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Hezbollah leader says pager bombings "crossed all red lines"
Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, acknowledged an "unprecedented blow" after attack
19 Sep 2024,45 mins
Has a new phase in Middle East war begun?
Another day of explosions in Lebanon have killed at least 20 people.
18 Sep 2024,45 mins
Deaths and thousands of injuries in Lebanon, as pagers used by Hezbollah simultaneously explode
Thousands of injuries after pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah explode
17 Sep 2024,45 mins
US Republicans demand more secret service protection from Donald Trump
US Republicans want more protection for Trump after second apparent assassination attempt
16 Sep 2024,45 mins
Starmer and Biden meet at White House
The prime minister has met the president in Washington as tensions with Russia grow.
13 Sep 2024,45 mins
Starmer travels to Washington as Putin issues threat over missiles
Starmer to meet Biden as pair decide whether to let Kyiv fire Western weapons into Russia
12 Sep 2024,45 mins
NHS in 'critical condition', government report says
Can Sir Keir Starmer fix the health service?
11 Sep 2024,45 mins
Trump and Harris prepare to face off for first time
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first time in Pennsylvania.
10 Sep 2024,45 mins
Is government facing rebellion over winter fuel cut?
Chancellor urges Labour MPs to back plan to cut payment for millions of pensioners.
09 Sep 2024,45 mins
Prison population of England and Wales reaches new record
Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show the number of inmates at a new record
06 Sep 2024,45 mins
Inside Britain's overcrowded prisons
As thousands of prisoners are set for early release, we look inside HMP Pentonville
05 Sep 2024,45 mins
Will Grenfell survivors get justice they want?
Public Inquiry blames chain of failures for fire that claimed 72 lives.
04 Sep 2024,45 mins
How can more Channel tragedies be stopped?
At least 12 people have died after a small boat capsized in the worst tragedy this year.
03 Sep 2024,45 mins
UK suspends some arms exports to Israel
Britain says there’s a risk the equipment could be used in violation of international law
02 Sep 2024,45 mins
The hospice funding crisis
What can be done to ease the financial pressures on end-of-life care?
30 Aug 2024,45 mins
Israel agrees to pause in Gaza fighting for police vaccine drive
The World Health Organisation says Israel has agreed to "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza
29 Aug 2024,45 mins
Israel's biggest operation in West Bank in years
What's behind the major military operation?
28 Aug 2024,45 mins
Starmer says Autumn budget will be "painful"
Sir Keir Starmer repeated criticisms of previous government as he trailed "tough action"
27 Aug 2024,45 mins
Keir Starmer speech to warn tough times ahead
PM will vow to ‘root out rot’ Tories left in speech from Downing Street’s rose garden
26 Aug 2024,45 mins
Will RFK's Trump endorsement swing presidential race?
Independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr drops out and backed Donald Trump.
23 Aug 2024,45 mins
Kamala Harris to give biggest speech of career at DNC finale
The Vice President will accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
22 Aug 2024,45 mins
Sudan: first UN food aid in months arrives
Aid convoy brings food to a population now at risk of famine after a four-month gap
21 Aug 2024,45 mins
Sicily yacht sinking: little chance of finding more survivors, authorities say
Six people are still missing after the Bayesian superyacht sank off Sicily on Monday
20 Aug 2024,45 mins
Democratic National Convention gets underway in Chicago
Delegates set to formally confirm Kamala Harris as the party's presidential candidate.
19 Aug 2024,45 mins
World Health Organization urges more production of Mpox vaccines
Cases of a highly contagious variant are soaring across Africa
16 Aug 2024,45 mins
New round of talks on middle east ceasefire begin in Qatar
Hamas-run health ministry says more than 40,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far
15 Aug 2024,45 mins
Kyiv says troops continue to advance into Russia’s Kursk region
Ukraine's operation into Russian territory is now in its second week
14 Aug 2024,45 mins
Report criticises failings in treatment of Valdo Calocane
Paranoid schizophrenic killed 3 people in Nottingham last year
13 Aug 2024,45 mins
Russia widens evacuations as Ukrainian counter-incursion continues
Kyiv now claims to control 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory
12 Aug 2024,45 mins
Recriminations over failure to arrest former Catalan leader
Carles Puigdemont reveals that he's in the Belgian town of Waterloo
09 Aug 2024,45 mins