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Iran says it has seized two cargo ships in Strait of Hormuz after three vessels attacked

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it is escorting the seized ships to the Iranian coast. Earlier, Donald Trump said he was extending the US-Iran ceasefire.


The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is seen at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, May 18, 2022

EU approves €90bn loan for Ukraine as pipeline is turned on ending deadlock

Ukraine says it has reopened the Druzhba pipeline, after months of stalemate over stalled oil supplies to neighbouring Hungary.

4 hrs ago
Europe
Two of South Korean Air Force's F-15K fighter jets flying during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day in Seongnam in 2024

South Korean fighter jets collided due to pilots taking pictures, report finds

One of the pilots has been fined thousands of dollars by the military to cover repair costs.

7 hrs ago
Asia

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 summer flights as fuel prices surge

The airline is the latest to cut flights as the US-Israel war with Iran sends jet fuel prices soaring.

31 mins ago
Business

No cartels involved - but Mexico's pyramid attack prompts new concerns

The deadly shooting at a popular tourist site weeks before the World Cup has rocked Mexico.

41 mins ago
Latin America

Hay fever misery does last longer - here is how to cope

Symptoms are lasting for up to two weeks longer than in the 1990s, according to a major report - so what can you do about the pollen bomb?

5 hrs ago
Health

Why police are seeking to arrest billionaire K-pop mogul behind BTS

Bang Si-hyuk, who created the supergroup, denies defrauding investors before his $7.3bn company went public.

17 hrs ago
Asia

Only from the BBC

A man in a jacket looks out from a balcony in Rome, with St Peter's Basilica in the distance (Credit: Getty Images)

Is Italy the new tax haven for the global rich?

With the war in the Middle East hurting the Gulf states, Italy has become an even more attractive location for the rich.

A tangle of USB cables with the end of each passing through a yellow cable organiser (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)

This is why your charging cables keep breaking

Charging cables are the most overlooked technology in your life, until they break and you're stuck with a dying phone. Here's how to take better care of them.


Discover the World

San Jose still

San Jose: A shipwreck worth billions on the ocean floor

Three centuries ago, a Spanish ship sank off the coast of Colombia but its treasure has never been recovered.
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Global News Podcast, US announces a ceasefire extension with Iran

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The Interview, The Interview, Dr Kalema-Zikusoka, wildlife vet: Saving gorillas

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Witness History, Witness History, Canada's war in the woods

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Introducing Searching for Soldier Dad

Business Daily, Business Daily, Why Kenya is betting on geothermal power

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In Iceland's Defence

Business Daily, Business Daily, The new fitness tourism

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Americast, Americast, Americanswers… on 5 Live! Is insider trading corrupting Trump's White House?

Americast

Americanswers… on 5 Live! Is insider trading corrupting Trump's White House?


More news

Singapore Changi Airport's Jewel complex and control tower rise above landscaped gardens and an elevated walkway (Credit: Getty Images)

What makes Changi the world's best airport?

Singapore's Changi Airport is famous for its waterfall, butterfly garden and seamless transit. But its real competitive edge is behind the scenes.

3 hrs ago
Travel
China's new exports take on the world

China's new exports take on the world

A new generation of Chinese goods are riding a new wave as they become globally recognisable brands.

4 hrs ago
World of Business

Virginia approves redistricting measure, boosting Democrats' hopes for midterms

The new maps approved by the state's voters could allow Democrats to flip as many as four House seats.

2 hrs ago
US & Canada

Mexico officials say Teotihuacán gunman carried material related to US mass shooting

The gunman visited the archaeological site repeatedly and appeared to act alone.

12 hrs ago
World
Philipp Lienhart (left) Shurandy Ruggerio Sambo (middle) and Martin Odegaard (right) wear Austria, Cuaracao and Norway kits.

50 days until World Cup - pick your favourite kits

BBC Sport has highlighted some of the most interesting kits which will be seen at this summer's World Cup. Pick your favourites.

7 hrs ago
Football
Trump seen holding a Bible during his 2016 campaign for president

Trump participates in marathon Bible reading

Amid a quarrel with the Pope and criticism for a social media image, Trump shared a passage during a week-long event of reading the Bible.

17 hrs ago
US & Canada
Close up image of students using laptops in a classroom.

Los Angeles becomes first major US school district to limit classroom screen time

The school district, which serves about half a million students, is looking to reduce its reliance on devices after the pandemic.

