Gaza sisters win prize for turning rubble into reusable bricks

13.05.2026 15:15 Displaced teenagers Farah and Tala wanted to 'turn destruction into something useful'.

UK promises jets, drones and warship for Strait of Hormuz defence mission

13.05.2026 09:15 More than 40 nations are involved in the mission, which the Ministry of Defence says will begin when conditions allow.

Lebanon says two paramedics among 13 killed in Israeli strikes

13.05.2026 09:15 Lebanon's health ministry says the paramedics were carrying out a rescue mission in Nabatieh in response to an earlier attack that killed one person.

Hamas 'weaponised' sexual violence in 7 October attacks, Israeli investigation says

12.05.2026 21:15 The most comprehensive report of its kind details harrowing cases of sexual attacks which it says were systematic.

BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossings

12.05.2026 15:00 The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”.

Return of Palestine Marathon attracts thousands of runners

12.05.2026 09:00 Thousands of people have taken part in the Palestine Marathon, which returns to Bethlehem after a two-year pause over the Gaza War.

Israel deports two activists detained on board Gaza flotilla

12.05.2026 09:00 Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila were detained by Israel after sailing in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

12.05.2026 09:00 The EU's foreign policy chief said "extremism and violence carry consequences", while Israel branded the move "arbitrary".

Trump says Iran ceasefire is on 'massive life support'

12.05.2026 09:00 The US president criticises an Iranian counteroffer to end the war, and says the month-long ceasefire is "unbelievably weak".

Israel passes law to allow death penalty and public trials for those linked to 7 October

12.05.2026 09:00 Israel passes a law that permits the death penalty and public trials for those involved in the unprecedented Hamas-led attacks.

Ailing Iran Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer

11.05.2026 08:45 Iranian authorities granted human rights activist Narges Mohammadi bail amid growing concern over her poor health in prison.

BBC speaks with civilians inside Iran struggling with impact of war

11.05.2026 02:45 Iranian authorities have imposed an internet ban but using trusted sources, special correspondent Fergal Keane hears from those traumatised by conflict and government repression.

Iranian activist tells BBC how fear of war restarting intensifies trauma of repression

11.05.2026 02:45 A dissident in Tehran says she feels helpless and under immense psychological pressure.

His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body

11.05.2026 02:45 The UN human rights office condemns incident as "'appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians" in the West Bank.

Iran sends response to US proposals to end war

10.05.2026 20:16 No details have been released of Iran's response - or the US proposals - designed to bring the war to an end.