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BBCSitting on a park bench in the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen, Barbara Elek is nervously refreshing her emails. She and her husband Levi are waiting to find out if Barbara is pregnant, after their third round of IVF 10 days ago.”If it doesn’t succeed, then obviously I’ll be devastated, and then the last resort will be trying to make sure that, at least financially, we don’t lose everything,” she says.Like many other young Hungarian couples Barbara, 33, a social worker and Levi, 34, a chef, were eligible for tens of thousands of pounds in interest-free loans and subsidies when…
VAR official says hand gesture was ‘involuntary, subconscious twitch’Video assistant referee Shaun Evans has denied “intentionally” making a hand gesture “to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind”.3 hrs agoWorld Cup
LIVEIran in Los Angeles for their World Cup opener against New Zealand Watch BBC One coverage, listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary and follow live text updates as Iran take on New Zealand in Group G of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
CBSPhotos from the scene showed charred earth and rising black smokeEight people have been killed after a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber plane crashed immediately after take off from Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, base officials say.The incident occurred at 11:20 local time (19:20 GMT) on Monday while the aircraft was on a routine test mission. The crash sent a huge plume of black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles. “Today, Edwards Air Force Base experienced a terrible tragedy, and we lost eight great Americans,” Col James Hayes told reporters, describing them as…
World Cup debutants Cape Verde earn stunning draw against SpainWorld Cup debutants Cape Verde hold on for stunning draw against Spain as 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha stars.
EPAUS President Donald Trump has said a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and suggested that details of the agreement are set to be published “pretty soon”.”I am very happy to say it’s signed, the deal is all signed,” he said during talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit on Monday.Senior US officials also began giving some details about the contents of the deal, briefing that the Strait of Hormuz would re-open on Friday – the same day the deal is formally inked in Geneva.Technical talks on Iran’s nuclear programme are…
AFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump accused Netanyahu of showing no judgement when ordering a strike on Beirut over the weekendThe US ceasefire agreement with Iran has presented Israel’s prime minister with a political nightmare, smashing the three cornerstones of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career, and leaving him trapped in a new security dilemma.How can the man who styled himself as the political whisperer of Washington, with real influence over American politicians, be sidelined quite so comprehensively and insulted so publicly by his key US ally?How can the man who made taking on Iran the centre-piece of Israel’s security policy end the…
Ministry of DefenceThe captain of a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker which was intercepted by Royal Marine Commandos in the English Channel on Sunday has been charged with contravening sanctions, the National Crime Agency said.Ajay Pant, a 38-year-old Indian national, is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.Twenty-four crew members remain on the vessel, the MV Smyrtos, which is being held off the coast of Weymouth. The NCA said the vessel’s captain had been charged with “contravening Reg 46Z9B Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 by directly or indirectly supplying or delivering by ship prohibited oil/oil products from…
Watch: Aerial view of the crash site as emergency services attend scene in Butler, MissouriInvestigators are sifting through the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Missouri on Sunday, as witnesses describe the aircraft’s deadly descent.The crash occurred near Butler at about 11:20 local time (16:20 GMT), when a skydiving plane carrying 11 passengers and a pilot spun out of control and plunged to the ground, killing everyone on board. The victims have not yet been identified publicly.A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board told the BBC that investigators left on Monday morning for the crash site.Bailey Reed,…
Getty ImagesSome victims said they chose not to speak out because they feared staff would cut off access to aid (stock photo)Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) admits its staff were accused of sexually abusing at least 59 Sudanese refugees who had fled the civil war in search of safety.Young girls were exploited in some cases, and often food or jobs were offered in exchange for sex.The offences were committed in eastern Chad and date back to 2024 – about a year into Sudan’s still-raging civil war.MSF says it has sacked 18 culprits but tells the AP news agency it…