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The young mother had carried her child through seven-and-a-half months of pregnancy. They were days and nights of constant fear, but Sabreen hoped the family's luck would hold until the war ended. That luck vanished in the roar and fire of an explosion in the hour before midnight on 20 April. The Israelis dropped a bomb onto the al-Sakani family home in Rafah where Sabreen, along with her husband and the couple's other daughter - three-year-old Malak - were asleep.
That coverage has not been limited to the US. The world's media have carried the story - remarking on the man who wants to return to the White House and the case against him. Mr Trump denies 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to a $ 130,000 payment made by his lawyer to buy the silence of an adult film star just before the 2016 election. She alleges they had an affair; he denies the story. So how is the historic trial being covered, from Beijing to Rome? We asked our colleagues at BBC Monitoring, which tracks and analyses media around the world.
*Warning: This story contains details of violence, including sexual violence, which some readers may find disturbing. The name of one of the participants - Ravi - has been changed to protect his identity.* Ravi travelled to Thailand dreaming of a better life for him and his new wife. Instead, the 24-year-old Sri Lankan found himself trapped in the Myanmar jungle, being tortured for refusing to help trick lonely, rich men out of thousands in so-called romance scams. "They stripped off my clothes, made me sit on a chair and gave my leg electric shocks. I thought it was the end of my life.
The man doused himself in a liquid before throwing conspiracy-theory pamphlets into the air, police said. His motive is unknown and police responded to the scene. Mr Trump was in the building to attend jury selection, where he has had a security detail, but the former president left during the incident. Emergency officials said that court security had not been breached in the incident. The case, which had just completed alternate jury selection, resumed later in the afternoon. Opening statements are expected to begin on Monday.
They reveal a secret world of unsafe clinical testing involving children in the UK, as doctors placed research goals ahead of patients' needs. They continued for more than 15 years, involved hundreds of people, and infected most with hepatitis C and HIV. One surviving patient told the BBC he was treated like a "guinea pig". The trials involved children with blood clotting disorders, when families had often not consented to them taking part. The majority of the children who enrolled are now dead.
A small car parked outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church had its window screen smashed in - a reminder of the horrific event that happened in the western Sydney suburb on Monday night and the mob violence that followed. Around 19:00 that night, a 16-year-old boy emerged from the congregation of the Orthodox Assyrian Christian church to launch a frenzied attack on the bishop leading the sermon. Allegedly yelling in Arabic "in the name of the Prophet", he stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, and attacked another priest and churchgoers who tried to intervene. It was all caught on a live stream - beamed out over the internet to the local congregation and beyond, the news spreading quickly in Assyrian, Maronite, Catholic and Coptic Christian communities.
United Airlines has blamed Boeing for a $ 200m (£161m) hit to its earnings in the first three months of this year. The carrier was forced to ground its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet for three weeks after a mid-air cabin blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January. United said that pushed it to a pre-tax loss of $ 164m for the first quarter. The airline said it "would have reported a quarterly profit" otherwise. However, the loss was smaller than Wall Street expected and United's shares rose by more than 5% after the announcement.
Some of those killed were farmers struck by lightning while harvesting wheat, authorities said. Images online show swathes of farmland engulfed by rainwater. Flash floods have also disrupted power supplies and transportation networks. Pakistan has experienced an increase in extreme weather events, as it grapples with the impacts of climate change. In 2022, parts of the country were completely submerged by unprecedented flooding, killing more than 1,700 people and injuring thousands. Millions were left homeless and lacked clean drinking water for months after.
Ashlee Good, 38, passed her injured baby girl to bystanders soon after being wounded, eyewitnesses said. "The mum got stabbed and... came over with the baby and threw it at me and [I] was holding the baby," one man told Nine News. The nine-month old had surgery and is doing well, the family said. Just after 15:00 local time on Saturday, Joel Cauchi, 40, caused panic as he attacked shoppers with a large knife, sending crowds running for the exits.
As a young man, Park Choong-Kwon helped build the nuclear missiles that his homeland, North Korea, blasted off from time to time to threaten the West. Now he sits in its democratic neighbour’s legislature – a member of South Korea’s parliament elected just this week. When people migrate from authoritarian regimes to liberal democracies, they dream of a better life, of opportunities. A refugee becoming a lawmaker, or even one day president? It’s possible. But for a North Korean, it’s extraordinary. Park, at age 37, is just the fourth escapee ever to become a parliamentarian in the South.
