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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6e38/live/ca132f80-c177-11f1-bed0-05ebd781c53c.jpg”] Trump on Iran: ‘Let them take out LA, let them take out San Diego’ Donald Trump’s remark that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego has sparked fierce backlash from California politicians – and a strongly worded rebuttal from the White House. California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the comment –…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c577/live/e201fb20-c16e-11f1-a003-8be783290413.jpg”] Celtic Connections Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and a special gig by film composer AR Rahman are among the shows unveiled for next year’s Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. The 34th edition of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/2864/live/7a894370-c170-11f1-a003-8be783290413.jpg”] How promotion, relegation and knockouts work in Nations League Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, England are closing in on reaching the knockout rounds of the 2026-27 Uefa Nations League ByJonty Colman BBC Sport journalist Published 8 hours ago England will close in on qualification for the 2026-27 Nations League quarter-finals if they…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4ac4/live/33a7d8a0-c192-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Petko Momchilov / Reuters Two injured crew members from one of the ships have been sent for treatment A civilian cargo ship has sunk and its crew is missing after being attacked by drones in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials say. A second vessel – carrying grain – was also hit within…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/73fd/live/3d7299c0-c16e-11f1-a003-8be783290413.jpg”] Yuya Makino/IceCube/NSF Prof Francis Halzen won for “decisive contribution” to developing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory Belgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe. Halzen led the development of IceCube at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9ff2/live/9164de70-c174-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] AP Agents arrested August Hanning (pictured from 2015) at his home on Tuesday Former German spy chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, treason and obtaining classified information for a foreign power, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office says. Hanning headed the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fa27/live/612fa590-c16b-11f1-a003-8be783290413.jpg”] Joe Daniel Price/Getty York’s historical streets have seen a decline in footfall Visits to York’s tourist attractions and city centre footfall have both declined so far this year compared with 2025, new figures show. Data published by tourism body Make It York showed city footfall monitors recorded 15.08 million visits between January…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/384f/live/df1099d0-c169-11f1-a003-8be783290413.jpg”] Getty Images Asos says it is investigating “unauthorised activity” involving third-party platforms it uses after customers received a notification from its app sent by hackers. Dozens of people told the BBC they received the strange “ASOS HACKED” message from the clothing and beauty store’s app on Tuesday morning – with some saying…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c0d8/live/c6492e40-c0be-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] EPA/Shutterstock Russian drones started to attack Ukrainian passenger trains at the end of last year Ukraine’s railways have kept the country running since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. But attacks are intensifying, with more than half of all strikes on locomotives since then occurring this year alone, according to the state-owned operator.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5d44/live/d0d6b640-c0b2-11f1-b026-53d1506ee826.jpg”] UKCEH The carbon tracking tower will give valuable data on how much carbon the saltmarsh is taking out of the atmosphere New technology has been installed to track how much carbon is being taken out of the atmosphere by Scotland’s largest saltmarsh. The flux tower has been put in place at Caerlaverock…