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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/60d0/live/caaed220-ca5d-11f1-852c-2b93a8fc4799.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images At least 17 people have been killed and many more injured in a crush at an event in the Indian city of Kolkata to mark the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, officials say. The incident occurred during sudden rainfall, which witnesses say prompted a surge of people to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d6ac/live/03c510f0-ca5a-11f1-852c-2b93a8fc4799.jpg”] Getty Images Demonstrators set fire to Lyon’s local tourism office, according to the AFP news agency and local media Disorder broke out in cities across France on Saturday during the latest day of demonstrations against education standards and the cost of living. At least 400 people were arrested during what the French…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15c7/live/4f318350-ca52-11f1-852c-2b93a8fc4799.jpg”] Reuters Masked settlers are accused of attacking the convoy A delegation of European diplomats has been attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice. The Israel Defense Forces…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/ecba/live/d20cec20-ca51-11f1-852c-2b93a8fc4799.png”] Boos and bananas on day of defiance at Man City To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Haaland nets double as Man City go six points clear at the top ByNeil Johnston BBC Sport football reporter Published 5 hours…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/efa2/live/2f1908c0-ca45-11f1-81dd-07b2258f847d.jpg”] Watch: Police issue warning after fisherman killed by alligator in Florida A 71-year-old man has been killed by an alligator while fishing in a park in central Florida, police have said. The man was fishing near Lake Apopka in the town of Winter Garden when the 3.7m (12ft) alligator came up to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/a3ff/live/157a6f70-ca3c-11f1-9ab2-b325ce61f9d2.jpg”] Chelsea’s Martinez taken to hospital for ‘precautionary tests’ Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Emiliano Martinez joined Chelsea from Aston Villa for £7.5m By Nizaar Kinsella Football reporter at Hill Dickinson Stadium Published 8 hours ago Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was taken to hospital for “precautionary tests” after suffering what boss Xabi Alonso said…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bc8a/live/6921a380-c8a4-11f1-929c-0b57deb4f9df.png”] PA Media Four family members of the English famliy died in the arson attack at the home in Waterford on Tuesday A man and a woman have appeared in court, charged in connection with a fatal arson attack in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. Cian Stacey, 21, of no fixed abode,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/42a7/live/0ba95eb0-8762-11f1-b2ab-0dd01740f9f6.jpg”] Supplied Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane Further members of staff have been sacked by an NHS trust for inappropriately accessing medical records of the Nottingham attacks victims. Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and grandfather Ian Coates, were stabbed to death on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/17c3/live/a1eb45a0-ca24-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Getty Images The government must do more to protect key infrastructure against “hybrid attacks” from Russia, a former national security adviser has told the BBC. Lord Ricketts said more money should be spent on the defence budget, as well as improving the resilience of energy, transport and air traffic control. He warned…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8c6c/live/9aad8f70-ca31-11f1-9ab2-b325ce61f9d2.jpg”] Reuters Pope Leo XIV has been discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, just four days after an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his lung. The 71-year-old walked unaided to his waiting car, stopping to speak to well-wishers. The Vatican said the Pope will give the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing to…