Joe Biden outlines new Israeli proposal for ceasefire in Gaza – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary US President Joe Biden has outlined a new Israeli proposal to end the war in Gaza with Hamas He says Israel has offered a three-stage roadmap – involving a six-week ceasefire that would become permanent and...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate. If any Filipino died as a result of China’s wilful actions, he said, the Philippines would consider it as close to “an act of war” and respond...
Russia has accused Nato and the US of “provoking a new level of tension” after the US and Germany became the latest allies to let Ukraine’s military to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. A Berlin spokesman said Germany was convinced Ukraine had the right to defend itself from Russia, especially from cross-border...
DPA via AP The attack on Mannheim market square took place just before noon on Friday A man has attacked a number of people with a knife at a market square in the south-west German city of Mannheim, police say. The incident was caught on a YouTube livestream and showed the attacker stabbing a man,...
Getty Images “It’s a very sad day for America,” said one man outside the New York court room where Donald Trump was found guilty of all charges in his so-called hush-money case. “I think justice has been done, Donald Trump brought all of this on himself,” said another. The two reactions eclipse the huge divergence...
Israeli forces have pulled out of Jabalia in northern Gaza, after a three-week offensive there which saw tens of thousands of civilians flee the area. The military said “hundreds of terrorists [had been] eliminated” and 10km (6 miles) of tunnels destroyed during the operation. Pictures from Jabalia show widespread destruction, with multi-storey buildings reduced to...
Lava is continuing to spurt from a volcanic system in Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, after a powerful eruption on Wednesday. The town of Grindavik, which has been threatened several times since eruptions in the region began in December, was once again evacuated. The world-famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa was also forced to close. However volcanic activity...
9 minutes ago Farouk Chothia,BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) looks set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to victory at the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994. It would herald the end of the party’s decades-long domination of...
South Africa election results: ANC on course to lose majority as MK surges – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary With more than 55% of results declared the ANC has 42% of the vote The party had always polled above 50% in all elections since 1994 The Democratic Alliance is second with 24%...
3 hours ago Cherylann Mollan,BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images A staff member pours water on the face of a patient suffering from heat stroke in a hospital in Varanasi Several people have died due to heat-related ailments over the past 24 hours as temperatures continue to soar in northern and central India. Ten fatalities were...