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Israel and Hezbollah agree to ceasefire
19 Jun 2026
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Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire, a senior US official has confirmed to the BBC. Earlier, planned talks to cement the ceasefire between I...
US defends its deal with Iran
18 Jun 2026
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Donald Trump says he expects a ceasefire to take effect "on all fronts", including between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon while Vice Pres...
Agreement to end US-Iran war signed
18 Jun 2026
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A basic agreement has been signed to end the war between the US and Iran. The negotiations now turn to the really difficult issues: we hear from Iran ...
US releases details of initial deal with Iran
17 Jun 2026
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A Memorandum of Understanding outlined by the United States suggests it has found common ground with Iran, but there are still questions about whether...
AI titans meet leaders of the big economies
17 Jun 2026
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Bosses of the top Artificial Intelligence firms have met the leaders of the world's biggest economies. At a G7 lunch in France, they've been discussin...
President Trump lashes out at Israel
16 Jun 2026
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Has Donald Trump just left the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with the biggest political headache of his life? We hear from Israel's govern...
G7: UK expands Russia sanctions
16 Jun 2026
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Leaders meet in France with Iran and Ukraine high on agenda; and a BBC investigation finds that Russia was behind a series of arson attacks targeting ...
Iran and US agree deal to end war as Israel says its forces will stay in Lebanon
15 Jun 2026
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday a preliminary agreement to end the war in the Gulf has already been signed by the United States and Iran. Whi...
Iran and US agree deal to end war
15 Jun 2026
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Iran and the US have agreed a deal that would end their war, with the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel set to reopen in due course. The agreement is ...
US-Iran deal at risk after Israeli strike on Beirut
14 Jun 2026
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A deal between the US and Iran, which was reported to be on the verge of being signed, now appears at risk after Israel struck the southern suburbs of...
Israel carries out fresh strikes in Beirut
14 Jun 2026
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Israel has attacked the southern suburbs of Beirut at what it says was a Hezbollah infrastructure, in response to Hezbollah firing into its territory...
US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday, says Trump
13 Jun 2026
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President Trump has said that a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, hours after Tehran cast doubt on whether this would happen so soon...
US and Iran indicate a deal to end the war is close
13 Jun 2026
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Lebanese state media say Israel carried out airstrikes in the south shortly after ordering residents to leave about twenty locations. They say three i...
Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soar
12 Jun 2026
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Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire after his company SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq stock market in New York. Shares jumped more than 2...
SpaceX offers its shares for public purchase
12 Jun 2026
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SpaceX shares have begun trading on the US stock exchange, marking what could be the largest initial public offering in history. If share sales reach ...
World Cup starts in Mexico City
11 Jun 2026
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Football fans have filled the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City for the start of the World Cup. After the opening ceremony, Mexico takes on South Africa i...
Trump says US will hit Iran 'very hard tonight'
11 Jun 2026
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The US military has struck another commercial tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of violating its blockade of Iranian ports. It's the third s...
Ukraine steps up its aerial campaign
10 Jun 2026
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Experts say that recent advances in drone technology, including the AI-enabled Hornet system, have allowed Ukraine to attack Russian targets travellin...
US and Iran exchange fire after helicopter downed
10 Jun 2026
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The US says it has carried out a series of strikes on Iranian military and surveillance sites in response to the downing of an American helicopter in ...
President Trump says Iran has shot down an American military helicopter
09 Jun 2026
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The two crew members of a US army helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz were rescued by an American sea drone, say US officials. It was th...
Hundreds of migrants kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal
09 Jun 2026
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A BBC investigation has found that more than 300 migrants heading to the UK last summer were kidnapped, tortured and threatened with forced organ remo...
Has President Trump forced Israel to stop attacking Iran?
08 Jun 2026
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Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel and media reports in Israel say that it is stopping attacks on Iran “at Tru...
Iran says it is stopping military operations against Israel
08 Jun 2026
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Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel, after the first direct hostilities between the two sides in two months. We e...
Israel carries out deadly strikes on southern Beirut
07 Jun 2026
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The Israeli military has carried out deadly airstrikes on the southern districts of Lebanon’s capital, claiming it is targeting Hezbollah sites. In ...
Armenians go to the polls
07 Jun 2026
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The people of Armenia are voting in a parliamentary election- a test of whether the country in the Caucasus moves closer to Europe, or remains within ...
