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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 3:32 PM ET

BBC News - World

Dozens of ships head through Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran deal -- Traffic in the waterway has risen since the US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the war, including 42 ships on Saturday alone.

2 hours ago

UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children -- Israel rejects the new report by the three-member expert panel, calling it a "libellous sham".

8 hours ago

Israeli troops kill two in south Lebanon after lull in fighting, authorities say -- Israel's military says the two men were Hezbollah operatives, but the Iran-backed group accuses it of a ceasefire violation.

2 hours ago

Zambia ex-president's family wins latest legal battle over what should happen to his body -- Edgar Lungu's family and the Zambian government remained in dispute 12 months after he died.

1 hour ago

Spider which uses spring trap to capture prey discovered in Australia -- Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

9 hours ago

US top court says Rastafarian man cannot sue prison guards who cut his dreadlocks -- The former Louisiana inmate argued his Rastafarian faith was violated after prison officials focibly shaved off his hair.

2 hours ago

Irish government to contribute £197m to cross-border rail services -- The money will come from the last allocation from the Irish government's Shared Island Fund.

5 hours ago

Trump anticipates better relationship with Colombia under new leader -- Abelardo de la Espriella, who preliminary results suggest is Colombia's next president, had Trump's endorsement.

7 hours ago

Montreal shooting leaves officer, civilian and suspect dead -- It was the first time in 24 years that a Montreal police officer was killed in the line of duty, the city's police chief said.

22 hours ago

Ransom note claims Nancy Guthrie died after abduction -- On Tuesday, Today show presenter Savannah Guthrie begged anyone with information to come forward, saying, "We are in agony."

2 hours ago

From cool-down spots to chalk on windows - how Europe is coping with the heat -- People across the continent are taking measures to cope with the searing temperatures gripping Europe.

2 hours ago

Have World Cup changes made final group stage games unfair? -- With eight teams already having nothing to play for, has the jeopardy in the group stage at the World Cup been diminished? And are concerns over the integrity of competition justified?

2 hours ago

How 100 hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack -- For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.

13 hours ago

A brutal gang rape in India revives painful memories of 2012 Delhi assault -- The case from Begusarai in Bihar comes close in brutality to that inflicted on a woman during a sexual assault in 2012.

21 hours ago

Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity? -- It had planned to abandon the fuel, but the higher cost of natural gas may make it think again.

1 day ago

Why was JD Vance in a luxury Swiss resort for talks with Iran? -- BBC correspondent Jessica Parker explains some key points of the direct talks between the US vice-president and Iran.

13 hours ago

Parisians cool off in canal amid 'red alert' heatwave -- France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country as temperatures soar to record levels.

2 days ago

BBC sees destroyed villages in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon -- Travelling with a humanitarian convoy, BBC's Hugo Bachega has been given rare access to a part of Lebanon under Israeli occupation.

3 days ago

Would you choose to take a 22-hour non-stop flight? -- The BBC asked Sydney locals if they would take the newly announced, longest ever commercial flight from Sydney to London.

4 days ago

Should the US impose a teen social media ban like the UK? -- The UK is enforcing a social media ban for children under the age of 16. The BBC asked Americans of different ages if they thought it was a good idea.

5 days ago

Sexual violence increasingly used as 'weapon of war' in Sudan, UN says -- The scale and brutality of the sexual attacks is unprecedented and aimed at terrorising communities, the UN says.

20 minutes ago

How Washington DC's Reflecting Pool became a global talking point -- President Trump says the pool is probably going to be drained again, two weeks after a multi-million dollar renovation was completed.

53 minutes ago

No fuel for sale as Ukraine's blockade of Russian-occupied Crimea takes effect -- In the biggest city Sevastopol, one resident told the BBC he had bought a back-up generator but had nothing to power it with.

53 minutes ago

'We're begging' - Savannah Guthrie pleads for help as details of her mother's case emerge -- Savannah Guthrie spoke on NBC's Today show about a note sent to the media in February regarding her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, which claimed she had died.

2 hours ago

Drowning deaths soar in France as Europe buckles in peak of heatwave -- Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since last Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says.

8 hours ago

Niger pulls out of International Criminal Court after calling it neo-colonialist -- Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso, had called the ICC an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression".

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