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NewsFeedIsrael strikes southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital BeirutVideos show the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, with multiple explosions reported. Israel says it targeted Hezbollah headquarters, while Lebanese media says residential apartments were hit. The attack comes just days after US President Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu that Beirut was off limits as Washington pursues a deal with Iran.Published On 7 Jun 20267 Jun 2026SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd media on Googleinfo

Getty ImagesZelensky, Starmer, Macron and Merz had previously met for talks on the Ukraine war back in DecemberUK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street later on Sunday, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, for talks on European support for Ukraine. Ahead of the meeting, Kyiv officials said a Russian drone had hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the Chornobyl nuclear plant in the north of Ukraine.They said a fire was put out and there were no injuries, with officials adding that radiation levels remained stable. Zelensky labelled…

Rob DonaldFreya Donald has been crocheting hats to pass the time during her long voyage with her father A father and daughter from Australia have been putting their relationship to the ultimate test – by sailing together around the world.Rob Donald and his 19-year-old daughter Freya set sail from New South Wales, Australia in March 2025, heading for Norway.The pair have been through storms, a serious health scare and a close encounter with a tiger shark in an adventure that Freya said had been weird and difficult at times but also one that she “wouldn’t trade for the world”.The BBC…

EPA/ShutterstockPope Leo held the service on the second day of his official visit to SpainMore than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in the Spanish capital, organisers said.He greeted the crowds as he made his way through the city in his popemobile on the second day of his official visit to the country, with King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia among the congregants for his morning service.Worshippers waved Spanish and Vatican flags and shouted “long live the Pope”, while others threw petals upon his arrival at the Plaza…

LIVEDavid Lammy says he told JD Vance his Henry Nowak comments were ‘wrong’ Reform’s Zia Yusuf tells Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg the murder proves UK police are “institutionally racist”, while Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho calls for a rapid review of the case.

BBCNoah has grown up hearing about the devastating landslip and the hero from his family on that day Gareth Jones was speaking to children about how he survived the Aberfan disaster when a little boy raised his hand.Noah, aged 10, held up a photograph and asked a simple question – did he recognise the man in the picture?”The hairs were standing on the back of my neck,” Gareth said.He looked closely – it was of the little boy’s great-grandfather, Stephen Andrew, who had pulled Gareth to safety on that fateful day.It killed 116 children and 28 adults.Getty ImagesThe disaster had…

The US has not just decimated Iran’s nuclear programme and military, it has also degraded the power of its regime.Let us be clear about what happened on February 28. The United States, in concert with Israel, went to war with Iran. It was not the proxy war of attrition that Washington had tolerated for four decades, not the pinprick retaliatory strikes that have been the preferred narcotic of timid administrations, but real war, with the declared intention of breaking the regime’s military power and ending its nuclear ambitions once and for all.One hundred days later, the question is not whether…

Tehran sees its ability to preserve its governing system amid a regime-change war as a clear victory.It has been 100 days since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in a coordinated campaign aimed at regime change. Since April, a tenuous ceasefire has been in place – one that has been regularly violated by exchanges of fire. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed while fighting in Lebanon continues.At this point, peace remains elusive as both sides’ objectives remain unfulfilled. Washington and Tel Aviv’s goal has been not just to eliminate the Iranian nuclear programme but also to degrade the Iranian…

Getty ImagesA huge plume of thick black smoke dominated the St Petersburg skyline on Wednesday after a Ukrainian drone attackAn evil sorcerer is the last person you’d expect to see at an economic forum.But there he stood working his wizardry.With sleight of hand Russian folklore villain “Koshchei the Deathless” (or, rather, someone dressed as him) produced coins out of thin air, “broke” and reassembled someone’s glasses and shocked passers-by with occasional puffs of smoke from his fingers.”Russians are unpredictable people,” he declared. “We do things no one expects.”But in St Petersburg this week, the unexpected was delivered most dramatically by…