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aiwan insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China. Trump’s remarks came after a two-day summit in Beijing, after which he said he had “made…
Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis is facing criticism from fellow Democrats after commuting the prison sentence of former county clerk Tina Peters, a 2020 election denier convicted of tampering with election equipment. Polis, who previously…
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 children from three schools in the same town in north-eastern Nigeria, teachers and parents have told the BBC. Most of those missing are aged between two and five years old. Eyewitnesses who saw the…
A rescue diver died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives. Staff Sgt Mohamed Mahdhee was taken to hospital in critical condition and later succumbed to his injuries, a…
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have approved an exemption allowing Japanese company Asahi Group Holdings to proceed with its planned acquisition linked to East African Breweries PLC without making a…
Manchester United have reached an agreement with Michael Carrick to become the club’s permanent head coach. The formal process of exchanging contracts is now under way, with an announcement expected inside the next 48 hours. As things…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to make a film based on a true story of British troops under siege during the Afghanistan war. The couple’s production company Archewell is developing a feature film for Netflix based on the book No Way…
US President Donald Trump said Friday that American and Nigerian forces had killed a senior Islamic State group leader. “Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously…
The US justice department is reportedly preparing to indict aging Cuban leader Raúl Castro in the coming days over the shooting down of two aircraft three decades ago. The reported charges, which would need to be approved by a US grand…
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani have agreed to pay a combined $18m in penalties to settle a civil fraud lawsuit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In 2024, the regulator had accused the Adanis of…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released the wife of a US Army sergeant and Afghanistan veteran from detention, her lawyer confirmed to the BBC. Deisy Rivera Ortega, who came to the US from El Salvador, was arrested on 14 April…
A judge has declared a mistrial in the rape case against Harvey Weinstein, after the jury in New York said it was deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict. It marks the third time a New York jury has considered the case against the…
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war on Friday, hours after rescue workers ended their search of a destroyed block of flats in Kyiv in which 24 people were killed, including three girls. Most of the Ukrainian prisoners had…
US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing ended with a tour of Zhongnanhai, the exclusive, heavily guarded 14th Century compound where top Chinese leaders live and work. Xi leading him on the tour was yet another moment for the cameras…
Former England captain Sir David Beckham has become the UK’s first billionaire sportsman in the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List. The collective wealth of Beckham and his wife Victoria has reached £1.185bn, according to the compilers of the…
The world was waiting for one Drake album. Along came three. The rapper’s dropped his anticipated solo record, Iceman, plus two more – Habibti and Maid of Honour – with 43 songs in total. They include collaborations with artists including…
Africa CDC, the continent’s top public health body, on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly…
Five Italians died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, the foreign ministry in Rome has said. “The divers are believed to have died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metres (164ft),” the ministry said, adding that…
The Supreme Court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be accessed by mail. Two manufacturers that make the pill had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court placed significant restrictions on access to…
The chief of US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has announced that he is resigning, telling Fox News that his departure is effective immediately. Michael Banks had been in the role since US President Donald Trump’s return to the White…
The Cuban government said CIA director John Ratcliffe met his Cuban counterpart at the interior ministry in Havana, after the US renewed an offer of $100m (£74m) of aid to ease the effects of its oil blockade. A Cuban statement said the…
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…
Wes Streeting has quit as health secretary after days of speculation that he is preparing to mount a leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer. The now ex-health secretary is brutal in his assessment of Sir Keir’s leadership of the Labour…
Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian power minister, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8bn naira ($24.7m; £18.5m), a rare conviction against corrupt officials in the West African nation. Last week, Mamman was found…
