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Azadeh Moshiri Pakistan correspondent, in Narowal Ian Aikman BBC News, in London Watch: Rescuers are rushing to evacuate residents from submerged areas in Punjab Some 200,000 people have been evacuated as floods devastate parts of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Rescuers carried residents to safety in boats after disaster authorities warned of “exceptionally high” floods along the…

Two children, aged eight and 10, have been killed and 17 other people injured following a school shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The attack happened during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School. The gunman was armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol and shot through the church windows, police say, adding that he then turned a…

Adrienne Murray BBC News in Copenhagen Reuters Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government could not change what had happened but could take responsbility Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued a long-awaited apology to the Greenlandic women and their families affected by what she called “systematic discrimination” during a contraceptive campaign. During the 1960s…

Amira Mhadhbi BBC News Arabic BBC Journalists in Gaza work and sleep in tents near various hospitals “I never imagined that one day I would be living and working in a tent, deprived of the most basic human necessities – even water and a bathroom. “It’s more like a greenhouse in the summer and a…

Leaders from France, Germany and Poland have travelled to Moldova to show support for the country’s accession to the EU and warn of Russia’s “relentless” efforts to undermine that ambition. The visit comes as Moldova marks 34 years of independence from Moscow, declared as the Soviet Union fell apart. But it is also taking place…

More than 100,000 Ukrainian homes have been left without power by the latest Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Poltava, Sumy and Chernihiv regions were affected, Zelensky stated in a post on Telegram. Ukraine’s energy ministry said it was a continuation of Moscow’s policy of destroying civilian infrastructure…

Germany’s cabinet has passed a draft bill which will introduce voluntary military service. The bill could also lead to conscription if more troops are needed. It’s part of a move to boost German national defences, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Compulsory military service in Germany was ended in 2011 under then-Chancellor Angela Merkel. Chancellor…

A painting stolen by the Nazis that was spotted in an Argentinian estate agent’s advert has vanished, a prosecutor says following a raid on the home. Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Ghislandi was featured hanging above a sofa inside a property near Buenos Aires, which was being sold by the daughter of a senior…

Reuters US disaster-preparedness was again under scrutiny earlier in the summer following deadly flooding in Texas The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has reportedly suspended a number of staff who criticised the agency’s direction under US President Donald Trump. The staff are said to have been among those who recently signed an open letter…

Getty Images The Israeli army wants people to leave Gaza City before moving in The Israeli military has told Palestinians that the evacuation of Gaza City is “inevitable”, as its forces prepare to conquer it. In a post on X on Wednesday, the military’s Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee said families relocating to the south would…