Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Moscow region, says Russia

Vorobiev Live / Telegram A damaged multi-storey residential building in Moscow's region, following a Ukrainian drone attack. Photo: 17 May 2026 Vorobiev Live / Telegram
A multi-storey residential building was hit by a Ukrainian drone in Moscow's region, local officials said

Three people were killed overnight in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Russian officials have said.

A woman died in a house in Khimki, north of the capital, where a person was trapped under rubble, regional governor Andrei Vorobiev said. A man and a woman were killed in the village of Pogorelki.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 12 people were injured in

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Trump-backed challenger defeats Republican senator who voted to convict president

Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images Julia Letlow is seen talking to constituents which smiling and appearing to talk. She is turned to the side and is seen from the shoulder up. She is wearing a red top. Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images

A Trump-backed challenger has defeated a two-term Republican senator who voted to convict the president at his 2021 impeachment trial.

Congresswoman Julia Letlow will advance to a runoff next month, ousting incumbent Bill Cassidy, who President Donald Trump branded a "disloyal disaster" ahead of Louisiana's high-stakes contest on Saturday.

State treasurer John Fleming, another Trump-aligned candidate, also advanced to the Republican runoff for Louisiana's Senate seat.

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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a global health emergency

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province a public health emergency of international concern.

The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency.

WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned there are currently "significant uncertainties to the true number of infected persons and geographic spread" of the outbreak.

The current strain of Ebola is

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'Look Mum, one point': Why does the UK keep getting Eurovision wrong?

Watch: Lights, camera, Bangaranga: Key moments from Eurovision

Another year, another flop. The UK has self-destructed at Eurovision all over again.

Look Mum No Computer, aka musician Sam Battle, got one solitary point, ending up in last place.

It's the third time we've been at the bottom of the table since 2020. We've made the top 10 once since 2010. This is the fourth consecutive year I've written a post

EPA Look Mum No Computer waves a British flag as he walks onto the stage at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest
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Lights, camera, Bangaranga: Highlights from Eurovision

Bulgarian singer Dara stormed to victory in the contest, while Ukraine broke the record for the longest note ever sung at Eurovision.

Secret police and propaganda: The Chinese agents spying on expats in US

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Lawyers for Lu Jianwang say he was using an office in Chinatown to help people renew their driver's licence - but prosecutors say it was a secret police station

The glass-paned office building perched above a ramen store in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown looked inconspicuous on a busy block of Chinese restaurants, grocery stores and apartments.

In 2022, Lu Jianwang, the 64-year-old president of a Chinese community group, set up shop on one of the floors

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The girl group who've sold out venues and toured the world - without releasing a record

Cat Couture A group of eleven female musicians pose together in a studio setting, wearing elaborate and varied neutral toned outfits, arranged around two large harps with several holding traditional instruments such as fiddles. Cat Couture
BIIRD's founder says the group aim to change the image around women in traditional Irish music

BIIRD had never played together when they stepped on stage in Trafalgar Square to face 10,000 people on St Patrick's Day 2024.

Eleven Irish traditional musicians stood side-by-side in elaborate costumes, some meeting for the first time only hours before the performance.

Two years later, the all-female supergroup has sold out venues across the UK and

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Hezbollah drone strike videos show evolving tactics against Israel

Hezbollah has increased its use of small first-person view (FPV) drones to attack Israel, including systems controlled by fibre-optic cables to evade sophisticated defences.

BBC Verify has geolocated 35 videos shared by the Lebanese armed group since 26 March which show strikes on Israeli soldiers, armoured vehicles and air defence systems in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.

Experts told BBC Verify the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has "so far been unable to develop any effective countermeasures", as the small drones can easily bypass

Map of southern Lebanon and north Israel, showing the locations of 35 confirmed FPV drone strikes inside the area of Lebanon occupied by Israeli forces. It also marks the 20km operational range of the drones inside Israel.
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Foreign tourists are falling out of love with Goa - here's why

Getty Images South Goa with hills and palm trees on a bright sunny day. Shot taken near Palolem beach. Getty Images
Goa's overseas tourist numbers have nearly halved from their pre-Covid peak

It is just past noon at the crescent-shaped Palolem beach on the southern tip of Goa's long, sandy coastline. The sun is blinding hot, but that has not deterred the tourist hordes from splashing about in the ocean.

The beachside shacks and cheap backpacker hotels hugging the bay in the state often dubbed India's party capital are full with tourists.

What's different here from some years ago

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Canadian from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive

Reuters Man in full PPE talks to man and woman wearing blue plastic outer clothing and face masks at the entrance to a Menzies Aviation Boeing 767 plane. Reuters
Canadian passengers from the MV Hondius were flown back from Tenerife on 10 May

A Canadian who sailed on the cruise ship MV Hondius which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak in April has tested positive for the disease, officials in the province of British Columbia say.

The individual, one of four people isolating on Vancouver Island after leaving the ship, had developed mild symptoms.

The province's senior health officer said the four had not had any contact with the public since arriving in Canada.

The case

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