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Nepal’s major political parties have demanded the country’s President Ram Chandra Poudel reinstates the parliament he dissolved following deadly anti-corruption protests. In a statement, eight parties – including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Centre – said the president acted unconstitutionally. Poudel dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday upon the recommendation of newly-appointed interim…

Christal Hayes and Regan MorrisUtah Utah governor details how Charlie Kirk murder suspect apprehended A 22-year-old from Utah has been arrested over the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead while on stage at a university event earlier this week. Tyler Robinson was taken into custody late on Thursday, after a 33-hour…

Bethany BellAustria correspondent in Salzburg BBC Sister Rita (L), Sister Regina (C) and Sister Bernadette were sent to a care home against their will in 2023 Three Austrian nuns in their 80s have run away from the retirement home where they were placed and gone back to their former convent. Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina,…

Freya Chappell and Maia Davies Watch: Faye Hall recalls being detained with Mr and Mrs Reynolds An American woman detained by the Taliban alongside a British couple has told the BBC they are “literally dying” in prison and that “time is running out”. Faye Hall was arrested with Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76 on…

Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, has been released from prison less than halfway into his sentence. The far-right politician and Holocaust denier was allowed by a judicial council to serve the remainder of his 13-year sentence in the confines of his home on health grounds on Friday, state media…

Colombia’s highest court has ruled that Meta violated a porn star’s right to freedom of expression when it deleted her Instagram account. The South American nation’s Constitutional Court said on Friday that the tech firm had removed Esperanza Gómez’s account “without a clear and transparent justification” and without offering similar treatment to other, similar accounts.…

Christal HayesBBC News, reporting from Utah BBC / Christal Hayes The campus has become a place to both mourn and protest over the days since Kirk’s death Scott Sperry jotted his name down on a sign-up sheet. The 22-year-old student at Utah Valley University had watched Charlie Kirk’s videos for years and credits the conservative…

BBC Verify has been to the house in Washington, Utah which has been linked to Tyler Robinson – the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. Sitting in the driveway was a grey car, similar to the model detectives said the suspect had driven to Utah Valley University where Kirk was fatally shot. BBC Verify’s…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed a man near Chicago on Friday after he allegedly drove his car at a group of agents. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said ICE had been trying to arrest the man, but he resisted and drove towards the group. An agent was then…

Reuters Poland’s Secretary of State Marcin Bosacki holds a photo showing the drone damage during a UN Security Council meeting More Nato countries will move their troops and fighter jets eastwards in response to Wednesday’s unprecedented Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace. Denmark, France and Germany have joined a new mission to bolster the military…