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Watch: LA prosecutor recommends resentencing Menendez brothers Two brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in a case that shook America more than three decades ago are a step closer to being released on parole. A Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended that Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced by a judge because…

A Kurdish militant group has said it was responsible for an attack on a state-owned defence manufacturer’s headquarters near the Turkish capital, Ankara, which saw five people killed. The PKK said it had targeted Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) on Wednesday because the weapons it produced had killed “thousands” of Kurds. In a statement, the group…

Three Lebanese journalists have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a building known to be housing reporters in south-eastern Lebanon, witnesses have told the BBC. The attack was carried out on a guesthouse in a compound in Hasbaya being used by more than a dozen journalists from at least seven media organisations –…

Getty Images Former President Barack Obama headlined an all-star rally for Kamala Harris in Georgia on Thursday, as the Democrats try to shore up support with the state’s powerful base of black voters. “You need to remind folks who were still on the side lines the election is about more than policies, it’s about values…

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years in prison following a landmark war crimes trial. Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 charges, including murder, rape, kidnapping and pillaging. He denied all charges that were brought against him. Kwoyelo is the first commander from…

BBC It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole “package”, we are told. For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel. This is the “good price” offered by two small-boat smugglers to an undercover BBC journalist in Essen – a western…

BBC Russia’s war in Georgia lasted five days, but for many Georgians the invasion is still raw Georgians know all about Russia’s wars. Several years before Russia invaded Ukraine, its army launched a five-day war in August 2008. The city of Gori was bombed and occupied, and a fierce battle further north in Shindisi left…

Getty Images Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro was welcomed as a guest by Vladimir Putin – but he left empty-handed Venezuela has criticised Brazil’s decision to veto its admission to the Brics group of emerging economies. Venezuela’s foreign ministry described the move, which came at the group’s summit in Russia attended by more than 20 heads of…

Bruce Springsteen on tough gigs and rock star poses “The louder you can talk, the better, because I’ve played rock and roll for 50 years.” Bruce Springsteen has just E Street Shuffled into the room. Uncannily charismatic, he carries the practised ease of someone who knows the destabilising effect their presence can have on regular…

The BBC’s Russia Editor asked Vladimir Putin about “justice and security” in light of the Ukraine war. In response to Steve Rosenberg’s question, Putin said the Nato expansion “violates” Russian security. “There is no justice here and we want to change this situation”, he added. Rosenberg also asked the Russian president about recent MI5 intelligence…