Young guns for hire - the teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe
The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.
The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.
Pastore, who played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero in the hit US show, was found at his home in New York City, US media report.
English long jumper Jazmin Sawyers overcomes previous major championship disappointments to win Commonwealth gold.
After commentators claim England's Dimeji Shittu was "robbed" in the Commonwealth Games final, is judging helped by artificial intelligence the answer?
As Europe faces its worst wildfires in decades, Australia offers lessons in disaster preparedness.
Those killed included 11 passengers and two pilots flying over the famous archeological site, recognised by UNESCO.
Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal.
The small plane was flying over the Nazca Lines archaeological site when it crashed, according to local reports.
French wildfires show signs of easing, with containment efforts holding in Var and Gironde after destructive blazes.
14 Peaks star Nirmal Purja has died in an avalanche while leading 10 climbers up Broad Peak mountain in Pakistan.
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Green offered a remarkable apology, saying that "the level of dopamine that I've been getting from interacting with LLMs ... is not healthy for me or good for the world."
Defending champion Kyren Wilson beat Zhao Xintong 10-8 in a thrilling match to set up a Shanghai Masters final against world number one Judd Trump.
The US president pushes back after a federal prosecutor says damage caused by 'botched' installation, not vandalism.
England's Lottie Woad and Charley Hull are both in contention going into the final round of the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
Apple's new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is changing.
Prime minister’s sweeping powers for local mayors could lead to ‘new principles’ for running England
Neil Fachie won his second gold medal of these Commonwealth Games on an afternoon of high drama and painful scrapes in Glasgow.
More than 58,000 children have lost one or both parents by Israel's war, highlighting urgent humanitarian challenges.
Charley Hull makes a late charge up the leaderboard with back-to-back birdies in the third round of the AIG Women’s Open.
At least 9 people have been killed and dozens injured in Russian missile strikes on Kyiv.
How Utah novelty grew into national trend, fuelled by customisation, social media, desire for affordable social spaces.
Emma Finucane became the first Welsh woman to win three gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games with victory in the 1,000m time trial.
Max Dowman dazzled with a goal and an assist as Arsenal recorded a dominant 4-1 win against Girona in their first pre-season game at Montilivi in Catalonia.
A bipartisan bill to impose tough new sanctions on Russia is making progress in the U.S. Senate. But concerns over how the bill grants President Trump new tariff authorities is complicating the path.
Brentford confirmed the signing of Mali midfielder Mamadou Sangare from Lens for a club record fee.
Watch highlights as Enzo Maresca loses his first match in charge of Manchester City following a defeat on penalties to Inter Milan after a 1-1 friendly draw in Hong Kong.
The renewed agreement ensures crude flow of 750,000 barrels a day through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline, officials confirm.
Mourners on Wednesday carried a coffin draped in the Iranian flag during a funeral for those killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces in Mosul, Iraq.
Ethan Nairne defeats his compatriot Benjamin Levy in an all-English men's -73kg final to win gold at the Commonwealth Games.
The current strain has so far killed 1,587 people, and there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment.
Watch all 13 Premier League goals scored by new Chelsea signing Danny Welbeck last season, including three against his new club.
Attacks kill four as Gaza Health Ministry condemns 'heinous' strike on medicine stores, days after disarmament deal.
Davis Riley shot a seven-under 63 to reach 15 under on Saturday and take a one-shot lead going into the final round at the Rocket Classic in Detroit.
President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella pledges to pursue harsh crackdown on rebel groups and criminal organisations.
Former officials will appeal sentences handed down for neglecting intelligence warnings before the deadly attacks.
Former West Ham co-owner David Gold's daughter Vanessa confirms plans to sell shares to a consortium headed by ex-Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley.
After working for a department store, she switched to archaeology and made important discoveries about prehistoric clothes and gender roles.
Our Madrid bureau chief, Jason Horowitz, visits the coastal town of Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa where there has been an unprecedented influx of migrants crossing the border from Moro...
A SEAL Team 6 mission conducted in 2019 in North Korea was detailed in a New York Times article last year.
Police cases, social media takedowns and online abuse have followed many who took part in India’s youth protests.
Team Northern Ireland boxer Jon McConnell tells BBC Sport NI of his decision to reject Love Island to pursue his childhood dream of winning Commonwealth gold, which he achieved with a split decisio...
