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Mark Poynting,Climate researcherandErwan Rivault,Senior data designerGetty ImagesUntil now, a lot of what lay beneath Antarctica's icy surface had remained a mysteryA new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent.Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica's glaciers move to work out what the continent might look like beneath the ice.They found evidence of thousands of previously undiscovered hills and…

Benedict Garman,Emma PengellyandMatt Murphy,BBC Verify BBCIsrael has moved the blocks which are supposed to mark its post-ceasefire line of control deeper into Gaza in several places, sowing confusion among Palestinians.Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that in at least three areas Israel placed blocks, before returning later and moving the positions further into the Strip.Under the terms of the US-brokered deal with Hamas, Israel agreed to withdraw troops beyond a line marked in yellow on Israeli military…

Laura GozziOdesa, UkraineBBCSergii, Mariia and Eva's Odesa apartment suffers from frequent power cutsFrom Mariia's 16th-floor flat, the calm waters of the Black Sea stretch out into the horizon beneath the fading twilight."Up here you can see and hear when the drones come," she says, standing by a wall-length, floor-to-ceiling window. When they hit buildings and homes in the city of Odesa down below "we see all the fires too".Her daughter Eva, who is nine, has learned the shapes…

Guinea PresidencyOfficial pictures of Mamadi Doumbouya have portrayed him in a more relaxed modeFrom the moment he seized power in September 2021 Guinea's Mamadi Doumbouya struck an imposing figure.Just 36 years old at the time, the broad-shouldered colonel, standing at well over six feet (1.8m), wearing military fatigues, mirrored sunglasses and a red beret certainly made an impression when announcing the coup.A relatively unknown member of an elite army unit, he declared that the government of ousted President…

Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its "Board of Peace" for Gaza.Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner will also sit on the "founding executive board", the White House said in a statement on Friday.Trump will act as chairman of the board, which forms part of his 20-point plan to end the…

In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest.Half asleep, she reached out for her dog - and instead found herself petting a smooth, slithering object.As Bloor retreated further under the covers and pulled them up to her neck, her partner switched on the bedside lamp and confirmed the Brisbane couple's fears."He goes, 'Oh baby. Don't move. There's like a 2.5m python on…

Will GrantBBC's Cuba correspondent in HavanaWatch: Public pay their respects to Cubans killed in Venezuela during US raidFrom sunrise, throngs of military personnel, government officials and civilians lined the route between Havana's airport and the Armed Forces Ministry to applaud home the remains of 32 Cuban troops killed in Venezuela as they passed by in a funeral cortege.The country's leadership – from Raul Castro to President Miguel Diaz Canel – were at the airport to receive the boxes…