The US deported them to Venezuela - hours later earthquakes struck
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees US immigration enforcement agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), shared a statement, but offered no details on the case when asked by the BBC.
"This flight safely reached Venezuela and all illegal aliens on board were returned home," a DHS spokesperson told BBC on Tuesday. "When an individual is no longer in ICE custody, ICE is no longer responsible for them."
It's unclear if the migrants were deported for crossing the border illegally, or for
Did this AI anti-drug video make drugs look appealing?
An AI-generated anti-drug video from Hong Kong's Correctional Services Department is facing backlash for allegedly making substances look too appealing. The video was released by authorities on 26 June for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The BBC's Chinese service reporter Martin Yip explains how the controversy unfolded.
As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce prepare to tie the knot, we look back at their relationship
Taylor's 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, dropped in October 2025, with a flurry of lovestruck lyrics about her now fiancé.
She reminisced about date nights spent on ferris wheels, and dreamt of raising kids in a house with "a driveway with a basketball hoop". There's also an entire song about his, ahem, manhood.
On the promo trail, she was peppered with questions about the wedding, but gave away very little, except to tell the
From Truman's pension to Trump's billions - a White House windfall unmatched by any president
Still, Trump has made a number of moves in the White House that have benefited his business as well as businesses tied to other senior administration officials.
Last July, Trump signed legislation supporting stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency, just four months after World Liberty Financial launched its own digital currency venture. The firm made Trump at least $500m in 2025, according to his financial disclosure report.
Last October, Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency firm Binance.
The move
Turkish police beat us with iron rods before we lost limbs to frostbite, Afghans say
Şafak Bozkurt, who chairs the Van Bar Association Human Rights Centre Migration and Asylum Commission, said he was familiar with this type of push-back in the region, and aware of cases of hypothermia.
Afghan migrants have reported multiple similar incidents since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Kabul, according to Turkey-based activist Zakira Hikmat. She said increased border surveillance in Turkey had forced them onto more dangerous routes.
Mahmout Keçen, another migrant-rights activist based in Van, said
Banned by Beijing, this comedian is taking his act to Chinese speakers abroad
When one of China's biggest stand-up comedians opened his show with a joke about the extraordinarily long rule of the country's leader Xi Jinping, it drew a cheer, alongside a smattering of approving profanities.
"This is fire," a man shouted in Mandarin.
Few in China would dare to joke about Xi, who has increasingly centralised power in his nearly 15 years in office.
But this was the National University of Singapore, where hundreds had packed into the auditorium, mostly Singaporean Chinese and
Aunt of Venezuelan boy pulled from rubble tells BBC she will give him 'mother's warmth'
She said she and 31-year-old Ana Luz were extremely close and would talk every day on video calls. Her sister always had Kleiber by her side.
"Wherever she went, her son went too. Whatever Kleiber wanted, she would please him. If she didn't have money, she would call me: 'Kleiber wants this' or 'he's missing this,'" Andreína said.
"She is my older sister and I always trusted her and could tell her
US blocks long-term renewal of North American trade deal
The US has declined to renew the landmark US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, according to a senior US official.
This decision means the trilateral trade pact will miss out on an automatic 16-year extension .
The official said the administration "chose not to rubber stamp a USMCA renewal without addressing existing issues," and "the United States did not agree to renew the USMCA in its current form".
If the countries fail to unanimously agree to renew the agreement, "it
Greek politician's mother dies of wounds after arson attack
The mother of a politician from Greece's ruling New Democracy party has died of injuries sustained in one of a series of suspected arson attacks targeting party officials.
Vagia Nestora, 72, suffered extensive burns and multiple organ failure, according to the hospital where she was taken in the northern city of Thessaloniki.
She was wounded in an explosion and fire at the apartment building where her daughter, Afroditi Nestora, lives.
Three separate attacks involving petrol bombs and other improvised devices took place within minutes of each other in Thessaloniki
Ukrainian charged in Germany over Nord Stream blasts
Berlin law firm Menaker, which represents the Ukrainian man, told Reuters news agency that an indictment had been served on Wednesday. It gave no details of the charges.
Federal prosecutors confirmed for another news agency, AFP, that a man had been charged over the explosion.
According to German public broadcaster DW, which cited German media reports, the suspect is accused of leading a team of seven accomplices in an operation to destroy three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines.
He is also accused of attacking civil energy infrastructure,