- Saturday, 23 August 2025
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Israeli strikes on Gaza mosque and school kill 26, health ministry says
Videos verified by the BBC from the mosque show bodies and blood on the ground among the rubble, while footage at the school shows the structure on fire and a man being pulled out on a stretcher.
Biden: 'I don't know' if Netanyahu is trying to sway US election
President Joe Biden has said he is unsure whether Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding off on agreeing a Gaza ceasefire deal in order to influence next month's US election.
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon are intensifying, with massive blasts reported in southern Beirut
One strike hit just outside the city's international airport close to the suburb of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold - the airport still appears to be operating
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in fighting with Hezbollah inside Lebanon, says IDF
The Israeli military and Hezbollah report ground fighting inside southern Lebanon, a day after Israel announced it was invading
Dozens dead, 61 missing as two boats sink off Djibouti
At least 45 people have died and many others are missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials say.
US helped Israel shoot down Iran missiles - Pentagon
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement that the attacks were in response to Israel's killing of a top IRGC commander and leaders of Iran-backed militias in the region.
Iran launches barrage of missiles at Israel
No injuries have been reported so far and Israeli authorities say civilians can leave bomb shelters. Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari says "this attack will have consequences"
More than 20 children feared dead in Thailand bus crash
A bus carrying dozens of primary school children has crashed and caught fire just outside the Thai capital Bangkok. Sixteen children and three teachers are reported to have escaped, but 22 pupils and three teachers are still unaccounted for, according to the country's transport minister.
At least 43 dead as Helene pummels southeast US
At least 43 people have died and millions were left without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene roared through the south-eastern US. Officials continued daring rescues with boats, helicopters and large vehicles to help those stranded in floodwaters - including about 50 workers and patients who crowded on the roof of a flooded Tennessee hospital.
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court after it found that evidence used against him was fabricated. Iwao Hakamada, who has been on death row for more than half a century, was found guilty in 1968 of killing his boss, the man’s wife and their two teenage children.
India confirms first mpox case in current outbreak
India has reported its first case with the new mpox strain that has triggered a public health emergency alert by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. Called clade 1b, the new variant is highly transmissible and has been linked to the mpox outbreak in Africa.
Astronauts return to Earth after longest stay on ISS
Two Russian astronauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, left the International Space Station breaking the record for the longest stay at 374 days. Kononenko also set the record for the longest cumulative time in space at 1,111 days in orbit.
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Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years.
Sri Lanka swears in new left-leaning president
Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has taken his oath of office, promising to "rewrite history" for a country that is recovering from its worst economic crisis. The left-leaning Dissanayake has cast himself as a disruptor of the political status quo, and analysts see his victory as a rejection of corruption and cronyism that has long plagued the country.
Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka election in political paradigm shift
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting.
