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LPD WienVienna police released CCTV images of the suspectsAn international manhunt is under way for two men who stole a necklace decorated with more than 600 diamonds from a museum in Vienna after buying a ticket for the exhibition in which it was being displayed.Police said the two suspects smashed a glass display case at the Vienna Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) on Thursday afternoon and grabbed the platinum and diamond necklace, which is believed to be worth more than $4m (£3m; €3.5m).The necklace, which was designed for the former Egyptian royal family, was part of an exhibition on the…
Getty ImagesClashes have broken out in Ceuta, with protesters setting fire to migrant belongings on the beachA month after tens of thousands of migrants entered the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa, there have been outbreaks of violence as tensions mount between locals and foreign arrivals.The Spanish government has been accused by opposition parties of struggling to manage the crisis effectively.Ceuta’s residents have complained of feeling unsafe on the streets, as well as expressing concerns about the burden being placed on public services.At least 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July. Most…
BBC tracks one week of Israeli settler violence in occupied West BankThe BBC’s Lucy Williamson reports on settler attacks on Palestinians, which have been observed over the last week alone.2 hrs agoMiddle East
EPALast Monday night, drug gangs turned Salvatore’s pizzeria in Brussels into a crime scene.”We dropped to the floor. I had clients eating on the terrace with children. Look, we can see the bullet impacts everywhere.”His restaurant sits on a pretty little square in St Gilles. It’s a central area of the city, close to the international Midi train station, where passengers arrive on trains from London and Paris.Shootings related to drug trafficking have become routine in the Belgian capital over the past couple of years. There were over 100 in 2025 alone, and more than 65 shootings so far this…
Getty ImagesThe Mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, has been engaged for five yearsOslo’s Mayor Anne Lindboe has called off her wedding ceremony because of the death of King Harald V of Norway.The wedding with her fiancé Pål Sandvid was planned to take place on Friday but was postponed after the king died earlier the same day, her political adviser confirmed to the BBC.”It’s hard to imagine an Oslo and a Norway without you. You didn’t need a crowd to be king,” Lindboe wrote in a tribute to the late monarch on Instagram.Harald reigned for 35 years and died at the…
LIVEKing Haakon VIII takes the throne in Norway following death of Harald VThe Norwegian king died in Oslo’s national hospital early Friday morning after serving 35 years on the throne.
Sudipto BhattacharyaSubhrasree Chakraborty in Kathmandu a day before she set out for the pilgrimageEarly on Wednesday, Sudipto Bhattacharya received what would be the last messages from his wife.She’d sent a picture of a departure stamp in her passport at 07:57 (02:27 GMT) – immigration at the Nepal border was done.Six minutes later, at 08:03, she wrote: we are waiting to enter China. Then the messages stopped.Subhrasree Chakraborty and the group she was travelling with had been waiting to cross into Tibet for the next stage of their pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, the sacred Himalayan home of Hindu god Shiva that…
Watch: Why rescuers fear new barrier lake could cause another Nepal-Tibet floodLaura Bicker explains how a lake which formed after the recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border is raising fears of a second flood.1 hr agoAsia
Watch: Blocked roads and devastation as BBC drives to site of Nepal floodsSouth Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports as she travels from Kathmandu to Trishuli, passing ambulances and hearses on the way.35 mins agoAsia
Nepal army rescues survivors from hydropower tunnelNepal’s Prime Minister Secretariat shared footage showing army personnel rescuing people from a hydropower tunnel.37 mins ago