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Palestinians in Gaza are marking Eid-al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, amid destruction. We speak to a freelance Palestinian journalist how she is marking the holiday. Also on the programme: World Athletics has announced it will become the first international...
A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights. The women, mostly in their 70s, said that their age and gender made them particularly vulnerable to the effects...
A group of elderly women from Switzerland, demanding that their government do more to tackle climate change, have won a landmark climate case at a top European court. We hear from a 76-year-old change-maker. Also on the programme: Israel...
Excitement spreads from the Pacific Islands across Mexico and the United States as the sun disappears behind the moon: we hear from some of those who have been watching. Meanwhile, residents of Khan Yunis in Gaza return to find utter...
As Israeli troops pull out of Gaza's biggest city in the south, former residents of Khan Younis contemplate a return. Also on the programme: Rescuers in Mozambique search for survivors from a ferry carrying passengers fleeing a cholera outbreak; and...
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has insisted that it will complete the elimination of Hamas in Gaza, including in Rafah where 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge. He said Israel was ‘one step away from victory’. We speak to former...
A new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are due to begin today in Cairo, exactly six months after the Hamas attacks that triggered the current conflict. The Israeli military says it has withdrawn all ground troops on...
The Israeli military has recovered the body of a hostage in Gaza. It accused the Islamic Jihad group of murdering Elad Katzir, who was snatched from a kibbutz in southern Israel during the Hamas attacks in October. His sister blamed...
The Israeli army has recovered the body of a hostage held in Gaza, during an overnight operation in Khan Yunis. It accused the Islamic Jihad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as Elad Katzir. Also in...
Aid organisations have stressed the need for an independent investigation into the deadly Israeli drone strike on an aid convoy after the IDF published its first account of the event. Also in the programme: The BBC's analysis of Israel's evacuation...
The Israeli military has sacked two senior officers after seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers were killed in a strike in Gaza on Monday. The inquiry into the incident says some workers survived initial air strikes, but were killed...
President Biden tells Israel's prime minister that Washington's future policy on the Gaza conflict will depend on Israel taking new and immediate action to protect civilians and aid workers after the killing of humanitarian personnel by an Israeli strike. ...
The Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has marked the alliance's 75th anniversary by saying "we must be doing something right". It has grown from 12 countries at its inception to 32. Its newest members, Sweden and Finland, abandoned their neutrality...
The World Central Kitchen founder, Jose Andres, says Israeli forces deliberately targeted vehicles carrying people working for his organisation in Monday’s strikes in Gaza. Meanwhile, some world leaders have also condemned the attack that left seven people working for the...
In the wake of foreign aid workers' killed in Gaza, international calls are growing to curb arms sales to Israel and for a swift investigation into the deaths. We hear from a friend of Zomi Frankcom, one of the aid...
There's been widespread international condemnation of the deaths of seven foreign aid workers in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. We hear from a spokesman for the Israeli government and a US congresswoman. Also in the programme: the crisis on...
Seven aid workers in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli air strike. The US based-charity World Central Kitchen and other aid groups will suspend their operations. Also in the programme: Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of...
Palestinian medics say they are recovering dozens of bodies from the remnants of Gaza's biggest hospital, Al Ahifa, after the Israeli army ended two weeks of intense bombardment. The IDF says hundreds of militants were killed and detained. The Gaza...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party is on course to hold key positions in major cities, in municipal elections across the country. With more than half the votes counted, the opposition was on course for its strongest ever showing in...
Millions of Turks vote in elections to decide who runs their biggest cities - and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can wrest back control from the opposition. Also in the programme: In Israel, after nearly six months of war...
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has expressed concern about extended Israeli shelling into the territory after three UNIFIL observers and their translator were injured by an explosion. Several Lebanese media reports blamed Israel for the incident, which they said...
Feeding Gaza is now a complex, risky, multi-national operation. Dropping aid into Gaza from the sky is fast becoming a last resort to get food to starving people. The BBC's Lucy Williamson gains access to the US military's aid drop...
President Joe Biden says the US is working every day to secure the release of the Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia exactly a year ago. In a statement, Mr Biden said he'd told the...
A year ago today Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal was arrested in Russia and accused of being a spy. We ask how the US should go about securing his release, and what Russia is likely to demand in...
The ruling cements the downfall of the former billionaire who emerged as a high profile champion of cryptocurrency before his firm's dramatic collapse in 2022. He was found to have stolen billions from customers ahead of the failure. Also...
Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages around three hospitals in Gaza. Meanwhile, could Israel's governing coalition collapse over the exemption from military service enjoyed by ultra-orthodox Jews? Also in the programme: how the two leaders of France's largest far-right...
Officials say investigators have boarded the vessel and retrieved its black box data recorder. But an operation to find the bodies of six people presumed dead continues. We hear from The Baltimore City Fire Chief whose team is part of...
Days after the United States abstained from a vote at the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel war, senior US politicians are urging President Joe Biden to restrict arms supply to Israel to change course in...
US President Joe Biden has promised to send all the federal resources necessary to help with recovery after a container ship crashed into a bridge in Baltimore, over one of America's busiest shipping lanes. Rescuers are now searching for people...
A major bridge in the US city of Baltimore has collapsed after being struck by a container ship. Rescuers are now searching for people in the River Patapsco, which the Francis Scott Key Bridge used to stand over. We...
Fourteen council members including the UK backed the call, which also demanded the unconditional release of all hostages. We hear reaction from Israel and our International Editor, Jeremy Bowen. From the West Bank, our senior international correspondent Orla Guerin has...
Provisional results from the presidential election in Senegal are showing that the opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is leading the race for office. The BBC's James Copnall has the latest from Dakar. Also on the programme: 'ghost' matter and how...
Donald Trump has until Monday evening to cover the fine imposed on him by a New York judge for fraudulently inflating the value of his properties. But how much jeopardy is the former president in if he can’t, or won’t,...
Russia observes a day of mourning for those who died after the attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow on Friday. At least 133 people were killed and 140 injured including many children. Also...
President Putin says all four gunmen involved in the attack on a concert hall near Moscow on Friday have been detained. More than a hundred- and- thirty people were killed at Crocus City Hall. Mr Putin called it a barbaric...
Russian investigators say the number of people killed in the attack by gunmen on a concert hall near Moscow on Friday has risen to 115. They said more bodies had been found in parts of Crocus City Hall where the...
The Russian security services say at least 40 people have been killed and more than 100 injured at a concert hall near Moscow in what the authorities have called a terrorist attack. Video on social media shows at least four...
Russia and China have vetoed a draft resolution put forward by the United States at the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, linked to the release of hostages. Russia's ambassador called the US move a hypocritical...
A 62-year-old man in Boston in the United States has received a kidney from a genetically-engineered pig in the first transplant of its kind. Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital say if such procedures are carried out on a large scale,...
America's top diplomat says Washington has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of hostages. Also in the programme: in Haiti, hunger and malnutrition...
Almost a year after the civil war broke out, we speak to the former UN Special Envoy to Sudan about who is fuelling the war, as famine looms over the country. We also look into the the plan presented to...
Famine looms in Sudan as a result of what has been called 'a forgotten war'. Our reporter gains rare access to the front line city of Omdurman near the capital Khartoum, and we hear from the UN's humanitarian coordinator in...
Haiti's powerful gangs which control more than 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince have already voiced their opposition to the transitional presidential council. They warned they will continue to attack government targets unless an interim administration acceptable to them is...
LONG: Both sides face increasing pressure to halt the fighting to allow urgently needed aid into the territory, and the safe evacuation of Israeli hostages. We get the latest on these talks and hear about the situation on the...
Dozens of US citizens have fled the chaos and violence of Haiti on a government-chartered plane. More than 10 bodies were removed on by ambulance on Monday from Petion-Ville on the outskirts of the capital. The BBC’s Will Grant reports...
Israel launches overnight raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City and tells civilians to evacuate. And as aid agencies warn of imminent famine in northern Gaza, the EU's foreign policy chief says Israel bears responsibility. Also in the programme: we...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been handed a landslide victory in an election his opponents condemned as a sham. The last day of voting was marked by silent protests at polling stations. Also on the programme: We speak to the...
Aid agencies warn that the humanitarian situation in the country is deteriorating amid gang warfare and lawlessness. Police have launched an operation to wrest control of the capital from gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier. Also on the programme: history...
Around 50 protesters have been arrested in Russian cities on the final day of a vote set to confirm Vladimir Putin in office. Long queues formed outside polling stations, heeding a call to gather in protest. The call came from...
Police in Haiti are reported to have launched an operation to arrest the leader of the coalition of gangs which now control most of the capital. Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier is seen as the main instigator of the protests which forced...