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News image‘When I turned around, nothing was left’: One father's search for family after Venezuela quakes

‘When I turned around, nothing was left’: One father's search for family after Venezuela quakes

Seconds after he left his apartment, an earthquake in Venezuela flattened the building. His wife and two sons were still inside. Now the father is searching through the rubble for any sign of them.


News imageA huge crowd of fans wearing Mexico's green football kit and waving the country's flag celebrate the team's 2-0 World Cup win against Ecuador in Mexico City at night.

Three die in Mexico City World Cup celebrations

More than one million people took to the streets of Mexico City on Tuesday to mark the country's win over Ecuador.

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News imagePresident Donald Trump wearing a blazer, white shirt and red tie.

Bibles, Home Alone and perfume: Six surprising ways Trump made money in 2025

Official documents show the US president made billions of dollars as he returned to the White House.

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England set up a World Cup last-16 tie against Mexico on Monday, 6 July (01:00 BST).

Two people climb to top of NYC's Empire State Building

At one point while at the top of the building, one individual appeared to propose marriage to the other.

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Man comes face-to-face with bear inside truck

Security camera footage from the Colorado property shows a man using several methods to coax a black bear out of a vehicle.

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Canada celebrates its birthday as Mark Carney battles to keep it intact

As Canadians celebrate their nation's birthday, independence movements in two provinces are eyeing the exit from the country.

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News imageCrop of The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5,1770 by a party of the 29th Regiment (Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/ Gift of Mrs Russell Sage)

The bloody 1770 Boston Massacre image that fuelled the American Revolution

How a gory depiction of the 1770 Boston Massacre by Paul Revere ignited fury against British rule, becoming arguably the most effective example of propaganda in US history.

News imageA man looking down, with an X-ray window transposed on his face, showing the curvature of his neck (Credit: BBC/ Serenity Strull/ Getty Images)

Is your tech giving you 'phone body'?

Your devices are changing your body in ways you might not realise. It's not too late to do something about it.


World Cup

News imageFrance boss Didier Deschamps celebrates with goalscorer Kylian Mbappe in the 3-0 win over Sweden at the World Cup

United, free and brilliant - can anyone stop France masterclass?

France boss Didier Deschamps urges caution despite watching his side dismantle Sweden to leave Les Bleus fans dreaming of winning the World Cup.

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Has football fever taken hold in the US?

With the World Cup now three weeks old, BBC Sport's reporters in the US look at how their perceptions have changed.

News imageComposite image of Nada Tawfik and World Cup fans carrying umbrellas.

World Cup fans sweat through US 'heat dome'

As scorching heat left the US east coast baking in the middle of the World Cup, the BBC caught up with fans braving the weather to support their team.

News imageRoberto Alvarado and Ecuador's midfielder #19 Gonzalo Plata

Impressive Mexico beat Ecuador to set up potential England tie

Co-hosts Mexico book spot in last 16 of World Cup with impressive win over Ecuador at Azteca Stadium.

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Who has been eliminated from the World Cup?

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team lists the full set of nations who have been eliminated from the 2026 World Cup so far


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Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office

The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.

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Rumours continue to swirl about whether Taylor Swift will marry Travis Kelce at New York City's Madison Square Garden over the 4 July weekend.

US & Canada
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Two people climb to highest point of Empire State Building

The two were atop the 1,454 ft (443 m) building for at least ten minutes and displayed a large banner before climbing down.

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'Could be worse': Americans on the state of the US in its 250th year

The BBC spoke to US citizens across the country ahead of its big anniversary celebration this weekend.

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Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela's hardest-hit areas

BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Caraballeda, La Guaira, where locals are still desperately searching for family members in the rubble.

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A stream of thick orange lava was seen trailing from Europe's biggest active volcano, Mount Etna in Italy, snaking through the mountain.

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Americans react to US Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship

The BBC asked Americans how they felt after the Supreme Court's ruling on citizenship for babies born in the US.

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The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue explains what the court's landmark ruling means for the US president.

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Film & TV

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The spin-off introduces a new generation to Elle Woods, but critics say young people deserve better.


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Is there such a thing as American cuisine?

For her new book, Peach Street to Lobster Lane, British food writer Felicity Cloake cycles across the US from coast to coast in search of a definition for its national cuisine.

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'That was the greatest day of all our lives': The migrants who passed through Ellis Island

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of migrants who passed through Ellis Island in New York. In 2014, she told the BBC about arriving in the US from the Soviet Union in 1930.

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Why Alice Cooper saved the Hollywood sign

For more than 100 years, the sign has been a Los Angeles landmark both in real life and on the silver screen. In 1978, Alice Cooper told the BBC why he was helping to restore an icon.


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Is the World Cup ranch craze real or hype?

This creamy, herby salad cream has existed overseas for decades and visitors to the US are now allegedly shipping cartons of it home. But is there any truth to the reports?


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Trump's $1.4bn crypto earnings revealed

US President Donald Trump made more than $1.4 bn (£750m) last year from business dealings in cryptocurrency, according to his mandatory financial report for 2025.

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Ukraine denies involvement in the case which may have serious implications for its relationship with Germany.

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Business

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Up to 150 ex-WHSmith High Street stores to close as rescue deal approved

The sweeping restructuring, approved by a court, will see steep rent cuts on most remaining stores.

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Health

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Small changes in how children experience food every day can have a lasting impact on what they eat.

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Culture

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Tens of thousands rush for tickets to see Bayeux Tapestry in UK

The historic masterpiece will travel from France to go on display on UK soil for the first time.

Village People frontman Victor Willis dies aged 74

'There was an audible gasp': The player's pink underwear that scandalised Wimbledon

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Travel

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The snake-wrangling 84-year-old who lives on a remote island

Once called the "wildest woman in America", this fearless knife-wielding naturalist has lived off the land for 53 years, fighting to preserve Cumberland Island for future travellers.

The places fighting to be taken off the World Heritage List

What life is like in the world's safest countries for 2026

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The crude Georgian-era art that took aim at Britain's king

Georgian-era artists used outrageous imagery to express their unfavourable views of King George III.
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Arts

News imageA black and white image shows a couple in the corner of a booth in a small Paris cafe with their faces close together as if they are about to kiss(Credit: Estate Brassai/ Succession Philippe Ribeyrolles)

10 intimate images of a lost, decadent 1930s Paris

Moving "from the slums to the exclusive salons", Brassaï captured the brothels, gay bars and backstreets of Paris's hazy night-time in its radical inter-war years.

'Hideous': The controversy over Picasso's most shocking painting

The forbidden erotica of ancient Pompeii

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Earth

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Why the French are painting chalk on their windows to stay cool

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave. To help stay cool, people in France have been turning to an unusual solution – chalk. Here's the science behind the trend.

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