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Far right in Austria 'opens new era' with election victory

The Freedom Party wins its first election, projections say, but building a coali...

Young Lebanese girl left fighting for life after Israel...

Noor Mossawi, aged six, is one of a number of people in critical condition in a ...

A child bride won the right to divorce - now the Taliba...

The Taliban have been revisiting rulings made under the US-backed government, ov...

A crucial election fight unfolds in Tim Walz's home state

An electoral quirk could mean rural voters in Nebraska hold the tie-breaking vot...

Hollywood's big boom has gone bust

Productions are down by about 40% and entertainment industry employees say they ...

Analysing videos showing strikes that killed Nasrallah

How the BBC worked out the facts about blasts in Lebanon's capital from clues in...

SpaceX on mission to return two stranded astronauts

A capsule heads to the International Space Station, where two crew are spending ...

Deadly Helene floods spread to more US states

Rescues continue as huge areas of the south-eastern US struggle with floods from...

France's Mr Africa spills the beans on secret cash

Long a confidant of French and African leaders, Robert Bourgi lifts the lid on p...

Sold out in minutes, resold for millions: Coldplay tick...

Coldplay's concerts in Mumbai sold out in minutes and now resellers are charging...

Marburg virus outbreak kills six in Rwanda

Most of the victims are healthcare workers in the intensive care unit, the healt...

Floods and landslides kill at least 100 in Nepal

People were left stranded on rooftops in Kathmandu with workers carrying out res...

Who was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?

He played a key role in turning Hezbollah into the political and military force ...

Bowen: West left powerless as Israel claims its biggest...

Diplomats were hoping to calm matters - they will be looking at events with dismay.

'A very dangerous and delicate moment for Lebanon'

BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from Beirut as the IDF says i...

Trump or Harris? In a crisis-hit world, diplomats resig...

Behind the scenes at the United Nations, insiders tell the BBC they don't see ma...