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At least 27 migrants have died after two boats capsized as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy. Around 60 survivors were rescued from the seas off the island of Lampedusa, while the search for others continues. More than 700 people have died trying to cross the central Mediterranean this year, according…

Firefighters battle overnight wildfires in Spain The European Union is sending two planes to help Spain tackle raging wildfires, after the country activated an EU disaster assistance mechanism for the first time. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told local media he had requested two water bomber aircraft from the EU to be deployed to the worst…

Tom McArthur BBC News in London Reuters Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank will “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”. The so-called E1 project between Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement has been frozen for…

Anthony Zurcher and Steve Rosenberg BBC News in Alaska Getty Images US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage on Friday US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Friday’s summit in the US state of Alaska with contrasting priorities as they prepare…

Kate Whannel Political reporter BBC Starmer and Zelensky walk through the Downing Street rose garden together Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Downing Street for private discussions. The pair met ahead of a vital summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday…

A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage. Until now, the “Wurstkuchl” tavern in Bavaria has claimed to be “the oldest Bratwurst stand in the world.” Die Wurstkuchl is situated on the Stone Bridge in Regensburg on the Danube River.…

Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent in Eneabba Bloomberg via Getty Images Rare earths are essential in the production of alloys for magnets Drive three hours north of Perth, and you’ll arrive in Eneabba – barren and desolate, just the odd hill in the distance. This is Western Australia mining territory. Buried in this vast terrain…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister has rebutted South Korea’s claims that Pyongyang removed some of its propaganda-blasting loudspeakers along the border. North Korea has “never removed” the speakers and “are not willing to remove them”, Kim Yo Jong said in a statement published by state media KCNA on Thursday. “We have clarified on…

Australia and Vanuatu have agreed to a 10-year deal, aimed at strengthening security and economic ties, worth A$500m ($328m; £241m). The so-called Nakamal agreement – the result of months of negotiations – will transform Australia’s relationship with its Pacific neighbour, leaders from both countries said on Wednesday. “We are family,” Australia’s deputy prime minister Richard…

First Lady Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for more than $1bn after he claimed she was introduced to her husband by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lawyers acting on behalf of the first lady, who married US President Donald Trump in 2005, described the claim as “false, disparaging, defamatory and inflammatory”. Biden, son…