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President Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea.

He cited his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, and noted that South Korea had recently declined to join the US in the "denuclearisation" of Iran.

So what does this mean for the future of his relationships with the Koreas?

In this video...

0'55" - Trump says US to reduce military drills with South Korea

2'33" - South Korea response to US scaling back drills

3'14" - Trump's relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un

6'25" - Troop movements during the war from 1950 - 1953

7'27" - China's reaction to US scaling back drills with South Korea

7'51" - What is Nato and is South Korea part of it?

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President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman - a US ally - if it "gets in the way" of his administration's talks with Iran.

The US and Oman have been negotiating separately with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is vital to the global economy. It has been largely closed for nearly six months during the US-Iran war.

The US president made the threat to Oman while using an expletive during a phone interview.

Earlier in the day, Iranian officials said they were close to finalising a deal with Oman. Meanwhile, the future of talks between the US and Iran is unclear as a 60-day Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two sides is expiring.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump was asked by BBC News if he was seeking an extension to the MoU, to which he replied: "No."

Since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, Tehran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz - through which about a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas usually passes.

Oman borders the southern side of the Strait and says it is a neutral country in this conflict. However it has suffered attacks strikes from Iran and is now playing a leading role in negotiating with Tehran to reopen the waterway.

Washington has pursued its own efforts to secure the reopening. Fox reporter Trey Yingst quoted Trump as saying: "If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them."

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Jeremy Bowen.

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President Trump's Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, has held lengthy talks with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but there appears to have been no breakthrough in the search for peace in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu's office has, however, described the discussions as deep and constructive.

Also in this edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service:

07:16 Chinese leader Xi Jinping has praised the clamp down on protests in Tiananmen in 1989

12:15 Actress Hayden Panettiere, of “Heroes” and “Nashville” has died at age 36

15:46 The Tupac Shakur murder trial is getting underway

18:42 UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanged messaged with someone pretending to be President Trump’s Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles

22:01 After Zambia’s presidential election, security forces have arrested 11 people in connection with an alleged insurrection p lot

25:49 The first Ferrari electric car sells for $40 million

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Every year, new reports warn that our roads are getting worse and potholes are becoming more common.

Experts say the cost of repairing the damage continues to rise. But new research into how technology could transform the way we maintain roads is offering some intriguing solutions.

So, can we ever solve the UK's pothole problem?

Here’s what we explore in the video:

00:00 - Potholes in the BBC Archive

00:43 - The cost of fixing roads in England and Wales

01:16 - How does a pothole form?

01:49 - How do we fix them?

02:21 - Peter the pothole

03:18 - The true state of our roads

04:23 - Pothole reporting through the years

05:03 - Meet pothole vigilante Harry

06:50 - Who is responsible?

07:53 - A technological solution

09:27 - The robotic van that could fix our roads

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Benjamin Netanyahu has been a major figure in Israeli politics for a long time. You could have just turned 30 years old and never known a time when he wasn’t either prime minister or somewhere near the top of Israeli politics. But could that be about to change?

With less than three months until the Israeli general election, Netanyahu is struggling in some polls. His rival is a man who is little known outside of Israel – former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot. In some international media, Eisenkot is being dubbed the ‘anti-Netanyahu’. But is that accurate?

Asma Khalid and Tristan Redman, from The Global Story, speak to David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, who has spent time with Eisenkot for a major profile piece.

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00:00 Introduction

01:05 Who is Gadi Eisenkot?

05:25 Eisenkot's role in Netanyahu's war cabinet

10:22 How Israel's political system works

12:50 What is Eisenkot's platform?

17:52 The difficulties facing Netanyahu

20:31 How might US public opinion help shape this election?

22:48 The divisive views at the heart of the US-Israel relationship debates

The drive-by shooting that killed rap superstar Tupac Shakur on 7 September 1996 changed the trajectory of hip-hop and elevated the rapper from the face of the genre to a cultural icon.

His killing became one of popular culture's great mysteries, with countless theories but no arrests until 2023, when Duane "Keffe D" Davis was unexpectedly charged with murdering the famous rapper.

Davis, a 63-year-old former gang boss, is due to stand trial in Las Vegas.

Fame Under Fire host, Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, speaks to Shaun Kent, resident trial attorney, about the case.

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US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner is in Israel, where he is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

It comes after Kushner held rare talks with Hamas to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan.

Last month, Trump's Board of Peace said it had reached agreement for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. Last week, Israel rejected Trump's 15-point plan, which also calls for Israeli troops to withdraw and for Gaza to be rebuilt under a new civilian Palestinian administration.

In a statement, Hamas later called on mediators and the Board of Peace to "compel" Israel to approve the roadmap for the next steps.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tough October election to try to hold onto power, with a coalition that includes ministers in favour of taking a harsher line on Gaza.

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Erin Patterson is the Australian woman who killed her parents-in-law - and another relative - by serving up a Beef Wellington laced with toxic death cap mushrooms.

She was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years. Now, she’s appealing against her conviction.

BBC Australia Correspondent Katy Watson has followed the story from the beginning, and looks at what arguments could be used in the appeal.

00:00 - Mushroom murderer case

01:29 - Covering the trial

02:36 - Defence arguments

03:05 - Mushroom evidence

03:45 - Facebook evidence

04:35 - CCTV footage

05:14 - Memory card evidence

06:14 - Jury hotel

06:53 - Prosecution appeal

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President Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.

He also noted on Truth Social that South Korea had recently declined to join the US in the "denuclearisation" of Iran.

"These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile," Trump posted.

Seoul said it was reviewing Trump's comments, adding it hoped a favourable relationship between Washington and Pyongyang could lead to meaningful talks. Pyongyang has not yet commented.

Earlier, South Korea said the drills with the US would proceed "as scheduled".

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Actress Hayden Panettiere, who starred in TV shows Heroes and Nashville has died aged 36.

The details surrounding her death were not immediately available.

In a statement reported by the BBC’s US partner CBS News, her father Skip Panettiere described her as “an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her and to the millions who watched her onscreen”.

She began her career as a child actor, and was just four years old when cast on popular US soap opera One Life to Live.

Panettiere went on to play a cheerleader with superpowers in Heroes - which ran from 2006 to 2020 - and had other memorable roles, including in films Remember the Titans and Raising Helen.

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