BBC: Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine – the country’s largest ever such bust – from an underground bunker system in western Sydney. The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$816m (£433m, €500m), were found on Friday in compartments concealed beneath false floors in three shipping containers at a property in Londonderry. […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump says he has “inspected” the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC, and that “work will begin immediately” to repair the American landmark. Despite a recent multi-million dollar renovation, including a fresh coat of blue paint, the historic structure continues to face issues – most prominently algae turning the water a bright […]
BBC: Russian troops have infiltrated the strategic city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine and are now trying to surround it. The entire city is now effectively in a “grey zone”, no longer controlled by anyone, Ukrainian soldiers have told the BBC. “They get into areas behind our backs and in urban conditions it’s extremely difficult […]
BBC: Direct talks between the US and Iran are set to begin in Switzerland despite the Iranian military saying it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon. The US military has disputed the claim, saying “traffic continues to flow”. Iran said the Strait was closed in response to deadly […]
BBC: Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including an Al Jazeera cameraman and at least one child, according to health officials and rescuers. Al Jazeera said it “strongly condemns the heinous crime of targeting and killing” of its correspondent Ahmed Wishah, who was killed in a strike on a central Gaza […]
BBC: About two dozen people have reportedly been killed by Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, less than 24 hours after a new ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was announced. Local officials said 16 people had been killed in the Nabatieh district and seven in neighbouring Saida, with others injured, after Israeli warplanes, drones, and artillery […]
BBC: There are moments when life in Moscow feels completely normal. Thursday morning wasn’t one of them. In the south-east of the city an oil refinery had been hit during a Ukrainian drone attack – even from a distance the sight was surreal. Thick smoke billowing from the direction of the facility had turned the […]
Reuters) WASHINGTON, June 20 (- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi were both headed to Switzerland for talks, Axios said on Friday, as a ceasefire in Lebanon appeared to revive efforts to turn an interim Iran war pact into a lasting regional deal. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon on […]
(Reuters) SANTO DOMINGO, June 19 – A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local authorities said on Friday. Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian woman, was killed in the fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel (WH.N), opens […]
BBC: Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has been stripped of Poland’s highest state honour, the Order of the White Eagle, over Kyiv’s decision to name a military unit after controversial World War Two fighters. Polish President Karol Nawrocki branded Ukraine’s decision late last month to name the unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) “outrageous”, “incomprehensible” and […]
