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BBC Even wars have rules. They don’t stop soldiers killing each other but they’re intended to make sure that civilians caught up in the fighting are treated humanely and protected from as much danger as possible. The rules apply equally to all sides. If one side has suffered a brutal surprise attack that killed hundreds…

Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent NASA/Johns Hopkins The heart-shape on Pluto was captured by a spacecraft that will be turned off mid-mission if Nasa cuts are approved The row between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a major spending bill has exacerbated uncertainty over the future of Nasa’s budget, which is facing deep cuts. The space…

A Colombian presidential candidate has been shot three times – reportedly twice in the head – at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota. Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was attacked by a gunman while addressing a small crowd in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a man at the scene. His wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona,…

US President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen in Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. His border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News on Saturday: “We are making Los Angeles safer.” The Californian city saw a second day of unrest on Saturday as residents of a predominantly Latino district…

Sarah Rainsford BBC correspondent BBC Sonny Olumati was born in Italy – but still has no citizenship at 39 Sonny Olumati was born in Rome and has lived in Italy all his life but the country he calls home does not recognise him as its own. To Italy, Sonny is Nigerian, like his passport, and…

Women’s History Museum Zambia This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. “We’ve grown up being told that Africans didn’t know how to read and write,” says…

Joel Gunter Reporting from Bucha, Ukraine BBC Tatyana Popvytch’s son was taken to Russian. “He is so vulnerable,” she said. “I worry that he will lose his sanity there.” Tatyana Popovytch had contacted every agency she could think of. She had walked every step her son Vladislav could have taken after the Russians opened fire…

US President Donald Trump has said his relationship with Elon Musk is over. “I would assume so, yeah,” Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when asked if he thought the pair’s close relationship had ended. He replied “No” when asked if he wished to mend the damaged ties. The comments were Trump’s latest since the…

Barbara Plett Usher BBC correspondent Dearbail Jordan BBC correspondent Getty Images Six Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded by Israeli gunfire in the latest deadly incident close to an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza, the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency says. People had gathered to collect food supplies on Saturday morning when the…

Getty Images Andrew Tate is known for his predilection for sports cars Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been caught speeding at 196km/h (121mph) in a 50km/h zone in Romania, officials have said. The British-American national was recorded driving at nearly four times the speed limit in a village about 184km from the Romanian capital, Bucharest.…