Make a deal or attacks will be 'more brutal', Trump warns Iran after Israel hits nuclear and military sites
Summary
Israel's military says Iran fired about 100 drones towards its territory, many of which were intercepted, after Israel carried out waves of strikes on Iran overnight
The IDF says it carried out strikes on nuclear sites and says Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami and other commanders have been killed
Iran says six scientists have been killed, with state TV reporting that civilians, including children are among the dead – this has not been independently verified
US President Donald Trump urges Iran to make a deal on its nuclear programme, warning of "even more brutal" Israeli attacks - Iran accused the US of supporting Israel's strikes, which the US denied
Israel's PM Netanyahu will speak with Trump later, as well as UK PM Starmer and Russia's President Putin
Analysis from our correspondents: Israel has taken a huge gamble, writes Frank Gardner, and there are indications more attacks are being planned, says Paul Adams
Iranian threat took 'dramatic turn', Israeli ambassador says
Some more now from Israel's ambassador to the UN, who's continuing to give an update on last night's strikes on Iran.
Danny Danon tells reporters that in "recent months, the Iranian threat took a dramatic turn", as he claims the country "advanced significantly" in its nuclear capabilities.
Iran has enough material for "multiple nuclear weapons", Danon claims. He adds that his country also found evidence that Iran had planned a surprise attack and planned to "invade".
‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor describes Air India crash
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he thought he was dead as plane exploded but escaped through opening in fuselage
Fri 13 Jun 2025 10.39 BST
The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described the horror of watching people “dying in front of my eyes”.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he thought he was dead when the plane crashed into a building, before realising he was alive and escaping the wreckage.
Speaking from his hospital bed, the 40-year-old told DD News the plane felt like it was “stuck in the air” shortly after takeoff before lights began flickering green and white, adding: “It suddenly slammed into a building and exploded.”
World fails to meet 2025 child labor target
Despite global gains on combating child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent's fast-growing economies.
There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint report that was released to mark Thursday's World Day Against Child Labor.
The drop represents good news for child welfare; in 2000, the ILO estimated 245.5 million children were forced to work. The almost 50% decrease is especially promising, as the number of children has risen by 230 million over the same period.
The number of children, which the ILO defines as 5 to 17-year-olds, engaged in "hazardous work" — mostly in mining, industrial or agricultural sectors — has also decreased from 79 million in 2020 to 54 million in 2025.
Egypt detains more than 200 activists ahead of Gaza aid march
Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Palestinian activists in Cairo on Thursday, who were planning to march to Egypt's Rafah border crossing on Friday to call for increased humanitarian aid access in the Gaza Strip. Among the detainees were people from Algeria, Australia, France, Morocco, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States.
Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Palestinian activists in Cairo ahead of an international march aiming to break Israel's blockade on Gaza, organisers said Thursday.
Thousands of people taking part in the Global March to Gaza planned to travel to Egypt's Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian territory on Friday to call for increased humanitarian aid access.
"Over 200 participants were detained at Cairo airport or questioned at hotels across Cairo," the march's spokesperson, Saif Abukeshek, told AFP.
Japan to lock up, impose fines on profit-seeking resellers of rice
By NOBUFUMI YAMADA/ Staff Writer
June 13, 2025 at 18:08 JST
People caught reselling rice for a profit, including the government’s emergency supplies, will face a fine or even imprisonment, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters on June 13.
Koizumi said a Cabinet ordinance will be amended to include rice under the Law on Emergency Measures for Stabilizing Living Conditions of the Public.
The ban will be enforced starting on June 23.
United Nations slams US- and Israel-backed Gaza aid group as a ‘failure’
UN spokesman says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is not delivering supplies safely to those in need.
The United Nations says the Israeli- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a “failure” from a humanitarian perspective.
Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said aid operations have stalled because the GHF is not delivering supplies safely to those in need.
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