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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…

US Vice-President JD Vance and other senior members of the Trump administration were heckled as they met National Guard troops in Washington DC. Vance, along with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, visited the troops at Union Station, DC’s largest rail hub, on Wednesday. Protesters yelled at the…

Yaroslava Kiryukhina BBC News Russian Anastasia Samsonova Anastasia Samsonova was among the first group of tourists to visit Wonsan Kalma’s beaches It was the security guards accompanying Anastasia Samsonova’s group that suggested this wasn’t a typical beach holiday. In July, the 33-year-old human resources worker was one of the first tourists to stay at a…

North Korean state media has said two new air defence missiles have been fired in a test overseen by the country’s leader Kim Jong Un. The weapons had “superior combat capability” and used a “unique technology”, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, without adding details. The launches, carried out on Saturday, “proved that the…