Russia has held its annual Victory Day parade marking the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Vladimir Putin was joined by China’s Xi Jinping for the commemorations, with Russia saying 27 world leaders were attending the 80th anniversary event. Security had been tightened after days of Ukrainian strikes targeting the capital city. A three-day ceasefire […]
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent BBC A third of the community kitchens in Gaza – one of the last lifelines – have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies […]
Donald Trump has accidentally called toy firm Mattel a country while threatening further tariffs. The US president misspoke when saying tariffs are “misunderstood” in business. He cited Mattel, which is famous for making Barbie dolls, as an example of a country thinking about counter-tariffs. His comments came as the UK and US agreed a tariff […]
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor AFP via Getty Images Anti-India protests took place in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Friday As the continuing India-Pakistan crisis takes a dangerous turn, nations around the world are urging calm. The initial thinking was that after India launched air strikes, and with Pakistan claiming to have shot down several […]
Laura Bicker China Correspondent Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin make it look like they’re the best of friends. Xi took his place at the right-hand side of Putin, the position of a steadfast ally, as their troops marched together on Red Square as part of Moscow’s Victory Day parade. […]
Watch: US-UK relationship will soon be ‘stronger than ever before’ – Trump The US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and aluminium into the country tariff-free, as part of a new agreement between the US and UK. The announcement offers relief for key UK […]
Bridget Wing & Georgina Lam, BBC Eye Investigations Innes Tang Innes Tang says he set up a hotline with his own money to receive reports of alleged national security infringements From a woman waving a colonial-era flag in a shopping mall, to bakery staff selling cakes with protest symbols on them – dozens of Hongkongers […]
Russia’s President Putin has been joined by China’s Xi Jinping and more than 20 international leaders as his country remembered the end of World War Two in Europe with a huge parade in Moscow. The annual Victory Day spectacle is always eye-catching, but BBC Monitoring’s Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko says three things in particular stood […]
Reuters Pope Leo XIV said the Church should be a “beacon” to reach areas suffering a “lack of faith” in his first mass as pontiff on Friday The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican. Speaking on Friday, […]
Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter Kate Stephens and Tony Jolliffe BBC climate and science team Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The specks of dust must be kept free from contamination on Earth The first samples of Moon rock brought back to Earth in nearly 50 years have arrived in the UK – on loan from China. […]