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Pastore, who played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero in the hit US show, was found at his home in New York City, US media report.

Pressure is building on Gianni Infantino. Can he survive as Fifa president after the implosion of the controversial World Cup investment plan?

For Kieran Dodds, photographing people with red hair has become something of an obsession over the past decade or more.

As Europe faces its worst wildfires in decades, Australia offers lessons in disaster preparedness.

Costumed participants danced and waved from a colourful flotilla of 80 decorated vessels as they made their way through the city's waterways.

Some 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be.

The current strain has so far killed 1,587 people, and there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment.

The attack comes as Moscow escalates deadly ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.

Italy has temporarily suspended the Schengen arrangement with Spain as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called scenes in Ceuta "shocking".

Fifa president Gianni Infantino is in the eye of a storm after scrapping his attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. If he goes, who comes in?

The governing body of European football says Fifa president Gianni Infantino has "failed to deliver" on promises he made when elected 10 years ago.

Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.

President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.

Ballistic experts say the dozens of tiny round punctures are tell-tale signs of pellet gun injuries.

More police departments are trying to invigorate unsolved murder or missing cases through the power of podcasts.

Dozens of Ethiopians are awaiting execution - some called the BBC to tell their stories.

At least two chartered flights carrying up to 150 greyhounds are set to fly to Australia's eastern states, the BBC understands.

An estimated 60,000 migrants from Morocco have crossed into Ceuta, with dozens dying during the journey.

Hamas says it has accepted a disarmament plan for Gaza which will see it lay down its arms and Israeli troops withdraw from the territory.

The realities of politics, war, zero trust, the deaths of thousands and the destruction of Gaza will make any agreement very complicated.

The estimated number of arrivals is more than 70% of the population of the city, which is about 83,600.

Ollanta Humala had been convicted of money laundering offences alongside his wife in 2025.

AC Milan and Italy great Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66, the Italian club announces.

Football's governing body Fifa plans to continue the consultation process after Uefa threatens to boycott World Cups.

It's been a seismic 48 hours for football after Uefa threatened to boycott the World Cup and Concacaf rejected Gianni Infantino's funding plan - what happens now, and can Fifa's president su...

The plan - if successful - potentially removes the most significant obstacle to advancing the Trump-backed peace initiative in Gaza.

A senior Hamas official has told the BBC they have agreed to the Board of Peace's plan. Israel has not commented.

It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms' networks.

The territory's leader said the influx is overwhelming resources and urged the Spanish government to intervene.

The North African enclave's leader said resources were being overwhelmed after so many people entered by sea from Morocco.

Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are also grappling with the effects of a series of prolonged heatwaves and low rainfall.

"It is clear you failed as a parent," the judge told Colin Gray, who was found guilty earlier this year on charges stemming from the deadly 2024 school attack.

Uefa says "the World Cup is not for sale" after its 55 member associations vote to boycott future tournaments if Fifa and its president, Gianni Infantino, do not back down on their investmen...

Instead of calling for a helicopter rescue, David Cifaldi hiked down Montana's Granite Peak with a hiking pole piercing his side.

The missile left a 10m-wide (33ft) crater a short distance from the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, about 100km from the border with Ukraine.

Strong winds have fanned the flames in the Rethymno region as wildfires continue to ravage the Greek island.

After a short period of relative calm when hostilities were paused, both sides have now restarted missile attacks.

It is not the first time the constitution has been amended to allow Daniel Ortega, 80, to stay in power for longer.

The 70 year old has been in detention since November 2024 and faces treason charges, which he denies.

A six-year-old girl and two boys, aged 11 and 17, were among six killed in a village near the central city of Kryvyi Rih.