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The US and Iran agree a ceasefire
A day after threatening to annihilate a whole civilisation, Donald Trump has hailed an agreement with Iran under which both sides will observe a cease...
Government Stops Kanye West Entering UK
Kanye West has been blocked from entering the UK because of a backlash against anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi comments he'd made in the past -- forcing the...
Artemis II prepares to make history
Astronauts on board the Artemis II mission are set to break a record, travelling further than anyone has before as they loop around the far side of th...
President Trump celebrates downed airman's rescue from Iran
Iran has escalated its own attacks on Gulf States, targeting power stations and desalination plants. Also: Dame Sarah Mullally holds her first Easter...
President Trump issues ultimatum to Iran
Donald Trump tells Iran to make a deal.Also: A fourth person has been arrested in connection with an arson attack on four ambulances in London. Prepar...
Reports say a US fighter jet has come down over Iran
US media are reporting that one crew member from an American fighter jet downed in Iran has been rescued. Also: Executives at Marks and Spencer have c...
A funeral director pleads guilty to preventing the burial of bodies
A former funeral director in Hull has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial, after police found dozens of bodies stored...
President Trump says Iran has asked him for a ceasefire
Iran has dismissed President Trump's latest claim that it's asked for a ceasefire as "baseless". Also: Sir Keir Starmer has warned that resolving the...
President Trump launches another social media attack on allies of the US
President Trump has launched another social media attack on allies of the United States accusing them of not doing enough to assist with the conflict...
Scott Mills is sacked from his Radio 2 breakfast show
The presenter of BBC Radio 2's breakfast show, Scott Mills, has been fired, following allegations about his personal conduct. Also: President Trump ha...
Iran accuses US of plotting ground invasion
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he's ordered the military to expand its operation in southern Lebanon. Also: the British government...
Houthis attack Israel one month into Middle East war
Attacks across the Middle East have continued, with three journalists reported dead in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon. Ukraine's President,...
Marco Rubio says the US expects its operation in Iran to end within weeks
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has told a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France that the war with Iran will continue for another two to f...
Bereaved families who faced delays accessing their relatives' premium bonds will receive refunds
The state-owned National Savings and Investments bank has announced plans to reunite tens of thousands of people with their money, after a fault with...
Meta and Google are found liable for a woman's addiction to social media
A jury in California has found the owners of Instagram and YouTube liable for a young woman's addiction to social media from early childhood. Also: Ir...
The owner of Royal Mail apologises for late deliveries
The owner of Royal Mail, Daniel Kretinsky, has apologised for the late arrival of millions of letters, but has denied that the business is in decline....
President Trump says talks are taking place to end the war with Iran
President Trump has said the US and Iran have found "major points of agreement" and he's called off the immediate threat of strikes on Iranian power p...
Iran threatens to completely shut off Strait of Hormuz
Iran has warned it will completely close the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route -- if President Trump follows through on his threat to bomb the count...
UK criticises Iran for firing missiles at Diego Garcia
The UK has criticised Iran after it fired missiles towards Diego Garcia. Farmers say the war will increase food prices. The former FBI Chief, Robert M...
Three victims of IRA bombs in England halt their civil court case
Three victims of IRA bombings in England have ended their civil court case against the former Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams. Also: The government has...
Iran vows 'zero restraint' as it launches new attacks
Iran has warned it will show "zero restraint" if its energy facilities are again hit by airstrikes, as the focus of the war shifts to key oil and gas...
The price of oil surges again
Iran has threatened to attack key energy sites belonging to its Gulf neighbours, after refineries on a gas field it shares with Qatar were hit with ai...
A senior US counter-terrorism official has resigned
A senior US counter-terrorism official has resigned from President Trump's government saying he cannot in good conscience support the war in Iran. Als...
Donald Trump has criticised the UK's response to the Iran war
President Trump has criticised the UK's response to the Iran war and the reluctance of some allies to help break the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz....
Iran says it sees no reason for talks with US
The Iranian Foreign Minister says Tehran has "never asked for a ceasefire" in the war with Israel and America. Yesterday, President Trump said that Ir...
Trump urges UK to send warships to Strait of Hormuz
President Trump urges the UK to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, to help defend the vital shipping route from Iranian attacks. Israel says it's...
Six US military personnel dead in operations against Iran
The US has confirmed that all six members of the crew on board a military refuelling aircraft were killed when it crashed in western Iraq. European le...
Iran's new supreme leader speaks — or does he?
Iranian state television has broadcast a statement attributed to the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei – in which he pledges to maintain his countr...
Government documents on Lord Mandelson's appointment released
Documents released by the government show that Sir Keir Starmer was warned that Lord Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein posed a "general reputationa...
The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says today will see the most intense strikes on Iran since the war began
The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said that air strikes on Iran today will be the 'most intense' so far of the eleven-day war. In a news con...
G7 finance ministers say they're ready to take measures to support the global energy supply
Ministers from the G7 group of leading industrialised nations have said they are ready to take "necessary measures" to support the global supply of en...
Iran elects new Supreme Leader
More than a week after the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's clerics choose a new supreme leader. Tehran is covered in black smoke, as US-Israeli...
Iran continues bombing after apologising
Tehran's neighbours targeted with missiles and drones again despite the promise the attacks would stop. Trump says Iran is being "beat to hell" and th...
The US and Israel carry out a fresh wave of strikes on Tehran
The US and Israel have carried out a fresh wave of strikes on Tehran, after what some of the city's residents described as the worst night of the war...
Sir Keir Starmer rejects criticism of his response to war in the Middle East
Sir Keir Starmer, who's been criticised for his response to the crisis, insists he is providing calm level-headed leadership in the face of chaos in t...
America torpedoes an Iranian warship
The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said America was winning the war "decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy". Also: The Iranian president h...
Trump doubles down on criticism of Starmer
President Trump has again criticised Sir Keir Starmer for not initially allowing the US to use British military bases to attack Iran. Also: Thousands...
The US defence secretary declines to give a timeline for ending the US-Israeli war with Iran
As the US-Israeli war against Iran continues to widen, President Trump's defence secretary has declared the American military action the "most lethal,...
Iran Lashes Out As Supreme Leader Killed
Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at targets across the Middle East, after announcing that its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ha...
Iran launches attacks across Middle East after US and Israel strikes on its territory
Iran has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel, and American allies across the Middle East - following this morning's joint attack by...