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The family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says a new body handed over by Hamas on Friday is hers. “Our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned home,” the family said in a statement. Israel’s forensic officials who have been examining the body are yet to confirm the identification. Remains handed over by…

Steve Rosenberg Russia editor BBC Recruitment posters for the invasion of Ukraine are everywhere in Russia Driving into Tver, the first thing I notice are the soldiers. They’re everywhere. On billboards, the sides of buildings, at bus stops. Portraits with the words “Hero of Russia”. Posters of troops with Kalashnikov rifles encouraging the public to…

US President Donald Trump has said French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer “haven’t done anything” to end the war in Ukraine, ahead of their visits to the White House next week. Trump also said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has “no cards” in peace negotiations, adding: “I don’t think he’s very important…

Joshua Cheetham, Yi Ma & Matt Murphy BBC Verify Getty Images After a series of high-profile disasters, some social media users suggested that air travel accidents were becoming more frequent. Videos of hair-raising near misses began to trend online and the US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy sought to calm fears in an interview with the…

Reuters A statue of late Pope John Paul II stands outside the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is receiving medical treatment Outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome stands a large statue of one of its most famous patients, Pope John Paul II. Made of white Carrara marble, it depicts the pontiff in his later years,…

Russia is achieving its aim of emerging from “diplomatic isolation” a senior Ukrainian official has told the BBC. Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Ihor Brusylo, told the BBC’s International editor Jeremy Bowen that President Trump’s stance on the war was “alarming”, but President Zelensky would change Trump’s mind on how…

A Frenchman has appealed to two thieves who used his stolen credit card to purchase a jackpot-winning scratch card to come forward, promising to split the €500,000 (£413,664) prize with them. Introducing himself as Jean-David E, the man told RTL radio that since the money would otherwise be seized by the authorities, he is looking…

This week, talks between Russia and the US began on the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump and his administration also made a series of comments about Ukraine and Europe that raised fundamental questions about how the war may be resolved – and how the US sees Europe. The BBC’s Analysis editor Ros Atkins takes a…

Watch: Hadi Matar found guilty in the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie A New Jersey man who stabbed renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder and assault. Hadi Matar, 27, now faces a sentence of more than 30 years in prison. The…