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The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel launches a new wave of airstrikes

TEL AVIV/TEHRAN — Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted Iran’s capital, Tehran, early on Wednesday after it issued a warning about a new area it could target.A major explosion could be heard around 5 am local time in Tehran. Iranian officials offered no acknowledgment of the attacks, which has become increasingly common as the Israeli airstrike campaign has intensified since it began on Friday.The Israelis earlier warned they could strike a neighborhood south of Mehrabad International Airport, which includes residential buildings, military installations, pharmaceutical companies and industrial firms.The attacks come just a day after US President Donald Trump warned Tehran's residents to evacuate and demanded the country’s unconditional surrender.Trump departed the Group of Seven...

June 18, 2025

Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel launches a new wave of airstrikes

Lewotobi Laki-Laki began spewing volcanic materials on Tuesday

Indonesia issues highest alert as volcano erupts

JAKARTA — One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes spewed a huge ash cloud more than 11 kilometers into the sky on Tuesday after officials issued the country's highest alert.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, erupted at 17:35 local time (10:35 BST), the country's volcanology agency said, sending the vast cloud above the tourist island of Flores.A 7km exclusion zone was in place around the crater of the 1,584m (one mile) high twin-peaked volcano. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The volcano erupted multiple times in November, killing nine people and forcing thousands to flee. The ash cloud also forced flight cancellations.Geology agency head Muhammad Wafid said no one should carry out any activities within 7km of the eruption, and warned of potential lahar floods...

June 18, 2025

Indonesia issues highest alert as volcano erupts

Martina Navratilova, left, tells BBC's Amol Rajan, right, that she feels the US has become 'totalitarian'

Martina Navratilova: 'I wouldn't have left home for Trump's America'

WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US.Then an 18-year-old high school pupil, she was one of the Cold War's most high-profile defectors — and she would go on to become one of tennis's most iconic players.But speaking to the BBC's Amol Rajan, she says that she fears the US now "wouldn't let me in"."I'm not loyal to [US President] Donald Trump," she says, adding that she worries the US has become a "totalitarian" state.Since President Trump took office in January, his administration has carried out sweeping immigration raids, sparking protests in parts of the country. He has also instituted a travel ban for citizens from 12 countries, and there...

June 18, 2025

Martina Navratilova: 'I wouldn't have left home for Trump's America'

A woman lays a flower at a makeshift memorial outside the Minnesota state legislature building

Minnesota's 'nice' culture shattered by political violence

ST PAUL, Minnesota — Jessie Ebertz held back tears as she stood in front of a makeshift memorial honoring Democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband who were killed last week."Minnesota has felt a little bit like a safe haven," said Ms Ebertz, a government employee who lives in the state capital, "because we have been able to keep our atmosphere of respecting one another here.""This has blown that out of the water."The death of Hortman and her husband, Mark, has sent a shockwave through the state. They were shot dead early on Saturday morning by a man disguised as a police officer.Democratic state lawmaker John Hoffman and his wife were also injured — they are expected to survive.But the attacks, which appear politically motivated, have badly...

June 18, 2025

Minnesota's 'nice' culture shattered by political violence

File photo of a young woman sitting on bench in park and using a yellow smartphone

Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline

SAN FRANCISCO — TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year."President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.The popular video sharing app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner, ByteDance, refused to sell it to a US buyer by a January deadline.TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the BBC.Leavitt said the 90-day extension would "ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and...

June 18, 2025

Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline

After launching from hidden sites, the taxi boats cruise France's coastline picking up customers

'Taxi boats' pick up migrants in waist-deep water as Channel smugglers switch tactics

SOUTH CALAIS — As the weather in the Channel clears, the French police are struggling to halt a potentially record-breaking surge of people from reaching the UK in small boats organized by a growing network of smuggling gangs. Downing Street said on Tuesday the situation was "deteriorating."Although the French authorities claim they're now intercepting more than two-thirds of those boats before they reach the sea, the smugglers are now changing tactics to launch so-called "taxi boats" from new sites, in new ways, and with ever greater speed.Instead of inflating their boats in the dunes along the coast, close to police patrols, the gangs are launching them from better-hidden locations, often dozens of kilometers from the main departure beaches.They then cruise...

June 18, 2025

'Taxi boats' pick up migrants in waist-deep water as Channel smugglers switch tactics

Musk's X sues New York state over social media hate speech law

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk's X has challenged a New York state law that requires social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, and other contentious content.In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, argues that the law forces companies to disclose "highly sensitive and controversial speech" that is protected under the constitution's First Amendment.New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is in charge of enforcing this law, is the named defendant in X's lawsuit.Social media sites have become the main source of news for Americans, with majority consuming it on networks like X, according to a new research from the Reuters Institute.Deciding what content is acceptable on social media platforms...

June 18, 2025

Musk's X sues New York state over social media hate speech law

Kaja Kallas has spoken against the idea of the United States direct involvement in the military escalation between Israel and Iran

US action against Iran would fuel 'broader conflict' in the Middle East, EU's Kaja Kallas warns

BRUSSELS — Potential military involvement by the United States in the wave of strikes between Israel and Iran would "definitely drag" the entire Middle East into a wider, more dangerous conflict, High Representative Kaja Kallas has said.Her warning came after Donald Trump openly suggested his country, a staunch backer of Israel, might take a hands-on approach to end the hostilities."We're not involved in it. It's possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved," Trump told ABC News on Sunday. He later said the US would be "gloves off" if Iran were to "touch our troops".On Tuesday, Kallas made clear the European Union would not back America's armed intervention."When it comes to the United States getting...

June 18, 2025

US action against Iran would fuel 'broader conflict' in the Middle East, EU's Kaja Kallas warns

Visitors walk by the Israeli pavilions blocked by a black wall at the Paris Air Show Tuesday, June 17, 2025 in Le Bourget, north of Paris

Israeli arms firm Rafael threatens to sue France over Paris Air Show shutdown

PARIS — The Israeli weapons company Rafael has announced plans to sue the French government after its stand at the Paris Air Show was abruptly shut down due to Israel's campaign in Gaza.Since Monday morning, four Israeli stands, including Rafael, Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and UVision, have been hidden behind black wooden panels.French authorities determined that “offensive weapons equipment marketed by the firms could not be exhibited, given the situation in Gaza.”Rafael, Elbit, and IAI produce guided bombs and missiles while UVision manufactures drones.Faced with the companies’ refusal to remove the equipment, the booths were fenced off during the night from Sunday to Monday.“This morning, an official from the fair came over and told me that if I...

June 18, 2025

Israeli arms firm Rafael threatens to sue France over Paris Air Show shutdown

A pilot prepares to take off on a US Air Force fighter aircraft F-35, 14 February 2023

Massive military jet shuffle signals possible groundwork for US action

WASHINGTON — Multiple US military refueling tankers and US fighter jets were reported to be moving east above the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon, amid concerns that Washington may join Israel in military strikes on Iranian missile and nuclear activities sites.“Iran can not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump wrote Monday night before returning to Washington early from the G7 summit in Canada. “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran,” he added.Trump’s ominous warning to residents of the Iranian capital marked a sudden shift from the previous US position of not getting directly involved militarily in the conflict and rather looking for a negotiated solution for “peace”.Euronews' observations of real-time aviation monitoring portal Flightradar24, corroborated by...

June 18, 2025

Massive military jet shuffle signals possible groundwork for US action

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