Twelve months on from the 7 October attacks which led to Israel’s war in Gaza, our international editor says the region is on the edge of something even worse. Read …
Israeli hostage family’s fight ‘not over’ one year on
On the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks in Israel, survivor Hadas Kalderon speaks to the BBC. Read full story Author:
Major incident declared as school bus carrying up to 70 overturns
Emergency services are at the scene on the Ballyblack Road East in Newtownards Read full story Author:
Sue Gray quits as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
She is leaving after rows over pay and donations and will take up a new role as the PM’s regional envoy. Read full story Author:
British-Israeli hostage has been ‘forgotten’, says mum
A mother calls for the UK to do more to rescue her daughter, taken as a hostage during the 7 October attacks. Read full story Author:
Parents’ tribute to boy, eight, shot at farm
The parents of Jay Cartmell say he was “loved by all who met him”. Read full story Author:
Israeli kibbutz struggles to heal, one year after 7 October
A year since scores of people were killed here, the collective is splintered – psychologically and physically. Read full story Author:
Why war in Middle East involves UK more than you might think
Burning conflict in Lebanon and Gaza leaves Britain with practical, defence and diplomatic moves to make. Read full story Author:
Four migrants including child die in Channel
A two-year-old child’s body was found on a migrant boat in the English Channel, French authorities say. Read full story Author:
BBC crew run for cover after gunfire heard across Lebanon-Israel border
They were filming on the Israeli side of the border, close to where clashes had been reported. Read full story Author:
Six hours at hands of Hamas – new accounts reveal how Israeli base fell on 7 October
The BBC has seen an army account of how Hamas overran a base, and spoken to survivors and bereaved families. Read full story Author:
PCs sacked after searching athlete Bianca Williams get jobs back
Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were sacked over their search of Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos. Read full story Author:
Cruise ship that was stranded in Belfast finally heads off to next destination
A cruise ship stranded in Belfast for the past four months has finally left the city’s lough. Read full story Author:
UK hands back Chagos Islands – but will keep military base
In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands to Mauritius – after decades of often fractious negotiations. Read full story Author:
British nationals tell of ‘surreal’ Lebanon evacuation
Student Isobel Taper says it feels “surreal” being back in the UK, having left her boyfriend and cats in Beirut. Read full story Author:
Frank Gardner explores how Israel could respond and what Iran might do then
Israel is set to retaliate for Iran’s missile attack, while Tehran says it will hit back in turn if this happens. Read full story Author:
Watch: BBC analyses where Iran’s missiles struck in Israel
BBC Verify analysed three locations that were hit by Iranian missiles. Read full story Author:
Leaving ‘only choice’ say British sisters on Beirut flight
The three young women are among UK nationals boarding a government charter flight out of Beirut. Read full story Author:
‘The country is lost’: Fear and uncertainty in Lebanon as Israel invades
Many in Lebanon believe the country has been dragged into a war it hasn’t chosen to fight. Read full story Author:
Police hunt attacker who fled on e-scooter after acid thrown at girl, 14, in west London
Police hunt a male suspect after two teens and a woman were hurt by a substance at a London school. Read full story Author: