
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran
Hamas said Ismail Haniyeh had been in Tehran attending the inauguration of Iran's new president.
We have a huge breaking story in the Middle East. The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, says its leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip and led the assault on Israel in October, said he was killed in an Israeli raid.
Also coming up, Israel has claimed it has killed a top Hezbollah commander after an air strike in southern Lebanon. We'll find out how significant this is, and ask whether the region is on the edge of a regional war.
Mali's military has admitted significant losses in a recent battle that killed its soldiers and Wagner fighters.
Our sports presenter Isaac Fanin is in Paris where organisers of the Olympics Games and World Triathlon, the sports governing body, have declared the water in the River Seine to be safe to swim in.
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