Aadujeevitham (Goat Life), adapted from the bestselling 2008 Malayalam book, stars Prithviraj Sukumaran as Najeeb, an Indian immigrant in Saudi Arabia who is kidnapped and forced into slave-like labour as a goat herder in the desert. The story is inspired by the real-life ordeal of a man with the same name, who was abducted in the country in the 1990s and managed to escape after two years. Written as a gripping thriller, the book has become a cultural cornerstone in the southern Kerala state, with its 250th edition released this year. Its widespread acclaim had sparked a conversation on the harsh realities of migrant life in the Gulf.
The writer hit out at "celebs" who she said had "used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors". Radcliffe and Watson are among the film's cast members who spoke out against Rowling's stance on gender identity in 2020. The BBC has asked Radcliffe and Watson for responses to her latest comments. Rowling has also welcomed a review that raised concerns about gender identity services for under-18s.
They and other women were ordered off a flight and checked for whether they had given birth after a baby was found abandoned in an airport bin in 2020. The incident sparked public outrage and it was condemned by several nations. An Australian court found the state-owned airline was immune from foreign prosecution. The five women filed a claim in the Federal Court of Australia in 2021, seeking damages over the alleged "unlawful physical contact" and false imprisonment, which had caused mental health impacts including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Other passengers - including from the UK and New Zealand - were not part of the lawsuit.
Mickey Huang Tzu-chiao was ordered to pay a fine of 1.2 million NTD ($ 37,000; £30,000) and write an apology letter after seven videos featuring minors were found on his portable hard drive. But the TV host will avoid prosecution if he behaves for two years. The presenter has apologised, saying "I will never make the mistake again". But campaigners have questioned the prosecutor's decision, given the gravity of the charges.
The warning came as data showed last month was the world's warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to 10 in a row. It's fuelled concerns among some that the world could be tipping into a new phase of even faster climate change. A weather system called El Niño is behind some of the recent heat. Temperatures should temporarily come down after El Niño peters out in coming months, but some scientists are worried they might not.
Australian police say the teenage victim had traded explicit images with a person online before they began making threats and demanding money. After a global investigation, the pair allegedly responsible were tracked down in Nigeria, where they will face court. Police say sextortion - particularly of young people - is dramatically rising. Details of the boy's age or where he lived in New South Wales (NSW) have not been released publicly to protect his family's privacy.
"I miss the basic things that make life comfortable, like being able to stand up in your own home, being able to cook properly, or even open a drawer and pull out some socks," he says. "Those are the kinds of things that you miss out on when you live in a car." César's Kia has been his home for the past three years. He works as a chef, but with rental costs on the Spanish island of Ibiza having spiralled, he cannot afford to live in a flat.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they had "forcibly entered" the embassy in a "flagrant violation of international law". Glas took refuge in the embassy last December after Ecuador issued an arrest warrant against him for alleged corruption. Glas's lawyer said he was innocent.
In his new film Monkey Man - which he starred in, directed and produced himself - Dev has created a British Asian action hero. But he doesn't want it compared to James Bond. "As a huge fan of the genre, I was so frustrated not to be represented," the actor, best known for his roles in Lion and Slumdog Millionaire, tells BBC Asian Network's Nikita Kanda. From Hollywood to Bollywood, via Hong Kong, he says action cinema has skipped characters he could relate to.
Thousands of app users reported issues accessing the three sites late on Wednesday, with people taking to other social media to air grievances. While Meta's status site indicates most issues are resolved, some of its business and messaging platforms are still experiencing "major disruptions". Problems began around 19:00 BST. The UK site Downdetector, which monitors the performance of websites, indicated around 82,000 issues with WhatsApp at 19:25 BST but an hour later the issue appeared to have been largely resolved.
He sucks on his home-rolled cigarette, narrows his brow and tilts his head - as if the very question is absurd. "No, no, we don't have a pension," he says looking at his wife of more than 45 years. Mr Cao belongs to a generation that witnessed the birth of Communist China. Like his country, he has become old before he has become rich. Like many rural and migrant workers, he has no choice but to keep working and to keep earning, as he's fallen through a weak social safety net. A slowing economy, shrinking government benefits and a decades-long one-child policy have created a creeping demographic crisis in in Xi Jinping's China. The pension pot is running dry and the country is running out of time to build enough of a fund to care for the growing number of elderly.
The justices have upheld the state's 15-week ban on abortion, in a ruling that means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon begin. But the court will also let Floridians decide in November if abortion rights should be sealed in the state charter. Most Americans back legalised abortion, but most also favour restrictions. The abortion ballot initiative could energise liberal voters in a presidential swing state that has been trending conservative in recent election cycles.
