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French fashion house Christian Dior paid homage to Scotland at a catwalk show in a Perthshire castle, with tartan designs and thistle motifs adorning its cruise 2025 collection.

As Israel continues its offensive on Rafah, a ten-year-old Gazan boy with leukaemia is unable to receive a medical evacuation out of the enclave for chemotherapy as Israeli forces have shut the only exit into Egypt. It leaves many in dire need of medical treatment, without a route out. Sean Hogan has more.

Activist and wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya on Tuesday (June 4) attended a memorial service in Berlin held in honor of her late husband.

London’s Royal Opera House will host the opening night of "Ashton Worldwide" on Tuesday (June 4), an international festival celebrating the work of ballet pioneer Frederick Ashton. Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb and principal dancer Jennifer Hackbarth told Reuters about their revivals of Ashton’s work.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance was headed for a narrow majority as vote-counting in the general election neared completion on Tuesday, with the tally well short of a widely expected landslide. Trends also indicated that Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party was falling short of a majority of its own. Lauren Anthony reports.

The city of Passau in southern Germany close to the Austrian border declared a state of emergency on Tuesday (June 4) as water levels in the Danube river reached over 32 feet following days of floods in the region.

Health workers killed in the Gaza war have included 55 highly qualified specialists who were seeking to create a healthcare system for a Palestinian state, Reuters found. With each specialist killed, Gaza lost a network of knowledge that will take years to rebuild. Lucy Fielder has more. This video contains images some viewers may find distressing.

How does it feel for Mick Jagger to be back on tour singing, dancing and strutting across stadium concert stages at 80 years old? "Like being on stage at 78," said the Rolling Stones frontman, who has thrilled audiences for more than six decades.

Farmers drove hundreds of tractors into Brussels on Tuesday (June 4) to protest against the European Union's environmental policies, but the action was shunned by mainstream farming groups who said it did not reflect their members' concerns.

Last year, Sihame Denguir enrolled her teenage son in France's largest Muslim private school, 125 miles from their Parisian home. The move meant financial sacrifices. Then in December the school lost government funding worth around two million euros a year on grounds it failed to comply with secular principles enshrined in France's national education guidelines. Lucy Fielder has more.

Tjaart Nel filmed on Monday (June 3) a dark swirling cloud resembling a tornado and can be heard saying it was moving over Tongaat, a town in South Africa's coastal province, KwaZulu-Natal. Another driver near Durban filmed what he described as a "huge very dark cloud" on the same day.

Police officers ramped up security measures in Hong Kong on Tuesday (June 4), the 35th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown. Self-exiled Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong told Reuters how he is striving to keep alive the memory of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrators from his adopted home of Taiwan. Olivia Chan has more.

Animal oracles predicting soccer results are nothing new but one university in Germany has gone for a different approach for the upcoming European Football Championship. Using E. coli bacteria grown in Petri dishes, microbiologist Markus Egert believes that his little organisms will become the viral new trend for foreseeing soccer results.

British World War Two veterans set sail for France on Tuesday (June 4) ahead of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a turning point in World War Two when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers landed in Normandy to drive out Nazi German forces.

Large parts of northern Israel have been engulfed by wildfires ignited by rockets launched from Lebanon by the militant group Hezbollah. Rescue teams were battling the flames overnight on Monday (June 3) through to Tuesday morning to get them under control (June 4).

China's Chang'e-6 probe took off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency announced on Tuesday (June 4).

Security was tight with an increased police presence at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday (June 4), the 35th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown in the area.

Hong Kong leader John Lee warned the threat to undermine its national security "is real", as the city increased policing on Tuesday (June 4), the 35th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown.

France forward Kylian Mbappe has joined Real Madrid as a free agent on a five-year contract, the LaLiga club said on Monday (June 3), ending a transfer saga that rumbled on for years before the European champions captured their newest "Galactico".

Early vote counting was under way across India on Tuesday (June 4) as local TV channels showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance racing to a clear majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament.

Hong Kong police detained a performance artist in Causeway Bay, a bustling shopping district, on Monday (June 3), the eve of the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing.

Mexican stocks fell over 6% on Monday and the peso closed at its weakest to the dollar since November after the country's ruling party scored a surprisingly strong election result and looked poised for a super-majority in Congress, something markets fear might bring constitutional change and diminish checks and balances. Gabe Singer reports.

Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said on Monday, adding that the heavy rains were also intensified by the natural El Nino phenomenon. Syakir Jasnee reports.

Students and faculty at the University of Toronto held a ceremony on Monday (June 03) for Palestinian victims of the war in Gaza who they said will never be able to graduate themselves. Chandni Desai, assistant professor at the University of Toronto, told Reuters the students are asking the university to disclose and to divest from weapons companies whose bombs have killed many of Gaza’s students.

Jury selection kicked off in a criminal case against Hunter Biden, a historic prosecution that could further influence the 2024 presidential election four days after Joe Biden's rival Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted.