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4 dead, including officer in Midtown attack

Christal Hayes & Rachel Hagan BBC News Watch: NYPD say officer killed in the line of duty was a ‘hero’ A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle has stormed a skyscraper…

Thailand accuses Cambodia of violating hours-old ceasefire

Thailand has accused Cambodia of “deliberately” violating a ceasefire the two countries had agreed on Monday to end border clashes that have killed at least 33 people and displaced thousands.…

Sewage spill caused deadly train derailment in Germany, police say

Three people have been killed and several others badly hurt after an overflowing sewage shaft caused a landslide that derailed a passenger train in south-west Germany, local authorities say. Prosecutors…

Five killed in Bangkok market mass shooting

Five people were killed in a mass shooting at a food market in Bangkok on Monday. The suspect in the attack at Or Tor Kor Market took his own life,…

Southern European heatwave fans multiple wildfires

Greece and Turkey are among the countries battling wildfires as temperatures spike in southern Europe. It reached 42.4C in central Greece on Sunday and neighbouring Turkey recorded its highest ever…

Nigeria bandits kill 38 hostages even after ransom paid

Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people they abducted from a village in northern Zamfara state despite ransoms being paid for their release, a local official told the…

Pro-Ukraine hacker group claims cyber-attack

Russia’s national airline, Aeroflot, said it had cancelled dozens of flights after pro-Ukrainian hackers claimed an attack on the carrier’s IT systems. A statement from hacking group Silent Crow said…

Israeli rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza

Emir Nader BBC News, Jerusalem Reuters B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel presented the findings at a news conference in Jerusalem Two leading Israeli rights organisations have said Israel’s conduct…

BBC’s Jeremy Bowen goes onboard a plane dropping aid

The BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen boarded a Jordanian military plane dropping humanitarian aid into Gaza. He was told by the Jordanians that Israel did not want our crew to…

Gaza experiencing ‘real starvation’, Donald Trump says

David Gritten BBC News, Jerusalem Reuters Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief, said most of the UN’s food lorries were looted by desperately hungry Palestinians after entering Gaza on Sunday There…