BBC News·Wednesday, December 17, 2025

BBC News - Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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Naveed Akram, 24, faces 59 charges in total following the attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday.

The Nato chief said it was thanks to Donald Trump that the alliance is "stronger than it ever was".

The show was hosted by ABC for more than a half-century and reveals the latest major shakeup in Hollywood.

It comes a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the country's coast, intensifying pressure on Nicolás Maduro.

Rob Reiner, the Hollywood director, and his wife Michele were both found dead with stab wounds on Sunday.

The seven Kenyans had previously been denied working visas and will now be deported, South Africa says.

Ex- Miss Universe contestant Sarah Dzafce has drawn backlash in East Asia and in her own country.

It's only the 13th known case of adoption out of the 4,600 bears studied for nearly five decades in northern Canada.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the shelters will be in public buildings across the country.

The former US Special Counsel is facing questions about his two defunct criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.