Sri Lanka's navy says around 140 people are feared missing after a military vessel went down off its southern coast.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the US military has sunk "an Iranian warship" in the Indian Ocean with a torpedo.

An official says more preparations are needed for the three-day ceremony in Tehran, where the supreme leader will lie in state.

US-Israeli strikes have destroyed at least 11 Iranian naval vessels, images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

HMS Dragon is being loaded with ammunition in Portsmouth having just recently come out of maintenance.

The Met Police suspect three men of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.

It comes after Trump criticised the PM for refusing to allow the use of UK bases in the initial US-Israel strikes.

The Arctic Metagaz went down between Libya and Malta after it was hit by explosions and a fire, Libyan officials say.

Paul Quinn denies raping a woman in a case that led to one of the "very worst" miscarriages of justice.

Yvonne Ford's daughter tells an inquest they do not want another family to endure the same loss.

A court heard that an art consultant working for the TV hosts took "secret and unauthorised profits".

"I love you so much," Victoria says, two months after her son posted about the family breakdown.

It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.

Leo came to Scotland for a better life but ended up living in squalor in a house surrounded by empty bottles and takeaway containers.

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Contests in the southern state are signalling which way the Republicans and Democrats are heading.

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Some British nationals are being invited to board the flight from the capital of Oman later on Wednesday.

BBC's Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the mixed messaging given by President Donald Trump's administration for its actions in Iran.

Israel has continued strikes across Iran and Lebanon as Donald Trump warns action could continue for weeks

Iran continues retaliatory strikes against Israel and across the Gulf, as US and Israeli attacks on Iran enter a fifth day.

Experts have warned that if oil and gas prices remains elevated it could make goods and services more expensive.

Spain's prime minister delivers a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump's threat to end trade with his country.

Civilians are being displaced, taking shelter in tents, parks and cars, as Israel retaliates to Hezbollah rocket attack.

Investigation into claims of sex abuse by the late Harrods owner should include trafficking, says former head of Met's Anti-Trafficking Unit.

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has his suspended sentence reduced to 15 months at a retrial following an incident in Greece in 2020.

James Watt apologises to staff and investors after hundreds of jobs were lost with the sale of the brewer and pub chain.

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The author's 21-month-old son died in January after complications during medical procedures at a private hospital in Lagos.

The City of London Police's corruption unit says it has carried out a "significant investigation" into alleged fraud.

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