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Why has Israel-Gaza conflict flared? – BBC News

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Israeli air strikes on Gaza and rocket fire into Israel have continued, seven days since Israel’s operation against Palestinian militants began.

Palestinian officials say 172 people in Gaza have been killed.

Israel says nearly 1,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza in that time, but there have been no reports of any fatalities.

The BBC’s Paul Adams looks at why tensions have escalated in the region and explains the background to the crisis.

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Does President Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ actually exist? | BBC Newscast

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Does the energy ceasefire President Trump announced between Russia and Ukraine actually exist?

Over the weekend Trump said a truce had been reached. But whilst Ukrainian President Zelensky said he would be willing to back one, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said Ukraine doesn’t deserve the “respite” that a ceasefire would bring.

To unpack was was and was not agreed, Adam is joined by Dan Johnson in Kyiv, Asma Khalid in Washington DC and diplomatic correspondent James Landale in London.

00:00 What is life like in Ukraine?
08:45 What does each side want from an ‘energy ceasefire’?
17:00 What is the current relationship between Trump & Zelensky?
22:00 What’s happening in Saudi Arabia with the Houthi conflict?

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The attacks exposing Saudi Arabia’s biggest weakness | BBC News

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Several recent strikes have hit the international airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have …

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Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking – BBC News

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Expensive furniture sold by the US-based company Wayfair is at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy theory involving allegations of child trafficking, which has been spreading online.

The unfounded claims first appeared on 14 June in the US but have become a global trend since.

Wayfair has said “there is of course no truth to these claims”.

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Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s offshore secrets exposed | BBC News

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He was the Russian oligarch who bought Chelsea Football Club. But what’s the truth about Roman Abramovich’s fortune?

Working with the Bureau for Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama has uncovered hundreds of documents that were falsified and backdated to conceal his wealth and evade tax.

Roman Abramovich denies any wrongdoing.

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The IDF says it’s investigating hundreds of deadly incidents. What happened to them? | BBC Verify

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The BBC has identified 254 incidents in which the Israeli military has been accused of killing or injuring people that it said it was …

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