Iran has warned that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon could threaten Tehran’s ceasefire with the US, after Israel’s prime minister ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the agreement with the US was “unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon” and that “its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts”. Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu said “terror targets” in Dahieh would be struck in response to Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israeli civilians and other violations of a ceasefire announced in April that has failed to…
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Hungary’s new prime minister has said the government will amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok after he refused to stand down. Péter Magyar pledged to remove Sulyok and other key figures appointed by his predecessor Viktor Orbán after his landslide election win in April. Magyar has accused the president of serving Orbán’s interests and has repeatedly called on him to quit, most recently setting a deadline of 31 May. Sulyok, who was installed in February 2024 by Orbán’s party without a direct election, has refused to resign, saying he intends to serve out his five-year term. The stand-off…
Three new vaccines are being developed to tackle the rare species of Ebola that has already killed nearly 250 people. The International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), which is working on one vaccine, said the outbreak was threatening to be the worst ever. The University of Oxford and the pharma company Moderna are also researching vaccines against the Bundibugyo species. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, which is providing funding to each group, said “every day counts”. There are now more than 1,000 suspected cases in the DR Congo with nine confirmed cases in neighbouring Uganda. There is growing concern this…
Detectives from Directorate of Criminal Investigations Embakasi, mounted a swift and coordinated operation following the reported theft of a firearm belonging to a licensed firearm holder. The operation culminated in the arrest of the prime suspect, a 42-year-old man identified as John Bosco Munyao, within Nairobi’s Central Business District. Upon arrest, the suspect led detectives to his residence in Kangemi, where they recovered the stolen Glock pistol, concealed inside a suitcase among clothes. Also recovered were 17 rounds of ammunition and two magazines. The recovered firearm and ammunition have been secured as exhibits, while the suspect remains in lawful custody…
Pop star Dua Lipa has married actor Callum Turner in a low-key ceremony. The couple, who have been together for more than two years, tied the knot at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on Sunday. Photographs showed Lipa in a white skirt suit, with a wide-brimmed hat and matching white gloves and high heels, while Turner wore a dark blue suit. The event appeared to be intimate, with a small group of family and friends throwing confetti as the couple walked down the stairs of the building hand-in-hand. Lipa held a small posy of pastel-coloured flowers as she left…
Police in Nigeria have warned against reprisals targeting South African nationals or businesses following a wave of anti-migrant protests in South Africa. The police urged Nigerians not to take the law into their own hands, after “reported attacks on Nigerians in South Africa”. No such attacks have been reported but the warning followed a meeting of security and intelligence chiefs. South African police have not confirmed any attacks on foreigners, although the government has condemned “criminal acts” directed at foreign nationals. Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following demonstrations calling for tougher action against undocumented migrants.…
UK money transfer company Wise is being investigated over suspicions criminals used its accounts for money laundering, Belgian prosecutors have told French media. Wise said it was working with the Brussels prosecutor’s office but that “no specific findings have been shared with us to date”. Belgian prosecutors told press agency AFP the investigation, which is focused on Wise’s European operations and not its UK business, was “nearing its conclusion”. The confirmation comes after The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) reported the company’s platforms were suspected of being involved in around €500m (£432m) worth of suspicious transactions spanning 30 European countries.…
The US has said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting an American base, marking the third known escalations in a week around the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said it launched “self-defence strikes” in response to “aggressive Iranian actions”, which it said included a US drone being shot down over international waters. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted an air base used by US forces for an attack on southern Iran. Meanwhile Kuwait said its air defence system had confronted “hostile” missiles and drones -…
Nvidia has announced a new chip for PCs as it moves into the consumer market for devices integrated with AI technology. “This reinvention of the computer is as big of a deal as the reinvention of the phone into what we now know as the smartphone,” Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang said as he unveiled the RTX Spark chip. Huang made the announcement on Monday as he delivered a keynote speech ahead of the opening of the Computex technology show in Taipei, Taiwan. Separately on Sunday, the US tightened its rules on selling Nvidia’s most advanced chips to Chinese firms.…
The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled. The Rwandan government had sought to sue the UK for more than £100m, saying it had breached the terms of the deal. Signed by the previous Conservative government, it was meant to see the UK pay Rwanda to host asylum seekers who had arrived illegally in the UK. Lawyers representing the UK during the three-day hearing in the Netherlands had argued that it was “entirely logical” the plan…
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are celebrating after five patients, who had Ebola and now recovered, were allowed to leave hospital. The current outbreak is suspected to have killed almost 250 people. But those infected can get better and officials stress that people should seek medical help if they believe they have contracted the virus. On Sunday, there was a ceremony for a group of four nurses who were discharged from a hospital in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, the epicentre of the outbreak. “You are living stories that this outbreak can be stopped,” World Health…
A tragic family incident in Rachuonyo North Sub-County, Homa Bay County, left two young children dead, two others injured, and their mother dead in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide. The incident was reported on Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Kon’gonge Village, Kayoo West Sub-location, Kakdhimu West Location. Police officers visited the scene and established that a 31-year-old woman, identified as Veronicah Anyango, allegedly locked her four children inside their house before setting it on fire. She was later found dead after apparently hanging herself from a tree near the home. Two children aged two years, and one-year-old, died…
Gor Mahia were Sunday officially crowned FKF Premier League champions for the 2025/26 season, extending their record as Kenya’s most successful club with a 22nd league title. It was a day of pomp, colour and celebration at Nyayo National Stadium. Kogalo secured the championship with two matches to spare after their arch-rivals AFC Leopards dropped crucial points, confirming Gor Mahia’s dominance at the top of the table. The title caps off another successful campaign for the green army, who maintained consistency throughout the season to finish ahead of the chasing pack. In their final match of the season at Nyayo…
A choir initially put together by Jeremy Clarkson has been named the 2026 winner of Britain’s Got Talent. The Hawkstone Farmers’ Choir was set up by the TV presenter to support farmers around his farm in Chadlington, Oxfordshire, with their mental health. After the group’s win was announced, choir member Katryna Shell told presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly: “We are the first ever choir to have won [the ITV talent show]. “This is for all the farmers out there, for anybody that’s struggling, it’s not a taboo subject, if you’re not OK, speak up, this is for the farmers.”…
A retired senior Nigerian military officer and his wife have been kidnapped by armed men in north-west Nigeria, the army has confirmed. Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, who had a high-profile job as military spokesman between 2015 and 2017, was abducted from his car on Saturday while travelling in Katsina state. Efforts are now under way to rescue the couple and track down their captors, military spokesman Gen Michael Onoja told the BBC. The kidnapping highlights the continuing security challenges facing parts of north-west Nigeria, where criminal gangs known locally as “bandits” frequently carry out kidnappings for ransom, as well as…