Drone jammed near French aircraft carrier was probably Russian, says Sweden

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor

AFP via Getty Images A large ship moored at a quay in Malmo in Sweden AFP via Getty Images
The Charles de Gaulle, equipped with Rafale fighter jets, has never docked in Sweden before

A drone jammed by the Swedish military after it was spotted near a French aircraft carrier docked in Malmo was "probably" Russian, Swedish defence minister Pal Jonson has said.

The French military said the drone was spotted seven nautical miles (13km) from the Charles de Gaulle carrier, which has never visited Sweden before and is due to take part in Nato exercises in the region


'They seized everything': Yemen's Houthi rebels drive aid groups to the brink

Sally Nabil Cairo correspondent, BBC Arabic

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Yemen is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

Amina has been fighting to keep alive what's left of her humanitarian lifeline in Yemen. She feels heartbroken to see the aid group she founded years ago falling apart.

"I remember how 1,600 poor families were deprived of cash because the Houthis insisted on getting a share of the money," she says.

Like many other local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Amina'

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The AI videos supercharging Russia's online disinformation campaigns

Daria Mosolova BBC Monitoring

Social Media A grab from video depicts Dr Read speaking to the camera while standing outside next to a brick building and red railings, with the text 'hello, I'm Alan Read,' overlain in the bottom as subtitles. Social Media
A legitimate reel posted by King's College London was manipulated with an AI-generated voice-over of Dr Read, and the doctored version shared in a Russia-linked synthetic video

As any habitual social media user, King's College London professor Alan Read did not pay much heed to the occasional deepfakes that would flash up on his feed. Sometimes he would report them, other times he would simply scroll past.

Until one day, an obscure account tagged him in a video

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India and Israel pledge to boost ties in defence and technology

Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in New Delhi, India on February 25, 2026. Getty Images
India and Israel concluded over a dozen bilateral agreements during Modi's two-day visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India and Israel would deepen cooperation in defence and artificial intelligence as he concluded a two-day visit to Israel.

Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu said in a on Thursday that their countries would work towards pursuing a free trade agreement.

"We've taken a historic decision to elevate our time-tested partnership to a Special Strategic Partnership," Modi said in a post on X


Epstein tried to buy a palace in Morocco days before his arrest in 2019

Emir Nader and

Samuel Owers , BBC Eye Investigations

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Bin Ennakhil, located in the luxury Palmeraie neighbourhood of Marrakech, has been described as an architectural masterpiece

Jeffrey Epstein tried to buy a multimillion-dollar palace in Morocco the day before his arrest in 2019, according to documents released by the US Department of Justice last month.

Epstein had pursued acquiring Bin Ennakhil since 2011, but disputes with the seller over the price and purchase arrangement dragged on for years.

The grand palace in

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Blackouts and emergency aid: Why the Cuban Revolution faces its biggest threat yet

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Will Grant Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent

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Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover

Danielle Kaye , Business reporter and

Nardine Saad , Los Angeles, California

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Netflix has backed away from its proposal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, clearing the way for Paramount Skydance to win a months-long battle for one of Hollywood's most storied studios in a deal worth around $111bn (£82.2bn).

Warner Bros, which put itself up for sale last year, on Thursday said Paramount's latest bid was "superior" to the one from Netflix, which

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China removes nine military officials ahead of key political meeting

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Since coming to power, Xi has launched waves of anti-corruption drives

China has removed 19 officials, including nine from the military, from its list of lawmakers ahead of its biggest annual political meeting next week.

The removals were announced by the country's top legislative body, the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

No official reason for the removal has been given, but it comes just weeks after President Xi Jinping removed Zhang Youxia, his highest-ranking general and also one


Watch: Key moments from Hillary Clinton's Epstein deposition

The BBC's North America correspondent Nada Tawfik, reporting from Chappaqua, New York, explains what we know about Clinton's closed-door testimony.

BBC explains the Trump-related Epstein files the DOJ is accused of withholding

The BBC's Tom Bateman explains what Trump-Related Epstein files the Department of Justice is accused of withholding.