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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement has attacked energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia with dozens of drones and missiles, injuring 73 people, Saudi authorities say.

Tuesday's attacks hit four south-western cities, causing fires at oil facilities and installations that led to a temporary halt in operations, according to Saudi Arabia's military and energy ministry.

The Houthis said the attacks were retaliation for dozens of recent Saudi strikes on areas of north-western Yemen that they control.

On Monday, they accused Saudi Arabia of bombing a prison in the city of al-Hazm and killing at least 11 people. Twenty inmates are reportedly missing under the rubble.

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Freshers Flu. The grim illness that seemingly impacts every single student, every single year. And with hundreds of thousands of students preparing to head back to university - it's certainly something worth preparing for.

So what's actually going on? Why does everyone seem to get Freshers Flu in the first few weeks of term? And why do so many say it feels worse than the average cold?

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confirms the UK will ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank.

The move by the UK comes as Israel plans to develop 1,200 new homes in the occupied territory.

But what is it?

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen answers questions on its history and its future.

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A pair of thieves who stole four Renoir paintings from a French museum left two in the garden as they fled, the local mayor said. Authorities initially thought only one of the paintings had been abandoned.

According to French media, the four stolen paintings were: Portrait of Madame Pichon (1895); Coco Lisant (1905); Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano (1910), and Jeune fille au puits (1886).

Earlier, the mayor's office said the estimated value of the stolen art was €9m (£7.7m).

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Reading, maths and science scores in PISA, the world’s biggest international test of 15-year-olds, are falling. The downward trend started around 2012 and seems to be accelerating, particularly in reading. Here we explore some of the theories about what’s causing the decline.

00:00 Why are Gen Z’s test scores falling?

00:31 What the PISA test results measure

01:08 Is Covid to blame?

02:00 Did technology change learning?

02:37 The sharp decline in reading skills

03:24 How are screens in classrooms linked to test scores?

04:17 School tech use in Singapore is high, and so are PISA scores

04:28 Schools around the world use tech in different ways

04:55 The unanswered questions about Gen Z and tech

05:33 Do screens affect our attention spans?

06:02 Is this just a Gen Z issue?

06:23 The world is changing and there many factors involved

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The UK is expected to announce sanctions on goods and services from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is due to announce the move in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, having previously said the UK-Israel relationship will be “reset”.

The settlements are illegal under international law and the UK's move comes as Israel opens tenders for 1,200 new homes in the occupied territory.

US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee said the US opposes the UK imposing sanctions, and he told the BBC that US states could retaliate against the UK.

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Iran's top negotiator warns of "a faster, heavier, and more painful response" to US attacks, after the sides traded strikes in the Strait of Hormuz.

It comes as Iran's security chief says Tehran will announce a prohibited zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, saying any ship entering the area will be added to a sanctions list.

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Today, John Healey delivered his first major speech as chancellor, aiming to boost confidence in the economy with a positive message.

The chancellor set out his intentions for growth, investment and more jobs. But midway through, Jaguar Land Rover announced they would be making thousands of job cuts after struggling with competition from China and falling behind in the electric vehicle race.

Economics editor Faisal Islam and business editor Simon Jack explain what it means for the country, and they chat through Healey’s new ‘Make Great Britain Growth Britain Again”

And we've had a weekend of anti-migration protests. One involved men in balaclavas in Dover and one with a crowd trying to block the migrant coaches in Portsmouth. UK correspondent Daniel Sandford explains.

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00:00 Can the chancellor, John Healey Make Great Britain Growth Britain Again?

02:00 Faisal analyses John Healey's speech

05:36 Will the government raise taxes at the budget?

08:25 What do UK businesses want?

14:45 How does the government want to devolve fiscal powers?

23:36 What's happening with protests in Dover and Portsmouth?

Twenty-five years on from the deadliest terror attack in history, thousands of grieving families are still fighting for answers.

In early 2000, two young Saudis arrived in San Diego. They had never been to America, spoke almost no English, and had no idea how to open a bank account or rent a flat. Within weeks they had done all of it. Twenty months later they hijacked a plane and crashed it into the Pentagon.

The BBC’s Jane McMullen has been investigating a man who helped two of the hijackers – and has revealed a story that the US and Saudi governments have fought to keep secret.

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00:00 Introduction

01:07 The landlady and the hijackers

03:30 Omar al-Bayoumi, the man who helped the future hijackers

05:45 The FBI investigation into the hijackers

07:00 Bayoumi's arrest and police interview

10:00 Comparing his story to the landlady's

11:15 Bayoumi's links to the Saudi government and to extremists

16:10 What happens after Baymoumi's arrest?

17:35 Investigations by the 9/11 Commission

22:00 Families suing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

23:30 Saudi government's response

"Seismic", "a socio-political earthquake", "a watershed moment for Germany".

This was how political analysts and many media outlets described the stunning victory of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in local elections in Germany on Sunday. Is that an exaggeration?

Saxony-Anhalt is one of the smallest of massive Germany's 16 regions. It boasts a mere 1.7 million out of 59 million eligible voters nationwide.

How significant can its political sentiments be, especially since the AfD narrowly failed to win an outright majority?

The answer: Very significant.

In this video:

0:00 - 0:48 - Historic victory for the AfD

0:48 - 1:31 - Reaction from the AfD party

1:31 - 2:09 - How surprising is the far-right victory?

2:09 - 2:46 - The AfD and some of their policies

2:46 - 3:40 - People are searching "are AfD Nazis?"

3:40 - 4:31 - Historically the main parties have blocked the far-right, it's called a "firewall"

4:31 - 5:34 - Will the AfD be able to govern?

5:34 - 6:23 - Reaction from European politicians

6:23 - 7:39 - What does this election result mean for Europe?

7:39 - 8:42 - Reaction to the far-right result from US and Russia

8:42 - 9:16 - What could this result mean for Ukraine?

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