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From BBC News. Meta and Google have lost a landmark social media addiction trial in the US. Jurors found that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, owner of YouTube, intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed a 20-year old’s mental health. The woman, known as Kaley, was awarded $6m (£4.5m) in…

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From BBC News. President Trump says the US will be Iran’s "worst nightmare" if it doesn’t agree to a peace plan and repeats that Tehran is "begging" for a deal. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, again denied talks were happening saying his country has no intention of negotiating with the US. Special envoy Steve Witkoff…

From BBC News. A jury in Los Angeles has awarded $6 million dollars to a young woman known as Kaley, who sued Meta and Google over her childhood addiction to social media. Jurors found that the companies intentionally built addictive platforms, which harmed the woman’s mental health. Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and Google,…

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From BBC News. Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were back in court in New York after being charged with narco-terrorism and weapons offences. After US forces seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife, US President Donald Trump said that the pair "now face American justice" for their "campaign of deadly narco-terrorism"…

From BBC News. The women’s category of Olympic sports will be limited to biological females from the Los Angeles Olympics 2028. The International Olympic Committee said eligibility will be determined by a "once-in-a-lifetime" sex test, which would prevent transgender women and those with differences in sexual development who have gone through male puberty from competing.…

From BBC News. Have you ever received a call from a stranger regarding student loans you don’t owe? An Amazon order you never placed? An unpaid parking ticket for a car you don’t own? If so, it’s possible that you’ve been the target of a scam orchestrated by a criminal syndicate thousands of miles away.…

From BBC News. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump posted on social media to repeat his criticism of Nato allies, saying they have "done absolutely nothing to help with" the situation in Iran. He says the US "needs nothing from Nato", but added this "very important point in time" should never be forgotten. While Trump…

From BBC News. It’s been more than 50 years. Now Nasa is about to return to the Moon. Four astronauts – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen – are preparing to launch into space on a 10-day journey where they will circle the moon, travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever…

From BBC News. On a rare journalist visa, BBC South America Correspondent Ione Wells travels across Venezuela, just weeks after the US military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro. In this reporter vlog, Ione explores the reality of a nation in transition – from the streets of Caracas to the coastal state of Sucre. What…

From BBC News. Oil prices are on the rise again, climbing to $106 a barrel and stock markets remain volatile following contradictory messaging from the US and Iran about efforts to end the conflict.     On Wednesday, benchmark Brent crude sank below $100 dollars a barrel for the first time in almost two weeks –…

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From BBC News. Donald Trump has insisted the US is negotiating with Iran over an end to the war, but Tehran has repeatedly said talks are not taking place. Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi admitted messages have been exchanged, but said these constituted "neither dialogue nor negotiation, nor anything of the sort". Trump claimed on…

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From BBC News. From presenting an award to hosting the show, streamer and presenter Elz the Witch has been chosen as the new Bafta Games Awards host. Taking over from Phil Wang, Elz told BBC Newsbeat that she’s not a comedian but hopes to bring something special to the show, including some inspired outfits and…

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From BBC News. Iran has rejected the US peace plan as “excessive”. The US plan, which has not been made public, reportedly includes Iran dismantling its nuclear facilities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. In response Iran has released its own conditions for ending the war through state television. Adam is joined by Chief…

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From BBC News. A Los Angeles jury has found the social media giants Meta and YouTube liable, in a landmark case in which a young woman sued the companies over her childhood addiction to social media. Jurors found that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, owner of YouTube, intentionally built addictive social…

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From BBC News. How is the Philippines reacting to its energy emergency | BBC News Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said he is working to secure new sources of oil after he placed the country under a state of national energy emergency in response to the war in Iran. Marcos told Filipinos in a televised address…

From BBC News. If the price of oil hits $150 a barrel it will trigger a global recession, the boss of US financial giant BlackRock has told the BBC. Larry Fink, who leads the world’s largest asset manager, said if Iran "remains a threat" and oil prices stay high it will have "profound implications" for…

From BBC News. The US is "negotiating with itself", a spokesman for the Iranian military said. The comments came after President Donald Trump insisted Iran wants a deal "so badly" – saying on Tuesday that Iran gave the US a "very big present worth a tremendous amount of money". The US has also handed over…

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From BBC News. The Pentagon is set to send thousands of elite troops from the elite 82nd Airborne division to the Middle East. The paratroopers are specialists in airborne assault operations. It comes as President Trump claimed that talks with Iran were happening “right now” and that Tehran wants to end the war. He said…

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From BBC News. US President Donald Trump’s comments about talks to end the war and that Tehran is "talking sense" come a day after Iranian officials denied any contact with the US had taken place, calling claims of talks "fake news". Israel and Iran have carried out fresh strikes, while Bahrain has been hit by…

From BBC News. Today, we try and get to the bottom of whether or not Iran and the US might be meeting at the negotiating table. Whilst President Trump has previously said the two countries have already had productive conversations, Iran has denied the reports. Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent and Parham Ghobadi, senior reporter…

From BBC News. Over the course of a few days, between a golf outing and a visit to the home of Elvis Presley, US President Donald Trump has said contrasting statements on the US-Israel war with Iran: That he is "winding down" the operation, yet he also threatened to "obliterate" Iran’s power plants unless Tehran…

From BBC News. Russia has launched an unusual daytime attack on Ukraine, hitting cities across the west of the country with over 400 drones on Tuesday afternoon. Lviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said the Bernardine monastery, a 16th-Century Unesco site, was damaged. A video posted by Lviv authorities shows a fire burning through the roof…