Three Iranian men have been charged under the UK’s National Security Act on suspicion of conduct likely to assist Iran. Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55 were arrested on 3 May. The charges relate to a period between 14 August 2024 and 16 February 2025, police said. Cdr … Read more
Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in north-eastern Ukraine, local officials say. The Sumy regional military administration said four other people were injured in the town of Bilopillia on Saturday morning. Medics, emergency services personnel and police are now working at the scene. The reported attack comes … Read more
Former US President Joe Biden struggled to recall key milestones from his own life during an interview two years ago with a justice department investigator, according to audio. A recording obtained by political outlet Axios shows the Democrat appeared to have trouble remembering the year he left office as vice-president, or the date of his … Read more
Just nowRos Atkins on… how world leaders are responding to Israel’s blockade of GazaThe BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how world leaders are responding to Israel’s blockade of Gaza.Just nowMiddle East
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Getty Images Ozwald Boateng (L), was at this month’s Met Gala, with his son (C), Oscar, and daughter (R), Emilia Ozwald Boateng, celebrating four decades of making his indelible mark on the fashion industry, got his chance to stamp his style on the Met Gala in New York earlier this month. … Read more
Watch: James Comey’s 8647 post “meant assassination”, says Trump Former FBI director James Comey has been interviewed by the US Secret Service after he shared then deleted a social media post that Republicans alleged was an incitement to violence against US President Donald Trump. Comey voluntarily participated in the questioning at the law enforcement agency’s … Read more
Catherine Snowdon BBC News BBC Catherine Snowdon is still puzzled by her experience on a trip to Madrid An extraordinary thing happened to me on a recent flight to Madrid: I unwittingly travelled under the wrong identity, becoming a potential security issue, and no one realised. I was packing for a short business trip to … Read more
Watch: The BBC’s Nada Tawfik on how Diddy’s lawyers used freak-off texts against Cassie Cassie Ventura has wrapped up four consecutive days of explosive testimony in the criminal trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs. Breaking down in sobs, the singer told a New York court on Tuesday that she would give back a $20 … Read more
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai BBC The museum contains artefacts and furniture from prominent Parsi families Tucked away in a lane in the southern end of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, is a museum dedicated to the followers of one of the world’s oldest religions, Zoroastrianism. The Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum documents the history and legacy … Read more
Katy Watson Australia correspondent Watch: How snakes and spiders are milked for venom With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot. “He’s posing,” the spider-keeper jests as it rears up on its back legs. It is exactly what she’s … Read more