Madeline Halpert BBC News in New York court Reuters/Jane Rosenberg Prosecutors’ star witness, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, took the stand on Tuesday in the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial, accusing the rapper of controlling her life and coercing her into “humiliating” sex acts. Mr Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges including racketeering … Read more
EBU Céline Dion filmed a message to mark Eurovision returning to Switzerland for the first time since she won the 1988 contest Céline Dion made a rare appearance during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest with a brief, pre-recorded message. The star won the contest for Switzerland in 1988, and it had been … Read more
Kim Kardashian has given emotional testimony to a Paris court, telling judges she thought she was going to die at the hands of masked gunmen who stole millions of dollars of jewellery from her in a luxury hotel suite in 2016. Nine men and one woman are on trial for the armed burglary of £10m … Read more
A masked gang have tried to abduct the daughter and young grandson of a cryptocurrency chief in Paris, but after a violent struggle they drove off empty-handed. The botched kidnap bid was captured on video by an onlooker in Paris’s 11th district, in the east of the French capital. Police sources said the woman was … Read more
Luis Barrucho BBC World Service Getty Images The US gives automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm globally President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship in the US has sparked a Supreme Court legal challenge along with anxiety among immigrant families. For nearly 160 years, … Read more
An Israeli air strike has killed at least six people and injured dozens at the European Gaza hospital in Khan Younis, local officials have said. Israeli warplanes dropped six bombs simultaneously on the hospital, hitting both its inner courtyard and surrounding area, according to local sources. The Israeli military said it had conducted a “precise … Read more
Laura Gozzi Reporting fromPalais de Justice court in Paris EPA Kim Kardashian arriving at the court in Paris on Tuesday to give evidence Kim Kardashian has given emotional testimony to a Paris court, telling judges she thought she was going to die at the hands of masked gunmen who stole millions of dollars of jewellery … Read more
Jack Horton, Tom Edgington and Joshua Cheetham BBC Verify BBC US President Donald Trump has said his administration wants to accept a plane worth an estimated $400m (£303m) as a gift from Qatar, calling it “a great gesture” that he would be “stupid” to turn down. The potential move has been labelled “wildly illegal” by … Read more
Getty Images New cabinet minister and secretaries of state arrive for their swearing in Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a new team promising “decisive action” on his ambitious economic agenda, amidst a trade war with the US and President Donald Trump’s repeated remarks undermining Canada’s sovereignty. The new cabinet of 28 ministers includes some … Read more
A British tourist is facing deportation from Israel after allegedly entering a closed military area and threatening security forces, Israeli authorities say. Janet Adyeri, 35, who was named by Israeli media, was detained in the Southern Hebron Hills area in the occupied West Bank on Monday. After being questioned she was found to have posted … Read more