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EPASeveral people were reportedly injured in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.Afghanistan’s Taliban regime said they have carried out strikes on targets along the border with Pakistan, injuring several people in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.Pakistan’s military said it had shot down four rudimentary drones and warned any further provocation “would receive a befitting response”. The BBC has been unable to independently confirm the attack.The strikes come after Pakistan launched its own airstrikes on Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 28 civilians, according to the UN.Tensions have reignited in the region after months of relative calm. The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire in…
Watch: Supreme Court’s birthright ruling is major blow to Trump, says BBC’s Gary O’DonoghueBy President Donald Trump’s standards, his response to the Supreme Court ruling against him on birthright citizenship was rather tepid.He said Tuesday’s decision was “too bad for our country”, before going on to endorse legislation that would reinstate his proposed limits on the longstanding legal principle that anyone born in the country is a US citizen.The chances that Congress will act on that are slim, however. Democrats would almost certainly block any effort in the US Senate, and even if such a law were enacted it is…
AFP via Getty ImagesMore than100 firefighters were dispatched to an area near Thessaloniki on TuesdayTwo people have been found dead as an out-of-control wildfire burns in northern Greece, forcing residents of a nearby village to evacuate.The body of a man was discovered in a charred area near Liti, about 15km (nine miles) north-west of the city of Thessaloniki. A second body – yet to be identified – was found later in a house in a forested area near the village.A woman rescued near the house with burn injuries is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital. A…
Jordan Public Security via ReutersThe Jordanian team released footage of Tuesday’s rescueA three-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble six days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, a Jordanian rescue team has said. Video footage shows rescuers cheering as the child, named as Klieber Morán by the country’s interim president, is pulled from wreckage in La Guaira state.Delcy Rodríguez described the child’s rescue as a moment of hope. It comes as UN warned that tens of thousands of people were urgently in need of food and shelter The massive tremors probably damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings, according to…
BBCThe patient is being tested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in GlasgowA patient is being tested for suspected Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital.It is understood they were admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in the early hours of Tuesday.Tests are currently being carried out to confirm whether the individual has contracted the disease.If confirmed it would be the first case in the UK since an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in May.The outbreak in Africa has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).NHS Greater…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — The largest digital camera ever built is starting to capture images of unseen corners of the universe.The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its cosmic survey, meant to capture swathes of the sky in more depth and detail. Perched on a Chilean mountaintop, the telescope will point its eye at the southern sky for the next 10 years, taking hundreds of images per night.Researchers hope Rubin’s observations will help them take a better census of the universe, mapping billions of stars in the Milky Way and billions more galaxies beyond it. It takes pictures…
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NewsFeedLebanon’s fragile ceasefire: 3 months laterWhile officials describe the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel as a roadmap toward ending hostilities, critics question whether Lebanon traded accountability for a ceasefire. This video also looks at what happened during the three months of the fragile ceasefire: continued Israeli airstrikes, more than one million people displaced. media’s Reem Takieddine has more.Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd media on Googleinfo
Rescue1122Fourteen children died after the roof of a building near Lahore collapsed on top of them, officials say. The incident happened at a private tuition centre in the Kahna suburb of the Pakistani city. Young children under the age of 10 are among those to have been taken from the scene. Authorities launched an investigation into the collapse, and two people were taken into custody as part of the initial inquiry.He said that the rescue operation had been completed within one hour, and most people recovered were between seven and 11 years old.Another five people are thought to be injured.…
Getty ImagesRight-wing extremists remain the greatest threat to German democracy and their number increased significantly to 58,700 last year, the country’s domestic intelligence service says.That number is an increase of more than 8,000 on the previous year, the agency says in its annual report, adding that extreme left-wing violence is also on the rise and is an alarm-call for Germany’s rule of law.German democracy was under “practically permanent attack” from both inside and outside, said Sinan Selen, the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).Intelligence activities against Germany originated primarily from Russia, China and Iran,…