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Princess Anne has been hospitalised with concussion after apparently being injured by a horse while walking on her estate in Gloucestershire.Buckingham Palace says the Princess who is 73 is expected to make a full recovery, although she is likely to remain in hospital for some time. A planned working trip to Canada by the Princess has been postpone…

A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures. The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his brain, has reduced Oran Knowlson’s daytime seizures by 80%. The surgery was carried out in October as part of a trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital …

Here are the UK's general election headlines for Monday, 24 June. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he is not aware of any other Conservative candidates being investigated by the gambling commission in connection with allegations of betting on the date of the UK’s general election. Labour leader Keir Starmer said the Conservative Party investigat…

A massive factory fire that began after several lithium batteries exploded has killed at least 22 people in South Korea. The blaze broke out on Monday morning at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong city, about 45km (28 miles) south of the capital Seoul. Local television footage showed large smoke clouds and small explosions going off as firefighters soug…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the "intense phase” of fighting Hamas in Gaza is nearly over, allowing forces to move to the northern border with Lebanon to confront Hezbollah. Netanyahu said he expected the ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to be completed soon. But he said that “doesn’t mean the war is about …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the "intense phase" of fighting in Rafah in southern Gaza is nearly over, but that this does not mean that the war is coming to an end.He said the war would continue until Hamas was completely driven from power.He added that the Israeli military would soon be able to redeploy troops to the border w…

Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the BBC’s Katty Kay sits down with some of the most legendary athletes from previous Olympic games for in-depth conversations about their lives, sports, and what it takes to succeed at the highest level. In this episode, Katty visits California to sit down with basketball icon Magic Johnson. They discuss …

The Israeli military has said its forces violated protocol by strapping a wounded Palestinian man to the front of their vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the incident after it was captured on video and shared on social media. An IDF statement said the man was wounded in an exchange of fir…

Winged machines are "flying" - or at least swimming - beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.Known as "sea dragons" or "tidal kites", they look like aircraft, but are in fact high-tech tidal turbines, generating electricity from the power of the ocean.So, how does the technology work? This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s f…

Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists.Researchers observed the animals in the forests of Uganda over the past four years. The scientists, who published their findings in the journal PLOS One, think the chimps could even help in the search for new medicines.Subs…

Conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has prompted concerns from the US that it risks turning into a wider regional war. The two sides have exchanged fire across the Lebanon-Israel border in recent weeks. Hezbollah said it is fighting Israel to support Hamas in Gaza. Israel's military said that operational plans for an offe…

Ukraine has said its energy facilities have come under a “massive” attack from Russia overnight, in the latest onslaught targeting the country's power grid.It is the eighth time Russia has launched an attack on energy infrastructure facilities in the past three months, Ukraine’s energy ministry said.Air defence systems shot down 12 of 16 missiles a…

It hasn't always been easy for Elder Scrolls Online. It has been played by 24 million people and made $2bn since it launched over 10 years ago, but Zenimax developers Matt Firor and Rich Lambert tell BBC Newsbeat about how it recovered from its rocky launch. Matt also goes into how he suggested taking a leaf from Grand Theft Auto Online's playbook …

More than 70 million Americans - about one in five of the population - are living under heat alerts as temperatures soar. Authorities are concerned for vulnerable people in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, as the states are not accustomed to this level of heat. Cooling centers have opened up in cities across the north-east part of America, wit…

Legendary rock band Queen will sell their catalogue of songs to Sony music for £1bn, according to a report from Variety magazine. It is thought to be the biggest deal of its kind, with Bruce Springsteen selling his catalogue to Sony for only half the amount Queen has. While the company would get the rights to Queen’s recorded music, the surviving m…

Artificial intelligence (AI) may allow some students at UK schools to continue conversing with Holocaust survivors even after they are no longer alive.The technology utilises speech-to-text recognition, cameras and AI language model understanding to allow viewers to ask the survivors about their life and experiences.The programme, which was created…

Many parts of the world are currently experiencing above-average temperatures, with meteorologists saying this is largely a result of global warming. While some areas are seeing colder conditions, far more regions are enduring temperatures described as being quite a lot warmer than average. Swathes of the globe including North America, southern and…

UK political party leaders faced challenging audience questions in a BBC Question Time Leaders' Special.Current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was grilled on NHS waiting lists and Brexit, while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was asked about housing costs and his plans for the NHS.SNP leader John Swinney was pressed over independence and the recent scan…

Mark Rutte, who has been the Netherlands' Prime Minister since 2010, is set to take over as as Nato’s secretary general in October. The current head, Jens Stoltenberg, will be stepping down on 1 October after holding the position for nearly a decade. Rutte's support for Ukraine helped win him the favour of key Nato countries including the UK and th…

Protesters have taken to the streets in Nairobi, Kenya, to challenge the government over a series of unpopular tax proposals - including a 16% levy on bread.On Tuesday, hundreds of protestors - most of them younger people - braved tear gas lobbed by police to march through the capital, Nairobi, bringing the city's central business district to a sta…

The leaders of Vietnam and Russia, President To Lam and President Vladimir Putin, have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, congratulating him on his recent re-election.Mr Putin, in return, said strengthening a strategic partnership with the south-east…

Wildfires in the US state of New Mexico continue to burn out of control after destroying more than 1,000 homes in the state.The entire population of one New Mexico town was ordered to evacuate.Overall, more than 70 million Americans, about one in five people, remain under heat alerts on Wednesday. Heat alerts also apply in six Canadian provinces.Me…

Russia and North Korea have signed a deal to help each other in the event of aggression against them, President Vladimir Putin has said.Kim Jong Un has said he fully supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Putin visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years.The Russian leader received a red carpet welcome, including roses, waving crowds and c…

