AFP Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar said he intended to leave his role on 15 June The head of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency has resigned. Ronen Bar made the announcement that he would leave his position on 15 June at a memorial event for Shin Bet members who have died in service. It

EPA Customers wait at Lisbon’s airport The first sign of trouble Peter Hughes noticed was when his train to Madrid started to slow down. Then the TV monitor and lights went off. Emergency lights switched on, but did not last, and the locomotive ground to a halt. Four hours later, Mr Hughes was still stuck

James Diamond BBC News, Bristol Reporting fromVictoria Tower Gardens, Westminster BBC Shanine Wright says she will hold the government to account over knife crime A woman has made it her mission to end knife attacks after her brother was stabbed to death. Shanine Wright’s, 26, brother Darrian Williams, 16, was killed by two teenagers after

Reuters Police tell travellers that Madrid’s Atocha train station is closed due to the outage A massive power cut hit large parts of Spain and Portugal on Monday, causing widespread chaos and disruption. The outage left millions of people without electricity, while internet and phone networks were also down. Trains were cancelled and evacuated in

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Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London Getty Images Cardinals will meet next month in a secret conclave to elect the next pope, the Vatican has said. The closed-door meeting will start inside the Sistine Chapel on 7 May and will involve some 135 cardinals from across the world. It follows the death of Pope Francis who

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The US has called for an end to North Korea’s military deployment to support Russian president Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine as Kim Jong Un confirmed he sent his

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email President Donald Trump’s administration has lined the White House driveway with large posters featuring mugshots of migrants as the president broadcasts his immigration crackdown, according

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch At least 12 people were killed after a van veered off the road and plunged into a well in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday afternoon

Jaroslav Lukiv & David Gritten BBC News Reuters Houthi-run media say the detention centre in Saada was holding African migrants At least 68 African migrants have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group’s TV channel says. Al Masirah reported that another 47 migrants were