WORLD NEWS ALERT

Canada's Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Quebec's Bill 21, which bars some public sector workers, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols. from BBC News https://ift.tt/1VH2Ibl

The dry subject matter of this weekend's vote seems obscure but for many it is a vote on the PM. from BBC News https://ift.tt/tPgS6lX

Royer Perez-Jimenez died amid a surge of migrant deaths under Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. from BBC News https://ift.tt/kDH5KfA

Some 26 million people are "facing extreme hunger" in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, warns humanitarian organisation Oxfam. from BBC News https://ift.tt/xhNHWFY

What does Trump's Truth Social post after gas field attacks tell us about US-Israeli alignment? from BBC News https://ift.tt/O7cDRwu

The BBC's Will Grant reports from the island days after the entire national electric grid collapsed. from BBC News https://ift.tt/AGCcyiH

A jury found that Kouri Richins killed her husband in March 2022 by poisoning him with a fentanyl-laced drink. from BBC News https://ift.tt/oBeYTJi

The National Center for Learning Disabilities said it was "disturbed" by the president's remarks. from BBC News https://ift.tt/4v3PxBR

Mexico City set a Guinness record for the largest football training session as 9,500 participants filled the capital’s Zocalo square ahead of World Cup. from BBC News https://ift.tt/e0SodAg

We find out how the award-winning, demon-busting crooners have cast a spell world over. from BBC News https://ift.tt/ib984qP

A relative tells BBC those killed were civilians and not Hezbollah operatives, but the Israel Defense Forces says it was targeting "terrorist infrastructure". from BBC News https://ift.tt/1lTKreY

They have engaged a lobbying firm with close ties to the US president to argue their case. from BBC News https://ift.tt/sRZOiDy

An exhibition in Mumbai displayed chairs that told the history of colonial invasions and art movements in India. from BBC News https://ift.tt/0erkdmI

The Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix scheduled for next month are set to be cancelled as a result of the Middle East war. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Qfrg7tK

Sinners, Marty Supreme, Hamnet and One Battle After Another are among the films in contention this year. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Alxmyoi

BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith spoke to Gold Star mum Lynn, whose son died in the Iraq War, and veteran Jeremy. from BBC News https://ift.tt/Ebp6NSH

Leo Brent Bozell apologises after weighing in on a dispute rooted in the country's apartheid past. from BBC News https://ift.tt/BlrsDJe

Dutchman Hans Compter travelled around the world to deliver the Austin to Cathleen Hourie in Orkney. from BBC News https://ift.tt/rlvAzJw

The city's biggest ever evacuation comes after the British flying bomb was discovered near a collapsed bridge. from BBC News https://ift.tt/zZ4rajn

A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows. from BBC News https://ift.tt/9O13IHM

Is the backlash against Timothée Chalamet about more than his views on ballet and opera? from BBC News https://ift.tt/uKD8wFX

More than 60% voters said they wanted to keep the current licence fee levels, initial projections show. from BBC News https://ift.tt/eGQk7si

Kenyan celebrities are driving a surge in weight‑loss and cosmetic procedures, sparking criticism and concerns. from BBC News https://ift.tt/k9AKCsG

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures. from BBC News https://ift.tt/TD52S6X

Band Baaja Bitiya is the moving tale of a father who goes to rescue his daughter from her matrimonial home. from BBC News https://ift.tt/LhJaR5d

In super-organised Singapore, disputes over public space are a battle between control and chaos. from BBC News https://ift.tt/yZCbc1j

The US-Israel war with Iran is being monetised by online creators with AI-generated misinformation. from BBC News https://ift.tt/WQ5OdTP

Teens are infuriating locals by riding over golf courses and doing wheelies on the Harbour Bridge. from BBC News https://ift.tt/kJdhFfa

Ecuador's military says the drug-trafficking submersible was loaded with fuel and "ready to go". from BBC News https://ift.tt/jMwqUeV

Video released by the Italian fire brigade shows the wolf being rescued from under a bridge. from BBC News https://ift.tt/WkEURQC

European nations say they want to work better together but have differing priorities from BBC News https://ift.tt/9jcYMVf

The crisis in the Middle East has widened after Israel and the US attacked Iran on Saturday with major strikes. from BBC News https://ift.tt/rOzn8q1

The US defence secretary confirms a US military base was hit by an Iranian missile on Sunday. from BBC News https://ift.tt/N9sdpke

Iranian official threatens to "set fire" to any ships passing through the crucial Strait of Hormuz. from BBC News https://ift.tt/WBN9Xx6

A fast-moving day saw the conflict widen in the region, with strikes being traded between opposing sides. from BBC News https://ift.tt/4DwWfNe

Jamie Doran played the photographer, who has died aged 61, in the 2018 movie A Private War. from BBC News https://ift.tt/dnzaCwZ

Donald Trump warned of more US deaths after three US service members have been killed in action on the second day of US-Israel attack on Iran. from BBC News https://ift.tt/wjXiuDW