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From BBC News. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a wave of missiles and drone strikes against Israel. The group said in a statement that it had targeted "sensitive Israeli military sites" and vowed to continue such attacks. Israel said it had shot down two missiles coming from Yemen. The entry of the powerful…
From BBC News. The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have fired a missile at Israel for the first time since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The Israeli military said a missile was aimed at the southern city of Beersheba. It was shot down and there were no casualties, but the involvement of the…
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From BBC News. More than one million people in Lebanon have been forced to leave their homes as Israel has intensified its attacks on the country in its campaign against the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. With one in five people in the country now displaced, shelters are overwhelmed and many families have ended up sleeping in…
From BBC News. The Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen have confirmed they have attacked Israel for the first time since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran. The group said it fired a barrage of ballistic missiles "targeting sensitive Israeli military sites" in response to the targeting of infrastructure in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and…
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From BBC News. Germany’s most senior soldier has told the BBC that the threat from Russia has never been more urgent. General Carsten Breuer, head of Germany’s armed forces, is urging Western leaders to “join the dots” on the war in Iran and the Russia invasion of Ukraine. Breuer tells the BBC’s Special Correspondent Allan…
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From BBC News. Warning: This video contains details some viewers may find distressing. Cold-blooded, brutal and outlandish – if the plan Stephen McCullagh set in motion to kill his pregnant partner was the plot of one of his video games, it might have been dismissed as being too far-fetched. But, from the content creator’s first…
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From BBC News. After a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction case, we explain why the platforms you use may soon be unrecognisable. Plus – an exclusive interview with an expert witness from the trial, the world-leading addiction psychiatrist Anna Lembke, about how tech companies used persuasive design…
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From BBC News. America’s top diplomat Marco Rubio has said he believes that the war with Iran may be “done in a couple of weeks”. The US Secretary of State was speaking at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris. Donal Trump has again insisted that Iran must open up the Strait of Hormuz…
From BBC News. The golfer Tiger woods has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence after a high speed crash in Florida. The Martin County Sheriff said that Mr Woods was driving a Range Rover that clipped another car and rolled over. Tiger Woods was arrested and then later refused a urine test…
From BBC News. The US expects to end its operation in Iran in "weeks, not months", US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France He said the US can achieve its goals "without any ground troops" being deployed to Iran and he added Tehran may decide to…
From BBC News. Germany’s most senior soldier has told the BBC that western leaders must “join the dots” on the war in Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, because they can no longer be seen "in separate boxes". General Carsten Breuer, the head of the Armed Forces also warned that the threat from Russia…
From BBC News. Data examined by the BBC shows the devastating impact of the intense attacks on Iran’s capital, Tehran, since the start of the US-Israeli war. According to the findings, Israel has dropped 3,600 munitions on the city in the last four weeks. Almost 40 police stations and bases of the paramilitary Basij force…
From BBC News. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from making big changes to vaccines for children in the United States. It’s a blow to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy – RFK Jr – a longtime vaccine sceptic who was given free rein by Donald Trump to “go wild with health”. Since…
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From BBC News. The email account of FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly been hacked. Iran-linked hackers have reportedly accessed personal emails, and posted certain photos and documents including a resume online. The BBC has reached out to the Department of Justice and the FBI for confirmation, though Reuters is reporting that a Justice Department…
From BBC News. Today, Adam and Chris are joined by Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent and Stephanie Flanders, head of government and economics at Bloomberg and host of Trumponomics to look at the latest developments in the US-ISraeli war with Iran. They discuss the US’s 15 point plan for peace and Iran’s response and why…
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From BBC News. Victoria Derbyshire talks to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein in a special Newsnight programme from Washington — including two women speaking for the first time. This video contains distressing content. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews #BBCNewsnight #Epstein #jeffreyepstein #epsteinfiles
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From BBC News. Meta and YouTube will have to pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media and video streaming platforms designed their sites to hook young users without concern for their well being. Meta, founded by Mark Zuckerberg, is the parent company of Instagram and Facebook. The…
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From BBC News. President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia to share its drone defence expertise and technology. Zelensky said Saudi Arabia was facing the same type of ballistic missile and drone attacks from Iran that Ukraine had been resisting for more than four years from Russia. "We are ready…
From BBC News. The Pentagon has denied media reports that President Donald Trump is weighing up sending 10,000 troops to the Middle East. According to the Wall Street Journal, the potential deployment is to give Trump "more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran”. The force would likely include infantry and armoured…
From BBC News. Will gaming ever be the same as we know it? Nvidia claims its newest AI upgrade is the biggest jump in graphics in nearly 10 years — real‑time neural rendering so advanced it edges into Hollywood‑level realism. But is DLSS 5 the future of gaming… or just another flashy tech demo? In…
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From BBC News. Jurors is Los Angeles have found that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed a young woman’s mental health. Meanwhile the UK government has launched a public consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16. Following the unprecedented LA court case, a Question Time audience member asked:…
From BBC News. Since the start of the Iran War, hearing the views of ordinary Iranians has been difficult. There’s a ban on international contact imposed by the authorities, the media is controlled and there are internet blackouts. But some voices are getting through. Footage and interviews obtained by the BBC gives a rare insight…
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From BBC News. President Trump has claimed that talks with Iran are “going very well” and he’s said he’s giving its leaders a further 10 days to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, before launching threatened attacks on the country’s energy sites. In a post on his Truth Social media platform Trump wrote: "As per Iranian…
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