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Workers were seen assembling domed arches and a staging area on the South Lawn in preparation for next month's event.

The spy agency's head will set out threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them on Wednesday.

With the US pulling out of trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine, the EU is looking for potential candidates to step in.

The massive structure will host a cage fight as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.

Israel says it was targeting a Hamas commander whose predecessor was killed in a similar strike earlier in May.

Ten people were injured and an unknown number are missing after a tank ruptured at a paper mill in Longview, Washington.

Nasa plans to send hopping drones and roving vehicles to the Moon as part of plans for a permanent Moon base.

Naomi Osaka continues her tradition of serving jaw-dropping looks at Grand Slams with an outfit that reminds her of "the Eiffel tower at night".

Hugh Schofield reports from Paris as a heat dome settled over Western Europe bringing temperatures above the average for May.

As speaker, Sonko could use his position to challenge the policies of the president, his one-time ally.

The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.

Israel says it struck 100 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and fighters in Lebanon, after PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to "crush" Hezbollah.

The governor of Ituri said the more time they lose, the closer the province is to disaster.

The British-era Gymkhana Club is facing eviction, triggering a legal battle and a wave of nostalgia.

The driver and passengers of the car managed to escape before the bridge gave way in Xiaogan.

The court said the man poisoned the tycoon for sidelining him after he helped secure a deal with Netflix for the 3 Body Problem.

Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.

Known as the "saxophone colossus", Rollins had a lauded career spanning decades.

Vivid Sydney organisers and the UK company behind the drone show blamed it on technical difficulties.

A team of experts who helped free a teen football team from a Thai cave in 2018 are among the rescuers.

The strikes on Iranian missile launch sites and boats were taken in "self-defence", US Central Command says.

A school assistant goes on trial accused of sexual mistreatment of children in his care, in the latest case to rock the Paris school system.

The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann explains the routine medical check of the president of the US.

It comes after the Ukrainian capital suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday.

The BBC's Sumedha Pal describes how difficult it is to be standing in the streets of Delhi as temperatures rise to 45C .

The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil explains why the achievement by Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev will not be accepted by official sporting bodies.

The suspect previously obstructed a White House entry lane in June of 2025 and told Secret Service agents he was Jesus Christ.

The BBC's Sumedha Pal described how difficult it was to be standing in the streets of Delhi as temperatures rose to 45C .

Kem Sokha was serving a 27-year sentence on treason charges, which were widely derided as politically motivated.

Four people were also injured in the incident inside Murchison Falls National Park, officials say.

The US secretary of state earlier said that an agreement could possibly come on Monday.

The prisoners insisted their protest was peaceful but that security forces deployed to quell it opened fire.

Police say a man sprayed a substance at an ATM in the luxury Ginza 6 shopping centre.

At least 82 people have been killed and two are missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, officials say.

On China's tightly-controlled internet, people are calling for justice and questioning how this happened.

The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team's payload scientist.

The deal under discussion would involve a 60-day ceasefire extension during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, according to US media.

The Moroccan government wants more Western holidaymakers to visit the territory it claims to own.

India Inc spent $18bn on global buyouts in 2025 and the deal value could cross $15bn in the first half of 2026.

Nearly five years on from the school ban, young women say they have waved goodbye to their dreams.