Israeli strike destroys medical supplies warehouse at Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, staff say.
Jazz Chisholm Jr's New York Yankees' team-mates tell him regularly just how good he is - but will Team GB get the benefit?
Backlash to FIFA's private investment plan for World Cups and events was huge; now football reacts to U-turn's fallout.
Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's mayor after winning Thursday's by-election.
The president of football’s governing body was expected to stand for re-election unopposed, but now criticism is mounting
Spain’s foreign minister maintains 'the integrity of the Schengen area is absolutely guaranteed'.
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Iranian media say retaliation plan ready after US media suggest potential imminent attacks against civilian sites.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone reflects on the unravelling of Gianni Infantino's plans to sell off stakes in Fifa competitions.
Nearly three years of open-ended war have made obedience inside the Israeli military increasingly conditional.
The Nepali-born climber was known for scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.
Great Britain win gold medals in the women's four and PR3 mixed coxed four races at the European Rowing Championships, while a men's four development team also claim victory.
‘The people’s boy band’ are petitioning the US government for an ‘extraordinary abilities’ visa for singer Darshan Magdum, who lives in IndiaThe screams of hundreds of fans waving glowing pink orbs...
Who is tipped to replace Gianni Infantino after the World Cup investment plan crisis?
These natural, organic mattresses are eco-friendly alternatives to conventional models and just as comfortable.
US President Donald Trump mimicked missile interceptions as he described the US military shooting down Iranian missiles.
PM says 'misled children' need to be shown 'the right path' as his supporters dox and abuse protesters on social media.
Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketingPubs, restaurants and supermarkets are having to buy lettuce and broccoli from Spain at w...
The stories in Mrs Leicester’s School, written by a woman who killed her own mother, were suffused with grief, and finally triggered mine as I was teaching a class of studentsWhen my dad went into...
Heat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe – as well as unearthing some surprisesBaking temperatures and drought across large swathes of central and eas...
More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.
England's netball team fell to a 61-54 defeat to New Zealand in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games.
Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.
In a world of plasticky water filter pitchers, I tested three new-generation stainless steel filter systems.
From coup to conflict - how decades of rivalries and miscalculations have shaped one of today’s most dangerous wars.
Errands get us out of our homes and into the world, on missions providing both serendipity and satisfaction.
On Dreo’s summer flash sale from August 1 to 3, a great misting fan and an even better air fryer are at the lowest prices we’ve seen them.
The Reform UK leader is keeping a low profile and his approval ratings have sunk since Burnham took office. What’s the outlook for the Clacton byelection?This time last year, Nigel Farage was makin...
Iranian Kurdish groups based in Iraq have been heavily attacked in the war, but most deny US assistance.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has entered a Martian valley covered by an astonishing “sea” of tiny polygon-shaped fractures. The honeycomb patterns, each only a few inches wide, stretch across the landsca...
Behind Tunisia’s enforced calm, anger is growing over repression, economic decline and collapsing public services.
England's netballers miss out on a place in the Commonwealth Games gold-medal match after a 61-54 semi-final defeat by a powerful New Zealand side.
Primordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that these events could explain chemical patterns seen in...
Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?
Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping 2019 Easter bombings.
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a dignified transfer last month for Army soldiers killed while deployed to Jordan last month.
Paul Sanasardo in 1969. He acknowledged that he was interested in intensity: “It is at extremes that we reveal ourselves,” he said.
A banner in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar featuring the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of the U.S.-Iran war.
As his 12th feature film, I Want Your Sex, hits theaters, the cult gay film-maker is as fired up as everIs straight sex the most perverse sex of all? Gregg Araki’s new film makes a convincing case....
Shift from Westminster risks weakening scrutiny as regional titles battle hostility, big tech and ‘news deserts’Greater support for local media is needed to hold mayors and councils to account unde...
Scientists discovered unusually high water-vapor supersaturation inside deep tropical clouds, creating conditions in which tiny aerosol particles could intensify storm updrafts. The finding suggest...
Kaveh Solhekol provides the latest update as FIFA scrap plans to sell off part of the World Cup to private investments.
Cameron Norrie's promising run at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico ends with a three-set semi-final defeat by defending champion Denis Shapovalov.
Christopher Nolan’s smash hit epic has continued to excite and enrage everyone from rightwingers to academics, an old-fashioned throwback to a uniting big-screen eventPeter Bradshaw reviews The Ody...
