Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Getty Images On Friday, South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled Yoon Suk Yeol had abused his power by declaring martial law last December, and permanently removed him from office. Before that, South Korea was not somewhere you might expect a military takeover – a peaceful and proud democracy, admired across the globe … Read more
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and burlesque artist has been approved for assisted dying under Canada’s increasingly liberal laws. Warning: This article contains details and descriptions … Read more
Fear and anxiety are running high in Windsor, Ontario, after carmaker Stellantis announced it will temporarily shutdown its assembly plant in the Canadian border city next week as a result of US President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs. Derek Gungle, who is among the 4,500 people employed at the plant, says the temporary pause in operations … Read more
Hugo Bachega Reporting fromSouthern Lebanon Reuters Kfar Kila is one of the border towns in Lebanon that were almost completely destroyed by the Israeli military during last year’s war Last year, on 17 September, at around 15:30, a pager which a nurse called Adam was given at the start of his shift at a hospital … Read more
Getty Images Donald Trump has upended global trade with his tariffs announcement Fundamentally wrong, was how Germany’s outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, described the new Trump tariffs. A unilateral attack – that was the view of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. French President Emmanuel Macron called them brutal, unfounded and certain to have a “massive impact” … Read more
The boss of US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly says there is no looking back from Donald Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from the rest of the world. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, David Ricks described it as a watershed moment in US economic history, “I think it’s a pivot in … Read more
US President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on 2 April, which he has dubbed “Liberation Day.” Delivering remarks from the Rose Garden, he used a few hand-held charts to show the tariff percentages imposed on each country. It wasn’t the first time he’s used visual aids to make a point. We take a look … Read more
Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington Reuters At least four people have died after tornadoes and violent winds ripped through the US South, as a series of storms that are expected to continue for days takes hold. The deaths were recorded in Western Tennessee and Missouri on Wednesday and early Thursday, in areas where homes were … Read more
Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs have put the world on the brink of a possible global trade war. The European Union has vowed a united response, and China has threatened countermeasures. Ratings agencies like Fitch have warned that the mass tariff hikes could result in lower growth, higher inflation and potentially a recession in some parts … Read more
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Watch: ‘The country is going to boom’ after tariffs, says President Trump Global stocks have sunk, a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are forecast to raise prices and weigh on growth in the US and abroad. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest … Read more