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The brothers have had a fractured relationship for a number of years.

Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani's detention is "unjustified and disproportionate", Reporters Without Borders says.

Blocks of flats and warehouses were targeted in the "massive attack" on Thursday, Ukrainian officials say.

Investigators believe they have identified an arsonist who attacked a Jewish community centre in Munich in 1970, killing seven people.

Jewel Howard-Taylor was arrested at Liberia's international airport and has not commented on the allegations.

The train collided with the four men at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.

Clément Vandenkerckhove was quietly brought into Prince Laurent's family at a town hall ceremony.

Police confirm Mutotwe Kafwaya's death after growing demands for information about his whereabouts.

Prosecutors say Erin Patterson's sentence was "manifestly inadequate" as it allows for the possibility of parole.

Hui's sentencing marks a key moment in the fallout from Evergrande's collapse, which shook China's property sector.

The state premier initially said Lily Hooper had been found alive before police confirmed her death.

Men born in Ukraine who fought for Russia are tried for treason, but at a prisoner of war camp in western Ukraine, many believe they were defending their homeland.

Melting sea ice from climate change has opened up the region for giant whales to undertake 'feeding frenzies'.

The UK's foreign secretary condemned the move as "an unacceptable and destructive act".

Australia's foreign minister says she will summon the Israeli ambassador over 'insulting' Zomi Frankcom decision.

Prime Minister Carney hailed "significant progress" in trade talks as the two countries seek to hammer out final details ahead of a new weekend tariff deadline.

Amy Lopez from Texas was last seen alive in September 1994 while on a visit to a fortress in Koblenz.

BBC Verify looks at footage from two deadly strikes in under 24 hours in Gaza.

Postpartum psychosis is a psychiatric emergency that can involve mania, depression, hallucinations and delusions.

Sonia Bellina's body was "abandoned" after "a murder of rare savagery", the family's lawyer says.

Mykhailo Fedorov has called for elections, without addressing concerns over how they could be held while at war.

Chidimma Adetshina is challenging efforts to have her deported from South Africa, which she says is her home.

Judge Brian Murphy cleared the way for the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians living in the US.

A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July, and crashed into the Indian Ocean, made an unexpected appearance off Christmas Island.

She initially survived the attack but her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in 2024.

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department tells the BBC the nationalities are yet to be confirmed.

The man is alleged to have been one of the scuba divers who planted explosives on the pipelines in 2022.

It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Francis Smith was one of a growing number of elderly people who are incarcerated.

Lawyers for Erin Patterson say her conviction was undermined by a "catastrophic" mix-up that led to the jury staying at the same hotel as prosecutors and a key witness.

Liberia says the deal is a "humanitarian arrangement" and is receiving no compensation.

The skeletal remains in Lake Mead include what appears to be a human jaw with teeth attached, a witness says.

Erin Patterson's defence team appeal against her conviction for killing relatives with a beef Wellington laced with toxic mushrooms.

It comes after Trump announced plans to curtail joint military exercises with South Korea, citing a "very good" relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

Ten months after a ceasefire was declared, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are still reported missing.

More than 200 women accuse Christian Nègre of drugging them to make them urinate - two share their stories.

A member of Tupac Shakur's entourage said he was threatened with contempt of court if he did not testify in the murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis.

Martial law has been in place in Ukraine since February 2022, under which elections are suspended.

Damascus called the attacks "an unjustified act of aggression" that imperilled regional security.

Harvard Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to families who alleged the school mishandled the donated remains of loved ones.