The 22-year-old teacher lives in Cap-Haitien with her brother. But 10 members of her family including her father and other siblings are still in Port-au-Prince, where gangs are in control of about 80% of the capital. "They are living in a kind of open prison because they cannot go too far for safety reasons. They own a shop where they sell food but it's difficult for them to buy products to sell." The United Nations has described the situation in Haiti in cataclysmic terms, as a nation "close to collapse".
The British-American star was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Southampton. He was nominated for best actor at the 2019 Bafta TV awards for his role in BBC Three drama Killed by My Debt. "His insatiable appetite for life was felt by all who knew him," the publicist said in a statement.
The head was falsely accused of striking a student in a row over her wearing an Islamic headscarf in school. Education Minister Nicole Belloubet said the mobile force was intended to reassure teachers and boost security. Tensions in French schools are high since the killing of two teachers. Samuel Paty was decapitated on the street in a Paris suburb in 2020 and Dominique Bernard was killed at his school in Arras five months ago. Former students who had been radicalised were involved in both killings.
To help, the Biden administration has approved $ 60m (£47m) in emergency funds that Maryland had requested. Governor Wes Moore outlined how they intended to clear debris, remove the ship, extract bridge pieces and rebuild it. "We have a very long road ahead of us," he said.
It is certain the 32-year-old will be going to jail; what is not known is how long for. The moment has revived debate about the extent of his crimes - and what punishment might fit. His legal team have called for leniency, but prosecutors are seeking 40 to 50 years in prison. They say such a sentence is warranted for someone who lied to investors and banks, and stole billions in deposits from customers of his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX.
Central TV aired a 2010 edition of Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets for its morning audience, but made sure that viewers could not see his jeans. Jeans are seen as a symbol of western imperialism in the secretive state and as such are banned. Mr Titchmarsh said the news has given him "a bit of street cred."
It eased arms export rules to allow the jets to be sold to countries that Japan has signed defence pacts with, and where there is no ongoing conflict. Japan has pledged to double military spending by 2027, citing threats posed by China and North Korea. Each fighter jet sale will require cabinet approval, authorities said.
It will feature a 70m (229.6ft) dragon at its centre and at least 30 rides, the firm behind the project says. The park would be the world's first such attraction based on the popular media franchise. The announcement was met with some criticism from fans, citing Saudi Arabia's human rights record. The park will cover more than half a million square metres, according to Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) which is wholly owned by the Saudi Arabian government's investment fund.
He couldn't move to feel what was trapping him, and when he tried to call for help, he discovered he couldn't make a sound. Paul had survived a serious bout of polio, but had been left quadriplegic. After an emergency tracheostomy operation, he was unable to breathe without the iron lung machine that now encased his small body. When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history.
In a brief statement, Prince Harry and Meghan said they hoped Catherine and her family could heal "privately and in peace". Catherine said on Friday the news was a "huge shock" after an "incredibly tough couple of months". She said she was "well" and "getting stronger every day". Details of the cancer have not been disclosed. Kensington Palace says the princess is confident that she will make a full recovery.
He was convicted two years ago in Italy for his part in the gang rape of an Albanian woman at a night club in Milan in 2013. Robinho, 40, was arrested at his flat in his home city of Santos. The Italian government had requested that he serve his sentence in Brazil after failing to get him extradited. On Wednesday, a court in Brazil upheld the decision and also ruled that he should serve his time behind bars instead of under house arrest.
The walls are thick silk curtains. Within them, a cascading chandelier hangs over a phallus-shaped velvet couch and a chequered marble floor. Opulent gold accents everything - from the framed art on the walls to the furniture. Women are ushered in and offered champagne by male butlers "who live to serve" them. But men are otherwise noticeably absent, turned away at the entrance. This "Ladies Lounge" takes the concept of an old Australian pub and turns it on its head.
One other person was found in a non-life-threatening condition while two others remain missing, Japan's coast guard said. The Keoyoung Sun capsized off Yamaguchi prefecture after the crew radioed for help around 07:00 on Wednesday (22:00 GMT Tuesday). The search is still on for another two sailors who were on board. The ship was reportedly at anchor because of stormy weather. The coast guard said it was carrying 980 tonnes of acrylic acid.
But as well as getting the nation's biggest sporting event, a blockbuster halftime performance and several camera cutaways of Taylor Swift in the crowd, they also got six 30-second commercials for Temu - a Chinese-owned e-commerce company. The shopping giant has been criticised by politicians in the UK and US - a US government investigation finding an "extremely high risk" that products sold on Temu could have been made with forced labour. Temu says it "strictly prohibits" the use of forced, penal, or child labour by all its merchants.
