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The UN’s nuclear watchdog chief yesterday expressed concern about possible Israeli targeting of Iranian nuclear facilities. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi said Iran closed its nuclear facilities on Sunday over “security considerations”, and that while the facilities reopened on Monday, IAEA inspectors were being kept away “until we see that the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Madeline Halpert & Kayla Epstein BBC News, New York Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial has begun with half of a group of potential jurors ruled out within minutes on impartiality grounds. Mr Trump denies falsifying business

Israeli government handout By Ido Vock BBC News Israel’s war cabinet has met to discuss its response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack. Israel did not make public whether a decision had been reached. Its allies have strongly condemned Iran’s actions, but urged Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to show restraint. While Iran has signalled it

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Georgina Rannard BBC climate reporter Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll. It has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By James Gregory BBC News The UK joined Israel’s defence against Iran in order to prevent an escalation of the conflict, Lord Cameron has said. RAF jets intercepted a small number of drones bound for Israel in

ReutersCopyright: Reuters We’re expecting Donald Trump to speak at the courthouse at any moment. For the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the line between the campaign trail and the courtroom has almost entirely vanished. The president has held impromptu press conferences before and after his mandatory courthouse appearances. His team has fired off fundraising emails

Rohan Anderson By Tiffanie Turnbull, Jay Savage, Simon Atkinson, Emily Atkinson In Sydney and London The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say. Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with

Reuters By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House The White House has warned Israel that the US will not participate in any retaliatory strikes on Iran, senior administration officials have said. Over 300 drones and missiles were fired at Israel overnight, which Iran said was in response to an 1 April strike on its

Reuters By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor Israel’s war cabinet has used a tried-and-trusted phrase to describe its next moves against Iran. Israel would respond “in the manner and at the time of our choosing”. Benny Gantz, the opposition leader who joined the war cabinet after the Hamas attacks of 7 October, emphasised the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Doug Faulkner BBC News Iran has warned Israel that any “reckless” retaliation to its unprecedented aerial attack would receive a “much stronger response”. More than 300 drones and missiles were launched at Israel by Iran overnight,

Reuters By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The Israeli military says 99% of the missiles and drones fired by Iran overnight were intercepted without hitting their targets. Iran said the assault was in response to a deadly attack on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria two weeks ago. Where this goes next from here depends

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Tom Spender BBC News For the first time ever, Iran has carried out strikes against Israeli territory. In the middle of Saturday night, air raid alerts went off in Israel, residents were urged to seek shelter

Sirens were activated in Jerusalem at around 01:45 local time (23:45 BST). Loud explosions were heard with the air defence systems shooting down objects over the city, and multiple interceptions lit up the night sky. Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel in a retaliatory attack, the Israeli military has said.

EPACopyright: EPA In an address to the nation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military is “ready for any scenario”. “Citizens of Israel, in recent years, and especially in recent weeks, Israel has been preparing for a direct attack by Iran,” he says. “Our defensive systems are deployed; we are ready for any scenario,

Getty Images By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Westfield Bondi Junction looked exactly like it usually does on a Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of people crammed into the centre – packs of teenagers, parents with grumbling kids, and weary customers sneaking a caffeine hit between shops. Just minutes from Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach, this is one

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Tiffanie Turnbull & Katy Watson, in Bondi, & Doug Faulkner in London BBC News Eyewitnesses have described scenes of chaos as they fled a busy Sydney shopping mall where a knifeman killed six people and wounded