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Venezuela earthquake: Number of known dead rises to nearly 5,000 victims 

16 July 2026

News|Earthquakes Almost 5,000 people are known to have died in two earthquakes that devastated Venezuela in June, but th...

Iran war live: US carries out strikes on civilian infrastructure in south 

16 July 2026

Skip linksSkip to Content Video Duration 05 minutes 06 seconds play-arrow05:06 US launches sixth night of strikes on Ira...

Sadiq Khan joins House of Lords as outgoing UK PM names 26 new peers 

16 July 2026

Sadiq Khan and 25 others will now be able to sit in the House of Lords, where they can scrutinise, revise and vote on Un...

Ilhan Omar renews push for US to join ICC amid Trump pressure 

16 July 2026

United States Representative Ilhan Omar has pushed back against President Donald Trump’s efforts to “dismantle” th...

Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attacks across West Bank 

16 July 2026

News|Israel-Palestine conflict Several Palestinians have been injured in separate attacks across the occupied West Bank ...

Donald Trump live: US president to deliver primetime address on elections 

16 July 2026

Skip linksSkip to Content US President Donald Trump has a history of spreading unsubstantiated claims about election int...

US mounts sixth straight night of attacks as Iran warns of wider war 

16 July 2026

The United States has continued its attacks against Iran for a sixth consecutive night, with strikes targeting infrastru...

Iran condemns ‘barbaric’ US attack near children’s cancer hospital 

16 July 2026

Iran has accused the United States of committing a “cowardly war crime” by striking near a children’s cancer hospi...

Ebola spreading more quickly in DRC, while Uganda is close to being virus-free 

16 July 2026

News|Ebola The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Ebola is spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo mo...

Nicaragua severs diplomatic ties with Italy over 1978 murder case 

16 July 2026

News|History Nicaragua has cut diplomatic ties with Italy in a dispute over its refusal to extradite a man convicted in ...