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Sunday, July 19, 2026 4:12 AM ET

BBC News - World

Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US -- He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years ⁠in prison. -- Latin America

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US and Iran exchange strikes after two US soldiers killed in Jordan - US forces target Iranian sites for the eighth night in a row, while Iran says it fired drones at the US military in Kuwait. 3 hrs ago - World

19 minutes ago

Russian online retail warehouses hit by deadly Ukrainian strikes -- Drones targeted Wildberries facilities near Moscow and in Tambov. Ukraine's leader called them "major logistics facilities" supplying "sanctioned components".

21 hours ago

Space start-up launches India's first commercial rocket designed for orbit -- India's first space-tech unicorn Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1 on Saturday.

1 day ago

Laos says it can't determine cause of tourist deaths linked to methanol -- Officials say they have no evidence of poisoning over the 2024 deaths because autopsies were not conducted.

21 hours ago

Indian activist on hunger strike for 20 days forcibly taken to hospital -- Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has now begun an indefinite fast in Sonam Wangchuk's place.

1 day ago

Why the World Cup half-time show may be a taste of things to come -- The 2026 World Cup's spectacle is creating debate about the place of music in sport - and how it could infiltrate other tournaments.

6 hours ago

Control, threats, disfiguring surgery: My life inside Jeffrey Epstein's 'cult' -- "Anya" gives the BBC a rare account of how sex-criminal financier Epstein lured and abused his "assistants".

1 day ago

What this desert city can teach the world about tackling heat deaths -- Maricopa County in Arizona has some of the hottest temperatures, but it has reduced the number of heat-related deaths.

1 day ago

Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol - then North Koreans discovered K-pop -- Defectors tell the BBC that despite restrictions, K-pop has cut through in the stifling dictatorship.

1 day ago

Helicopters dump water as huge Norway fire destroys homes -- The blaze has destroyed more than 100 homes in Drammen and has spread to a nearby forest, authorities say.

1 day ago

Bodycam footage shows airlift of girl stranded by Texas floods -- Footage shows a rescuer reaching a family of three stranded by floods that destroyed their house in Uvalde county.

1 day ago

Watch: What we know about newly discovered monkey species -- New monkey species hailed as 'amazing discovery' by conservationist.

2 days ago

Watch: What to know as Genoa bridge disaster trial ends -- More than 50 defendants have been on trial in Italy over the 2018 bridge collapse which killed 43 people.

2 days ago

Orange haze from Canada wildfires seen in Ontario and northern US -- There are currently 838 wildfires actively burning across the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

3 days ago

The Crown Prosecution Service says it has requested their extradition from the US, while their lawyer says they are innocent.

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Ryanair has also warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits.

4 hours ago

Weeks before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, floods washed away months of work for idol makers in Maharashtra.

4 hours ago

Russians have been hit by mobile internet shutdowns and more businesses are seeking to dodge tax after more than four years of war with Ukraine.

4 hours ago

Rents in Bozeman, Montana have skyrocketed as wealthy out-of-towners flock to the city to experience the American West.

4 hours ago

Tamás Sulyok, seen as an Orbán loyalist, had until Saturday night to agree to end his term.

12 hours ago

Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.

23 hours ago

Canadian officials say that fire activity in Ontario is beginning to ease, with air quality expected to improve in US cities too.

12 hours ago

Jens Spahn faced criticism over his use of a surrogate, a ban on which he previously backed.

15 hours ago