Vance says Israeli PM Netanyahu 'has got some things wrong'

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The US vice-president's remarks were published by CBS News ahead of the interview's full broadcast

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "certainly gotten some things wrong", US Vice-President JD Vance has said, as ties between the two partners in the war against Iran appear to have become strained in recent weeks.

While Vance would not provide examples, he told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that Netanyahu "aggressively asserts the interests of his country" but that they were


Nigeria evacuates citizens from South Africa as anti-migrant sentiment rises

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Many African migrants are living in fear in South Africa

Nigeria has become the latest African state to repatriate some of its citizens from South Africa following a rise in anti-migrant sentiments in the country.

A flight carrying 268 Nigerians has landed in Lagos after leaving Johannesburg on Thursday morning. The passengers were part of around 1,000 people who the Nigerian consulate in South Africa says have registered to be repatriated.

Ghana, Zimbabwe and Malawi have already carried out evacuations, ahead of a 30 June

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A sneak peek inside Mexico’s iconic Azteca Stadium before World Cup kickoff

The BBC's Will Grant got access inside the renovated venue ahead of the first game of the tournament.

Three Indian sailors killed in US strike on oil tanker

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Centcom posted what it said was footage of the strike on the ship's engine room

Three Indian sailors who were reported missing have been killed after the US military struck a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, a federal minister has said.

The Palau-flagged MT Settebello came under attack on Wednesday after the US military accused it of not complying "with directions from American forces". There were 24 Indian crewmen on board of which 21 were rescued.

In a post on X , India's Shipping


Pope Leo heads to Canary Islands to highlight perilous journeys of migrants

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Bakary Jaiju left behind his wife and child, crossing the Atlantic for the Canary Islands to find "a better life"

Bakary Jaiju was 19 when he climbed into a wooden boat in the Gambia and set out for Europe. He would be at sea for seven frightening days as his supplies of food and water gradually ran out.

"You can't even sleep in case you fall in," he recalled, now in Tenerife after finally reaching the Canary Islands late last year in search of a "better

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Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

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There have been questions over whether justice has been served by the verdict

A court in Thailand has found two men guilty of carrying out the country's worst ever terrorist attack and sentenced them to death.

The two men, both from China's Uyghur minority, were convicted of planning and detonating a powerful bomb on the evening of 17 August 2015, next to a shrine in central Bangkok that is popular with foreign tourists.

Twenty people were killed and more than 120 were injured.

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Knicks fans go wild as New York team makes biggest comeback in NBA Finals history

Which celebrities cheered on the Knicks in Game Four of the NBA Finals?

A star-studded crowd saw the New York Knicks record the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history on Wednesday night, beating the San Antonio Spurs by one point in the last 1.2 seconds of the game, after trailing by 29 points.

It was game four of the feverish best-of-seven NBA Finals – the first finals the Knicks have hosted in 27 years.

The final score of 107-106

Getty Images New York Knicks fans celebrate outside Madison Square Garden after their team's Game 4 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals in New York.
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Social media on trial: Four important cases to watch

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Social media is under intense legal scrutiny

When social media started to take over the internet 20 years ago, it was widely hailed as a game-changing technology that would connect people across divides and make information more accessible.

Today, companies like Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, Google, owner of Youtube, and Snapchat, along with relatively newer platforms like TikTok, Discord and social gaming platform Roblox, are facing thousands of lawsuits in the US over claims that they have instead harmed users, children in

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Family of British toddler criticises police as Australian inquiry into cold case murders begins

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Cheryl Grimmer was three when she disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in January 1970

The brother of a British toddler who disappeared from an Australian beach has told an inquiry the family has lived with the consequences of police failure for more than 50 years.

"If [the police] had done their job in 1971, we would have known the truth years ago," Ricki Nash told a New South Wales (NSW) parliamentary inquiry looking into cases of unsolved murders and long-term


Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says

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The rare Tapanuli orangutan was only discovered in 2017 - but researchers fear it could be headed for extinction

Four days of extreme rain and landslides in the Indonesian island of Sumatra have pushed the world's most endangered great apes even closer to extinction, says a study.

Research suggests that 58 of less than 800 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans, or around 7% of the total species, were killed as a result of the extreme weather event last November.

Those are conservative figures, and

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