Sakshi Venkatraman and Imogen James BBC News, Washington DC BBC Jorge Prudencio says the price of his Colombian-imported coffee is rising The price for a cup of coffee in the US is going up as tariffs put the squeeze on local café and bakery owners. Some US businesses say the queues for a morning latte … Read more
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has pledged “a massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism in five months. Experts cautioned that finding the causes of autism spectrum disorder – a complex syndrome that has been studied for decades – will not be straightforward, and called the effort misguided and … Read more
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has told the BBC that Gaza has become “hell on earth”, as Israel’s military assault there continues. Mirjana Spoljaric’s comments come on the same day the UN human rights office warned that Israel’s tactics were threatening the viability of Palestinians continuing to live in … Read more
“Pretty diabolical” – The BBC speaks to people in Sydney about Australia’s housing crisis Buying or renting a home has become unaffordable for the average Australian, driven by a perfect storm of astronomical house prices, relentless rental increases and a lack of social housing. With less than a month until the federal election, housing remains … Read more
Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Getty Images Ukraine’s European allies have pledged €21bn (£18.2bn) in a new tranche of military support for Kyiv in what they described as “a critical year” for the war. Members of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group met at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels to pledge air defences, missiles and other gear as … Read more
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Imamoglu supporters gathered outside the jail complex at Silivri Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who’s Turkey’s biggest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appeared in court for the first time since he was arrested last month and placed in a high-security jail. Imamoglu is being held on corruption and … Read more
Brendan Hughes BBC News NI political reporter Getty Images Irish government minister Dara Calleary said the “once-off payment” related to “historical pension costs” Cross-border Irish language agency Foras na Gaeilge is to receive a “once-off” funding package of €630,000 (£547,000) from the Irish government. It will allow the language body to “reverse” cuts it announced … Read more
The Nigerian authorities have banned broadcasters from playing the song Tell Your Papa, which criticises the country’s leader. Artist Eedris Abdulkareem’s lyrics slam President Bola Tinubu and urge his influential son, Seyi, to let his father know “people are dying” through hardship and insecurity and there is “hunger” in the country. In a letter to … Read more
Authorities in India’s Kuno National Park have reinstated a forest worker who was suspended after he was seen offering water to a cheetah and her cubs in a viral video. Satyanarayan Gurjar, a driver at the sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh state, violated instructions which said only authorised personnel could go near the big cats. Cheetahs … Read more
The remains of 36 Indigenous ancestors will be returned to Australia, in the latest repatriation of bodies taken from their traditional lands. Six of the ancestors’ bodies were formally returned to their Queensland communities – Woppaburra, Warrgamay, Wuthathi and Yadhaighana – at a ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum. The Australian government will take care … Read more