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Argentina great Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football, saying it was a decision that "hurt" him but "the time has come".

The 39-year-old, who captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar in 2022, has scored 125 goals in 207 appearances, making him the country's all-time leading scorer and most-capped player.

In a statement on Instagram, Messi said he has given everything to the national side but now has "nothing left to give".

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Iran and the US have traded strikes after American forces attacked two rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

The first known US strikes on Iran since late July killed two people and injured two others, according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which vowed "response and punishment".

US Central Command said it had taken "limited, precise action" against "minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz".

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The number of people missing in Nepal after the massive flash flood on Wednesday has risen to 4,247- with at least 903 people known to have died.

The number of missing is a sharp rise from 2,502, which was announced on Sunday. Of those missing, 3,655 are Nepali citizens, with 592 foreigners unaccounted for.

In Tibet, the official death toll is 16, with 546 reported missing, according to Chinese state media.

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Seven people have died after a passenger boat capsized near northern Cyprus.

Search and rescue operations are under way to find 23 people missing, said Ünal Üstel, prime minister of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

He says 267 people were on board the vessel when it capsized, and 237 have been rescued.

The boat left from the northern Cypriot port of Kyrenia at 11:58 local time (09:58 BST) and officials said it capsized around four nautical miles into its journey to Turkey.

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At least 734 people have died and more than 2,400 people are missing in Nepal, local officials say, after flash floods on Wednesday, triggered by a glacier collapse.

In Tibet, the official death toll is 16, with 546 reported to be missing, according to Chinese state media.

Nearly 20,000 security forces are deployed in rescue efforts on the Nepal-Tibet border as the UN says rough terrain and rain is making aid delivery "extremely difficult”.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told the BBC that PC Andrew Harper's killers will remain behind bars as he announces changes to the early release scheme aimed at easing prison overcrowding. 

In an exclusive interview with BBC Breakfast, Burnham said anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from changes brought in under the Sentencing Act, which would have made the killers eligible for early release. 

Burnham said extra prison spaces would be created by deporting "hundreds" of foreign prisoners and releasing some inmates serving indefinite sentences. 

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37 people have been killed after a huge explosion at an arms depot in Ukraine which was struck by a Russian drone. The ams storage facility was based near a residential areas on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area and a rescue operation is continuing, with fears that the death toll will rise.

Shells, mines and drones stored at the facility exploded in a massive blast that destroyed nearby homes nearby, including a care home for the elderly and disabled.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly criticised the location of the depot near people’s homes, saying an investigation had been launched into "terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosive right next to people".

Russia's Ministry of Defence said that its forces had targeted "an ammunition depot”.

Ben Brown presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Johnson in Kyiv.

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In the latest of our special programmes looking at pivotal political moments, we are looking at the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

Adam Fleming is joined by Scotland editor and Newscast host James Cook, and Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon.

In this episode, Adam, James and Lorna talk about the crucial moments in the campaign.

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More than 600 people have died following Wednesday's devastating flash flood in Nepal.

At least 2,426 people are missing, Nepal’s disaster management authority says, as rescue operations continue for a fourth day.

Families of the missing - including at least 517 foreign nationals - are waiting for news on the whereabouts of their loved ones.

Emergency teams are warning that rain is making it difficult to reach some of the worst-affected areas.

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Six months after the United States and Israel launched military action against Iran, the conflict shows no sign of coming to an end.

As Washington turns its focus to economic pressure, Tehran remains defiant - with the Strait of Hormuz seen as key leverage.

The uncertainty keeps economies and markets volatile, pushing up prices around the world and straining international relations.

A conflict that US President Donald Trump said would last a few weeks has now lasted half a year, so where do we go from here and when might the war end?

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