Friday, April 24, 2026
He's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes caseSam Mooy/The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty ImagesAmong them are Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart and former prime minister Tony Abbott, who said his...
The BBC’s Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the four Artemis II astronauts as they journey back home from their dramatic lunar fly-by that saw them travel further from Earth than any other humans.On what is expected to...
23 minutes agoJames DelaneyBBC ScotlandDoug AllanIn 2017, he told BBC Scotland he had spent about 620 days of his life searching for and recording polar bears."For a brief second, I thought there was someone with a squeegee mop cleaning...
BTS kick off their grandest tour, the largest in K-pop history, in Seoul on Thursday. The BBC is in the South Korean capital to explain everything you need to know about their comeback, after they went on hiatus for...
2 hours agoTom Edgington, Joshua Cheetham and Kayleen DevlinBBC VerifyGetty ImagesShips in the Gulf have received a warning from Iran's navy that any vessels seeking to cross the Strait of Hormuz without permission "will be targeted and destroyed", the...
1 hour agoBethany BellGermany reporterReutersGermany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says men of military age in Germany do not need to report lengthy stays abroad.His statement comes after a controversy broke out over the possible consequences of a new law...
48 minutes agoKelly Ng,Singapore,Khashayar Joneidi,BBC Persian, WashingtonandDaniel De Simone,JerusalemAFP via Getty ImagesIran and the US have agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire, during which shipping traffic will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz.This comes more than a month...
20 minutes agoHugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, LebanonReutersObservers have expressed surprise with Hezbollah's military capabilities in this conflict, as it was widely believed the group had been severely weakened in the last war that ended in November 2024. The group...
2 hours agoCaroline DaviesPakistan correspondentReutersIn the hours before the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US was announced, there were some small signs of hope from Pakistan.Speaking anonymously, a Pakistan source told the BBC that the talks continued "at...
54 minutes agoAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentEPAIn the end, cooler heads prevailed – at least for now.At 18:32 Washington time, President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were "very far along" with a...