Israel said it killed a senior Hamas commander on Saturday in a strike on a vehicle inside Gaza. In a statement, the Israeli military said it had “struck a key Hamas terrorist” in Gaza City. The Hamas-run Civil Defence spokesman, Mahmoud Basal, told the BBC that four people were killed in the strike. He said…
Toyin Adedokun / AFP via Getty Images Parts of Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, have been turned into an “open-air gallery”, in the words of the organisers of the city’s first street art festival. “We believe art shouldn’t be confined to galleries and museums,” Osa Okunkpolor, a Nigerian graffiti artist known as Osa Seven, and one…
With Saudi Pro League clubs interested in signing Salah when the transfer window reopens next month, there is the possibility this could be his final game for Liverpool. Saudi clubs have been interested in Salah for some time and Liverpool rejected a £150m offer from Al-Ittihad in the summer of 2023. He still has 18…
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the Eastern European country. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is also among those who have been freed following talks in Minsk with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale. The US has…
BBC The Metropolitan Police has said it will “take no further action” over claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his police protection officer for information on accuser Virginia Giuffre. The allegations, first reported in the Mail on Sunday in October, said the then-prince gave the officer Ms Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number, just before…
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding for months, has told the BBC that she knows “the risks” she’s taking by travelling to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize. Machado appeared in Oslo in the middle of the night, marking the first time she has been seen in public since…
Australian TV network Seven has accused a member of the England staff of a physical confrontation at Brisbane Airport. England were travelling from Brisbane to Adelaide on Saturday afternoon before the third Test. While the team moved through the airport, a member of the England security staff attempted to place himself between a cameraman and…
The first stop on Lionel Messi’s tour of India erupted into chaos as fans ripped up stadium seats and threw water bottles onto the pitch after his appearance at Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium was cut short. Supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star, but were…
The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned against public “scaremongering” over the current flu outbreak as its members vote on whether to carry out planned strikes in England next week. It comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he was “extremely worried” about the “double whammy” of rising numbers of flu patients in hospitals and…
Australia is banning social media for everyone under the age 16. The government says their aim is to keep children safe from cyberbullying, harmful content and online predators. The BBC asked people in Toronto and Washington DC if they think a similar ban should be put in place in Canada and the US. Video by…