1 hr ago
US & Canada

Must watch

Iranian spokesman Esmail Baghaei

'No decision' on joining talks with US, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman tells BBC

Esmail Baghaei expressed concern regarding the US’s naval blockade of its ports and the seizure of an Iranian vessel.

World
Black bear hangs on to a tree.

Watch: Black bear caught in net after falling from tree

A black bear in Albany, New York, climbed a tree in a residential neighbourhood and was tranquillised before falling into a net held by wildlife and law enforcement officials.

US & Canada
Splitscreen which shows reporter Mimi Swaby on the left and a picture of several men on trial in a prison

Mass trial for 486 alleged gang members begins in El Salvador

Footage released by the attorney general's office shows large groups of men in prison attending the trial via video link.

Latin America
An unidentified man is robbing a Red Roof Inn hotel.

Polite thief thanks clerk after Ohio hotel robbery

Surveillance video shows the suspect starting the exchange with "How are you doing?" and saying "thank you", as he leaves.

US & Canada
Split screen. D4vd is on the left and Shaimaa Khalil is on the right.

'Every parent's nightmare' - What we learned from the charges against D4vd

BBC's Shaimaa Khalil reports from Los Angeles as singer David Burke pleads not guilty to the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

US & Canada
A blue hot air balloon lands in a backyard.

Hot air balloon makes emergency landing in California backyard

"Look at that, wow!" - A couple in Temecula woke up to find a balloon boarded with 13 people behind their home on Saturday.

US & Canada
The finish line of a race, one man with no top behind the ribbon and another runner just going through the ribbon.

Victory slips away as marathon runner celebrates too soon

The dramatic end to the Delaware Marathon occurred when the lead runner slowed in celebration before a trailing marathoner sprinted toward the finish line .

US & Canada
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Inside the world's only floating national park

Loktak Lake in India is a living mosaic of floating islands home to the only floating national park on Earth.

World of wonder

Culture

Herb Alpert playing the trumpet (Credit: Getty Images)

The kitsch '60s act that dominated the US charts

In the middle of the 1960s rock revolution, a jazz trumpeter smashed chart records and briefly became bigger than the Beatles. Now aged 91, Herb Alpert talks to the BBC.
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Earth Day

An illustrated anatomical sketch of a person inside a home surrounded by clouds of microplastics (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)

How to consume less plastic

Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and into meat and vegetables. But there are things we can do to eat less of them.

A super-group of humpback whales at the surface (Credit: ChrisFallows.com)

Humpback whales were nearly wiped out. Now their numbers are skyrocketing.

A large glacier next to a large rock, with a river basin below

'Every drop of water counts': Fear for the future of Argentina's glaciers

How Earth Day was born


US & Canada news

A picture of Kevin Warsh during his confirmation hearing.

From Epstein to sock puppets: Key takeaways from Kevin Warsh's Fed confirmation hearing

He denied making a deal with Donald Trump on interest rates and backed "policy regime change" at the central bank.

Woman and child jumped off roof to escape deadly Louisiana shooting

The Onion launches new effort to turn Infowars into parody website

Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as US labour secretary


More world news

A generic image of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Two cargo ships upon the horizon, water in the foreground.

Iran says it has seized two ships in Strait of Hormuz after vessels attacked

One of the cargo ships was 'heavily damaged' by Iranian forces, a British maritime agency reported on Wednesday.

Taiwan president cancels trip after African countries revoke flight permits

Thirteen killed in second India fireworks blast in three days

Domestic workers legally recognised in Indonesia after '22-year struggle'


Business

A cargo ship is seen on the horizon in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz closed again, Iran says, as ships attacked

Iran is blaming a US blockade for the closure, saying it breaches the ceasefire reached between the two countries.

$150 trains will have 'chilling effect' on World Cup

What people in power think the impact of the Iran war will be

Finance ministers and bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model


Sport

Liam Rosenior

Rosenior position increasingly uncertain at Chelsea

Liam Rosenior's position as Chelsea head coach is becoming increasingly uncertain, sources have indicated to BBC Sport.

Real Madrid's Tchouameni on Man Utd radar

O'Sullivan breezes through to set up Higgins tie

Record ticket prices announced for a European Ryder Cup


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More than the Score

Julia Paternain: The marathon runner putting Uruguay on the athletics map

FPL Podcast from BBC Sport, Fantasy 606, Bunk beds, headbutts and haircuts

FPL Podcast from BBC Sport

Bunk beds, headbutts and haircuts

BBC Women's Football Weekly, Jill Scott’s Coffee Club, Six points for England, the WSL run-in and Arsenal meet Lyon again

BBC Women's Football Weekly

Six points for England, the WSL run-in and Arsenal meet Lyon again

Football Daily, 72+ EFL Awards special

Football Daily

72+ EFL Awards special

More than the Score, More Than The Score, Is the NFL draft key to reviving the fortunes of failing franchises?

