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After a week of airstrikes in the neighbourhood of Dahieh, the shock of an explosion is rarely followed by surprise.  

Sir Keir Starmer has called for Israel and Hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying "escalation serves no one". 

Sir Keir Starmer is to meet with Donald Trump later tonight. 

The Princess of Wales described a visit to a ballet performance as "moving and inspiring", as she continues her recovery from cancer. 

Kamala Harris has hit out at opponents making "proposals for surrender" in Ukraine - making a thinly veiled criticism of Donald Trump. 

A Conservative peer has resigned from the parliamentary grouping of the party because of "how far right my party has moved". 

The world's oldest piece of cheese has been discovered - found laid across a mummy's neck. 

New fighting rocked Sudan's capital on Thursday with airstrikes and drone attacks in and around Khartoum amid a worsening cholera outbreak, officials said. 

Kirsty Wark says she preferred A Very British Scandal to Scoop, as while one was a "rollicking drama" the other failed to give "enough people their place". 

The close ties between Mohamed al Fayed's Harrods shop and the Metropolitan Police "felt like a corrupt relationship," a former chief superintendent in the force has said.