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Peter Hoskins Business reporter, BBC News AFP via Getty Images Evergrande was once China’s biggest property developer Chinese property giant Evergrande’s shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday after more than a decade and a half of trading. It marks a grim milestone for what was once China’s biggest real estate…

Azadeh Moshiri Pakistan correspondent BBC Arif Khan was one of many helping in rescue efforts As villagers carried out the bodies of two children, soaked in mud, the large crowd looked impassive. They had gathered in a small village in the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after a flash flood washed away several houses, trapping…

Quentin Sommerville BBC News, reporting from Donetsk, Ukraine Watch: BBC takes part in Dobropillya evacuation as bombs fall The Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine has long been in Moscow’s sights. Vladimir Putin reportedly wants to freeze the war in return for full control of it. Russia already controls 70% of Donetsk and nearly all of…

MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images Israel has carried out many strikes on Houthi targets following their attacks against Israel Israel has carried out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the group’s missile attack on Friday which Israel said carried cluster munitions. The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing…

A solar-powered car race started on Sunday in Australia, with 34 teams from all over the world competing to win the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The teams were greeted by people waiting to see the vehicles embark on their 3,000-kilometre (1,864-mile) journey across the outback, from Darwin to Adelaide. The first vehicles are expected…

Reuters There are fears for the safety of up to one million Palestinians in Gaza City Planes and tanks have pounded parts of Gaza City as Israel’s plans to seize the territory’s largest urban area increase pressure on nearly a million Palestinians living there. Residents have spoken of uninterrupted explosions in northern and eastern parts…

Three young sisters have drowned in a rubber boat carrying migrants in the central Mediterranean after waves of up to 1.5m (4.9 ft) repeatedly washed over the vessel, a German rescue charity has said. About 65 people were rescued, including the sisters’ mother and brother, as well as three pregnant women and a seven-month-old baby,…

Vietnam has ordered more than 586,000 people to be evacuated ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Kajiki. The storm is already packing winds of 166km/h (103mph) and is expected to strengthen further before making landfall early on Monday, weather forecasters said. People from the central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Da Nang…

Nigeria’s military has killed 35 jihadists in a series of air strikes near its north-eastern border with Cameroon, it said in a statement. The strikes were carried out in four areas to thwart an attempt by the jihadists to attack ground troops, the military added. Nigeria has been battling jihadist groups for more than a…

EPA Servicemen raise Ukraine’s flag in the capital Kyiv as independence day celebrations begin Russia has blamed Ukrainian drone attacks for a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region, saying several Russian power and energy facilities had been targeted overnight. There were no injuries and the fire was quickly extinguished, the…