Chip-maker Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company after its share price climbed to an all-time high on Tuesday. It is now worth $3.34 trillion (£2.63 trillion), with the price having nearly doubled since the start of this year. The firm is now more valuable than fellow tech giant Microsoft. It overtook Apple earlier this month. The Cal…

The war in Ukraine has many far-reaching effects but one of the more unexpected has been on couples hoping to have babies through commercial surrogacy. The country used to be the go-to destination in Europe due to its surrogacy laws, but now it's nearby Georgia, where numbers are soaring. Agencies there are recruiting women from across central Asia…

About 80 million people in the US are currently subject to an extreme heat warning, as a huge dome of hot air hovers over mid-Western and Eastern states. In the West, firefighters are still battling to bring several wildfires under control. Weather warnings have also been issued in four Canadian provinces. The extreme heat has been described by the…

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has said he "fully supports" Russia's invasion of Ukraine as Vladimir Putin visits the country for the first time in 24 years.The two leaders hailed ties between their countries after they held talks following the Russian president’s overnight arrival.The US and South Korea have accused North Korea of supplying Russ…

The White House has accused "right-wing critics" of selectively editing videos in a "misinformation" campaign to question President Joe Biden's mental state. In the most recent incident, Mr Biden’s opponents claimed he experienced a moment of confusion that required Barack Obama to lead him off stage at a weekend fundraiser. The White House shared …

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea to a red-carpet welcome on Tuesday night at the start of his first visit to the totalitarian state in 24 years. Mr Putin was met off his plane by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and - flanked by a military guard of honour - the pair talked animatedly for several minutes. The two leaders last m…

President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation, according to administration officials.The issue of immigration has proven an election-year headache for Mr Biden, who recently issued a sweeping executive action to curb record migrant arrivals at the…

Elder Scrolls Online has been played by 24 million people and made $2bn since it launched over 10 years ago.Streamers KayPOWXD GeekyCassie, and Dawnwhisper told BBC Newsbeat that the game's sense of community is what keeps them coming back.Kay, who got into gaming thanks to her dad and has been playing the game since the beginning, said long-term p…

The upper house of Thailand's parliament has approved a law giving equal marriage rights to same sex couples. It will now be sent to the Thai King for royal assent. Once the law receives royal approval, Thailand will become the third place in Asia - after Taiwan and Nepal - to allow same-sex marriage. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more …

Doctors have told the BBC that malnutrition and severe dehydration has affected dozens of Gazan's who have struggled to receive food supplies. At the beginning of June, the UN’s children’s agency, Unicef, reported that nine out of 10 children in Gaza were experiencing severe food poverty, surviving on two or fewer food groups per day. It said that …

Thousands of doctors in Seoul are striking in protest of the government's plans to introduce more trained physicians into the system.South Korea has one of the lowest doctor-to-patient ratios among major economies, so the government wants to add more medical school placements.But groups representing doctors argue that the government should prioriti…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised North Korea for "firmly supporting" Moscow's war in Ukraine, ahead of his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years.Mr Putin is expected to arrive in the capital to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday.The two leaders last met in September at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's far east, but this …

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned China that it must stop financially supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The BBC’s Sumi Somaskanda interviewed Stoltenberg about international politics related to Russia’s war in Ukraine.In a wide-ranging interview, the Secretary General clarified that NATO’s position with regards to nuclear deterre…

The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water. The nine are among more than 40 people alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of Greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching Gr…

The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water.They are among more than 40 people alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of Greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching …

More people are turning away from news, describing it as depressing, relentless and boring, a global study has suggested. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East may have contributed to people's desire to switch off the news, the report's authors said. It said that news avoidance is now at record high levels. The report also found that audiences for tr…

Campaigning for the French general election has kicked off, after President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election following victory for his rival Marine Le Pen's National Rally in the European Parliament vote. The French political picture consists of the newly formed New Popular Front on the Left, the National Rally on the Right, and in the Centre…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his six-member war cabinet, just over a week after the departure of centrist opposition leader Benny Gantz and his ally Gadi Eisenkot.Sensitive issues about the war with Hamas in Gaza will now be discussed by a smaller forum, Israeli media has reported.Mr Netanyahu had faced demands from far-…

China's Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Australia on a four-day trip and met with the country’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The visit is the first by a Chinese leader in seven years and it marks improving ties between the two countries. Both China and Australia will see the visit as central to addressing outstanding trade and consular issues. …

It’s been more than two years since Ukraine was invaded by Russian forces and now Moscow’s offensive is getting ever more intense. With many of its soldiers dead, injured or exhausted, the Ukrainian government has stepped up its efforts to mobilise more men. A new law, introduced in May, requires every man aged between 25 and 60 to log their detail…

The Israeli military says it will hold a daily "tactical pause of military activity" along a road in southern Gaza to enable more humanitarian aid to enter.The pauses, which are said to have begun on Saturday, will last from 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) until 19:00 local time until further notice.It comes after eight Israeli soldiers were killed in…

More than 90 countries and international organisations are attending the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, aimed at creating the broadest possible backing for a process that could help end the war in Ukraine.On Friday, Vladimir Putin claimed he would agree to a ceasefire if Ukraine withdrew troops from four regions which Russia partially occupie…

South Africa's parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress and opposition parties.The new government of national unity combines Mr Ramaphosa's ANC, the centre-right Democratic Alliance and smaller parties.In his victory speech, Mr Ramaphosa …

The UN's health agency says a significant proportion of Gaza's population is facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions - after eight months of war - thousands of children have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition.More than 37,000 people have been killed, and many hundreds of thousands more injured or displaced in Israel's offensive ag…