BBC: More US Marines and warships are expected to be deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The officials said the reinforcements were to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, with one official adding that the group would be led by the […]
BBC: Canadians have lost more than 100,000 full-time jobs since the beginning of 2026, adding pressure on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government as it seeks to shield the economy from the impact of US tariffs on Canada. Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.7%, according to the latest labour figures released on Friday – the second-highest among wealthy […]
BBC: The conflict in the Middle East has increased the importance of good relations between the UK and Ireland, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said. Sir Keir met Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin in Cork on Friday as part of the UK-Ireland summit. The two leaders have agreed a memorandum of understanding […]
BBC: RAF Typhoon jets have been in action over Bahrain as part of the UK’s defensive operations in the Middle East, the BBC has been told. Two jets out of the four sent to Qatar have been allocated specifically to help Bahrain intercept incoming drones, as the US-Israel war with Iran has entered its second […]
BBC: A driver who rammed his vehicle into a large synagogue in Michigan on Thursday afternoon is dead, officials say. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard told reporters that the suspect had driven his vehicle through the doors of Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield and then down a hallway before it caught fire. Security guards […]
BBC Nepal’s historic election has delivered a seismic result. The four-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, has achieved a feat many thought impossible under Nepal’s dual-election system: a sweeping majority. The country’s political elite have been cast aside, and entrenched power structures shattered. Perhaps the biggest symbol of this was when […]
BBC: The Israeli military has carried out several waves of air strikes across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, after the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah launched about 200 rockets into northern Israel. Many Israeli strikes were reported in the south of the country and Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold from which thousands of people have […]
BBC: Israel’s most senior military lawyer has said all charges against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee from Gaza have been dropped. The alleged incident at Sde Teiman military prison in July 2024, which was partially caught on CCTV, left the detainee needing hospital treatment for internal injuries. The soldiers were charged […]
BBC: British forces based in Iraq shot down two Iranian drones overnight, Defence Secretary John Healey has said. But some drones in the attack hit the coalition base in the Iraqi city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, and injured a number of US troops. There were no British casualties. Brigadier Guy Foden […]
BBC: Global oil prices rose again on Thursday after three more cargo vessels were hit in the Gulf as strikes on shipping and energy infrastructure rattle markets. Brent crude rose by over 9% in Asian trading to top $100 ($74.79) a barrel before the price eased to stand at about $97.50 in the afternoon. The […]