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News imageFILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026.
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Iran says Strait of Hormuz is 'open' as Trump says US blockade will continue until deal reached

Oil prices drop after Iran's announcement. Meanwhile, the US president says on social media that Israel is "prohibited" from "bombing Lebanon".


News imageDisplaced people cross a bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country. The bridge in Qasmiyeh has been badly damaged by an Israeli air strike. Photo: 17 April 2026

How two ceasefires and 'opening' of Hormuz could boost Iran talks

Some kind of diplomatic progress is now under way, but is it enough to prevent a return to war?

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News imageA person fills up their car with a petrol pump.

Oil prices plunge as Iran says Strait of Hormuz 'open' during ceasefire

Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.

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Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model

Experts say Mythos potentially has an unprecedented ability to identify and exploit cyber-security weaknesses.

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Pope Leo XIV is on his third day in Cameroon before he heads to Angola on Saturday.

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Africa

Conservative US town grapples with potential ICE detention centre

Residents from both political parties in Social Circle, Georgia, are rejecting a proposed plan by the Department of Homeland Security to transform an empty warehouse into a detention centre.

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Singer D4vd arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage girl

The remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in the singer's car last year.

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Foods with added sugar are everywhere – even in some surprising places. So how easy is it to go without sugar and what difference can it make to your health?

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Some of the most hotly anticipated new films of the next couple of years are previewed at CinemaCon.

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News imageTodd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testifies during the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing in Rayburn building on Thursday, April 16, 2026.

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons to leave agency

The head of the US immigration enforcement agency, who oversaw hundreds of thousands of deportations, will step away from the role after 31 May.

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BBC in Iran: 'Tehran does not think it has lost this war'

Lyse Doucet says Iranians want a solution to the long-running animosity with the US, but leaders is not willing to make a deal on Washington's terms.

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Moment wolf on the run in South Korea is found

The escape of Neukgu, a two-year-old wolf, from a zoo in the city of Daejon captured national attention.

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Reid Wiseman’s two daughters were in Nasa’s mission control room for the naming of the “Carroll” crater in honour of the commander’s late wife.

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World's Table

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From Japan to Argentina to the US, nations around the world have put their own stamp on the mouthwatering meat – making beef a destination in itself.

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Earth

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