Watch: Footage from across Iran shows scale of strikes

Footage verified by the BBC and news agencies shows large explosions in Iran following US and Israel strikes.

Mafia boss behind notorious murders in Italy dies behind bars in Milan

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Mafia boss Nitto Santapaola spent more than 30 years behind bars

One of Italy's most notorious and ruthless Mafia bosses, Benedetto Santapaola, believed to have masterminded the murder of one of Italy's most famous anti-mafia prosecutors in 1992, has died in prison aged 87.

"Nitto" Santapaola was caught after years on the run in 1993, and spent more than 30 years behind bars for instigating a series of killings and other attacks.

Known as il cacciatore

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Zelensky fears Trump's Iran war could hurt Ukraine

James Landale Diplomatic correspondent in Kyiv

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Russia has fired thousands of Iranian-designed Shahed drones at cities across Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the war in the Middle East could leave Ukraine struggling to source air defence missiles.

He also said there was "a risk" Ukraine's allies could be distracted by the conflict, and forget his country's defence against Russia's full-scale invasion.

"We could find ourselves having difficulty obtaining missiles and weapons to defend our skies," he told Italian newspaper

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Mexican drug lord 'El Mencho' buried in golden coffin

Vanessa Buschschlüter Latin America digital editor

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Some mourners concealed their identities with face masks

Infamous Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho", was buried in a golden casket by his family on Monday.

The cartel leader died after being wounded in a firefight between his bodyguards and Mexican special forces personnel deployed to capture him in late February.

The 59-year-old founder of the feared Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was the country's most-wanted man, while

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US nationals urged to leave Middle East as conflict spreads

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Hundreds of thousands of foreigners - including many tourists - are currently stranded in the Middle East

The US has urged its nationals to immediately leave most of the Middle East due to "serious safety risks", as the US-Israeli war against Iran widens.

On Monday, the US State Department said Americans should "depart now via commercial means" from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,

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OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash

Chris Vallance and

Laura Cress , technology reporters

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OpenAI says it is making changes to the "opportunistic and sloppy" deal it struck with the US government over the use of its technology in classified military operations.

But it has raised questions over how AI is used in war and how much power rests with government and private companies.

A statement made on Saturday by OpenAI its agreement with the Pentagon had "more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's".

But on Monday, Altman

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India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders

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Senior judges at the Supreme Court in Delhi have threatened consequences over the use of AI

India's Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge was found to have adjudicated on a property dispute using fake judgements generated by artificial intelligence.

The top court, which was responding to an appeal by the defendants, will now examine the ruling given by the lower court in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

The Supreme Court called the case a matter of "institutional concern" and said fake AI-generated judgements had


Why Europe's leaders have struggled to speak as one on Iran

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Katya Adler Europe Editor

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US sanctions Rwanda's military and top commanders over fighting in DR Congo

Emery Makumeno , BBC Africa, Kinshasa ,

Alfred Lasteck , BBC Africa and

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The US accuses Rwanda's army of training, arming and fighting alongside the M23 rebels

The US has imposed sanctions ‌on the Rwandan army and four of its senior commanders, accusing them of fuelling the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Fighting has persisted despite a US-brokered peace deal in December between the Congolese and Rwandan governments aimed at ending the long-running conflict in eastern DR Congo

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US-Israel war with Iran widens as strikes continue

The crisis in the Middle East has widened after Israel and the US attacked Iran on Saturday with major strikes.