A mass of green has been painted behind a cut-back mature tree to look like foliage, with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose next to it. James Peak, who created the BBC Radio 4 series The Banksy Story, rushed to see the work after receiving a tip-off. "To my mind it looks like a dead cert," he said. "But as ever with Banksy - you never quite know, until he fesses up by posting it on his website."
Among those being asked to leave the area are residents of the small town of Grindavik, which has been badly affected by the ongoing flare-ups. The nearby Blue Lagoon, one of Iceland's most popular tourist attractions, has also been evacuated. Iceland's airspace remains open. A giant lava spill is billowing smoke.
The 18-year-old was diagnosed with leukaemia last year, and since then, Mr Pushpakumara and Nuwan have had to make several trips all the way to Maharagama, a suburb of the capital Colombo, to get to the National Cancer Institute. Sri Lanka provides universal healthcare - free health services - to its citizens. The government spends 4% of its budget on healthcare, and its state hospital system has been praised as one of the best in the region. However, the effects of a devastating economic crisis have meant this once celebrated system is now dealing with a shortage of drugs and problems with counterfeit medicines, as well as the fact that doctors are leaving the country in droves.
Most voters are too pre-occupied trying to dodge the flyer-thrusting politicians to notice a clue that this is not your ordinary campaign for a seat on the City of Gold Coast council. Incumbent councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden is seeking re-election. But concealed beneath his beige trousers is the outline of an electronic ankle bracelet - a device which allows police to track his movements. The 31-year-old is charged with murdering his stepfather, Robert Lumsden, at the family's home in August last year.
Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said Israel would facilitate further aid convoys, after a new land route opened up to deliver food to northern Gaza. The UN has warned that Gaza, under Israeli attack since the war with Hamas began in October, is at risk of famine. Brussels says starvation is being used as a weapon of war in the territory.
Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer and tear gas while in his car in Vilnius on Tuesday night, Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. The alleged assailant is unknown, as is their motive. Lithuanian police have been informed of the incident and are investigating, according to the Reuters news agency. Another member of the Navalny team, Ivan Zhdanov, posted pictures on social media of Mr Volkov with a bloodied lower left leg and what looked like bruising to his temple.
Avian influenza had already infected other seabirds and mammals on the British Overseas Territory, but scientists report gentoo and king penguins have now fallen victim, too. The breeding season is closing on the sub-Antarctic island so the immediate impacts are likely to be limited. But there'll be concern for next season when wildlife gathers again en masse.
The image, taken by Prince William and issued by Kensington Palace for Mother's Day, showed Catherine with their three children. But Associated Press was the first to pull the image as it "did not meet" the agency's photo standards. The agency noted an "inconsistency in alignment of Princess Charlotte's left hand". Kensington Palace declined to comment.
The Moscow State University student had titled the network "Slava Ukraini!" which means "Glory to Ukraine!". A Moscow court found him guilty of displaying "symbols of extremist organisations" on Thursday. Since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, thousands have been handed prison terms or fines for criticising the invasion or supporting Ukraine.
Canada was one of 16 countries to halt future funds after Israel presented evidence of violence by UNRWA staff. The Canadian statement said the funding would resume while investigations into the staff members continue. Canada is the 11st largest contributor to the UNRWA budget, 2022 data shows. The decision to resume funding was announced in a statement on Friday by Canada's Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen.
Canada was one of 16 countries to halt future funds after Israel presented evidence of violence by UNRWA staff. The Canadian statement said the funding would resume while investigations into the staff members continue. Canada is the 11st largest contributor to the UNRWA budget, 2022 data shows. The decision to resume funding was announced in a statement on Friday by Canada's Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen.
Australian-born Mr Murdoch was rumoured to be dating Ms Zhukova soon after his engagement to ex-police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith was abruptly called off in April 2023. The pair are said to have met at a party hosted by one of his ex-wives, Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng. Mr Murdoch's other former spouses were Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann, Ms Deng and US model and actress Jerri Hall.
Snakes, parrots and monitor lizards were among 87 animals seized at Suvarnabhumi Airport, officials said. They were allegedly discovered in the suspects' checked luggage as they tried to fly to Mumbai. The suspects face a maximum of 10 years behind bars. The Thai customs department released photos showing the red panda - an endangered species - inside a basket, and a parrot shut in a plastic container. Snakes were coiled together in cloth bags. Thailand is a major transit hub for wildlife smugglers. The animals are usually sold in China and Vietnam, but India has become a growing market.
The bizarre case is documented in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The shots were bought and given privately within the space of 29 months. The man appears to have suffered no ill effects, researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg say.