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Brazil’s Lula urges Russia’s Putin to ‘go to Istanbul and negotiate’
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to press his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend negotiations with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkiye, adding to calls on Moscow to enter talks and end its three-year war.
Lula is expected to stop in the Russian capital on the way back from attending a regional forum in China.
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BBC cameraman haunted by Gaza’s malnourished children captures Israeli strike on hospital
The war’s horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed by my brave colleagues in Gaza.
The urge to avert our gaze can be overpowering. But the cameramen who work for the BBC cannot turn away, and on Tuesday one of them became a casualty himself. For their safety we do not reveal the names of our colleagues in Gaza.
Our cameraman was not seriously wounded, but that was a matter of luck. The Israeli bombs launched into the car park of the European Hospital in Khan Younis killed and wounded dozens.
The Israelis say the leader of Hamas was hiding in a command-and-control compound under the hospital. The army said it conducted a “precise strike” – and blamed Hamas for”cynically and cruelly exploiting the civilian population in and around the hospital”. Hamas denies such charges.
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Wisconsin judge indicted on allegations she helped man evade ICE agents
A judge in the United States has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings after she was accused of helping an undocumented migrant evade authorities.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, 66, was arrested last month after prosecutors said she hindered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who showed up to arrest the man without a judicial warrant outside her courtroom.
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Judge cuts Menendez brothers’ sentences giving them chance of parole
A Los Angeles judge has reduced the sentence of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion, making them eligible for parole.
Judge Michael Jesic resentenced the brothers to 50 years to life. A decision on their potential release must next be made by the state parole board, which will hold a hearing in the case next month.
The district attorney had argued vehemently against a lower sentence, saying the brothers were not rehabilitated. The Menendezes claimed they killed Kitty and Jose Menendez out of self-defence after years of sexual abuse.
The case, which has prompted books and documentaries, still divides many Americans.
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Libya’s prime minister asserts control after deadly Tripoli violence
A day after deadly clashes shook Tripoli, Libya’s United Nations-recognised government in the west of the country has begun asserting control following the reported killing of powerful militia leader Abdelghani al-Kikli, also known as Gheniwa.
The Emergency Medicine and Support Centre confirmed it retrieved six bodies from the Tripoli neighbourhood of Abu Salim on Tuesday, after heavy fighting erupted across the capital the previous night and into the early morning. Explosions and gunfire echoed through the southern part of the city as rival armed factions clashed for several hours.
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‘Go back to Ukraine’: War refugees complain of abuse in Poland
Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland.
“Even when we moved to another area, she didn’t want to change schools,” says the 31-year-old Ukrainian mother. “She liked it so much. There was no bullying.”
Now she says the atmosphere at the school – and in Poland overall – has changed.
“Two weeks ago, she came home and said “One boy said to me today, ‘Go back to Ukraine’.” Svitlana was astonished.
She is one of dozens of Ukrainians living in Poland who have told the BBC that anti-Ukrainian sentiment has risen considerably in recent months.
Many described experiencing abuse on public transport, bullying in schools and xenophobic material online.
A polarising presidential election campaign has added to the tension, with the first round of voting taking place on Sunday.
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Uruguay’s José Mujica, world’s ‘poorest president’, dies
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89.
The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his modest lifestyle.
Current President Yamandú Orsi announced his predecessor’s death on X, writing: “thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people.”
The politician’s cause of death is not known but he had been suffering from oesophageal cancer.
Because of the simple way he lived as president, his criticism of consumerism and the social reforms he promoted – which, among other things, meant Uruguay became the first country to legalise the recreational use of marijuana – Mujica became a well-known political figure in Latin America and beyond.
His global popularity is unusual for a president of Uruguay, a country with just 3.4 million inhabitants where his legacy has also generated some controversy.
In fact, even though many tended to see Mujica as someone outside the political class, that was not the case.
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Campaigners take UK to court over export of F-35 components to Israel
The United Kingdom’s government is facing a High Court challenge over the export of F-35 jet components used by Israel.
Co-claimants Al-Haq, a Palestinian rights organisation, and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) are behind the case.
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Céline Dion sends message to Eurovision as favourites Sweden qualify
Céline Dion made a rare appearance during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest with a brief, pre-recorded message.
The star won the contest for Switzerland in 1988, and it had been rumoured she would take the stage as the ceremony returns to the country this year.
“I’d love nothing more than to be with you,” she said in a video, apparently ruling out that possibility. “Switzerland will forever hold a special place in my heart. It’s the country that believed in me and gave me the chance to be part of something so extraordinary.”
The semi-final saw 10 acts qualify for Saturday’s grand finale, including Swedish entrants KAJ, whose song Bara Bada Bastu is the runaway favourite.
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Trump administration cuts another $450m in Harvard grants in escalating row
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has slashed another $450m in grants from Harvard University, amid an ongoing feud over anti-Semitism, presidential control and the limits of academic freedom.
On Tuesday, a joint task force assembled under Trump accused Harvard, the country’s oldest university, of perpetrating a “long-standing policy and practice of discriminating on the basis of race”.
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How real is the risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan?
In the latest India-Pakistan stand-off, there were no ultimatums, no red buttons.
