BBC News:
| Iran sees mass redundancies from war with US and Israel | Tue 21st Apr 2026 17:05 BST |
The impact is being felt by manufacturers, retailers and the digital sector, amid warnings it could get worse if the war resumes. | |
| Israeli soldiers punished over vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon | Tue 21st Apr 2026 17:13 BST |
Two soldiers will be removed from combat duty and receive 30 days of military detention, Israel's military says. | |
| Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is 'disrespectful' | Tue 21st Apr 2026 17:25 BST |
US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv. | |
| Unprecedented ruling finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws in breach of EU values | Tue 21st Apr 2026 13:28 BST |
The EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty. | |
| Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism | Tue 21st Apr 2026 11:13 BST |
This clears the way for Japan to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries. | |
| Mass trial for 486 alleged gang members begins in El Salvador | Tue 21st Apr 2026 18:45 BST |
Footage released by the attorney general's office shows large groups of men in prison attending the trial via video link. | |


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