BBC News:
| Rescuers scramble for survivors with 180 dead in Colombia earthquake | Tue 11th Aug 2026 20:09 BST |
Colombia experienced a number of aftershocks on Tuesday, as efforts continued to free survivors trapped in rubble and buildings. | |
| Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say | Tue 11th Aug 2026 15:47 BST |
The US president was reportedly part of a ruse where reporters were falsely told he was with them on Air Force One leaving a Nato summit in Turkey. | |
| Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says | Tue 11th Aug 2026 17:19 BST |
Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed seven people - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally. | |
| Russia releases former US Marine reported in poor health | Tue 11th Aug 2026 18:02 BST |
Trump said Robert Gilman, who was arrested in 2022, was released on a humanitarian basis, after he had reportedly been in a catatonic-like state. | |
| Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty | Tue 11th Aug 2026 16:24 BST |
The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment. | |
| Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia | Tue 11th Aug 2026 15:50 BST |
The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war. | |


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