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Imran Khan: Pakistan's former prime minister speaks at protest

Police in Pakistan say the country's former prime minister, Imran Khan, is under investigation.

He has been accused of making threats against the police and judiciary.

Mr Khan has accused authorities of torturing his close aide, who is himself being detained under sedition charges.

22 August 2022

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In Beirut, two TikTokers are filming the damage caused by Israeli air strikes for families who have fled.

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Israel has launched air strikes on Iran, with blasts heard in the capital Tehran.

Projectiles in sky over Tehran

Projectiles seen in sky over Tehran

Israel says it has conducted "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran.

Daniel Hagari

Watch: Israeli military announces strikes in Iran

Rear Adm Daniel Hagari says the strikes are in response to Iran "relentlessly attacking" Israel.

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Dust tornado and lightning captured on camera in UAE

Drivers near the city of Sharjah stopped their cars to watch the spiralling spectacle.

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BBC tours hospital Israel says sits above millions in Hezbollah gold

The BBC’s Orla Guerin is taken on a tour of Al Sahel Hospital in Beirut.

Yahya Sinwar

BBC Verify analyses footage of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's killing

The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at footage said to show Yahya Sinwar's final moments.

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Drone footage released by the Israeli military on Thursday is said to show Sinwar in the moments before he was killed.

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Nick Eardley from BBC Verify

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Israel remembers victims of 7 October attack a year on

Events have taken place across Israel to commemorate the victims of Hamas's attack.

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Israeli hostage family's fight 'not over' one year on

On the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks in Israel, survivor Hadas Kalderon speaks to the BBC.

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Powerful explosion rocks Beirut overnight

Multiple blasts shake the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital amid Israeli air strikes.

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'Bags of sweets amid rubble of flattened Beirut building'

The BBC's Hugo Bachega reports from the scene of an overnight Israeli strike in Lebanon.