Fictional K-pop bands beat BTS and Blackpink in US charts
A hugely popular K-pop musical animation has seen songs by its fictional bands top US music charts, beating real-life K-pop groups. KPop Demon Hunters is currently the most streamed movie…
Strike on al-Baqa killed a Hamas operative, but many more people were killed
Alice Cuddy BBC News, Jerusalem Reuters A blast at al-Baqa beach cafe left a sizeable crater after the Israeli strike on Monday Moments before the explosion, artists, students and athletes…
Ukraine’s sky defenders in Sumy stuck in relentless battle
Orla Guerin Senior international correspondent in Sumy, Ukraine Watch: Ukrainian soldiers aim to shoot down Russian drones in Sumy As the evening light ebbed away a handful of Ukrainian troops…
Kenya’s William Ruto to build huge church at State House
Kenyan President William Ruto says he is building a church at the presidential residence in Nairobi that he will pay for himself – and says he has nothing to apologise…
Oasis take to the stage for first gig in 16 years
It’s a night that thousands of music fans have been waiting for: Oasis has finally returned to the stage after 16 years. The Gallagher brothers reunited on Thursday for their…
Trump to sign his huge tax and spending bill into law
Anthony Zurcher: Passage of megabill is big win for Trump US President Donald Trump is to sign his landmark policy bill into law, a day after it was narrowly passed…
Rumba gang leader arrested in Turkey
One of Sweden’s most wanted gang leaders, Ismail Abdo, has been arrested in Turkey, the Swedish prosecutor’s office said on Friday. The dual Swedish-Turkish national has an extensive list of…
Several killed as flash flooding hits central Texas
Several people have died and others are missing after flash flooding hit parts of central Texas on Friday morning. Disaster declarations have been issued for the Hill Country and Concho…
Druze worry about being left behind in post-war Syria
Lina Sinjab BBC Middle East correspondent OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images More than 100 people were killed in sectarian violence in a suburb south of Damascus in April When…
French police slash inflatable migrant boat heading to UK
Andrew Harding BBC correspondent Reporting fromEcault beach, south of Boulogne Watch: BBC on French beach as police slash migrant ‘taxi-boat’ heading to UK French police have waded into shallow waters…