At least five killed in fire at Antwerp apartment block, say police
At least five people have died and several others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a 10-storey block of flats in Antwerp, Belgian police say.
Thick smoke was seen billowing from the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district, after the fire broke out just before 10:00 (08:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
Dramatic video showed a man clambering from his balcony through a neighbour's window to escape the black smoke.
Police say more than 2
Three die in Mexico City World Cup celebrations
A 19-year-old woman is among three people to have died from suffocation during World Cup celebrations in Mexico City on Tuesday.
A 48-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man also died after crowds descended on the city following the country's 2-0 victory over Ecuador, the capital's health authority said on Wednesday.
More than one million people took to the streets, mainly around the Angel of Independence monument in downtown, to mark the country's
Sudan's RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says
Amnesty believes RSF fighters committed grave human rights violations in and around el-Fasher during its 18-month siege of the city.
"Children were not collateral damage of this violence – often, they were deliberately targeted and have suffered immensely. They have been killed, injured, raped, abducted, and forcibly recruited on a massive scale," said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's secretary general.
In its report that details dozens of accounts of more than 200 survivors, Amnesty said evidence gathered
Canada celebrates its birthday as Mark Carney battles to keep it intact
Canadians are gathering across the country to celebrate Canada Day, commemorating the birth of the nation 159 years ago. But beneath the festivities, twin challenges are testing the country's unity.
In the western province of Alberta, a restive separatist movement has gained momentum, and in a few months, Albertans will vote in a referendum on provincial sovereignty.
In Quebec, the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois is currently ahead in the polls for the upcoming provincial election. The party has pledged to hold a third referendum on independence by
Anthropic says US lifts export ban on its advanced AI tools
The US government has lifted export controls on Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, just weeks after ordering it to restrict access to them over national security concerns, the company has said.
Anthropic said in a social media post that it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Wednesday after being notified that the US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on the two models.
They are the firm's most advanced AI tools, which were abruptly suspended on 12 June over
Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office
US President Donald Trump made more than $1bn (£750m) last year from business dealings in cryptocurrency, according to his mandatory financial report for 2025.
In a 927-page disclosure, he reported $635m in royalties from a Trump meme coin that has plunged in value since he launched it days before taking office.
He also reported over $500m in income from World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm founded by his own sons and the
Afghan Taliban launch strikes on border with Pakistan as tensions escalate
Afghanistan's Taliban regime said they have carried out strikes on targets along the border with Pakistan, injuring several people in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.
Pakistan's military said it had shot down four rudimentary drones and warned any further provocation "would receive a befitting response". The BBC has been unable to independently confirm the attack.
The strikes come after Pakistan launched its own airstrikes on Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 28 civilians, according to the UN.
Tensions have reignited in the region after months of relative
A plane crashed into a tower in Beijing but China is not saying what happened
Even those aviation firms that confirmed to the BBC that authorities have grounded light aircraft operations since the incident did not wish to say more.
"We were told to not speak about it. Please ask others," said a lady at a flight training institute in Beijing.
Another firm in Chengdu declined to specify which authority the instruction came from, and promptly ended the call.
Beijing enforces a permanent no-fly zone of roughly 100 sq km (39 sq miles) over its political core covering Tiananmen Square
US Supreme Court has dealt heavy defeats to Trump, while expanding his power
In each of these cases, Trump and his team had pushed the boundaries of presidential authority, often incorporating novel or seldom-used legal theories to back up their actions.
Trump's birthright citizenship revocation cut against more than 125 years of Supreme Court precedent interpreting what most legal scholars thought was clear language in the US constitution.
His tariffs, which were imposed and retracted by presidential decree, collided with recent Supreme Court rulings that major new policies had to be explicitly approved by Congress.
Trump's attempts to
Three-year-old rescued and taken to hospital six days after Venezuela quake
The rescue comes well after the initial three-day period immediately after the quake during which experts say people trapped under debris have the best chance of being found alive.
La Guaira is one of the hardest hit areas, with many local people trying to carry out rescue efforts themselves .
The UN's refugee agency said on Tuesday that food shortages were widespread, basic services had broken down and communications had been largely severed in La Guaira.
"Community tensions are rising as access to assistance remains constrained," the UNHCR said