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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has apologised to the Spanish people after an escalating corruption scandal brought down a senior Socialist party colleague.Sánchez, who has led Spain since 2018, said there was no such thing as "zero corruption", adding he...

A New York judge declared a mistrial on a rape charge in Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes trial after one juror refused to continue deliberations over an alleged attack in 2013 on actress Jessica Mann.The jury had found Weinstein guilty...

André Rhoden-PaulBBC NewsHindustan TimesA man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency.Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor who was in seat...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed the first Chinese bishop of his papacy, signalling that he will continue a historic agreement that sought to improve relations between the Vatican and China.Both sides have hailed the appointment of Fuzhou Auxiliary Bishop...

AFPIsrael stopped all deliveries of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to Gaza on 2 March and resumed its military offensive two weeks later, collapsing a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.It said the steps were meant to put pressure on the...

ReutersAn Air India passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India on Thursday.More than 240 people were on board the flight when it was involved in what the airline has called a...

An Air India passenger plane crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, not long after departing for London's Gatwick airport, Indian media and officials reported. The airline confirmed only that the...

The global nuclear watchdog has found Iran has failed to meet its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years.A resolution passed by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) carries the threat of...

A large fire broke out at a motorcycle parking lot in Chongqing, southwest China on Wednesday. Footage shows flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky, as bystanders watch the blaze erupt. The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes...

Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps after US funding cuts reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels, a United Nations official has told the BBC. The impact is starkly visible at a...