What it was like in the room as shots rang out at correspondents’ dinner
The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue describes the moment he and others dived for cover as shots rang out at the venue.
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‘You just didn’t know’: Gary O’Donoghue describes confusion and fears at correspondents’ dinner
Police say a man charged security outside of the dining room and was armed with multiple weapons.
Netanyahu orders army to ‘vigorously attack’ Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Israeli PM’s directive comes as six people were killed by strikes in Lebanon despite a ceasefire being extended by three weeks.
BBC visits Chernobyl ghost city 40 years after world’s worst nuclear accident
The BBC’s Jessica Parker visits Pripyat, which was abandoned in 1986 after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Trump cancels US envoys’ trip to Pakistan for talks on Iran war
Iran had earlier said there were no plans for a direct meeting with a US delegation led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Orbán steps down from Hungarian parliament after landslide defeat
The outgoing prime minister will not take up his seat after leading his party back into opposition.
Mexico says US agents killed in crash weren’t permitted to operate there
The two Americans who reportedly worked for the CIA died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a drug lab.
Rights groups critical as Venezuela prisoner release scheme ‘coming to an end’
More than 500 political prisoners are thought to still be in jail, despite the releases since the amnesty law was brought in.
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Seven dead in major Russian attack on Ukraine
The city of Dnipro was hardest hit, with officials saying four died in a strike on a residential building.