Thousands of people who have poured into the city of el-Obeid hoping to find shelter from Sudan’s raging civil war have found themselves under threat again, amid warnings that paramilitary fighters are preparing to descend on the army-controlled city. Clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the military has escalated in the North…
New fossil discoveries at Gran Dolina cave in northern Spain show that cannibalism practised by an ancient human relative called Homo antecessor was not limited to children, as earlier evidence had suggested. Researchers recovered two dozen bones and teeth belonging to this now extinct species, which lived in Europe between roughly 1.2 million and 770,000…
At least 13 people have been killed after a 6.8 earthquake struck the island of Kyushu on Tuesday, with some people still missing and thousands displaced from their homes. BBC’s Jake Kwon explains what has happened in the 24 hours following the initial quake – and why the death toll is expected to rise. Read…
While there was no official US confirmation of military assistance to Ukraine, Zelenksy said afterwards that Trump had agreed to give Ukraine licences for domestic production of Patriot missiles. “He accepted that he will give us licences,” Ukraine’s leader told Fox News, “and then I had a meeting with representatives of production, very strong military…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington DC for talks with President Donald Trump about the future of the conflict with Iran. The meeting comes amid signs of growing friction between the two leaders. Trump has publicly criticised Israel for continuing strikes in Lebanon and ignoring a ceasefire. And recent polling suggests public…
A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island on 28 July, forcing more than 150,000 people to evacuate. The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge. More than 40,000 households are without power and several people are missing after a chimney collapsed at a paper factory…
These laboratories, where Mexicans have been working, have since been uncovered in Kenya, Mozambique and in South Africa. Since 2023 “we’ve seen…14 Mexican-operated labs in total [being raided]. We saw the one in 2023 [in Mozambique], we saw six more in 2024, we saw two in 2025 and we’ve seen five this year,” Griego said….
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a ban on new foreign-made humanoid robot imports to the US over “unacceptable risks” to the country’s national security. The move applies to advanced robots – including humanoid and four-legged machines. Many of them are made in China, which is competing with the US to develop robotics and artificial…
Iran has launched “multiple” ballistic missiles in an “attempted surprise attack” on American forces in the Middle East, the US military said, shattering a lull in the fighting. The attack occurred at 17:45 EDT (21:45 GMT) on Tuesday, with all missiles “successfully intercepted”, said US Central Command (Centcom), which did not disclose any locations of…
Zoo conservationists have bred 300 near-extinct tiny snails and introduced them back into the wild. Just 21 Madeiran lands snails were found clinging to a rock on Portugal’s Bugio Island. They were believed to be the last of their kind. Experts at Chester Zoo said they had to brave treacherous conditions and climb cliffs to…