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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

7 hours ago

The 1975's Matty Healy marries model Gabbriette Bechtel in Los Angeles -- The newlyweds were first linked in 2023 after Healy's brief relationship with Taylor Swift.

7 minutes ago

US and Iran trade fire after two US soldiers killed in Jordan - Kuwait says an electricity and water plant is on fire after the second such attack in two days. Iran says US strikes hit an under-construction nuclear power plant. 2 hrs ago - World

15 minutes ago

Ferry carrying 116 passengers sinks off Guyana coast, authorities say -- The vessel capsized between Georgetown and Port Kaituma, with 53 people so far rescued. -- Latin America

4 hours ago

Runners take on 'world's coolest marathon' on drifting North Pole ice -- Organisers say 23 runners from seven countries took part in races at the Arctic's geographic North Pole.

50 minutes ago

German politician resigns over surrogacy child controversy -- Jens Spahn faced criticism over his use of a surrogate, a ban on which he previously backed.

1 day 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.

1 day ago

Messi on the brink of history - will it be his last World Cup game? -- Argentina captain Lionel Messi will play his 34th World Cup match in Sunday's final, but will it be his last appearance?

2 hours 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.

13 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

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.

2 days ago

Timelapse shows World Cup final stadium nearly vanish in smoky haze -- MetLife stadium in New Jersey, where the World Cup final will be held, was shrouded in haze caused by hundreds of wildfires in Canada.

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

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

8 hours ago

Anita Le Brun, the face of a campaign to allow for alcohol to be served at care homes without a licence, is celebrating its success.

15 minutes ago

Five people are killed and at least 35 injured as Ukraine's two largest cities are targeted, as Kyiv continues its own assault on Russian infrastructure.

15 minutes ago

His son, actor Jason Donovan, posted to social media that his father died on Saturday night peacefully in Melbourne, Australia

15 minutes ago

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

11 hours ago

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

11 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.

11 hours ago

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

11 hours ago

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

19 hours ago