BBC News:
| Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies | Fri 1st May 2026 17:14 BST |
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held. | |
| Israeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem | Fri 1st May 2026 18:03 BST |
The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists. | |
| Israel releases all but two activists in Greece after intercepting Gaza aid flotilla | Fri 1st May 2026 11:12 BST |
The Global Sumud Flotilla denounced the interception as "piracy", while Israel's foreign ministry called the flotilla a "PR stunt". | |
| Zayn Malik cancels US tour and cuts UK dates after hospital bed photo shared | Fri 1st May 2026 18:23 BST |
The former One Direction singer has taken to Instagram to update fans as he cuts his world tour dates | |
| Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, military says | Fri 1st May 2026 05:11 BST |
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been in detention since she was ousted in a military coup in 2021. | |
| British couple jailed in Iran: 'We're likely to be here for a long time' | Fri 1st May 2026 06:04 BST |
Lindsay and Craig Foreman are facing the reality of a 10-year prison sentence following their arrest in Iran while on a motorcycle tour last year. | |


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