More than the Score

Is the NFL draft key to reviving the fortunes of failing franchises?

The Wayne Rooney Show, The Wayne Rooney Show, Arsenal Fans Need To Do BETTER & City Celebrations Too MUCH?

The Wayne Rooney Show

Arsenal Fans Need To Do BETTER & City Celebrations Too MUCH?

Test Match Special, Big changes for the England Test team?

Test Match Special

Big changes for the England Test team?

Football Daily, MNC: Manchester City close in on Arsenal

Football Daily

MNC: Manchester City close in on Arsenal


Technology

An in-game screenshot from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, showing two men holding guns against a red skyline.

Xbox cuts prices for Game Pass but ends day-one Call of Duty access

New Call of Duty games will be added to the subscription service "about a year" after release, Microsoft said.

AI hacking tools like Mythos can be 'net positive' says UK's top cyber official

UK gaming icon Peter Molyneux on AI, his final creation and a changing industry

Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI


Science

Black-and-white photo of Albert Hofmann in a suit and tie examining a collection of rocks on a shelf in 1976 (Credit: Getty Images)

The 'bizarre' story of the world's first LSD trip

Dr Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a "terrifying" bicycle ride home from the laboratory.

'It felt like science fiction': The cancer therapy changing lives

From blast-off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon

The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy


Culture

Meryl Streep in a grey blazer as Miranda Priestley in Devil Wears Prada 2 (Image Credit: 20th Century Fox)

Why The Devil Wears Prada 2 press tour should worry fans of the original film

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is the most anticipated film of 2026 so far. But the publicity campaign suggests the original's satire has been softened – along with Meryl Streep's toxic boss villain.

She was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished

The eight best films of 2026 so far

Why this 16th-Century painting isn't what it seems


Arts

The Triumph of Bacchus by Michaelina Wautier. A crowd surrounds Roman god Bacchus, who is reclining in the centre. Amongst the humans are satyrs, a donkey and a goat. (Credit: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

These artworks are by women - men got the credit

For centuries, The Triumph of Bacchus was misattributed then hidden – now it is at the centre of a major exhibition. Here are five groundbreaking artworks wrongly attributed to men.

A cheat's guide to... Picasso's Guernica

Inside the hotel where Agatha Christie wrote a classic

Inside the largest private gothic palace in Venice


Watch

Getty Images 1015836388

Inside the world's only floating national park

Loktak Lake in India is a living mosaic of floating islands home to the only floating national park on Earth.
See more

Travel

A postcard-style image of a Native American dancer in bright pink regalia with the words "Greetings from" and a Route 66 shield in the corner (Credit: First Americans Museum/ Serenity Strull/ BBC)

The Route 66 story you haven't been told

As the Mother Road celebrates its centenary, Indigenous voices are revealing overlooked histories and creating new ways for travellers to experience the road.

How Tarzan Brown conquered the Boston Marathon

The travellers mapping their holiday by the stars

Meet the 98-year-old 'Angel of Route 66'


World's Table

A thick T-bone steak sits against a black background, scattered with red peppercorns, rock salt and herb (Credit: Alamy)s

Which country can claim steak?

From Japan to Argentina to the US, nations around the world have put their own stamp on the mouthwatering meat – making beef a destination in itself.

Inside the Turkish city built on 'green gold'

The rare 'dinosaur egg' returning from extinction

Congee to consommé: Why every culture has a healing broth


Earth

Sunflower growing in front of city building (Credit: Alamy)

The UK is losing wildflowers. Can cities save them?

The amount of green space for wildflowers in the UK has shrunk amid the rise of modern agriculture. But wildflowers are thriving where other plants can't – cities.

The team saving Welsh native species in case the apocalypse wipes them out

A look back at incredible pictures by Doug Allan, late Planet Earth cameraman

As chlamydia threatens koalas, one island offers hope


Video

The race to send Europe’s first orbital rocket into space

Inside the Nordic base key to Europe's orbital space race

Tech Now witnesses a rocket launch at Esrange Space Centre, a key player in Europe's unfolding space race.

Charli XCX's parents went to raves with her as a teenager

Baby Pachyrhinosaurus struggles to survive in the wilderness

The family-run Slovenian business that conquered ski jumping


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