -- A US 15-point plan and an Iranian 10-point variant are oceans apart, writes the BBC's diplomatic correspondent.

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'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in Matthew Perry overdose death -- Jasveen Sangha was found guilty of selling drugs that killed Friends actor Matthew Perry who had struggled with addiction for years.

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Key moments in the Gilgo Beach serial killings case -- Rex Heuermann has pled guilty in the murder of eight women killed between 1993 and 2010 on Long Island.

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Who is Viktor Orbán, Hungarian PM fighting to stay in power after 16 years? -- Since 2010, Orbán has transformed Hungary into what the European Parliament has denounced as a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy".

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Fuel protests cause 'significant disruption' to travel -- Drivers and commuters have been warned to allow extra time for their journeys due to protests on roads.

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Former attorney general Pam Bondi will not testify on Epstein files next week, justice department says -- Bondi will not face a congressional committee because she is no longer the US attorney general, the justice department told the panel.

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Bowen: Ceasefire means respite for civilians, but it might not last long -- Whether or not a lasting peace deal can be reached, the war and its consequences are reshaping the Middle East, writes international editor Jeremy Bowen.

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Starmer says a lot of work remains to make US-Iran ceasefire hold -- The prime minister says fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz would help "stabilise" prices in the UK.

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