Israel considers massive new ground offensive in Gaza as it ramps up pressure on Hamas
Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown
Mon 24 Mar 2025 13.17 GMT
Turkish authorities have arrested more than 1,100 people including journalists, while bombarding the social media platform X with requests to block hundreds of accounts after tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest anti-government protests in years.
One journalist was detained while covering demonstrations that took place outside Istanbul city hall, while nine others were detained in dawn raids.
The sweeping arrests came the morning after the Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was arrested on corruption charges and sent to a high-security prison on the outskirts of the city, on the same day he was named the opposition’s candidate for president.
UN warns millions more will die from AIDS after US cuts
The head of the United Nations program on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, UNAIDS, said on Monday that over 6 million additional deaths from the disease are expected after the US slashed its funding.
UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima said the sudden cuts from the US, which had been the biggest donor to the program, had been "devastating."
"You're talking of losing the gains that we have made over the last 25 years. It is very serious," she told reporters in Geneva.
Wildfires spread in Okayama, Ehime; homes, buildings burned
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March 24, 2025 at 14:44 JST
Wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures continued to rage on March 24 after evacuation orders were issued for nearly 3,000 people.
One firefighter in his 70s reportedly fell and suffered minor injuries in Ehime Prefecture.
There was no prospect of bringing the fires under control, and both prefectures have requested help from the Self-Defense Forces.
The fires started on the afternoon of March 23.
Buddhism’s holiest site erupts in protests over Hindu ‘control’ of shrine
As he stood in a queue outside a makeshift tent kitchen for breakfast, 30-year-old Abhishek Bauddh could not help but reflect on the throngs of people around him in Bodh Gaya, Buddhism’s holiest site.
Bauddh has been visiting the town in eastern India’s Bihar state, where the Buddha gained enlightenment, since he was 15. “But I have never seen such an atmosphere. Buddhists from all over the country are gathering here,” he said.
Russian missile hits hospital and homes, says Ukraine, as talks on possible truce continue
Summary
Ukraine reports a Russian missile attack hit a hospital, homes and children's institutions in Sumy, local officials say, injuring 28 people including four children
Talks between US and Russian officials on a possible peace deal in Ukraine are taking place in Saudi Arabia - BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner, takes us through the aims of today's talks
Ukraine's defence minister says Kyiv-US discussions on Sunday, also held in Riyadh, were "productive"
Russian attacks on Ukraine continued overnight, as the Russian military says they intercepted 28 Ukrainian drones
Ukraine also says it has destroyed four military helicopters in Russia, BBC Verify has analysed the footage
As we've just reported, at least 28 people have been injured in a missile strike on Sumy, northern Ukraine, and elsewhere the fighting continues.
Ukraine's Armed Forces says on Telegram that there were 140 clashes over the past day, including 74 air strikes on Ukrainian units and settlements.
It highlights attacks in the northern Sumy and Kharkiv regions as well as the eastern Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions
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