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Israel's strike on bustling Gaza cafe killed a Hamas operative - but dozens more people were killed (Jul 4, 2025 15:24)
The attack raises more questions over whether Israel’s use of force is proportionate, a...

Fictional K-pop bands beat BTS and Blackpink in US charts (Jul 4, 2025 15:21)
Songs from the film KPop Demon Hunter have surpassed the success of real-life K-pop ban...

Hamas says it is consulting other Palestinian groups on Gaza ceasefire plan (Jul 4, 2025 14:52)
The US president says he expects to know soon whether Hamas has agreed to a proposal fo...

BBC on French beach as police slash migrant 'taxi-boat' heading to UK (Jul 4, 2025 14:46)
Watch video of French police destroying a boat in the English Channel in a rare and unu...

'I don't know who to trust anymore': Druze worry about being left behind in post-war Syria (Jul 4, 2025 13:39)
Recent attacks on the religious minority in Damascus have fuelled growing distrust towa...

BBC on French beach as police slash migrant 'taxi-boat' heading to UK (Jul 4, 2025 12:10)
The BBC's Andrew Harding saw French gendarmes using knives to slash an inflatable small...

Akon's futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned, BBC told (Jul 4, 2025 12:07)
Something more realistic will replace ambitious plans dreamt up by singer Akon, officia...

Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump's truce bid (Jul 4, 2025 11:55)
Almost every district in the capital sustained damage after Russia fired a record 550 d...

Elephant kills British and New Zealand tourists in Zambia (Jul 4, 2025 11:09)
The two tourists were trampled to death by a female elephant that was with a calf, poli...

Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government (Jul 4, 2025 10:39)
The foreign minister in Kabul called Moscow's decision "courageous".