Tributes have been paid to 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, after divers recovered what is believed to be her body in the wreckage of a luxury yacht which sank off Sicily. Hannah was the last person unaccounted for after the luxury yacht Bayesian foundered
A helicopter was seen flying over the coast off Sicily where a yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of Monday. Footage released by Italian firefighters shows divers taking part in a rescue operation for a second day. Emergency services
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said now is “probably the best, maybe the last opportunity” to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza. Mr Blinken made his comments during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday
Steve Rosenberg, Russia Editor For nearly a fortnight now Ukrainian forces have been seizing and occupying Russian territory. Ukraine’s cross-border attack into Kursk region marks the first time since World War Two that a foreign army has been fighting inside Russia. It
A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine. Karelina, who has American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week after a trial held behind closed
A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed. The Constitutional Court ruled that Mr Srettha had violated the “rules on ethics” with “the display of defiant behaviour”. The 62-year-old
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged Iran to “refrain” from attacking Israel during a phone call with Iran’s new president. Sir Keir told Masoud Pezeshkian there was a “serious risk of miscalculation and now was the time for calm and
Police in Barcelona are hunting for the separatist former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, who made a dramatic return to Spain after a seven-year exile despite facing an outstanding arrest warrant. The Mossos d’Esquadra – Catalan police – have set up roadblocks
Thousands of people have left their homes in Russia’s Kursk region, after Russian defence officials said around 300 Ukrainian troops crossed into the border province on Tuesday. Fighting is reportedly ongoing in the area, as Moscow said troops supported by 11 tanks
Protesters in Bangladesh have stormed the prime minister’s official residence, as a wave of anti-government demonstrations continue. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country, the BBC understands. The resignation comes as thousands of protesters have taken to the