BBC World News

1. Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in air strike

   Israel said it had killed Khatib, whose death was confirmed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday.

2. 'Very difficult to stop': BBC visits scene of Iran cluster bomb strike on Israel

   An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded.

3. Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

   Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea - Ukraine's peninsula annexed by Russia.

4. Norway prosecutor asks for seven years' jail for crown princess's son in rape trial

   Prosecutors in the trial of Marius Borg Høiby argue he should be found guilty of 39 of the 40 charges he is accused of.

5. Hittler faces Zielinski as French town's election contest goes viral

   Charles Hittler, mayor of Arcis-sur-Aube, has always faced jokes about his name but now he faces a rival with another unlikely name.