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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/94d1/live/06552200-5477-11f1-b287-b773a2980223.jpg”] Getty Images The Prime Minister met Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, secretary general of the GCC, in Downing Street The UK has struck a trade deal with a group of six Gulf states which it says will be worth £3.7bn to the economy. The government said the deal with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7c08/live/ffc31520-5483-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg”] Watch: Cybertruck driver intentionally drives into lake using vehicle’s “wade mode” feature A man has been arrested in Texas accused of intentionally driving his Tesla Cybertruck into a lake to use the vehicle’s “wade mode” feature. The Grapevine Police Department said its officers were called to Grapevine Lake in north Texas on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f31d/live/403b1fd0-5466-11f1-90bc-1d92dab59cbe.jpg”] EPA Putin and Xi Jinping have met more than 40 times For a moment you could have mistaken Beijing for Moscow. As Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping walked the red carpet towards the Great Hall of the People, a Chinese military band played the romantic Russian classic Moscow Nights. “If only you…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5b8c/live/72b9ce20-545c-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg”] Social media Yves Sakila died after an alleged shoplifting incident, with a video circulating online being described as “very disturbing” Protestors will gather in Dublin later on Thursday to once again highlight the death of Yves Sakila. Last week the 35-year-old was detained by a number of security guards over an alleged…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3c74/live/1624e180-5462-11f1-90bc-1d92dab59cbe.jpg”] Reuters The whale, pictured in late April when it was released into the sea Danish environment officials are planning to remove the carcass of a humpback whale from the island of Anholt, as concerns are raised of a potential health risk. The dead whale was discovered last weekend, two weeks after a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/45b2/live/50cba0d0-545d-11f1-a996-23a66636b2cc.jpg”] Europa Press via Getty Images Jonathan Andic has maintained his innocence in the death of his father, who founded the Mango brand When Jonathan Andic, son of the late founder of one of Europe’s biggest clothing empires, posted €1m (£865,000) in bail shortly after being arrested in connection with his father’s death,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6121/live/b510f0b0-544c-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg”] Getty Images The Beatles travel by coach to the West Country in 1967 for some location work on The Magical Mystery Tour film The flute that features on the Beatles’ iconic song The Fool On The Hill is to go under the hammer. Owned by leading British flautist Jack Ellory until his…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c3ee/live/74d107a0-5457-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.jpg”] Video shows far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir taunting flotilla activists There has been international condemnation of Israel’s treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces. The US, the UK, France, Italy and Canada were among the countries which expressed outrage after far-right National Security…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/066d/live/68321050-5459-11f1-a996-23a66636b2cc.jpg”] Getty Images Former US congressman Barney Frank, who famously took on Wall Street and was one of the first known openly gay representatives, died on Tuesday night, US media reports. He was 86. Frank, a Democrat who represented southern Massachusetts in the House of Representatives for over three decades, had been in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/786e/live/09a74090-5432-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg”] s4c Amanda Rees is claiming undisclosed damages from S4C, alleging the broadcaster was “negligent” and “breached statutory duty” to protect her A senior TV executive suffered stress-induced heart failure after her boss “humiliated” and “undermined” her, court documents claim. Amanda Rees is claiming undisclosed damages from publicly-funded S4C, alleging it was “negligent”…