After weeks of testimony, lawyers made their final pitches to the jury during closing arguments in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial. For almost three hours on Tuesday, the defence team argued the jury cannot convict Mr Trump of any crime based on his former fixer Michael Cohen’s word alone. After that, the prosecution spent nearly...
Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial edged closer to its conclusion on Tuesday as the prosecution and defence made their closing arguments to the court. In the defence’s final pitch, Mr Trump’s lead lawyer attacked Michael Cohen – his former fixer and the prosecution’s star witness – as the “greatest liar of all time”. Prosecutors then...
A US luxury real estate billionaire and a deep-sea explorer are planning to travel in a submersible to explore the Titanic. Ohio tycoon and adventurer Larry Connor and Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, say they want to take a sub to a depth of around 3,800m (12,467ft) to see the shipwreck in the North...
Just now Mansur Abubakar,BBC News, Kano BBC Bread-seller Abubakar Sheka has noticed fewer customers are able to afford his loaves Nigerians love their football but it is no longer the main topic of conversation for many. On the first anniversary of the Bola Tinubu presidency, Abubakar Sheka, who sells bread on the streets of the...
South Africans are set to vote in the most pivotal election since the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994. More than 27 million people are registered to cast their ballots in a poll that highlights growing political fragmentation after 30 years of democracy. A record 70 parties and 11 independents are contesting an election...
AFP The rise in executions in Iran has given rise to protests around the world The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of 1,153 people are known to have been...
Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Tuesday that she is committing $1 billion (£782.4m) over the next two years to women’s causes and gender equity around the world. About $200 million (£157m) will go to organisations fighting for gender and reproductive rights in the US. In a New York Times guest essay, Ms French Gates...
The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. He spoke hours after Israeli forces reached the centre of the city and reportedly seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt. Mr Kirby was also responding to questions...
Ankit Srinivas A group of women in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most politically crucial state with 80 parliament seats As India votes to elect a new government, all eyes are on the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, commonly known by its initials UP. Spread over an area roughly the size of Britain, the state packs in...
The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), issued a ruling last week on Israel’s military offensive in Rafah. It was the latest pronouncement by the court in a case brought by South Africa, which accuses Israel of a genocide in the Gaza Strip. Israel has vehemently denied the allegation. Since the case...