Few Israelis see this truce as a way out of the conflict with Hezbollah, the BBC’s Lucy Williamson writes.
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South African opposition figure Malema sentenced to five years in prison
Malema is appealing against the decision to prevent him from being taken to prison on Thursday.
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Turkish police order 83 arrests over online praise for school shootings
At least nine were killed in a school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday, a day after another attack injured…
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Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed
BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.
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China’s economy grows faster than expected despite Iran war
The better-than-expected GDP data comes as Asian countries have been hit hard by the impact of the conflict.
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Lyse Doucet: Under fragile ceasefire, Iranians wonder if US deal can be done
The BBC’s chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.
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More than 200 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack return home
The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among…
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Three years of messages at once – a chronicle of Sudan’s war pours in as trapped reporter’s phone turns on
As the conflict enters its fourth year, journalist Mohamed Suleiman shudders at what has been lost.
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250 missing after migrant boat sinks in Indian Ocean
The trawler “reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding”, the United Nations said.
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Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks since 1993
A US statement said the two sides had agreed to launch direct negotiations, at a time and place to be…
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