Amazon to end support for older Kindles, prompting user outcry

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos launched the Kindle Touch in 2011

Amazon has told owners it will soon stop supporting older Kindle models - a move which has left some users outraged.

In emails from the tech giant, affected users were thanked for being a "longtime Kindle customer" but told devices released during or before 2012 would no longer receive updates from 20 May.

The move will mean owners of older Kindles, including its earliest models such as the Kindle Touch and some Kindle

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Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran?

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In the weeks since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the battle for the narrative over the war's progress has been taking place at the heart of American military power.

From week one, I've been inside the Pentagon press briefings given by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the former Army National Guard Major and Fox News pundit.

From the first update to reporters, when he set out America's war aims, until the latest which followed the announcement of a two-week truce

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Israeli strikes in Lebanon 'grave violation' of ceasefire, Iran minister tells BBC

Watch: Iran's deputy foreign minister speaks to BBC Radio 4's Today programme

An Iranian minister has told the BBC that Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday constituted a "grave violation" of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement.

Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said Lebanon was covered by the two-week deal agreed on Tuesday - something the US and Israel dispute - and said the US must choose "between war and ceasefire".

The Lebanese health ministry has said at least 203 people were

Reuters A rescue worker wearing a helmet and protective gear searches through rubble inside a heavily damaged multi-storey building with collapsed walls, twisted metal and debris.
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Al Jazeera condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in Gaza

EPA A Palestinian man attempts to put out the fire that engulfed a car after an Israeli drone strike the killed Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, and one other person, in Gaza City, northern Gaza (8 April 2026) EPA
Witnesses said Mohammed Wishah was driving along Gaza's coastal road when his vehicle was struck

Al Jazeera has condemned the killing of one of its Palestinian journalists in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, describing it as a "deliberate and targeted crime".

Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for the Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, and one other person were killed in a drone strike on a vehicle in Gaza City on Wednesday, the Qatar-based network and local health officials said.

The Israeli military alleged


Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers

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Protesters against the bill held signs outside congress which said: "La Ley de Glaciares no se toca" [hands off the glacier law]

Argentina's Congress has passed a controversial amendment making it easier to mine in glacier regions, a move environmentalists say weakens protections for crucial water sources.

The pioneering Glacier Law, approved in 2010, prohibited all mining and exploration activities in glacier regions by protecting them as water reserves.

The reform shifts the responsibility of defining protected glacier areas from

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Trapped miner rescued from flooded Mexican tunnel after 14 days

Watch: Miner rescued alive after 14 days trapped in collapsed mine

Mexican army divers have rescued a miner from a flooded underground tunnel two weeks after he was first trapped.

Francisco Zapata Nájera, 42, was stuck 300m (985ft) below ground after an embankment collapsed at the gold mine in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Video of the rescue shows him standing in waist-deep water, telling his rescuers that he never lost faith during his ordeal.

The search continues


Oil prices rise as concerns grow over 'fragile' US-Iran ceasefire

Shutterstock A woman pumps gas at an Exxon station in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 2026. Shutterstock

The cost of petrol and diesel has continued to rise as motorists wait to see if the US-Iran ceasefire leads to cheaper prices at the pump.

initially after an agreement to pause the conflict was announced, but rose on Thursday due to concerns over whether the ceasefire would hold.

The price of oil remains much higher than pre-war levels and drivers have been warned not to expect a significant drop in costs soon.

However, one motoring group has said fuel prices could start to fall over the next couple of


Best-selling The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals true identity

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Freida McFadden, whose real name is Sara Cohen, chose her pseudonym after a medical database called Freida

One of the biggest mysteries in publishing has been solved, after the best-selling US author known to millions of readers as Freida McFadden revealed her true identity.

McFadden has been one of the world's most popular authors of recent years, thanks to thrillers like The Housemaid.

The author has never made a secret of the fact Freida McFadden is a pseudonym, and that she also works as a doctor,


BBC at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut

At least 182 people were killed and 890 others wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Artemis crew returning to Earth with 'all the good stuff' from Moon discoveries

Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space

The Artemis II crew said they have "many more pictures" and "many more stories" to share with the world as they prepare to return to Earth.

The four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft have completed their mission around the Moon and are expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego on around 20:00 Friday US EST (00:00 GMT).

Speaking to media from space on , the mission