BBC News:
| Huge anti-government protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities, videos show | Fri 9th Jan 2026 00:51 GMT |
Rallies on major roads in the capital and in Iran's second city were peaceful and not dispersed by security forces. | |
| Owner of Swiss ski bar held in custody after deadly New Year's Eve fire | Fri 9th Jan 2026 17:42 GMT |
Jacques Moretti is being held as a potential flight risk, Swiss media reports say. | |
| US seizes fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela, officials say | Fri 9th Jan 2026 18:09 GMT |
The tanker, the Olina, is on multiple countries' sanctions list and is "suspected of carrying embargoed oil", US officials say.
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| Colombia sees 'real threat' of US military action, president tells BBC | Fri 9th Jan 2026 06:02 GMT |
Gustavo Petro tells the BBC's Ione Wells that the United States is treating other nations as part of a US "empire", after Trump threatened Colombia with military action. | |
| One dead, dozens trapped after giant landfill collapses in Philippines | Fri 9th Jan 2026 08:26 GMT |
Rescuers have pulled 12 injured sanitation workers from debris at the private landfill in Cebu City. | |
| Russia hits Ukraine with rarely used Oreshnik missile in fresh strikes | Fri 9th Jan 2026 11:26 GMT |
It is only the second time Moscow has deployed the hypersonic ballistic missile, which was first used to hit Dnipro in November. | |


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