Advertisements for meat products, such as beef burgers, have disappeared from Amsterdam's streets
Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products. Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations.
At one of the city's busiest tram stops, adjacent to a grassy roundabout bursting with vibrant yellow daffodils and orange tulips, the poster advertising landscape has changed.
The MV Hondius was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde
Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC.
One case of Hantavirus has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation, it said. One British national is reportedly in intensive care.
The outbreak was reported aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde.
Hantavirus infections are usually linked to environmental
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that renewing military strikes against targets inside Iran was "a possibility"
Iran has received a US response to its latest peace proposal, Iranian state-linked media have said.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said the response - which was delivered via Pakistan - was now being reviewed, according to Tasnim news agency.
The US is yet to formally confirm it has replied to Tehran. However, President Donald Trump reportedly told Israel's Kan News on Sunday that it was unacceptable to
The police said it was a "highly dangerous and complex operation"
Police in South Africa have managed to recover human remains after an officer was lowered from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested river in the search for a businessman swept away by floodwater last week.
The reptile suspected to have eaten the missing man had already been killed but Captain Johan "Pottie" Potgieter said it was still a nerve-wracking experience.
After Potgieter had used a rope to secure the animal, both were hoisted away from
The surroundings of Tan Tan, Morocco, which is near where the Americans went missing
Two US service members have gone missing during military exercises in Morocco, the US African Command (Africom) has said.
The missing Americans were participating in African Lion 2026, an annual joint exercise designed to strengthen operations between US forces, Nato allies, and African nations, officials said.
Africom said they were reported missing on Saturday near the Cap Draa Training Area, which is
Ukraine's cities have been subject to regular aerial attacks by Russia
Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine have killed 10 people and injured at least 76 over the past day, reports say.
Officials in five regions around the country reported fatalities as Moscow continues to target Ukrainian cities with regular aerial attacks.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said an oil terminal in northwest Russia had been significantly damaged, while two Russian oil tankers were struck near the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
The 'March and March' demonstration in Johannesburg in April called for all illegal foreign immigrants to leave the country
Nigeria has summoned South Africa's acting High Commissioner over a spate of recent attacks on foreigners in the southern African nation.
Nigeria will formally convey its "profound concern" at a meeting on Monday over incidents in South Africa, saying they could affect existing relations between the countries, .
The meeting will focus on recent marches held by anti-immigrant groups and "documented instances of
Two senior US Republican lawmakers have criticised a decision by the Pentagon to cut 5,000 US troops stationed in Germany, saying it risked undermining deterrence and would send the wrong signal to Russia.
Roger Wicker and Mike Rogers, who chair the Senate and House armed services committees respectively, said that rather than being withdrawn, those troops should be moved further east.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell on Friday said the move followed a thorough review and recognised "theater requirements and conditions on the ground"
Politicians are accused of hiring young people to disrupt opposition activity
On a quiet Wednesday last month, a Kenyan politician stopped for coffee after getting his hair cut in the western city of Kisumu.
Moments later, a group of hooded youths set upon Senator Godfrey Osotsi without warning - punching and kicking him, leaving him badly injured, stripping him of his phones and valuables before vanishing into the street.
The assault was captured on CCTV. Within hours, the footage was everywhere.