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More than 50 people were killed by Israeli strikes on Wednesday, as Hezbollah fires missile at Tel Aviv.

Correspondent Orla Guerin reports on airstrikes and evacuations in the southern city of Tyre.

The Lebanese armed group has – like Israel – spent years preparing and is more formidable than Hamas in Gaza.

Thousands have fled southern Lebanon while others say they are leaving the capital Beirut.

Israel says it hit 800 Hezbollah targets and tells civilians to flee areas near the group’s weapons.

The letter was dropped off at the home of a witness several months before the 15 September incident, prosecutors say.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is sworn in as Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president in a simple ceremony.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake beat his rivals after a historic second round of vote counting.

Police say multiple gunmen fired on a group of people outside on a street in the city of Birmingham.

Israel says the move is needed because it expects the Iran-backed Lebanese group to escalate rocket attacks.

Lebanon’s health minister says women and children are among the dead as rescuers search through rubble.

The strike in Lebanon’s capital, which killed at least 14 people, adds to fears of an all-out war.

The IDF says the incident does not “conform” to its values, while Palestinian officials say it is a “crime”.

More than 70,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine – volunteers now make up the highest number of deaths.

Israeli air strikes come after Hezbollah vowed to retaliate over deadly exploding device attacks blamed on Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah calls the killing of 37 people by exploding pagers and radios an “unprecedented blow”.

Elias Jaradeh worked for almost 24 hours on the wounded, many of whom lost eyes or the use of their…

The storm has hit the north-east and central regions of Italy, days after causing widespread flooding in central Europe.

They say the man was twice smuggled into Iran and had been paid to carry out “missions”.

US officials say the info was sent unsolicited and there is no evidence any recipients replied

The Federal Reserve has cut its key lending rate by 0.5 percentage points – a larger cut than expected.

Reports say walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah blew up a day after pager blasts killed 12 people.

A second wave of communication device explosions killed at least 20 people, Lebanese officials say.

Reports said Israel’s planned attack was not used in the way they hoped, and was triggered early.

Nine people have been killed and 2,800 wounded by the blasts, the Lebanese health ministry says.

More than 50 regions of Italy have issued alerts, as flooding continues to batter Poland and the Czech Republic.

Dominique Pelicot, 71, is accused of drugging his wife Gisèle to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to abuse her.

The alleged plot has stunned the former president’s neighbours in the sleepy oceanside resort of West Palm Beach.

The BBC’s analysis editor looks at the route Trump was taking and where secret agents spotted a rifle.

The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, remains in custody and has been charged with firearm offences.

The US Secret Service confirmed in a post on X that they were investigating a “protective incident” involving Trump.

The Polaris Dawn crew is back following a mission featuring the world’s first commercial spacewalk.