Republicans in Congress cannot use an obscure legislative maneuver to stop California’s ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, the Senate parliamentarian ruled on Friday. The decision dealt a blow to efforts by the Trump administration to quickly kill policies that promote electric vehicles. California had received a federal waiver under the … Read more
The Arcadia Police Department have released video of the moment a train smashed into a lorry in Arcadia, Louisiana. The lorry became stuck on the tracks and the driver managed to exit the truck before the moment of impact. Video shows people running from the truck before the collision. The police department confirmed on social … Read more
US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US assets or face a ban in the country. “We do not want TikTok to ‘go dark’. We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the … Read more
They may not have the skills of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but that hasn’t stopped these African grannies from practising their tackling and passing skills. It has been the work of 57-year-old Rebecca Ntsanwisi from South Africa to set up “soccer grannies” teams across the continent in a bid to improve the mental and … Read more
The US’s top diplomat has said he will know “in a matter of weeks, not months” whether Vladimir Putin is serious about peace and a ceasefire in Ukraine. Speaking after a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ending the war is a decision that will “ultimately” have … Read more
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said he is appalled at what he described as “credible reports” of extrajudicial killings of civilians by the Sudanese army, after it recaptured the capital Khartoum last week. In a statement Volker Türk called for a full investigation into the allegations. He expressed his concern over the … Read more
Bernd Debusmann Jr & Merlyn Thomas BBC News & BBC Verify Watch: ‘I don’t control her’, says Trump on support from Laura Loomer Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is in the headlines once again after reports that she was behind the recent firing of top National Security Council officials by President Donald Trump. Ms Loomer … Read more
Getty Images Prince Andrew’s involvement with an alleged Chinese spy came at a time his chief aide and other royals believed his reputation was “irrecoverable”. Previously secret documents detail how ex-advisor Dominic Hampshire saw Yang Tengbo as Andrew’s “only light at the end of the tunnel” after his Newsnight interview in 2019. The documents also … Read more
Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News APOPO Five-year-old Ronin has helped Cambodians reclaim land that was once avoided for fear of landmines A landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and other deadly war remnants. Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered … Read more
More than 3,000 people were killed by last week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, Myanmar’s military junta has said. Hundreds more people are missing and the toll is expected to rise. Rescuers are still unable to reach parts of the country devastated by the quake. As the BBC’s Nick Beake explains, the BBC has been reporting from … Read more