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The manhunt for a suspect in deadly attacks on Minnesota lawmakers continued into its second day on Sunday, as police extended the search over state lines to nearby South Dakota. Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home early Saturday morning . Another lawmaker, state Senator John…

Bernd Debusmann, John Sudworth and Kayla Epstein Reporting from Washington, Los Angeles and New York Getty Images A protest outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Michigan Protests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US, organised by a group called “No Kings”. The demonstrations were held to counter a…

The man accused of being responsible for holding the missing American journalist Austin Tice has claimed that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered his execution, security sources have told the BBC. Major General Bassam Al Hassan is a former commander in the Republican Guards who was part of President Assad’s inner circle. He was also…

Renewed Iranian missile attacks on Israel have killed at least ten people overnight. More than a hundred others were injured and several people are missing. Iran’s foreign minister has said that strikes on Israel would end once it halts its military campaign. In Iran, state media has made no mention of casualties from Israeli attacks,…

Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s plane crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound aircraft crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew members, a 40-year-old British man. Officials have also been trying to establish how many people were…

Paul Brown and Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify Maxar / BBC Satellite imagery shared with BBC Verify has provided a clearer picture of damage inflicted on two of Iran’s key nuclear sites as well as other military targets. Imagery from two different providers shows damage to the Natanz nuclear facility as well as a missile site…

Michel Euler/Pool via Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Greenland to meet the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark In a sign of Greenland’s growing importance, French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Arctic island today, in what experts say is a show of European unity and a signal to Donald Trump. Stepping foot…

BBC Paternity leave policies vary across Europe – but the UK’s offer is one of the least generous The paternity leave offer for new dads in the UK is “one of the worst in the developed world”, according to a new report published this week. The government says the system needs to be “improved” and…

Joel Gunter Reporting from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine BBC Dmitriy Kurashov is the first Russian soldier to stand trial in Ukraine for an alleged battlefield execution On the frozen frontline in the east of Zaporizhzhia, a Ukrainian soldier surveyed the fallout from a Russian assault. It was the middle of January 2024 and the ground was covered…

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Global Witness The Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia is sometimes referred to as the ‘Amazon of the Seas’ Stark images, captured from a drone by environmental campaigners and shared with the BBC, appear to show how nickel mining has stripped forests and polluted waters in one of the most…