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BBC News with Chris Barrow.
U.S. Central Command says it's begun an eighth night of airstrikes against Iran. It described these as in part punishment for Iranian attacks on U.S. servicemen in Jordan. Two U.S. servicemen were killed in those attacks, the first American troops to die since an initial truce in early April. From Washington, Nick Johnson reports. U.S. Central Command hasn't disclosed the identities of those who were killed nor the exact circumstances and details surrounding the incident. Last night, Jordan's military said it had intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace. Iranian state media, quoting the regime in Tehran, said it had destroyed at least two U.S. aircraft in Jordan. Iran says at least 50 people have been killed and more than 500 injured in U.S. strikes over the past three weeks. Earlier, in a written statement, the country's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, accused Washington of repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement, saying that Donald Trump's signature was utterly worthless. A young Palestinian footballer has died a week after being shot and injured by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Paddy Maguire reports. Fadi Hamdallah al-Nassan was 17 years old. He played for the Palestinian national youth team. Local accounts say Israeli forces shot him in the thigh last Saturday when he went to the scene of the settler attack on his village northeast of Ramallah. His leg was amputated but he eventually succumbed to his injuries. He's now been buried. Other people were also reportedly hurt in last week's incident. Local media say two other residents were hit by rubber bullets and that a 10-year-old boy was struck on the head by a stun grenade. A prominent Cuban dissident has left Havana for the United States. Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara's associates say he was granted leave to stay there. Here's our global affairs reporter Mimi Swaby. A photo of Luis Manuel Otero Alcantára on a plane heading to Miami has been posted by his friends on his social media. He'll now live there with his family in exile. The whereabouts of the artist had been unknown until this week after he'd completed a five-year prison sentence on the communist-run island. He'd been imprisoned in 2022 for contempt, insulting national symbols and disturbing the public order. But Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience. The internationally acclaimed artist shares a Grammy win for the song "Patria y Vida" - Homeland and Life - that's highly critical of repression in Cuba. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sought to give reassurances that decisions regarding the leadership of the military would be resolved after two nights of protests over his sacking of the defense minister. Mr. Zelenskyy said he'd spoken on Saturday to Mykhailo Fedorov, whom he sacked on Wednesday, and the commander of Ukraine's armed forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi. This is the latest world news from the BBC. The President of Hungary Tamás Sulyok has agreed to step down. Since taking office in May, the Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said that the president had to leave office, saying Mr. Shuyok was a puppet of the former Fidesz government of Viktor Orbán. The Premier of Ontario Doug Ford says U.S. criticism of Canada's efforts to stop wildfires spreading in the province are absolutely unacceptable. President Trump has blamed Canadian negligence for smoke pollution from the fires choking towns and cities in the United States. Mr. Ford said if the situation were reversed, Canada would be supporting its neighbor. More than 950 wildfires are burning across Canada, many out of control. The British Prime Minister-elect Andy Burnham is to scrap plans for a digital national ID for all British adults when he takes up his role on Monday. The outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer had argued that mandatory digital ID for workers would help the authorities clamp down on immigrants working illegally. At the World Cup, England have won third place after a thrilling 10-goal encounter against France in Miami. They eventually emerged 6-4 winners. Here's BBC Sports' Olly Foster. Bronze medal matches in the history of the World Cup are usually very, very forgettable. Ten goals. We've never seen that many goals in a bronze medal match. 6-4 to England. This is all about how these two losing semi-finalists would mentally pick themselves up. How would they approach the match in Miami? Well, both teams made seven changes. England's two key men, Harry Kane, the captain, and Jude Bellingham. They were left on the bench. But England, who had that bitter disappointment of being just five minutes away of reaching the final before losing to Argentina, they hit the ground running. And England will have a slightly more of a spring in their step as they leave this tournament. And that's the latest world news from the BBC. |