US joining Israeli strikes would cause hell, Iranian minister tells BBC
Summary
Israel's defence minister says Iran's supreme leader "can no longer be allowed to exist" after the Soroka hospital was hit during an Iranian missile attack, AFP and local media report
Iranian state media reports that the missile strike targeted a military site next to the hospital in southern Israel, and not the facility itself - BBC Verify has analysed the footage
Israel says 271 people have been injured across the country after Iran fired a barrage of missiles overnight
In Iran, Israel's military says it targeted nuclear sites including the "inactive" Arak heavy water reactor and Natanz facility - there have been no reports of radiation threats or injuries overnight
The attacks this morning come at a critical time, as Donald Trump considers the possibility of direct US involvement in Israel's campaign, writes Hugo Bachega
Trump has reportedly approved plans to attack Iran, but has not made a final decision - Iran's supreme leader warned of "irreparable harm" if the US intervenes
Damage and debris after strike hits Israeli hospital
Arye Myers, an emergency paramedic, arrived at the Soroka hospital in southern Israel at 09:00 local time (07:00 BST) to help evacuate patients after it was hit by a missile.
He tells me that cancer patients “came out in wheelchairs and hospital gowns very stressed".
India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups
There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guards
Thu 19 Jun 2025 08.00 BST
The Indian government has been accused of illegally deporting Indian Muslims to Bangladesh, prompting fears of an escalating campaign of persecution.
Thousands of people, largely Muslims suspected of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, have been rounded up by police across India in recent weeks, according to human rights groups, with many of them deprived of due legal process and sent over the border to neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
'Crunch time' for climate action, scientists warn
The world is on course to crash through a dangerous warming threshold with key climate indicators shifting at an alarming rate, more than 60 top UN scientists have warned.
Bill Hare, CEO of think tank Climate Analytics, said Thursday it was "inevitable" that the world would breach the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) limit in around five years "unless emissions are reduced quickly."
"If emissions are reduced quickly, rapidly, as we know they can be, there is still a likelihood of exceeding a low overshoot of the 1.5 limit, and by low overshoot, I mean 1.6 degrees," he said during a press briefing at the UN interim climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
Putin says NATO’s increased defence spending poses no 'threat' to Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that NATO's push to ramp up defence spending was not a "threat" to Russia, days before the alliance was set to sign-off on a plan to boost its military capacity across Europe.
In a late-night press conference, the Russian leader also said his troops would not stop pushing forward in Ukraine and sought to undermine his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Thai government in crisis amid fallout from PM’s leaked phone call
Backlash over Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s leaked call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen threatens to topple her government.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s government has been rocked after a major coalition partner quit amid mounting public anger over a leaked phone call she had with a former Cambodian leader.
Paetongtarn faced growing calls to resign on Thursday as the kingdom was racked by renewed political instability, with fears that an ongoing border dispute with Cambodia could trigger military clashes.
Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings
Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa.
The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in central London that's being redeveloped, but it's taken until now to reconstruct this colossal jigsaw puzzle.
The frescoes are from at least 20 walls of the building, with beautifully painted details of musical instruments, birds, flowers and fruit.
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