The European Commission was wrong to refuse to release text messages sent by Ursula von der Leyen to the head of Pfizer during negotiations to secure Covid-19 vaccines, the EU’s top court has ruled. The General Court said the commission had not given a plausible explanation as to why the exchanges between its president and … Read more
Laura Bicker China correspondent BBC Derek Wang spent almost half a million dollars setting up his company There’s a vast empty space in the middle of the factory floor in Foshan in southern China where workers should be welding high-end air fryers for the US market. Derek Wang says his American customers were wowed by … Read more
Karen Hoggan Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK government has hit back at suggestions the tariff agreement it reached with the US last week could be damaging to China. It said there was “no such thing as a veto on Chinese investment” in the deal. The UK-US agreement rowed back on big hikes … Read more
A judge in the US state of Wisconsin has been charged for allegedly helping a Mexican man evade immigration officials through a back door during an arrest attempt. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested in April. Now a federal grand jury has approved the two charges against her, which could see the judge … Read more
Getty Images Erik and Lyle were aged 18 and 21 when they killed their parents In 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents by shooting them multiple times at close range at their mansion in Beverly Hills. They were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in 1996, and sentenced to … Read more
Mali’s military junta has dissolved all political parties in the country amid a growing crackdown on dissent since the army seized power. “All meetings of members of political parties and organisations of a political character are dissolved across the national territory,” a statement read on state TV on Tuesday said. The decision was validated by … Read more
A man who caused the deaths of two teenage girls whilst driving at nearly twice the speed limit has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Kiea McCann, 17, and her best friend, 16-year-old Dlava Mohammed, died when the car they were travelling in struck a tree at Legnakelly, near Clones, on 31 July 2023. … Read more
At least 48 Palestinians have been killed in a series of air strikes in northern Gaza overnight, a local hospital says. The Indonesian hospital reported that 22 children and 15 women were among the dead after a number of homes in Jabalia town and Jabalia refugee camp were hit. A video shared online appeared to … Read more
Caroline Hawley BBC Diplomatic Correspondent NurPhoto/Getty Human rights groups are warning of a “surge” of deaths of migrant construction workers in Saudi Arabia, as it prepares to host the World Cup in 2034. Labourers are already dying from preventable workplace accidents in the country, according to Human Rights Watch and FairSquare which have both published … Read more
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle “cowards”, saying “they’ll be back soon”. The group of Akrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status, saying they faced racial discrimination. But Ramaphosa said those who wanted … Read more