LIVE - Netanyahu ready for direct talks with Lebanon as Iran says Israeli attacks breach ceasefire - Lebanon's health ministry says Israeli strikes killed 203 people on Wednesday while Israel says it will "act forcefully" if attacked by Iran.

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Israeli strikes in Lebanon 'grave violation' of ceasefire, Iran minister tells BBC -- Iran's deputy foreign minister says the US must choose between 'war and ceasefire'.

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Artemis crew returning to Earth with 'all the good stuff' from Moon discoveries -- The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".

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BTS delights fans with first show in $1bn world tour - The pop stars will perform 85 shows across the world in their first global tour since 2019.

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Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as 'very frank' -- The US president says Nato "wasn't there when we needed them" during the Iran war.

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At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes -- Attacks hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, hours after a US-Iran ceasefire was announced.

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Al Jazeera condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in Gaza -- The Israeli military claims Mohammed Wishah was a "Hamas terrorist" - which the Qatar-based network has previously denied.

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French far-right leader romantically linked to Italian princess -- Presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella was pictured on a Corsican beach with Princess Maria Carolina Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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Trapped miner rescued from flooded Mexican tunnel after 14 days -- The 42-year-old gold miner was standing in waist-high water when rescuers found him in a flooded tunnel.

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He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes case -- Ben Roberts-Smith's case is not only unprecedented for Australia but "extraordinary" for the globe too, scholars say.

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Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers -- The new bill will make it easier for provincial governments to allow mining projects in glacier regions.

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Pioneering wildlife cameraman Doug Allan dies after falling ill in Nepal -- The cameraman and photographer won eight Emmy Awards for his work on acclaimed series like Blue Planet alongside Sir David Attenborough.

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What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran -- The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran.

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The US refinery now processing Venezuelan oil -- Chevron is now importing 250,000 barrels of crude per day from Venezuela.

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Indian migrant workers hit by cooking gas shortages are leaving cities -- Migrant workers say they are struggling to access cooking gas cylinders as the Iran war squeezes supplies.

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Has Artemis II shown we can land on the Moon again? -- The Artemis II mission has been near flawless to date, but has the test flight shown Nasa is ready to send humans to the lunar surface?

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China is winning one AI race, the US another - but either might pull ahead -- Both sides don't want to let their rival dominate. And the competition may yet be transformed further.

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Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space -- The BBC's Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the Artemis II crew ahead of their likely splashdown on Saturday.

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Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters -- US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.

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Everything you need to know about BTS's comeback tour -- The megastars kick off their grandest tour, the largest in K-pop history, in Seoul on Thursday after a nearly four-year hiatus.

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Watch: Fire damages roof of Rio's Olympic velodrome -- Around 80 firefighters and 20 fire trucks tackled the blaze, the state's military fire department said, adding that no one was hurt.

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Irish army asked to move some vehicles in fuel 'blockades' -- The Irish military will be deployed to move vehicles "blocking critical infrastructure".

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Canada's Carney welcomes another defector to Liberals as he nears majority -- The prime minister needs only one more MP to join the Liberals to form a majority government after Marilyn Gladu of Ontario defected this week.

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Irish government to consider Creeslough explosion inquest -- The explosion at a service station in Creeslough, County Donegal, on 7 October 2022 killed ten people.

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Canada's Mark Carney 'so proud' of astronauts in call to Artemis II -- Jeremy Hansen received a call from the prime minister as Canada's first astronaut to travel into deep space as part of the Artemis II mission.

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US plans to automatically register men for military draft eligibility -- The proposed new rule would end decades of mandatory self-registration for Selective Service in the US.

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Hawaii doctor found guilty of trying to kill wife on hike -- His wife said he beat her with a rock and tried to stab her with a syringe after pushing her near the edge of a cliff.

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Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran? -- Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.

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'My heart is about to explode': BTS fans react as world tour begins -- K-pop stars BTS kicked off their marathon world tour in South Korea, with a heavy nod to their new album Arirang.

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