The Pulitzer-winning author of Less and Villa Coco explores the art of writing humour – plus 10 of the best novels to make you laughIn March 2020, when the mayor of San Francisco instructed all cit...
Boxer Tarona Taafaki has won Tuvalu their first ever Commonwealth Games medal as she took bronze in the women's 75kg boxing division.
In a referendum Tuesday, voters are being asked to raise the bar for ballot initiatives - a measure backed by Republicans after years of seeing voters allow abortion, expand Medicaid and allow gami...
Two nominations to watch: President Trump's of Todd Blanche to be U.S. Attorney General, and who Michigan Democrats will choose Tuesday to campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Liverpool's pre-season under Andoni Iraola is ramping up - and here is what we learned from the first open training session under their new boss.
Asian Football Confederation says FIFA future must be 'shaped through proper consultation' after World Cup plan fallout.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has abandoned his controversial plan to sell a stake in future World Cup profits to private equity investors after fierce opposition from football's governing bodies.
Spurs only just avoided Premier League relegation last season, but off the pitch they are thriving. So is building a new stadium a good way around spending rules?
Private White VC’s James Eden says PM should not be criticised for wearing a high-quality British-made brandIt has not yet been two weeks since James Eden, the founder of the Manchester men’s cloth...
Rebecca Lucy Taylor leads David Hare’s rock’n’roll drama, Michaela Coel tells us Chewing Gum Dreams and Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo stars in a murder mysteryLike a time capsule crowbarred open...
Labour veteran is said to relish role that requires careful negotiation of Trump and impending G20 leadershipExtraordinarily, given the importance of geopolitics, the office of foreign secretary ha...
An avalanche struck Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains, on Thursday.
Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden is aiming to "repay" the faith shown to him by the club as he looks forward to a "fresh start" under new boss Enzo Maresca.
Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheetMPs and mayors close to Andy Burnham have told the prime minister there is a “third w...
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.
Dakota Ditcheva outclasses Denise Kielholtz as the Briton marks her return from injury with a comfortable win by unanimous decision at PFL New York.
The Commonwealth Games men's mile is infused with intrigue and history - and as the event returns in Glasgow it looks set for a compelling final.
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A poetic coming-of-age tale haunted by racial profiling among the Asian community in Luton, while a BBC documentary unearths troubling allegations against the high-profile celeb. Here’s the pick of...
Your friendly neighbourhood superhero spins a new web of adventures, and the singer returns from Oz with her hopeful eighth albumSpider-Man: Brand New DayOut now The – sequel to No Way Home mainta...
With a prime minister raised in a tradition that emphasises our mutual dependency, we may finally have a leader who can address the anomie gripping our countryLike Andy Burnham, I was once an enthu...
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As Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed vie for the Democratic nomination, voters are debating which way the party should go: establishment or insurgent; progressive or more moderate; new media or old.
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
Staff Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad is one of a handful of service members who've recently died in the conflict with Iran. Her family says she knew from a young age she wanted to serve in the military.
Police detained several protesters in Lahore, Pakistan as they rallied in solidarity with Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters at the ASEAN meeting in the Philippines last month.
Exhausted firefighters wage ‘war of attrition’ against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes By noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and...
Labour Party overtakes Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in some polls after new prime minister finds feel-good tone
Daily trades jump in July as FTSE 100 hits record high
Leopold Aschenbrenner thought AI-related stocks would go one way; they went the other. The mistake was funding the trades with debt
External threats should make western societies less polarised in future
A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
New regulations require companies to label chatbots, deepfakes and AI-generated marketing material
Humala and his wife were sentenced to 15 years last year after being convicted of money laundering.
Two members given ‘stern warnings’ after concert and barred from returning, with band also excluded from performing in Singapore again, say authoritiesBritish trip-hop band Massive Attack has been...
Houthis say Red Sea route remains free to use, pushing back on report of new shipping fees.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil explains why Gianni Infantino has backed down on his controversial investment proposal.
Scientists studying magma from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma have discovered that extreme heat can dramatically change how an eruption unfolds. When magma becomes superheated, it can diss...
How FIFA President Gianni Infantino was forced abandon his World Cup equity plan after seismic backlash across football.
Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least two Palestinians, hours after Hamas agreed to a draft peace deal.
President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.
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