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Reuters US President Donald Trump’s advisers defended sweeping tariffs on imports and vowed to stay the course, despite market turmoil and calls to avoid a trade war. In a series of television interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down recent stock market falls and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, insisted “tariffs are coming”. Bessent said … Read more
Video shows the moment a parachutist got caught on the roof of a stadium ahead of a rugby match. Two parachutists delivering the match ball landed safely on the pitch at the Stade de Toulouse, ahead of Sale’s Champions Cup tie against Toulouse, but their colleague went off course and was left dangling from the … Read more
Watch: Pope Francis waves to crowd from wheelchair in first public appearance since leaving hospital Pope Francis has made a surprise appearance at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican following his discharge from hospital after five weeks of treatment. The Pope briefly appeared on stage in a wheelchair, with an oxygen tube under his nose. … Read more
A pair of critically endangered giant tortoises aged about 100 years old have become first-time parents at Philadelphia Zoo. The zoo said this week it was “overjoyed” at the arrival of four hatchlings from Abrazzo and Mommy, a pair Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises. The births were a “first” in the zoo’s 150-plus-year history, it … Read more
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a “political decision” at a rally in Paris on Sunday. “I won’t give up,” she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower. She was on Monday … Read more
A second child has died from the highly contagious measles virus as an outbreak in western Texas continues to grow. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying health conditions and was in hospital suffering complications from measles, Aaron Davis, the vice president of UMC Health System, told the BBC. Health Secretary Robert F … Read more
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced he will suspend tariffs on goods imported from the US in an attempt to build a “positive relationship” with President Donald Trump’s administration. The move comes days after Trump imposed 18% tariffs on Zimbabwean exports to the US. “This measure is intended to facilitate the expansion of American imports … Read more
Pope Francis waved to the crowd at the Vatican, as he made his first public appearance since leaving hospital. The Pope – in a wheelchair with a breathing tube up his nose – briefly appeared on a stage in St Peter’s Square on Sunday. The 88-year-old pontiff had not been seen in public since being … Read more
A manhunt is under way in western Germany, after three bodies were found in a residential building in Weitefeld, in the Westerwald region. Police have advised residents in the surrounding area to stay at home, and warned people not to pick up hitchhikers, local media report. German outlet Bild reports that a police helicopter has … Read more
Robin Levinson King BBC News Reporting fromToronto, Canada Getty Images Even teddy bears wear the HBC stripes On a bustling weekday in Toronto, Shauna Daniels was out “hunting for stripes”. It’s a term she uses for shopping for the iconic – and increasingly rare – coloured stripes that are emblematic of Canada’s oldest corporation, the … Read more