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Watch: BBC breaks down Trump’s latest shift on North and South Korea

18 August, 2026

President Donald Trump has said that the US will “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship” with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. The move comes after Trump expressed frustration with Seoul for declining to join the US in the “denuclearisation” of Iran. The BBC’s Tom Bateman explains Trump’s

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Philippines: School shooting in Zamboanga leaves student dead

18 August, 2026

A student at a Catholic junior high school in the southern Philippines was shot dead by a fellow student, who later took his own life, a local official said on Tuesday.The alleged shooter managed to sneak in a .45-calibre pistol into a classroom at the school in Zamboanga City, Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso told local

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Watch: What we learned from opening statements in Tupac Shakur murder trial

18 August, 2026

A former gang leader is on trial in Las Vegas for the murder of Tupac Shakur, who died following a drive-by shooting on 7 September 1996. The prosecution and defence have delivered their opening arguments as Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs

18 August, 2026

Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.More than 9,000 life jackets, dozens of dinghies and engines and 360 pumps were seized by police this spring during a

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Russia says UK ‘will pay’ for supplying drones to Ukraine

18 August, 2026

Russia has accused the UK of “deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis” following confirmation that British-made drones had been used in strikes on targets in Russia. “In doing so, the United Kingdom is acting as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of the bloody crimes and terrorist attacks,” the Russian Embassy to the UK

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Sri Lanka: Doctors remove 3.1kg stone from man’s bladder

18 August, 2026

Doctors in Sri Lanka have removed a 3.1kg (6.8lb) bladder stone from a man – which they believe to be the largest of its kind on record. The procedure was carried out last week at a hospital in Trincomalee, in the east of the country.The 55-year-old patient had been admitted to hospital after suffering a

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Jharkhand protests: Devendra Nath Mahto ends hunger strike after 16 days

18 August, 2026

An activist in India’s eastern Jharkhand state has ended a 16-day hunger strike after the government agreed to protesters’ demands to cancel a controversial recruitment exam.However, the protesters say they will not call off demonstrations until India’s premier investigative agency begins probing alleged malpractices in other recruitment exams.Devendra Nath Mahto ended his fast in the

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Zambia elections: Hakainde Hichilema re-elected president with 60% of the vote

18 August, 2026

Zambia has a record of peaceful transfers of power. Since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, presidential transitions have occurred through the ballot box.It is unclear if the opposition will challenge the election result.Mundubile had earlier alleged there had been discrepancies between polling-station results and those officially announced and claimed military involvement at tallying

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IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about donors at northern Cyprus clinics

18 August, 2026

At least 30 children, most of them British, are feared to have been conceived by IVF treatment in northern Cyprus using the wrong sperm or egg donors.In each case, the parents suspect they did not get the donors they had selected.The figure is one of several new findings in a BBC investigation that, earlier this

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Hayden Panettiere: Ex Wladimir Klitschko says family is in ‘profound shock and grief’

18 August, 2026

Panettiere met Klitschko, who was was 13 years older than her, at a party in Los Angeles when she was 19.After their daughter was born, the actress was hit hard by postpartum depression and was drinking heavily.Klitschko helped get her treatment but when their daughter was three, he asked her to sign over custody.Panettiere reluctantly

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Zhu Rongji: China censors public mourning as it holds former premier’s funeral

18 August, 2026

Flags at government sites are flying at half-mast and security vehicles are parked in the heart of Beijing, as China mourns former Premier Zhu Rongji.Zhu died of an illness last week at 97 and was cremated at a funeral in Beijing on Tuesday. The ceremony, attended by senior leaders including President Xi Jinping, was kept

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What is it like to be on a warship for months?

18 August, 2026

It remains unclear what the conditions on the Lincoln are like now. A crew from CNN visited last month, and did not discover any widespread issues during the three days on board. Several troops mentioned being forced to ration food, and losing weight over “many months”, but when CNN boarded on 7 July, “food was

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Tupac’s murder was act of revenge, prosecutors allege in trial’s opening day

18 August, 2026

In opening arguments, the prosecution portrayed Davis as the ringleader of the group responsible for the shooting – and point to a memoir he co-authored where he wrote in detail about the night of the shooting. “Let’s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of

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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is appealing – here’s what you need to know

18 August, 2026

Patterson won’t be attending the appeal in person. She’s chosen to appear via video link from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, the maximum security prison on the outskirts of Melbourne where she’s serving her sentence.Last November, her legal team filed a three-page document outlining the arguments they plan to make in an effort to overturn her

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Hayden Panettiere: Tributes to actress as coroner finds ‘no signs of trauma’

18 August, 2026

Panettiere’s long-time friend and One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy-Lenz, who had known her since she was a child actress, said she was “crushed” by her death.Sharing photos of them together online, external, she wrote: “I knew the wild little blonde. Was she nine? Ten? I was eighteen. She ran through the Screen Gem studio

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Supreme Court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll sex abuse case

18 August, 2026

For a second time, the US Supreme Court has declined President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a federal civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E Jean Carroll. In June, the top court had already denied a prior attempt by Trump to review the civil case.The president has repeatedly

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Russia’s prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years

17 August, 2026

The court in Pskov, north-western Russia, delivered its verdict on Monday. It found Shlosberg guilty of “public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation”.The prosecution had demanded 12 years and one month in jail. The criminal charges were brought following Shlosberg’s comments published on social media.In his closing

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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ over Iran issue

17 August, 2026

President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman – a US ally – if it “gets in the way” of his administration’s own talks with Iran, Fox News reports.A reporter for the network said the US president made the comment during a phone call on Monday, during which he also said the US had a

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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in its history

17 August, 2026

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in its history, according to public health officials.A total of 2,325 people have been killed by the virus since it was declared on 15 May, surpassing the death toll of the country’s 2018-2020 outbreak.The outbreak was already the fastest growing on record,

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Sydney Swans: Aussie rules footy players under investigation as police probe sexual assault claim

17 August, 2026

Several players from a top team in the Australian Football League (AFL) have been referred to police over an “alleged incident” in Melbourne on Sunday night, their club has said.Separately, Victoria Police have said detectives are investigating a report of a sexual assault at a hotel in East Melbourne.The Sydney Swans confirmed an incident involving

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Trump says US scaling back joint military operations with South Korea

17 August, 2026

President Donald Trump has said the US will “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship” with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.He also noted on Truth Social that South Korea had recently declined to join the US in the “denuclearisation” of Iran.”These exercises are not only costly, with much

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Niu Lai: Movie that went viral for terrible animation becomes China box office hit

17 August, 2026

It’s so bad, it’s become a box office hit. Niu Lai, a low-budget animation film about a cow in a dream sequence has seen a huge jump in ticket sales after going viral for its confusing plot and terrible graphics. It grossed just 7,705 yuan ($1,140; £843) in the first 10 days after its release,

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Indonesia earthquake: Aid shortages and fears of starvation as aftershocks continue

17 August, 2026

In Flores’ westernmost town of Labuan Bajo, the gateway to Komodo National Park and one of Indonesia’s most popular tourist destinations, many survivors have been sleeping outdoors, fearful that if the tremors continue they might be crushed in their sleep.”The shaking was very scary. My house almost collapsed,” said one farmer named Anastasia Imad, from

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Trump envoy Kushner arrives in Israel after rare Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan

17 August, 2026

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has arrived in Israel, where he is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.It comes after Kushner held rare talks with Hamas to discuss the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan.Last month, Trump’s Board of Peace said it had reached agreement for

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