Sports,Tennis
British number one Emma Raducanu and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz are one of several eye-catching pairings planning to play the new-look US Open mixed doubles event.Fellow Briton Jack Draper is set to feature alongside Chinese world number four Zheng Qinwen, with a host of big names - including...
World,Politics
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has called on the Iranian people to stay resolute in the face of escalating tensions. “If the enemy senses that you fear them, they won’t let go of you,” he said in a message posted on X. He added, “Continue the very behavior that...
World,Feature
Amber heat health alerts are in place across the whole of England with temperatures likely to exceed 30C for the first time this year.The alerts, which will last until 09:00 BST on Monday, come as an expected heatwave approaches much of the country.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said "si...
Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel has called on the UK government to back the US if it attacks Iran.US President Donald Trump has not publicly said whether the US will join the Israeli strikes.But the BBC's US partner CBS reported he had approved attack plans for Iran althou...
BBC, Washington: The world remains in suspense over whether the United States will strike Iran’s nuclear sites, as President Donald Trump continues to keep his intentions closely guarded."I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do," Trump said on the ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told US President Donald Trump that Delhi will never accept third-party mediation with Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir, India's senior-most diplomat said.Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said that Modi "strongly" conveyed India's long-held sta...
Sports,Football
The chief executive of Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal says that a loan move for Cristiano Ronaldo before the Club World Cup would have been "completely counter-intuitive" because he played for their "biggest opponent" Al-Nassr.Al-Hilal were linked with a possible deal for the 40-...
Chelsea kicked off their Fifa Club World Cup campaign against Los Angeles FC to tens of thousands of empty seats in Atlanta.The game started at 3pm local time on a working Monday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.The attendance for Chelsea’s 2-0 win was announced as 22,137, in a ground which can ...
The leaders of G7 nations have urged a "de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza" - but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, during their summit in Canada.The joint statement was signed by US President Donald Trump - who th...
Newly crowned European champions Paris St-Germain cruised past Atletico Madrid for a winning start to their first ever FIFA Club World Cup campaign when Bayern Munich showed no mercy to Auckland's amateurs with a ruthless 10-0 walloping.The French side dominated the early stages in searing heat ...
World
BBC News, Tehran: At least 128 Iranians have been killed in Israeli attacks as of mid-Saturday, with around 900 injured as Iran and Israel continue to trade strikes after Israel attacked Iran early on Friday, hitting nuclear facilities, military sites and populated areas. Iran has responded with dro...
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 south of the city of Tabriz ...
National,World,Business,Politics
Global oil prices have jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East.The price of the benchmark Brent Crude was up by more than 10% shortly after the news emerged, reaching its highest level since January.Traders are concerned that a conflict be...
North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports.The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to the warship's failed launch in May, and demanded it be qui...
Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday and placed in handcuffs.Noem was giving an update on immigration enforcement after nearly a week of protests in the city, when Senator Padilla int...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday confirmed that several senior military figures and scientists were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting Tehran.Iran’s former national security chief Ali Shamkhani has been killed in Israel’s strikes on Iran, according to Iran...
National,Politics
Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus has refused to meet Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss corruption allegations against her during his visit to London.Yunus told the BBC the allegations were a "court matter" and said he had confidence in Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commiss...
Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said.Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal, but have been told Israel was ready to launch an operation into Iran, the BBC's ...
Singapore and Taipei: A Chinese national has been sentenced to three years in prison for damaging an undersea cable connecting Taiwan's main island and the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait.The man, identified by his surname Wang, was the captain of the Togolese-registered vessel Hong Tai 58.T...
Police have been attacked with fireworks, bottles and bricks as violence erupted for a third night in Northern Ireland.The worst of the disorder was in Ballymena, but unrest also spread to other towns on Wednesday evening.In Larne, masked youths attacked a leisure centre and set it on fire. The cent...
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