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Nine staff members working for the UN’s aid agency for Palestinian refugees have been fired after an investigation found they may have been involved in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. The possible involvement of some UNRWA workers in the attack has been investigated since January, when Israel raised the allegations against the main aid

Simone Biles has missed out on a fourth gold medal of the Paris Olympics after falling during her balance beam routine. The US gymnastics sensation fell off the apparatus midway through her routine in the women’s balance beam final – which was won by Italian Alice D’Amato. Biles, 27, had already secured golds in the

Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled to India following weeks of deadly protests in the country. Reports of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 76, resigning were confirmed by the army, as well as Bangladesh High Commission Officials in Delhi. According to the country’s leading national paper, she and her sister took a military helicopter to

Fresh violence in Bangladesh has left dozens dead and hundreds injured as internet services are shut down and a nationwide curfew is imposed. Almost 100 people were reportedly killed on Sunday as student protesters calling for the prime minister’s resignation clashed with police and ruling party activists. The country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo,

US President Joe Biden has said he hopes Iran will back down from threats of retaliation against Israel to avert a serious war in the Middle East. Tensions are rising in the region after Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Iran has pledged to avenge his death, with its

Donald Trump has agreed to hold a debate with Kamala Harris, after she said she was “ready” to take him on. Mr Trump had previously said he would not debate Ms Harris – the current vice president and likely Democrat nominee for November’s election – because she was not the official candidate. But Ms Harris

A British citizen, who was freed in the biggest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War, has urged people not to “mix up Vladimir Putin’s regime with Russia”. Speaking in Bonn, Germany, Vladimir Kara-Murza was critical of how the Russian president rules the country, which he said, does not represent the entire population. “The

In Gaza there is only one place left for civilians to go. It is called al Mawasi, a collection of fields, sand dunes and broken buildings that have been overwhelmed by a great blanket of humanity. According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), around 1.9 million have squeezed themselves into this territory. Israel has designated

There are few experts in the region who are not anticipating a response to the back-to-back assassination strikes killing high-ranking figures in Hamas and Hezbollah. It seems inevitable after twin audacious attacks in two capitals – one admitted by the Israeli authorities, the second not but widely blamed on them. The tens of thousands who

The family of a teacher not included in a landmark prisoner swap between Russia and the West have demanded “immediate action” from US President Joe Biden. Some two dozen people from countries including Russia, the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus were involved in the biggest exchange between the West and Moscow since the

Israel’s prime minister has warned aggressors face a “heavy price” – after separate strikes killed the political leader of Hamas and a senior Hezbollah commander. Hamas and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Ismail Haniyeh had been assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday morning. Although the strike is widely assumed to have been carried out

At the start of the Gaza war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel would go after the leaders of Hamas wherever they were, both inside Gaza and out. Though Israel has not claimed responsibility, the killing of the leader of the political wing of Hamas – Ismail Haniyeh – is a

Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran, the group has confirmed. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were “assassinated” in the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported. In a statement, Hamas said he was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. The assassination

The Israeli military targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in retaliatory strikes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces claimed the commander of the armed group was “responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams” – referring to the strike on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Team GB have won their first gold of the Paris Olympics, in team eventing. Successfully defending the gold medal they won in Tokyo, Tom McEwen and JL Dublin, Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo and Laura Collett and London 52 held off the challenge of France to take top spot. A total of 15.8 penalties incurred

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term, the country’s electoral authority has said – despite several exit polls which had pointed to an opposition win. The head of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, said Mr Maduro had secured 51% of the vote, beating his opponent Edmundo Gonzalez, who won 44%. He said

Lebanon is once again on tenterhooks. Indeed, the whole region is. And there are very few who will bet against yet more bloodshed in the coming days and weeks. But will Saturday’s deadly strike on a football pitch in the occupied Golan Heights be what tips the region into all-out war? Middle East latest: ‘All-out

The Israeli military says it has struck Hezbollah targets “deep inside” Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon. “Overnight, the IAF struck a series of Hezbollah terror targets both deep inside Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon, including weapons caches and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Chabriha, Borj El Chmali, and Beqaa, Kfarkela, Rab El

At least 10 people, including children, have been killed in a rocket attack on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, according to an Israeli rescue official. The Israeli military said all of those killed in the Druze village of Majdal Shams were aged between 10 and 20. The attack on the football pitch

Lady Gaga sang in French and played the piano as she performed at the Olympics opening ceremony on the banks of the River Seine. The US superstar – the first musical act at the event – was joined by a host of dancers shaking pink pompoms. For the first time in Olympics history, the ceremony