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The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.

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    Ukraine war: Russia launches 'surprise' attack

    Ukraine war: Russia launches 'surprise' attack

    President Zelenskyy says a fierce battle is underway and people are being evacuated in the Kharkiv region. Also: tensions grow between the US and Israel over the war in Gaza and Israel's offensive on Rafah, the BBC tracks down one of Europe's biggest people smugglers, and is there a future for the African penguin?

    • 28 min
    Netanyahu defiant after US threat to stop weapons

    Netanyahu defiant after US threat to stop weapons

    The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with its fingernails", after the US warned it could halt arms shipments if Israel ordered a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Also: Israel heads to Eurovision final despite protests; and the tech company Apple faces a backlash over the destruction of musical instruments and books in an iPad advert.

    • 33 min
    Genocide warning in Darfur

    Genocide warning in Darfur

    The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan are facing allegations of war crimes and genocide in West Darfur. The New York-based Human Rights Watch says the leaders of the RSF and its Arab allies should be sanctioned for deliberately targeting non-Arab communities. It says the international community has failed to respond to the scale of the crisis in Sudan. Also: Saudi Arabia is accused of using lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city, why Russia is opening an embassy in Sierra Leone - after more than three decades, Japan announces expansion of whale hunting, a supplier to the aircraft manufacturer Boeing says major parts left its factory with serious defects, and a trial to send a former Paralympian into orbit.

    • 29 min
    US to halt more arms supplies if Israel invades Rafah

    US to halt more arms supplies if Israel invades Rafah

    President Joe Biden has warned that if Israel launches a ground operation into Rafah he will not supply the offensive weapons that have been used in the past. Also: European Union to give profits from Russian assets to Ukraine, and Malaysia offers trade partners "orangutan diplomacy".

    • 32 min
    Oceans suffer from record breaking year of heat

    Oceans suffer from record breaking year of heat

    Sea temperatures broke records every day over the past year, hitting marine life hard and driving a new wave of coral bleaching.
    China's President Xi Jinping visits Serbia. A BBC investigation uncovers clear ties between members of Germany's AfD party, and former neo-Nazi networks. Russia's last Eurovision contestant says she won't stop protesting against the war in Ukraine. And how a peanut and milk allergy trial is transforming lives.

    • 30 min
    Tense exchanges as Trump lawyer spars with Stormy Daniels

    Tense exchanges as Trump lawyer spars with Stormy Daniels

    The porn star provided a detailed salacious account of her alleged sexual encounter with the former US president Donald Trump. Also: Israel takes Rafah crossing as truce talks continue, and the Swiss army knife maker is to produce a version without a blade.

    • 28 min

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309 Ratings

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