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Duncan Kennedy BBC News at Bergen Belsen AFP Tens of thousands of people, most of them Jews, died at Belsen in northern Germany There had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had been the written testimony of a few escapees. But it took liberation for the revelation of the shocking reality of the … Read more

Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC BBC When Donald Trump made a historic return to power earlier this year, it was with the help of voters who represented a diverse coalition of backgrounds – truck drivers, veterans, business owners and more. They represented a wide range of perspectives that helped explain Trump’s enduring appeal. But … Read more

Tiffanie Turnbull Reporting fromStreaky Bay, South Australia BBC From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor’s practice in Australia. Outside her window, farmland rolls into rocky coastline, hemming a glasslike bay striped with turquoise and populated by showboating dolphins. Home to about … Read more

A federal judge says that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process amid the Trump administration’s drive to ramp up deportations. In a court filing, Judge Terry Doughty said that there was “strong suspicion” that the child – identified only as VML – … Read more

Russian security forces say they have detained a Ukrainian spy accused of killing a senior Russian general in a car bomb attack in Moscow’s suburbs on Friday. The FSB secret service said they had apprehended “Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzi” who had “planted explosives in a Volkswagen Golf” to kill Gen Yaroslav Moskalik. Gen … Read more

A miniature dachshund has been found alive and well on Kangaroo Island off the coast of Australia, more than 500 days after she first went missing. Kangala Wildlife Rescue had been working “around the clock” to find the dog, Valerie, since she was last spotted by her owners on a November 2023 camping trip. Georgia … Read more

Watch: Key moments from the funeral of Pope Francis Pope Francis has been buried in Rome after a funeral ceremony and procession attended by hundreds of thousands of people and many heads of state. The first South American pontiff passed away on Monday aged 88, marking the end of a 12-year pontificate. As the Italian … Read more

EPA Russia’s army chief made the claims in a video meeting with President Vladimir Putin During a video conference meeting with Putin on Saturday, Gerasimov said: “Today, the last settlement in the Kursk region, the village of Gornal, has been liberated from Ukrainian forces.” He praised what he described as the “heroism” of North Korean … Read more

Footage filmed by a driver, and verified by the BBC, shows the moment a massive blast shook the Shahid Rajaee port on Saturday morning, near the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. At least four people have been killed and 500 more injured in the explosion, according to state media. The explosion blew out the … Read more

The death of Virginia Giuffre will leave questions that are now likely to remain unanswered. Her name will always be associated with the scandals and criminality surrounding the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his circle – with Ms Giuffre one of the most prominent among his accusers, revealing the trafficking and sexual exploitation … Read more