BBC News:
| French civil servant drugged us to make us urinate on ourselves, say accusers | Wed 19th Aug 2026 06:00 BST |
More than 200 women accuse Christian Nègre of drugging them to make them urinate - two share their stories. | |
| Families' agonising search for answers as thousands still missing in Gaza | Wed 19th Aug 2026 06:04 BST |
Ten months after a ceasefire was declared, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are still reported missing. | |
| Spared execution eight times, oldest inmate in US dies at 101 | Wed 19th Aug 2026 12:22 BST |
Francis Smith was one of a growing number of elderly people who are incarcerated. | |
| Multiple deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza in under 24 hours | Wed 19th Aug 2026 18:46 BST |
BBC Verify looks at footage from two deadly strikes in under 24 hours in Gaza. | |
| Why is Ukraine's ex-defence minister calling for wartime elections? | Wed 19th Aug 2026 16:38 BST |
Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections, without addressing concerns over how they could be held while at war. | |
| 'Incredible': SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coast | Wed 19th Aug 2026 16:01 BST |
A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July, and crashed into the Indian Ocean, made an unexpected appearance off Christmas Island. | |


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