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Hundreds of Africans employed as domestic workers are fearing what could happen if war breaks out in Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon-based group Hezbollah have traded near-daily fire of shells across the border since the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. There are concerns that the rest of Lebanon could get caught up as the conflict transforms into a wider regional struggle. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Lebanon #Africa #BBCNews source

Six staff at the now-defunct Hong Kong newspaper, Apple Daily, have pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign forces. They were charged under the sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing. Prosecutors have requested to delay mitigation and sentencing until after the defendants’ former boss goes on trial in December. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Please subscribe HERE #HongKong #BBCNews source

He has more than 2 million followers on Twitter, 600,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos on the Daily Wire channel rack up millions of views. Ben Shapiro is a controversial figure but one of the US’ leading conservative political commentators. His book, The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great, is a New York Times bestseller. In a spiky Politics Live interview with Andrew Neil, Mr Shapiro refers to an incident which took place between Trump campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski and Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields in 2016. Although a charge was brought at the…

France’s left-wing political coalition, the New Popular Front, is celebrating after exit polls in the second round of parliamentary elections predicted it was on course for victory. France’s far-right National Rally had been widely expected to win the election after leading in the first round of voting. The snap election was called by a weakened President Macron, in response to a surge in support for the far-right party led by Marine Le Pen. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who was appointed by President Macron only seven months ago, has said he is planning to resign. France is now heading for a…

Marine Le Pen’s far-Right National Rally party has won a major victory in the first round of French parliamentary elections. Exit polls place the party on course to win around 34% of the vote, well ahead of their centre and left rivals. The French President Emmanuel Macron political gamble in calling the snap election has spectacularly backfired. His Ensemble centrist alliance has suffered badly, expected to come third with around 20% of the vote. France’s left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front, had a stronger showing of around 28% according to the exit polls. Celebrating her party’s success, Marine Le Pen…

A child has died and two others have been seriously hurt in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say. Police said earlier that all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had been detained. Parents told Finnish media that the shooting had taken place in a classroom at Viertola school in Vantaa to the north of the capital Helsinki. The suspect ran off when police arrived and was eventually detained “in a calm manner” in the northern Siltamaki district of Helsinki. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Vantaa #Finland #BBCNews…

The body of Mike Lynch has been recovered from the wreck of a yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday. The British tech entrepreneur helped to establish Cambridge Neurodynamics – a firm that he sold to US computing giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) for $11bn (£8.6bn) in 2011. Six bodies have now been brought to shore after the sinking of the luxury yacht Bayesian, but searches are continuing to find Mr Lynch’s missing 18-year-old daughter, Hannah. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Yacht #Sicily #BBCNews source

Rishi Sunak is to resign as Conservative Party leader after a catastrophic election defeat to Labour. The outgoing UK prime minister announced his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in London. Sunak said he will not resign immediately – only when formal arrangements for a successor have taken place. Labour won the UK general election in a landslide, with the Conservatives seeing their worst result – in terms of seats – in the party’s history. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #BBCNews #BBCElection #UKPolitics source

Donald Trump has posted a $91.6m (£71m) bond as he appeals against the verdict in E Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against him. A jury in January found Mr Trump owed the former columnist millions of dollars for defamation when he denied he sexually assaulted her. A judge had rejected the former president’s request for more time to secure a bond to cover the penalty. Mr Trump also owes over $400m in a separate fraud case. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #US #DonaldTrump #BBCNews source