One of Donald Trump’s lawyers has told the BBC that the former president is a “victim of political, selective prosecution”. On Thursday, Mr Trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to a hush-money payment made to adult star Stormy Daniels. He has said he plans to appeal against his...
8 minutes ago Cherylann Mollan,BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Mr Modi’s BJP is on course to win the election, exit polls say India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. Analysts warn the polls, released by various news agencies, have often been wrong in the...
Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’ military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released. The statement from Israel’s prime minister comes after US President Joe Biden announced Israel had proposed a three-stage plan to Hamas aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire. Hamas has already...
Just now Thomas Mackintosh,BBC News Reuters On 29 May, a balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement was spotted over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea North Korea is sending more balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border...
New rules banning loudspeakers and limiting tour group sizes to 25 people have come into force in Venice. The measures have been introduced to limit the impact of over-tourism on the Italian city, officials say. The canals of Venice’s historic quarter make the city one of the most visited places in Europe. Venice introduced a...
8 minutes ago Anthony Zurcher,Rachel Looker Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images Some voters in November may see a less familiar option on their presidential ballot when in the polling booth this November: Chase Oliver. Mr Oliver is this year’s presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party, a political party that typically wins around one per cent...
A $60m (£47m) collection of sports memorabilia, rare trainers and luxury cars owned by a Canadian entrepreneur will be put up for auction at RM Sotheby’s on Saturday. Miles Nadal’s items for sale include a racing suit signed by former Formula One ace Michael Schumacher and five classic red Ferraris worth a collective $20.25m. Also...
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Almannavarnadeild/Anadolu/Getty Images A volcano erupts in Iceland’s south-western Reykjanes peninsula. The eruption led to the evacuation of the nearby Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s largest tourist attraction Stefan Rousseau/PA Media Britain’s Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer met Labour supporters while campaigning in the West...
7 minutes ago Frank Gardner,BBC security correspondent Getty Images Estonian forces have been working closely with Nato since the Russian invasion two years ago Estonia considers itself a front-line state, a Nato member where its border guards stare across the Narva River at the Russian fortress of Ivangorod. This tiny Baltic state, once a part...
A French nurse dubbed the “angel of Dien Bien Phu” for her care of wounded and dying soldiers during the Indochina war in the 1950s has died at the age of 99. Geneviève de Galard became a celebrated figure exactly 70 years ago when she was the only woman nurse tending French casualties inside the...