Hundreds of Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg
06 Jun 2026
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The strikes on the city were timed to coincide with the final day of a prestigious international economic forum. Russian authorities called the attack...
Iran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after renewed US strikes
06 Jun 2026
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Iran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after renewed US strikes. We speak to a former Kuwaiti minister as the American-Iranian stalemate continues. Also in t...
The International Space Station springs a leak
05 Jun 2026
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Astronauts onboard the International Space Station were ordered to prepare for evacuation after an air leak suddenly got worse. The situation returned...
Anthropic founder warns of AI risks
05 Jun 2026
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One of the biggest artificial intelligence developers, Anthropic has warned that the latest models might escape human control. It has proposed a co-or...
Lebanon says it's prepared to use the army to constrain Hezbollah
04 Jun 2026
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Lebanon's government says it will use the army to keep Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon, following a truce with Israel. But can that work without Hez...
Israel and Lebanon agree ceasefire
04 Jun 2026
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The US State Department has announced Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of "pilot" security zones in...
Venezuela: 5 months since Maduro’s overthrow
03 Jun 2026
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It's now five months since the United States removed the then Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas by force to face trial on drug charges...
Russian warship among targets hit in a large-scale attack on St Petersburg
03 Jun 2026
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Ukraine says it hit a warship and an oil terminal in a large-scale drone attack on Russia's second city St Petersburg - just ahead of a major internat...
Hezbollah: 'we reject these talks'
02 Jun 2026
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Diplomats from Israel and Lebanon have been meeting in Washington for a fourth round of talks as Israeli forces continued to carry out strikes in sout...
Deal or no deal: Clashes continue in south Lebanon
02 Jun 2026
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Just hours after the US announced a fresh ceasefire in Lebanon, clashes between Israel and Hezbollah have started - again. We hear from Lebanon's depu...
Lebanon says Hezbollah agrees to a truce
01 Jun 2026
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Lebanon says Hezbollah has agreed to stop firing into Israel in exchange for the Israelis halting attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut. We hear f...
Israel PM orders strikes on Beirut suburbs
01 Jun 2026
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Israel has ordered attacks against Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut - prompting many residents to evacuate the Lebanese capital. Israel's...
Colombians vote for new leader
31 May 2026
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Colombians are voting in a presidential election after a campaign marred by violence. Also on the programme, the death in prison of Nicaraguan indigen...
Colombia goes to the polls to elect new president
31 May 2026
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There's tight security in parts of Colombia as polls open for today's presidential election with a human rights activist and a far-right populist nick...
Ebola spread in DR Congo 'alarming', says MSF
31 May 2026
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The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a "deeply alarming" situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontière...
New test could eliminate chemo for many breast cancer patients
30 May 2026
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Millions of people with breast cancer could safely avoid chemotherapy as scientists have developed a groundbreaking DNA test. We speak to an oncologis...
Trump says he will make final decision on Iran peace deal
29 May 2026
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US president Donald Trump announced that he was meeting with close advisers in the White House situation room to make a ‘final determination’ on w...
Romanian residents injured by Russian drone
29 May 2026
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Nato and the EU condemn Russia after a drone crashed into a Romanian apartment block, injuring two people. Speaking on Newshour, Romania’s foreign m...
Israel continues to strike Lebanon
28 May 2026
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Israel is continuing its attacks on what it says are Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, even as reports emerge from Washington that an extension of the wid...
Ebola: WHO chief travels to DR Congo
28 May 2026
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The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is travelling to the Democratic Republic of Congo as fears grow about the Ebola...
Israel strikes after ordering evacuation in south Lebanon
27 May 2026
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Israel's issued an evacuation order for all of southern Lebanon and carried out air strikes, saying the whole region's now a combat zone. We'll have t...
Israel says it's killed Hamas's latest military leader in Gaza strike
27 May 2026
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The commander of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Odeh, has been killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday - days after his predecessor died in a...
Iran accuses US of breaching ceasefire
26 May 2026
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Iran accused the United States of breaching their ceasefire on Tuesday. It warned it was ready to retaliate after overnight US strikes targeting Irani...
US launches strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats
26 May 2026
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Iran has issued a new warning, after the US carried out air strikes on Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats. Also on the programme, how countri...
