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Oil crosses $110 a barrel after gas field strike

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Iran's military warned it would take "decisive action" in response to the strike on its energy infrastructure.

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Analysis: Is government going wobbly on its migration plans?

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Chris Mason asks if the UK government will stick to its big immigration shake-up or water it down.

US aircraft carrier to sail to Crete for repairs after fire on board

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The USS Gerald R Ford has played a significant role in US operations during the war with Iran.

Afghan evacuees in limbo in Qatar camp accuse US of betrayal

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More than 1,100 Afghans evacuated by the US fear their route to promised resettlement is closed for good.

The Papers: Labour migrant plans under scrutiny and Iran gas field targeted

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A number of papers lead on whether the UK government is stalling on its migrant reform plans.

UK sets target to boost steel making and cut imports

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Up to half of steel used in Britain should be made there, the government says, as it announces its steel strategy.

I'm in agony six years after treatment for anal cancer

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Trish Prosser said she was too embarrassed to tell loved ones about the type of cancer she had as she felt there was a stigma surrounding anal cancer.

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Sadiq Khan says Labour should pledge to rejoin EU

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Downing Street has repeatedly said the government will not rejoin the single market or customs union.

Wednesday, Mar 18

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US intelligence chief says Iran's regime 'intact' but 'degraded'

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Lawmakers pressed intelligence officials about the Iran war, and if the Islamic Republic had posed an imminent threat.

Government increases BBC World Service funding by £33m over three years

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The funding increase is about 8% up on the previous financial year, the government will announce on Thursday.

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Two men charged with allegedly spying on London Jewish community for Iran

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Counter Terrorism Policing had been investigating alleged surveillance of locations and individuals linked to London's Jewish community.

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Body of 16-year-old girl found after car entered river

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Searches continue for a missing male teenager who remains unaccounted for.

Israel destroys river bridges in southern Lebanon

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The health ministry says that 968 people, including more than 100 children, have been killed since 2 March.

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Watch: Gabbard faces scrutiny over Iran nuclear intelligence claims

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The US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was questioned over what Democrats perceive as a discrepancy between White House and intelligence community claims.

Nursery employee worked with children after arrest

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Kristian Parry, 26, found work at another nursery despite being arrested for making indecent images.

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Murder charges after body found in wheelie bin

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Thomas Niven, 37, was found in a park in Coventry on Friday evening.

Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed

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Israel said it had killed Khatib, whose death was confirmed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday.

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Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

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Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea - Ukraine's peninsula annexed by Russia.

'Very difficult to stop': BBC visits scene of Iran cluster bomb strike on Israel

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An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded.

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UK temperature reaches 21C in warmest day of year so far

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The UK has seen its warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 21C.

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Scottish group sue Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer claims

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Women claim the pharmaceutical company knew about the dangers of contaminated talc for decades - which the company has denied in the past.

After Scotland rejected assisted dying bill, will laws change in England and Wales?

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MSPs rejected legalising assisted dying in Scotland, but a separate bill is being considered in England and Wales.

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PM swerves questions on whether he spoke to Mandelson over Epstein friendship

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch repeatedly asks if the prime minister spoke to Peter Mandelson about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein before picking him to be a UK ambassador.

Murder-accused mother 'threw newborn from window'

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Zahira Byjaouane is accused of murdering her 18-day-old baby Mariam in Westminster, central London.

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MSP rules out reintroducing assisted dying bill after Scottish election

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Liam McArthur said it was time to pass the baton to someone else after five years of work on the now-rejected bill.

Fire-hit Glasgow building being demolished by hand

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Demolition workers are using hand tools to dismantle the remaining facade of a B-listed Victorian building in Glasgow which went up in flames.

Ex-MP Crispin Blunt charged with drugs offences

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The former MP for Reigate is charged after police searches of his home in Horley, Surrey in 2023.

Norway prosecutor asks for seven years' jail for crown princess's son in rape trial

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Prosecutors in the trial of Marius Borg Høiby argue he should be found guilty of 39 of the 40 charges he is accused of.

Officials reassure parents probable meningitis case not linked to outbreak

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A 16-year-old school pupil is being treated after being diagnosed with a probable case of bacterial meningitis.

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Irish PM dodges potential St Patrick's Day bruises at Trump meeting

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BBC News NI political editor Enda McClafferty looks at how Micheál Martin fared against Donald Trump during their St Patrick's Day meeting.