BBC News:
| Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack | Wed 12th Aug 2026 18:47 BST |
Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other's shipping facilities and ports. | |
| Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village | Wed 12th Aug 2026 17:14 BST |
Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday. | |
| ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks | Wed 12th Aug 2026 22:53 BST |
The US immigration agency is spending $20m on gloves that deliver a sharp electric shock intended to compel subjects to comply. | |
| Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave post | Wed 12th Aug 2026 21:57 BST |
Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says. | |
| Why are 'human fridges' being sold in Japan? | Wed 12th Aug 2026 23:07 BST |
As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down. | |
| Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake | Wed 12th Aug 2026 23:41 BST |
Following a 10-hour rescue operation, emergency workers pulled the 32-year-old from beneath slabs of concrete. | |


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