Donald Trump has said his historic trial and criminal conviction have been “very hard” for his wife, former First Lady Melania Trump. Last week, jurors found Mr Trump guilty of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. With the verdict, he became...
Flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least seven people, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has said. In Sitawaka – outside the capital, Colombo – three members of the same family died when their house was flooded. Supplies of electricity have been cut off in several areas and...
The US government has “every expectation” that Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza, according to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. The three-part plan unveiled by President Joe Biden last week would also be a “surge” of humanitarian aid, as well as an exchange...
One person has been killed and at least 24 others injured in a mass shooting in the US state of Ohio. The shooting happened just after midnight local time (05:00 BST) in the city of Akron. No one has been arrested or identified as a suspect and an investigation is continuing, the Akron Police Department...
He has agreed a deal with Real until 2029, earning 15m euros (£12.8m) a season, plus a 150m euro (£128m) signing-on bonus to be paid over five years, and he will keep a percentage of his image rights. The Frenchman will get the chance to play alongside Luka Modric, with the Croatian midfielder set to...
43 minutes ago Barbara Plett-Usher,BBC Africa correspondent Reuters South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is under pressure after the disastrous election results Mavuso Msimang read the writing on the wall last year and now the people of South Africa have confirmed what he saw. The veteran of the African National Congress (ANC) resigned from the party...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia and China of attempting to undermine his upcoming global peace summit in Switzerland. He said Russia was trying to dissuade other states from attending the event, and that China was working to do this as well. Speaking at an Asian security forum, he also said there were “elements...
Supplied The manuscript is a record of songs sung by slaves on Caribbean plantations A project based in Gloucester has been awarded Arts Council England funding for its work exploring slavery, using a rare manuscript from the Caribbean. The manuscript includes the world’s oldest-surviving sheet music from Barbados, capturing voices of enslaved people working in...
Novak Djokovic came through a five-set epic against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti at the French Open, which ended at 03:07 local time in Paris. In a third-round contest that did not start until 22:37 on Saturday, towards the end of a rain-affected day at Roland Garros, the defending champion fought back from two sets to one...
15 minutes ago Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News Reuters Claudia Sheinbaum (left) and her rival Xóchitl Gálvez are battling it out to become Mexico’s first female president Mexicans are going to the polls on Sunday in an election which is almost certain to see the country’s first female president elected. Both the front runner, Claudia Sheinbaum, and...