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Israel will call up 60,000 reservists as it prepares to launch an expanded military operation in Gaza City.

Thousands have fled parts of Gaza City in recent days amid airstrikes and advancing Israeli troops, new satellite imagery shows.

An investigation has been launched into the death of an internet streamer who was known for taking part in extreme online challenges.

An actor and musician whose mother was the victim of a suspected murder-suicide in France has urged her friends not to attend his stepfather's funeral.

The makers of Labubu dolls - popular with celebrities including Rihanna, David Beckham and Paris Hilton - reported a near 400% increase in profits in the first half of this year after demand for the ugly-cute toys soared.

One of Sweden's most famous wooden churches is being moved to a new site - to prevent it from being swallowed by the world's largest underground iron-ore mine.

A man suspected of ramming a car into a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has been charged with murder.

The family of a British couple, detained in Iran on espionage charges, says they are "seriously worried" after the pair were moved to the country's "harshest prisons".

A woman who was sexually assaulted on a flight to London has challenged government rules that disqualify her from a compensation scheme.

A latest Gaza ceasefire proposal approved by Hamas is "almost identical" to that put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, a spokesperson for Qatar's foreign ministry has said.