The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their war on Wednesday, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to resume attacks and kill Iranian officials if they failed to honour their ​commitments.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of assassinating a health insurance executive ​in a carefully executed plot, could have a hard time convincing jurors at his murder trial that he suffered a ‌mental health breakdown, legal experts said.

The Bank of England looks on course to keep interest ​rates unchanged at 3.75% later on Thursday as it assesses what a tentative truce in the Iran war means for inflation.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added ​to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a “staggering” rise in violations ‌against Palestinian children.

Russia accused Ukraine of conducting a deadly drone strike on a bus carrying Belarusian ​schoolchildren on Wednesday, an allegation that Ukraine’s military said was “false”.

In the span of just a few months, Irene Roggero Ugues watched her daughter Rossella’s behaviour change as social media fed her an increasing stream of self-harm content, before the 12-year-old died by suicide.

South Korea will shift a line running parallel ​to the military border with North Korea to ‌narrow the area that restricts civilian access to reflect an evolving security environment and for the convenience of local residents, the defence minister ​said on Wednesday.

A $300 billion private fund designed ​to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with ‌direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.

India has temporarily blocked the Telegram messaging app, saying it was used to try to defraud candidates for a national medical entrance test, which was also hit last month by allegations of leaked papers that led millions of results to be cancelled.

Australia’s weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern ​has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in ‌the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.

India has restricted cough syrup sales to licensed pharmacies especially in villages, preventing over-the-counter sales from retail outlets, as regulators step up scrutiny following contamination-linked ​child deaths last year.

Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, his first trip to the neighbouring superpower since his ​party swept to election victory in March, and days after visiting Beijing’s ‌regional rival India.