Why is the Ebola outbreak in DRC spreading so fast?
25 May 2026
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Why is the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spreading so fast? We speak to a reporter who is there who says the aid response is only...
New cases of Ebola detected in Uganda
25 May 2026
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Two new cases of Ebola have been detected in Uganda, as the virus continues to spread. At the centre of the outbreak remains the Democratic Republic o...
Trump: Iran talks 'constructive'
24 May 2026
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President Trump says he's told American negotiators not to rush into a deal with Iran. In a post on social media, he said the US blockade of Iranian p...
Russia launches huge missile strike on Ukraine
24 May 2026
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A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine has left four people dead and dozens injured. Russia's defence ministry said the Oreshnik hypersonic missile w...
Trump: Iran ‘a lot closer’ to agreement
23 May 2026
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US President Donald Trump has indicated that his country and Iran is getting ‘closer’ to achieving a peace deal. He told CBS News that despite see...
Reports of another attack on an Ebola treatment centre in the DRC
23 May 2026
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The attack comes just days after protesters set fire to a hospital in the same region, after health workers refused to release the body of a patient o...
Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments in Europe
22 May 2026
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sought to reassure allies after US rowed back on plans last week to cancel long held plans to deploy 4,000 US tr...
WHO upgrades risk from Ebola to 'very high' in DRC
22 May 2026
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The WHO has upgraded the risk from the current Ebola outbreak to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and says regionally the risk is h...
Is an invasion of Cuba imminent?
21 May 2026
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A day after the US's indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Havana has accepted an offer of $100m in ai...
Outrage after Israeli minister taunts Gaza flotilla activists
21 May 2026
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There has been international condemnation of Israel's treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted b...
Former Cuban president Raul Castro indicted in US
20 May 2026
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The US Justice Department has indicted Cuba's former leader, Raul Castro, on criminal charges. The allegations centre on a Cuban military offensive ag...
Ebola: lack of testing the problem?
20 May 2026
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Why was the Ebola outbreak able to spread so quickly? We speak to the co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response about E...
WHO warns Ebola cases in DRC could double
19 May 2026
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We hear from a journalist in eastern DR Congo on how situation is becoming more and more difficult for people in the city of Goma, a major transport h...
WHO scaling up response to Ebola outbreak
19 May 2026
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The World Health Organisation has sent six tonnes of medical supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo as it continues to sound the alarm over the ...
18/05/2026 20:06 GMT
18 May 2026
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
Ebola outbreak declared emergency of 'international concern'
18 May 2026
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An ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern. The World Health Organisat...
Ukraine strikes Moscow in biggest attack on Russia
17 May 2026
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Ukraine sent nearly 600 drones into Russia overnight, the biggest single attack on the country since the start of the war. Targets in Moscow and a pat...
Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
17 May 2026
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international conc...
Six dead in Maldives scuba diving tragedy
16 May 2026
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A rescue diver from the Maldives has died after searching for the bodies of five Italians who were exploring an underwater cave. The team from Italy w...
US-Nigerian operation kills Islamic State commander
16 May 2026
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Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State leader in a joint operation. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki oversaw IS-linked activitie...
Cuba: US plans to indict Raul Castro
15 May 2026
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CIA chief makes rare trip to Cuba as oil terminals run dry, meanwhile US media reports say Washington is preparing criminal charges against its forme...
Trump and Xi conclude 'very successful' talks with Xi in Beijing
15 May 2026
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US President Donald Trump left Beijing after a two-day summit saying he had struck "fantastic trade deals, great for both countries", but few details ...
New challenge to British PM Keir Starmer's leadership
14 May 2026
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Is the United Kingdom on the verge of replacing another Prime Minister? The incumbent Sir Keir Starmer faces fresh challenges to his leadership today,...
Xi tells Trump they should be partners not rivals
14 May 2026
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President Xi Jinping described US-Chinese relations as "the most important" in the world and stressed to President Trump that the US and China should ...
Fanfare in Beijing, as Trump is welcomed for summit
13 May 2026
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President Trump has been given a lavish welcome to Beijing where he and American business leaders will hold talks with their Chinese counterparts on T...