Yet the cycle of military retaliation, veiled signals and swift international mediation quietly evoked the region’s most dangerous shadow. The crisis didn’t spiral towards nuclear war, but it was a reminder of how quickly tensions here can summon that spectre.
Even scientists have modelled how easily things could unravel. A 2019 study by a global team of scientists opened with a nightmare scenario where a terroristattack on India’s parliament in 2025 triggers a nuclear exchange with Pakistan.
Six years later, a real-world stand-off – though contained by a US-brokered ceasefire on Saturday – stoked fears of a full-blown conflict. It also revived uneasy memories of how fragile stability in the region can be.
As the crisis escalated, Pakistan sent “dual signals” – retaliating militarily while announcing a National Command Authority (NCA) meeting, a calculated reminder of its nuclear capability. The NCA oversees control and potential use of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Whether this move was symbolic, strategic or a genuine alert, we may never know. It also came just as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly stepped in to defuse the spiral.
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Plane crash victims’ families file complaint against Jeju Air CEO
Some families of those killed in a Jeju Air plane crash last December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people, including South Korea’s transport minister and the airline’s CEO, for professional negligence.
The 72 bereaved relatives are calling for a more thorough investigation into the crash, which killed 179 of the 181 people on board – making it the deadliest plane crash on South Korean soil.
The crash was “not a simple accident”, they allege, but a “major civic disaster caused by negligent management of preventable risks”.
Nearly five months on, authorities are still studying what may have caused the plane to crash-land at Muan International Airport and then burst into flames.
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Is Trump allowed to accept $400m luxury plane as a gift?
US President Donald Trump has said his administration wants to accept a plane worth an estimated $400m (£303m) as a gift from Qatar, calling it “a great gesture” that he would be “stupid” to turn down.
The potential move has been labelled “wildly illegal” by some members of the rival Democratic Party – something the White House denies – and it has attracted criticism from some of Trump’s supporters.
Qatar itself earlier said the reports about the plane were “inaccurate”, and that negotiations were continuing.
The news comes as Trump visits several countries in the Middle East, including Qatar.
BBC Verify has been looking into the legality of presidents accepting gifts.
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Canada’s Carney unveils cabinet of familiar and fresh faces amid US trade war
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled his cabinet, promising “decisive action” on his ambitious economic agenda, amid a trade war with the US.
The new cabinet of 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state heralds some significant changes, including a new foreignminister to handle the US-Canada relationship.
The reshuffle, two weeks after the election, brings some familiar names as well as political newcomers – a team “purpose-built for this hinge moment”, Carney told reporters.
There are 24 new faces in cabinet, including 13 first-time MPs. Several veterans of former PM Justin Trudeau’s government, such as Melanie Joly and Chrystia Freeland, return to cabinet.
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The Philippines has voted – now the game of thrones begins again
As the noise and colour of a two-month election campaign subsides, a game of thrones between the two most powerful families in the Philippines resumes.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, and his Vice-President, Sara Duterte, are embroiled in a bitter feud, and a battle for power.
As allies they won a landslide victory in the last presidential election in 2022.
But as their relationship has fractured – he accusing her of threatening to assassinate him, she accusing him of incompetence and saying she dreamed of decapitating him – this mid-term election has become a critical barometer of the strength of these two political dynasties.
And the results were not great news for the Marcos camp. Typically incumbent presidents in the Philippines get most of their picks for the senate elected in the mid-term election. The power of presidential patronage is a significant advantage, at least it has been in the past.
But not this time.
Only six of the 12 winning senators are from the Marcos alliance, and of those one, Camille Villar, is only half in his camp, as she also accepted endorsement from Sara Duterte.
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Toxic algae kills more than 200 marine species in Australia
More than 200 marine species off the coast of South Australia (SA) have been killed by a weeks-long toxic algae explosion, in what conservationists have described as “a horror movie for fish”.
The algal bloom – a rapid increase in the population of algae in water systems – has been spreading since March, growing to about 4,500 sq km (3,400 sq miles), or roughly the size of nearby Kangaroo Island.
“It’s an unprecedented event, because the bloom has continued to build and build,” said Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist.
Other scientists say the algae produces poisons which “act like a toxic blanket that suffocates” a wide range of marine life, including fish, rays and sharks.
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US cuts tariffs on small parcels from Chinese firms like Shein and Temu
President Donald Trump has slashed the tariff on small parcels sent from mainland China and Hong Kong to the US, just hours after the world’s two biggest economies said they would cut levies on each other’s goods for 90 days.
The new tariffs on small packages worth up to $800 (£606) have been cut from 120% to 54%, according to a White House statement.
The flat fee per parcel will remain at $100, while a $200 charge due to apply from 1 June has been cancelled.
Chinese online retail giants Shein and Temu had previously relied on the so-called “de minimis” exemption to ship low-value items directly to customers in the US without having to pay duties or import taxes.
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British tourist to be deported from Israel
A British tourist is facing deportation from Israel after allegedly entering a closed military area and threatening security forces, Israeli authorities say.
Janet Adyeri, 35, who was named by Israeli media, was detained in the Southern Hebron Hills area in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
After being questioned she was found to have posted anti-Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sentiments on social media and to belong to an organisation calling for the boycott of Israel, police said.
Israel’s immigration authority said Adyeri would be kept in a detention centre, and is expected to be deported within the next 24 hours.