Nato says 'no provision' to expel members after report US could seek to suspend Spain

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Nato says there is no provision for member states to be suspended or expelled from the military alliance after a report said the US could seek to suspend Spain over its Iran war stance.

Reuters quoted a US official who said an internal Pentagon email had suggested measures for the US to punish allies it believed had failed to support its campaign.

A Nato official told the BBC that the organisation's founding treaty "does not foresee any provision for suspension of Nato membership, or expulsion".

Spain'


UK biobank data incident caused by 'a few bad apples', boss says

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Professor Sir Rory Collins told the BBC that, as Biobank's boss and also a participant, he is "angry" and "upset" about the data breach

Datasets containing de-identified information about its volunteers made available to researchers at three academic institutions were found to have been posted for sale on Alibaba last week, the government said on Thursday.

It said the listings were "swiftly" removed before any purchase took place but the charity is now facing scrutiny over how the incident occurred.

Sir Rory told the

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Watch: Powerful tornado barrels through northern Oklahoma

The weather phenomenon struck parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people near the state's northern border, according to the National Weather Service.

Key suspect in notorious Tadamon massacre during Syria civil war arrested

Footage emerged in 2022 showing Syrian soldiers leading victims, bound and blindfolded, to a pit before shooting them. The video became one of the most direct pieces of visual evidence of extrajudicial killings by then government forces.


Judge dismisses Smokey Robinson's defamation claim against rape accusers

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Smokey Robinson pictured at the premiere for the new Michael Jackson film biopic in Hollywood this week

A US judge has dismissed veteran singer Smokey Robinson's defamation claim against four former housekeepers who have accused him of sexual assault.

The women sued the Motown star, 86, last year for sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence, and police opened an investigation.

He denied the "vile, false allegations" and filed a $500m (£370m) countersuit, claiming


'A dangerous standoff' as Strait of Hormuz blockade continues

The US and Iran's rival blockades of the Strait of Hormuz have become a "test of wills", says Lyse Doucet.

In pictures: North India braces for heatwaves as temperatures cross 40C

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A woman in Delhi covers her head with a cloth to protect herself from the sun

India's weather department has said that parts of northern India, including capital Delhi, are likely to experience heatwaves over the weekend.

The weather department has also warned of above normal temperatures in some states in central and western India, including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, for the next two to three days.

Summers can be deadly in India, where the scorching heat causes various heat-related ailments in people and

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Briton in Netflix's 'Con Mum' faces fresh charges in Singapore

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Hanna (whose face has been scratched out in this image) was arrested after the release of the Netflix documentary Con Mum

A British woman who was charged with fraud after allegedly conning multiple people – including her son – to fund her lavish lifestyle will face further charges in Singapore.

Dionne Marie Hanna's alleged victims accuse the Singapore resident of taking their money with the promise they would be reimbursed through her inheritance from Brunei's royal family.

The 85-year-old, who was arrested and after being


Woman trapped in poo for three hours after outback toilet collapses

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A file photo of a pit latrine, or long-drop toilet, in rural Australia

A woman who was taking a toilet break while on a road trip in the Australian outback ended up getting stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine after it collapsed.

She was "trapped in the sewage pit for approximately three hours, until [she was] rescued by a local tradesman who happened to be passing by," authorities in the Northern Territory said.

The woman, who was with her husband


South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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This AI-generated photo prompted authorities to urgently relocate their search operation for Neukgu

South Korean police have arrested a man for sharing an AI-generated image that misled authorities who were searching for a wolf that had broken out of a zoo in Daejeon city.

The 40-year-old unnamed man is accused of disrupting the search by creating and distributing a fake photo purporting to show Neukgu, the wolf, trotting down a road intersection.

The photo, circulated hours after Neukgu went missing on 8 April,