President Trump arrives in China
13 May 2026
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President Trump arrives in China, the first US president to go there in nearly a decade. We'll look at how the balance of power has shifted since then...
British Prime Minister faces further calls for his resignation
12 May 2026
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Keir Starmer's position as Britain's Prime Minister is looking increasingly uncertain. He's said it's business as usual, but a succession of his junio...
Britain’s prime minister fights for his political life
12 May 2026
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The UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is still fighting for his political life amid open revolt in his own party; do the rebels have the numbers to ous...
Trump: Iran ceasefire on ‘massive life support’
11 May 2026
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The US president voices scepticism over the latest Iranian demands. Donald Trump says the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on "massive ...
Trump dismisses Iran's latest negotiating position
11 May 2026
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President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran's response to US proposals to end the war as "totally unacceptable". Iran's semi-official news agency, Tasni...
Countries airlift nationals evacuated from virus-hit cruise ship
10 May 2026
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France's Prime Minister says that one of the passengers repatriated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship in the Atlantic has shown symptoms. The indivi...
Spain evacuates virus-hit ship in Tenerife
10 May 2026
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The passengers of a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have started leaving the vessel off the Spanish island of Tenerife. Five...
Hungary’s new prime minister sworn in
09 May 2026
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The new Hungarian prime minister, Péter Magyar, has given his first speech after being sworn into office. Addressing a square full of supporters wavi...
Moscow's Victory Day parade held under ceasefire
09 May 2026
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Russia's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow coincided with a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, announced by President Trump. President ...
UK PM says he won’t resign after local elections defeat
08 May 2026
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Britain’s Labour Party has suffered a historic defeat in local elections, with the right-wing Reform UK making big gains. Despite the loss, Prime Mi...
Britain's two main parties suffer heavy local election losses
08 May 2026
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Britain's governing Labour party and main opposition Conservatives have suffered heavy losses as the populist right wing Reform surges ahead in early ...
Race to trace potential hantavirus carriers
07 May 2026
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Eight cases connected to the cruise ship have been identified, but authorities fear that the dozens of passengers who disembarked on St Helena two wee...
Women linked to Islamic State arrested returning to Australia
07 May 2026
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Three women with links to the jihadist Islamic State group have been arrested on returning home to Australia following years in detention in Syria. Al...
Newshour in Baltimore
06 May 2026
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With important midterm elections happening later this year, we look at immigration in Baltimore. It's a defining domestic issue in President Trump's s...
Hantavirus strain 'can be passed between humans' - health officials
06 May 2026
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The World Health Organisation has confirmed that the strain of hantavirus that's killed three people on board a cruise ship from Argentina can be pass...
Rubio: US trying to reopen strait as a 'favour to the world'
05 May 2026
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The US is working to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz as a "favour to the world," The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said in the news con...
Hegseth: Straits of Hormuz shipping lane is clear
05 May 2026
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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth says the ceasefire in the Gulf is 'not over' despite attacks in Strait of HormuzAlso in the programme: Son of las...
Tensions spike in the Strait of Hormuz
04 May 2026
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There's been an escalation of the conflict in the Gulf after the US said it had sailed two destroyers through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it had f...
US military says it's helped two ships transit the Strait of Hormuz
04 May 2026
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The US military's Central Command says two US-flagged merchant ships have passed through the Hormuz strait with its assistance.But a huge number of ve...
Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal
03 May 2026
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Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal. Iran says President Trump must now choose between an impossible military operation and a bad ...
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized
03 May 2026
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has urged the Iranian authorities to release the jailed human rights campaigner, Narges Mohammadi, to her dedicated me...
Republican concerns over US troop withdrawal
02 May 2026
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The Republican chairmen of the US congressional armed services committees have said they're very concerned about the Pentagon's decision to withdraw f...
US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany
02 May 2026
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The US says it will withdraw five thousand of its troops from Germany, as a rift widens between the two countries over the war in Iran. The German Def...
Risk of global food shortage from Iran War
01 May 2026
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The interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to 10 billion meals a week globally and will h...
Warnings that Iran war risks global food crisis
01 May 2026
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The head of one of the world's biggest fertiliser manufacturers has warned that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz - as a result of the war...
Blockade of Hormuz is strangling global economy, UN chief says
30 Apr 2026
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The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is strangling the global economy. He said that even if the r...