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Some see a double standard: Japanese men who clean in public while their wives do all the housework.

His fierce defence of the Iran plan amid mounting criticism comes as speculation intensifies about a possible 2028 presidential run.

Iran's supreme leader says he disagrees with the deal and Donald Trump signed it "out of desperation".

Emaa Hussen, 34, faces life in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle 320kg of meth hidden in bags of charcoal.

George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden attended, but Donald Trump was not invited.

BBC analysts assess the claims by both Washington and Tehran to have won a victory with the deal to end their war.

The boy was 13 when he killed eight girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023.

While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

Johannes Natland, 19, was remanded in custody and will now face a retrial.

BBC Verify examines how the new deal between the US and Iran affects three key areas.

The firm's outgoing boss Tim Cook did not say when prices would rise or which products would be affected.

Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship which left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on Wednesday evening.

Authorities in Catalonia confirmed that the 63-year-old died in the Palau de Noguera area on Wednesday.

Steve Rosenberg explains what Russia's next steps may be after frequent Ukrainian drone attacks.

Niger has been fighting a militant Islamist insurgency for a decade and in January suspected jihadists attacked the same airport.

A refinery and a shopping centre were burning after almost 200 Ukrainian drones struck an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.

The gunmen concealed their weapons behind flowers and stuffed toys while waiting for the victim outside Guayaquil airport.

The Old Town Road star was arrested last year for attacking police officers and later entered rehab.

Scientists say 13,000 southern elephant seal pups on Heard Island have died of the H5N1 strain.

The horse bolted and toppled over after the carriage driver stepped down to take a picture of the passengers.

Trump has insisted the deal ensures that Iran will never buy, develop or produce a nuclear weapon. But text of the agreement falls short of that.

The 14-paragraph memo includes an end to fighting, an agreement that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and a $300bn redevelopment package for Iran.

A cemetery at the epicentre of the outbreak is rapidly filling up, however large traditional funerals have been scrapped.

As the delivery vehicles increasing take to US streets, bans and protest groups are springing up.

Japan needs to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined it since World War Two, Shinjiro Koizumi says.

They said proceedings against Lindsay and Craig Foreman had been marked by grave irregularities.

Diezani Alison-Madueke had been accused of receiving bribes from oil tycoons but was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court.

In fiery exchange, judge sentenced him to three life sentences plus 25 years to life on four other charges, all running consecutively.

The Amazon founder, who now has robotics and space travel companies, thinks AI will create a labour shortage.

They will argue he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was killed.

Neighbours said the stench from the property had become so overwhelming that it was impossible to relax at home.

John Steenhuisen is one of South Africa's best-known politicians after leading the DA for seven years.

One of the six people on board died in the crash, a local official said. The five survivors were taken to hospital and are in a stable condition.

Under its new president, Bolivia is re-establishing severed ties with the US to combat organised crime.

Health facilities have come under attack during the current outbreak as a result of misinformation and fear.

Speaking on Tuesday, Trump said Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu needed "to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon".

The vice-president says the government had barely reached 10% of its targets, without specifying them.

Israeli nationalists are increasingly flouting a convention on how faiths share the al-Aqsa mosque compound.

The investigation on alleged cartel pricing of ice cream comes as Japan faces record summer temperatures.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has called the ban a "mistake", arguing it would punish millions of users.