Cuba faced worsening nationwide disruption after officials say the country had completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, triggering severe blackouts and a partial collapse of the national power grid. Residents in Havana endured 22-hour electricity cuts amid a US blockade on the island.

'This is an apartheid regime' A developer from the occupied West Bank is turning a 75-year-old Palestinian folk tale into a video game, and the fight to make it mirrors the story inside it. Dreams on a Pillow follows a mother displaced during the 1948 Nakba. We spoke to developer Rasheed Abueideh. Iran's FM urges BRICS states to condemn US-Israeli aggression

'This is an apartheid regime' A mural of Barcelona player Lamine Yamal was painted on war-damaged buildings in Gaza after the teenager waved a Palestinian flag during the club's LaLiga title parade. The gesture sparked widespread reactions, including criticism from Israeli officials. Trump, Xi speak ahead of talks to make relations'better than ever'

Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned following criticism of her government's handling of stray drones, believed to be Ukrainian, crossing into Latvian territory. The controversy deepened divisions within the ruling coalition, causing it to lose its parliamentary majority. Trump, Xi speak ahead of talks to make relations'better than ever'

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Why is Israel still in southern Lebanon? A war to shape Lebanon's future'The world is sounding an alarm': Why big tech is the new colonist When investigations by Al Jazeera and other media outlets in 2024 revealed that Israeli-linked artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Lavender and Gospel had helped generate thousands of military targets in Gaza, critics warned that warfare was entering a new era - one driven not only by soldiers and bombs, but by algorithms, data, and surveillance technology. Then, in September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah exploded in coordinated attacks in Lebanon, widely attributed to Israeli intelligence operations that had turned ordinary communication devices into weapons. And, last year, reporting by Al Jazeera also raised concerns about the use of cloud and data infrastructure linked to major US technology companies in Israeli surveillance operations involving Palestinians. For a growing number of scholars, economists and political thinkers, such developments reflect more than just the changing nature of conflict.

What are Russia's gains from the Iran war? 'We are not losers; we are winners' Russian drone strikes collapsed a residential building in the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian officials say Russia launched more than 1,500 drones since Wednesday, despite a US-mediated ceasefire proposal. Trump, Xi speak ahead of talks to make relations'better than ever'

Japanese car giant Honda made its first annual loss in 70 years as its investments in the electric vehicle (EV) market failed to pay off. Demand for EVs has not been as strong as the company forecast, with Honda reporting a total operating loss for the year ending March 2026 of ¥423bn ($2.68bn: £1.99bn.). The firm said it was scrapping some of its EV production targets and would source parts from China, where prices are lower, to keep costs down. It cited changes in US policy as adding to its losses, including tax incentives having been taken away for US consumers purchasing EVs, and the imposition of tariffs. US consumers could previously receive up to $7,500 (£5,500) in tax credits if they purchased a new EV, but this was scrapped by President Donald Trump in September 2025.

President Trump arrives in Beijing to meet Xi Jinping with a stronger hand, citing military moves, trade deals and the lowest U.S.-China trade deficit since 2004.

The Download: deepfake porn's stolen bodies and AI sharing private numbers Plus: the US has approved Nvidia chip sales to 10 Chinese firms. When Jennifer got a research job in 2023, she ran her new professional headshot through a facial recognition program. She wanted to see whether it would pull up the porn videos she'd made more than a decade earlier. It did, but it also surfaced something she'd never seen before: one of her old videos, now featuring someone else's face on her body. Conversations about sexualized deepfakes usually focus on the people whose faces are inserted into explicit content without consent. But another group often gets ignored: the people whose bodies those faces are attached to.